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Friday, January 31, 2014

Jersey Challenge 1/31


UPDATE: 1/30 Finals 

Newington (gold) 100 (68%) defeats Newington (blue) 46 (31%)
Simsbury 104 (58%) defeats Amity 75 (41%)

Vote to the right of this article.

Over the course of the next month of so, professional action sports photographer Kevin Pataky and myself will be conducting a fan geared hockey sweater competition. Each day matchups will be posted pitting two jerseys of two high schools against each other.  Your job is to vote off to the right of the page. The winners will go on to face the other winners in a bracket style competition. We have included all 58 teams with 6 teams having two jerseys in the competition.  We've also realized that some teams may have new jerseys this season and the determination between road and home jerseys was simply based on which one we thought looked better.

Kevin is a freelance photographer for MLB, MiLB, CBS MaxPreps and the North Haven Citizen. Official photographer of the Connecticut Tigers and North Haven Football. Please feel free to visit his site for full access to thousands of photos taken by Kevin. Click here to visit or feel free to visit his personal website KevinPataky.com

Also to see the latest hockey galleries posted follow @KPatakyPhoto on Twitter!
Newtown vs. Hall-Southington (1/31)

North Branford vs. Lyman Hall-HK (1/31)

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Jersey Challenge 1/30

UPDATE: 1/29 Finals 

Hamden 164 (68%) defeats Housatonic-NW-Wamogo 74 (31%)
ND Fairfield 158 (62%) defeats St. Bernard-NFA-Bacon 94 (37%)

Vote to the right of this article.

Over the course of the next month of so, professional action sports photographer Kevin Pataky and myself will be conducting a fan geared hockey sweater competition. Each day matchups will be posted pitting two jerseys of two high schools against each other.  Your job is to vote off to the right of the page. The winners will go on to face the other winners in a bracket style competition. We have included all 58 teams with 6 teams having two jerseys in the competition.  We've also realized that some teams may have new jerseys this season and the determination between road and home jerseys was simply based on which one we thought looked better.

Kevin is a freelance photographer for MLB, MiLB, CBS MaxPreps and the North Haven Citizen. Official photographer of the Connecticut Tigers and North Haven Football. Please feel free to visit his site for full access to thousands of photos taken by Kevin. Click here to visit or feel free to visit his personal website KevinPataky.com

Also to see the latest hockey galleries posted follow @KPatakyPhoto on Twitter!
Newington-Berlin (gold) vs. Newington-Berlin (blue) (1/30)

Amity vs. Simsbury (1/30)

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Jersey Challenge 1/29

UPDATE: 1/28 Finals 

Trumbull 111 (57%) defeats St. Joseph 81 (42%)
New Milford 92 (54%) defeats Conard 78 (45%)

Vote to the right of this article.

Over the course of the next month of so, professional action sports photographer Kevin Pataky and myself will be conducting a fan geared hockey sweater competition. Each day matchups will be posted pitting two jerseys of two high schools against each other.  Your job is to vote off to the right of the page. The winners will go on to face the other winners in a bracket style competition. We have included all 58 teams with 6 teams having two jerseys in the competition.  We've also realized that some teams may have new jerseys this season and the determination between road and home jerseys was simply based on which one we thought looked better.

Kevin is a freelance photographer for MLB, MiLB, CBS MaxPreps and the North Haven Citizen. Official photographer of the Connecticut Tigers and North Haven Football. Please feel free to visit his site for full access to thousands of photos taken by Kevin. Click here to visit or feel free to visit his personal website KevinPataky.com

Also to see the latest hockey galleries posted follow @KPatakyPhoto on Twitter!
Hamden vs. Housatonic-NW-Wamogo (1/29)

Notre Dame- Fairfield vs. St. Bernard-NFA-Bacon (1/29)


Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Bracketology (1/28)

Even though the formula is rather easy to figure out with 16 teams making the tournament at each division, I thought I'd release, every Tuesday, the state tournament matchups for each division if the season ended today. This changes with each win, loss and tie but I will weekly post it for those inquiring minds. Enjoy!

