For the second straight year the Jr Royals have finished the season in the first place spot in the Mullen Division.    With a regular season record of  29-6-1 the Royals finished the regular season this weekend with a four game MJHL showcase.

The Jr. Royals have been selected to send eight players to the MJHL All Star weekend.   Players JT Hall, Vinny Monfredo, Mike Carwright, Chris Zaverdas, and Brendan Jones will be playing for the MJHL North All Star Team.

In the MJHL All Star Prospects game Jake Bichko, Matt Goldberg and Adam Goldstein have been slected and the team will be coached by our head coach Ken Hoey.

The 2012 MJHL All Star weekend is set to be held Sunday, January 29th at Iorio Arena in Walpole, MA. Last year’s event saw close to 50 NHL and NCAA college scouts in attendance.

Congratulations to the Royals players selected and good luck next weekend.

For the fifth straight year players and coaches from the Jr Royals team spent time at Buddy Skate 2011 to help special ed students learn to skate.

If you missed Buddy Skate 2011 you missed a great night.  The Rebels hosted the Genesis School for autistic children as well as special education students from the Half Hollow Hills School District in Huntington for a night of safe ice skating and holiday party.   Assisted by players from the Lady Islanders and the Jr Royals team the students and players all had a great time.  

The special attraction for the evening was supplied by Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom Adventure.   All got to see the baby lion, alligator, owl, beaver and boa constrictor.    E-mails from students parents make all the work worthwhile,  "we couldn't get the smile off her face, it was great",   "he nearly had a meltdown when it was time to leave, thank you  thank you",  "it gave us so much joy to watch them interact with their buddies", and  "this year my son was mesmerized by the animals provided by Mutual of Omaha.  He could not stop talking about his experience (and for a child who is challenged by a processing/language disorder) this is a big deal! ". The even was catered by Salpino3 and as always everything was great. 

A special thanks has to go out to Mark Keating from Mutual of Omaha for not only arranging the Wild Kingdom Adventure but sponsoring the night for all to have a great time. Additional photos and videos will be posted soon...... 

Additional photos and videos coming soon.

 

The Long Island Rebels and the Long Island Jr Royals have announced the date for Buddy Skate 2011 at Dix Hills Ice Rink.    

This year's event will be held on December 30th 2011 from 6 to 8:00pm at the Dix Hills Ice Rink. Hockey players will be assisting students from the Genesis School for Autistic Children and special needs students from the Half Hollow Hills School District who are invited for a night of ice skating and a holiday party.

Players from the Long Island Rebels, the Lady Islanders, and Long Island Junior Royals will be on the ice assisting the students skate.  Players families are also invited to bring a desert and accessory items that will be needed. 

Additional information will be sent out soon.

The Rebels and Jr Royals are pleased to announce that this years Buddy Skate Event will be sponsored by Mutual of Omaha.    The National and local offices of Mutual of Omaha have offered to sponsor this special event and in addition they will be bringing the Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom Encounter to the event for all to enjoy.  

To see past videos from past years Buddy Skate's click here.

Last night at the Dix Hills Ice Rink the LI Jr. Royals hosted Suffolk Jrs.   in MET league action and the winner was the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island.   In a joint effort of the two teams the players, parents, and fans raised a total of $1,568 for this special place.   

Thanks to all the parents who volunteered their time to make this a great event and a special thanks to Mr. & Mrs. Pat Martin  for donating the winnings of the 50/50 raffle. 

There was a great crowd at the Dix Hills Ice Rink to watch the Jr Royals and Suffolk Jrs. battle it out again.   The teams have met twice before with both games being decided in overtime with one win each.
Suffolk opened the scoring going up 2-0 on the Royals in the first period.  In the second per  iod the Royals scored two goals within two minutes of each other by Chris Zaverdas and Vinny Monfredo tieing the score going into the third period at 2-2.   Suffolk struck first midway in the third period going up 3-2.     With five minutes left in the game Vinny Monfredo scored a power play goal making the score 3-3. Once again it looked like these two teams were going into a overtime game when with under two minutes left in the game while on a penalty kill Jake Bichko popped out of the zone on a breakaway and put it under Suffolk goalie Ned Torrico for the game winning goal. 

 In the points column Matt Goldberg had two assists, Michael Cartwright had one , Vinny Monfredo had an assist to go with his two goals,  but the player of the game  was Jake Bichko with an assist and the game winning goal.