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.

Jr. Royals Captain Michael Cartwright  has been named defensive player of the week by the Metropolitan Junior Hockey League.

Michael is a second year Jr. Royals player who continues the Cartwright's wearing the "C" from his brother Greg who was the Royals Captain last year.  
In 12 games this year Michael has scored 6 goals and has 7 assists including and overtime goal vs the Metro Moose in the Ronald McDonald House Cup semi-final.

Long Island Jr Royals 2010-11 Asst Captain Frank DiChiara has had a great start with the St Louis Bandits in the North American Hockey League.  The Bandits who play in the Mid West Division of the NAHL are off to a 8-1-1 start leading their division and league in wins.

In the first 10 games of the season Frank has an impressive 6 goals and 4 assists with an overall +9 rating and is tied for the most goals scored on his team.

The #8 jersey worn last year by Frank DiChara who went on to be the MJHL Leading Scorer and voted the League MVP has returned to show it powers.  

Returning Jr. Royals player JT Hall  switched from his last year #7 to the #8 jersey and scored 5 goals in the season opener vs. the Boston Bulldogs.   Hall also had an assist on the day finishing the game with 6 points.   JT was voted by the team as an Assistant Capt. for this season.  Along with the 5 goals scored by Hall was 2 goals by Nick Drixis one by Zaverdas and one by Goldberg.   Final score was Royals 9 - Boston Bulldogs 3

Game #2 of the opening weekend had the Royals playing the host team Scranton Knights.   Andrew Green opened the scoring  followed by Matt Goldberg with two power play goals and Vinny Monfredo and Michael Cartwright with one each.   Corey Cairo got the win stopping all 20 shots to earn the teams first shutout of the year.

Game #3 of the weekend put the Jr Royals vs the Cranston Reds.  Jake Bichko opened the scoring in the first and got another in the second for a two goal day.  Assistant Capt. Vincent Monfredo also got two goals and three assists.   Cartwright, Hall and Zaverdas got one goal each for a final score of Royals 7 - Cranston 3.   Marchetti got the win stopping 34 of 37 shots.

Hall  finished the three game weekend with a total of 6 goals and 5 assists for a total of 11 points.

Robert O'Gara has been drafted by the Boston Bruins in the fifth round with the 151st pick of the NHL draft. O'Gara who has committed to Yale University made his final choice from between Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. O'Gara is a 6'3" 185lb. strong two-way defenseman with good hands and a good stick.