DIVISION 1
16) St. Joseph @ 1) ND West Haven
9) West Haven @ 8) Simsbury

12) Northwest Catholic @ 5) Ridgefield
13) Xavier @ 4) East Haven

11) Hamden @ 6) New Canaan
14) Greenwich @ 3) Darien

10) ND Fairfield @ 7) Glastonbury
15) South Windsor @ 2) Fairfield Prep

DIVISION 2
16) Guilford @ 1) East Catholic
9) Cheshire @ 8) BCR

12) North Branford @ 5) Branford
13) Daniel Hand @ 4) New Milford

11) Milford @ 6) Trinity Catholic
14) Fermi-Enfield @ 3) Newington-Berlin

10) Suffield-Granby-WL @ 7) Amity
15) BBD @ 2) North Haven

OUTSIDE LOOKING IN:
17) Wilton
18) Trumbull
19) Fairfield Warde-Ludlowe
20) Conard
21) Farmington Valley
22) Watertown-Pomperaug

DIVISION 3
16) Rocky Hill-Middletown-RHAM @ 1) Masuk
9) New Fairfield-Immaculate @ 8) EO Smith-Tolland

12) Stamford @ 5) Hall-Southington
13) Joel Barlow @ 4) Sheehan

11) Woodstock Academy @ 6) Tri-Town
14) Lyman Hall-HK @ 3) Housatonic-NW-Wamogo

10) Shepaug-Litchfield-Nonnewaug @ 7) Staples-Weston-Shelton
15) Westhill @ 2) Newtown

OUTSIDE LOOKING IN:
17) Wethersfield
18) Eastern CT Eagles
19) Norwalk-McMahon
20) St. Bernard-NFA-Bacon

Jersey Challenge 1/28


UPDATE: 1/27 Finals 

Watertown-Pomperaug 147 (84%) defeats RMR 28 (16%)
Westhill 107 (60%) defeats NW Catholic 71 (39%)

Vote to the right of this article.

Over the course of the next month of so, professional action sports photographer Kevin Pataky and myself will be conducting a fan geared hockey sweater competition. Each day matchups will be posted pitting two jerseys of two high schools against each other.  Your job is to vote off to the right of the page. The winners will go on to face the other winners in a bracket style competition. We have included all 58 teams with 6 teams having two jerseys in the competition.  We've also realized that some teams may have new jerseys this season and the determination between road and home jerseys was simply based on which one we thought looked better.

Kevin is a freelance photographer for MLB, MiLB, CBS MaxPreps and the North Haven Citizen. Official photographer of the Connecticut Tigers and North Haven Football. Please feel free to visit his site for full access to thousands of photos taken by Kevin. Click here to visit or feel free to visit his personal website KevinPataky.com

Also to see the latest hockey galleries posted follow @KPatakyPhoto on Twitter!
St. Joseph vs. Trumbull (1/28)

Conard vs. New Milford (1/28)

Monday, January 27, 2014

Elite Predictions 2/5-2/11

By: Luke Devoe

IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO SEE PHOTOS FOR THE CTHSHOCKEY JERSEY CHALLENGE CLICK HERE! REMEMBER TO VOTE ON THE POLLS IN THE RIGHT MARGIN!

Better week for me last week with only Sheehan, Simsbury and Cheshire burning me. This week a lot of predictions and games could get postponed as CT gets rocked by snow, so many of these games could be moved. Still waiting on NFI/Staples and NDWH/New Canaan which will be played 2/4.

Elite Predictions: Mark these on the calendar
Last Week: (6-3-1)  Season: (47-29-8)

2/5 North Branford @ Daniel Hand   4:00 NIP
T-Birds went toe to toe with North Haven Saturday but wore down down the stretch. Hand came away with a huge win over a red hot Milford team. This is one of three excellent games at the NIP Wednesday and I'll give the edge to Solin, Braumann and co. in what is essentially a toss up game. Hand 4, North Branford 2
2/5 South Windsor @ Cheshire   6:00 NIP
The Bobcats have been playing much better of late since getting throttled by Hamden 7-0 back on 1/15. Cheshire is tough to read at this point and can skate with just about anyone. South Windsor showed me a lot beating D2's East Catholic in overtime last week and that's enough to make me pick the low level D1 team over the mid to upper D2 squad. South Windsor 3, Cheshire 2
2/5 GAME OF THE WEEK Fairfield Prep @ Darien   6:00 Darien Ice Rink
In a monster tilt, Darien hosts the Jesuits in a rematch of a 1-0 Darien win back in December. While I wouldn't say Prep has been struggling of late, they certainly aren't wiping the floor with the competition like we've come accustomed to them doing. Darien is one of the smoothest passing teams in the state and thrive with their puck pursuit and recovery. They don't have the standout players like Prep, but their team game is insanely impressive. Even though the Wave are the number one team in the state many would consider a win and a season sweep here an upset. I think they can get it done. Darien 2, Prep 1
2/5 ND Fairfield @ West Haven   6:30 Bennett Rink
West Haven battled hard against #1 Darien on Saturday but ultimately were outwilled. Defenseman Alex Scranton should be commended for his ability to quietly lead this squad and keep them in most games. ND Fairfield has been on fire. They've gone 4-0-1 in their last five with their lone tie against a good St. Peter's Prep (NJ) team. The Lancers have scored 26 goals over their last three games and this offensive potency should be enough to give them the W here. But remember, the Westies beat the Lancers 4-2 back on 12/28. I just think NDF is a better team now than they were then. NDF 5, West Haven 2
2/5 Newington-Berlin @ EO Smith-Tolland   6:45 Uconn Ice Arena
The Bucks play everybody tough and playing them at Uconn is a death sentence for some as they've gone 5-0-1 at home. Newington-Berlin looked less than stellar in topping a two win Wethersfield team 7-4 on Saturday. They haven't really been tested since a 3-3 tie against NWC on 1/15 but I think they are the deeper team with more offensive options. Matt Schoen could stand on his head in this one to keep it close but I'll go with New-Ber. Newington 4, Bucks 2
2/5 Glastonbury @ Branford   8:00 NIP
This is an interesting one. Branford sits at 10-1-1 and hasn't lost since 12/26. Glastonbury, after a rough start has won seven of eight with wins over Simsbury, Amity and NWC. Goalie Kyle Thibodeaux is a large reason the Tomahawks have been so successful over the recent stretch and I highly doubt Branford is able to score at will as they've done so frequently this year. That said, I think the Hornets and the red hot Tyler Hackett find a way. Branford 3, Glastonbury 1
2/7 Hamden @ Bishop Hendricken   8:00 Thayer Ice Arena
Hamden is about as hard to read as arabic. They get drubbed 6-0 and 9-2 to the ND's and go out and lay a beating on a decent Simsbury squad and follow it up with a closer than the final score would indicate loss to Prep. Hamden's problems are in net, there's no masking that. They have the bodies to compete with anyone but keeping the puck out of the net has been their downfall. That's a big deal when playing a team like RI's best Bishop Hendricken who's already beaten Prep and skated stride for stride with NDWH. I would love to see the Dragons pull this one off but I don't see it happening. Bishop 5, Hamden 2
2/8 ND Fairfield @ Fairfield Prep   1:00 Wonderland of Ice
This is one I'm certainly looking forward to. Prep hasn't really been Prep. The first time these two hooked up, the Lancers were able to skate with the Jesuits only to fall 5-2 at Harbor Yard. As I mentioned, I think NDF is a different team now. It'll be interesting to see who they ride in net but my money would be on Justin Krochko who has seemed to settle down in the role with plenty of options behind him. I have a tough time picking against Prep twice in one week but I can honestly see this one going either way. Would it surprise me if NDF pulled the upset? No. Do I think it'll happen? No. Prep 4, NDF 3
2/8 West Haven @ ND West Haven   1:00 Bennett Rink
Rivalry day at Bennett starts with the battle for West Haven. The Blue Devils will be pumped for this one. Depending what happens Tuesday against New Canaan, the Knights could either be riding an unheard of two game losing streak or be back on track. NDWH is just so deep and their top line of Dumas, Lynch and Lynch is nearly unstoppable. The question mark there is the health of Ryan Lynch who was injured late in the loss to Darien. Reports are he should be good to go. Either way, I think NDWH finds a way. This one will be closer than many would think though. NDWH 4, West Haven 1
2/8 Branford @ Amity   3:30 Bennett Rink
Following that one is another gem. Amity hosts Branford in a game that the Spartans desperately need to announce themselves as a title candidate. Amity is only 2-3 over their last five but they get a whole week to prep for this one. I think Branford is the better team but this one certainly showcases some of D2's most talented players with Hackett and Tyler Criscuolo going head to head with Brett McNeil, Adam Shea and Keating Seymour. The problem for Amity is, Branford counters with a handful of complementary players equally as capable of scoring a big goal. This one will be close, Hornets will win. Branford 3, Amity 2 
2/8 Newtown @ NFI   4:00 Danbury Ice Arena
NFI's win over Sheehan in overtime on Saturday was one of the year's biggest moments and that confidence can cause a team to skyrocket. I've said all along I think Ryan Dobos is one of the finest goalies in the state. He better be, because an equally as stalwart goalie eyes him from the other end of the ice. Pat Mcloughlin has been incredible for Newtown to this point and it's been well documented that I think the Nighthawks are one of the top two teams at the D3 level, but on this night I think NFI will have enough to pull the upset. NFI 4, Newtown 3
2/8 Northwest Catholic @ East Catholic   7:00 Champions Skating Center
This might as well be rivalry week. NW takes on East in a clash of two good hockey teams. EC sits atop the D2 standings with a 10-3 mark. They've already beaten NWC 4-3 in overtime back on 1/11. NWC has been fighting it a bit going 2-3-1 over their last six but recently notched a big win over rival Simsbury. I did some digging and I've called for a NWC win the last four times these teams have met. The result, 0-4 for me. I'm going to break from that this time and pick EC to win this one. EC 3, NWC 2 OT
2/8 Suffield-Granby-WL @ BCR   7:45 Bolton Ice Palace
Another underrated tilt to take place at the Palace Saturday night. Suffield is a fun team and one that I've been high on all season. They've won 5 of 6 and are looking like they can pull off some home ice in the first round of the D2 tourney. BCR is a team that just keeps on keeping on. Often thought to be a defense first team, and they are, they've been scoring more goals this year than previous years which they'll need to do to contend at the D2 level. This is a tough call. I think I'll go BCR. They are 6-1 at home this year with the lone blemish coming in a tight game to Newington-Berlin. It wouldn't surprise me at all if Suffield took this one though. BCR 3, Suffield 2
2/8 Lyman Hall-HK @ Sheehan   8:15 Choate Ice Rink
Finally, a Wallingford rivalry finishes off our weekly picks. Lyman Hall-HK heads to Choate to take on Sheehan. LHK has done well enough of late to be pretty locked in to a tournament spot. Sheehan dropped a heartbreaker to NFI on Saturday in a game they had in the bag leading 3-1 late. Sheehan is the better team here no doubt but when rivalries are thrown into the mix all bets are off. I think LHK keeps this one close, but the Titans prevail. Sheehan 4, LHK 2
- denotes CTHSHockey will be in attendance

Warrior Cup
Additionally, on Wednesday, January 5, Newtown and Joel Barlow will be playing their first "Warrior Cup" game at 5:30 at Danbury Ice Arena. Donations will be collected at the game to help the Wounded Warrior Project. You can also donate by clicking the link below. Additionally, both teams will be selling military style uniforms that they will wear in the game. The teams' combined goal is $10,000. If you're in the Danbury area or you want to donate online, please help out this cause. Kudos to both programs and coaches Paul Esposito and Pete Maxfield for doing this!
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Jersey Challenge 1/27

UPDATE: 1/26 Finals 

Joel Barlow 175 (64%) defeats East Catholic 95 (35%)
Fairfield Prep (white) 87 (50%) defeats Fairfield Prep (red) 84 (49%)

Vote to the right of this article.

Over the course of the next month of so, professional action sports photographer Kevin Pataky and myself will be conducting a fan geared hockey sweater competition. Each day matchups will be posted pitting two jerseys of two high schools against each other.  Your job is to vote off to the right of the page. The winners will go on to face the other winners in a bracket style competition. We have included all 58 teams with 6 teams having two jerseys in the competition.  We've also realized that some teams may have new jerseys this season and the determination between road and home jerseys was simply based on which one we thought looked better.

Kevin is a freelance photographer for MLB, MiLB, CBS MaxPreps and the North Haven Citizen. Official photographer of the Connecticut Tigers and North Haven Football. Please feel free to visit his site for full access to thousands of photos taken by Kevin. Click here to visit or feel free to visit his personal website KevinPataky.com

Also to see the latest hockey galleries posted follow @KPatakyPhoto on Twitter!
Watertown-Pomperaug vs. Rocky Hill-Middletown-RHAM

Northwest Catholic vs. Westhill

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Jersey Challenge 1/26

UPDATE: 1/25 Finals 


EO Smith-Tolland 173 (57%) defeats Stamford 129 (42%)
Greenwich 175 (53%) defeats South Windsor 151 (46%)

Vote to the right of this article.

Over the course of the next month of so, professional action sports photographer Kevin Pataky and myself will be conducting a fan geared hockey sweater competition. Each day matchups will be posted pitting two jerseys of two high schools against each other.  Your job is to vote off to the right of the page. The winners will go on to face the other winners in a bracket style competition. We have included all 58 teams with 6 teams having two jerseys in the competition.  We've also realized that some teams may have new jerseys this season and the determination between road and home jerseys was simply based on which one we thought looked better.

Kevin is a freelance photographer for MLB, MiLB, CBS MaxPreps and the North Haven Citizen. Official photographer of the Connecticut Tigers and North Haven Football. Please feel free to visit his site for full access to thousands of photos taken by Kevin. Click here to visit or feel free to visit his personal website KevinPataky.com

Also to see the latest hockey galleries posted follow @KPatakyPhoto on Twitter!
East Catholic vs. Joel Barlow (1/26)
Fairfield Prep (road) vs. Fairfield Prep (home) (1/26)

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Short Shifts 1/25: Home Ice Advantage & Same Old, Same Old

By: Luke Devoe

IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO SEE PHOTOS FOR THE CTHSHOCKEY JERSEY CHALLENGE CLICK HERE! REMEMBER TO VOTE ON THE POLLS IN THE RIGHT MARGIN!

Home Ice Advantage
I calculated home ice records over the last 3 1/2 seasons (2010-11 to 2013-14) for all current D1 and D2 teams that frequent the same rink for all their home games.  Below are the top ten home records and winning percentages.  Some of these are simply because of lopsided schedules that some teams play but some other information is truly indicative of how good some teams are on their home ice. Remember two ties count as a win in hockey when calculating win %.

1.) Ridgefield, Winter Garden Ice Arena (31-3-1, .886)
2.) Fairfield Prep, Wonderland of Ice (29-3-2, .882)
3.) Newington-Berlin, Newington Ice Arena (25-6-3, .764)
4.) BBD, Danbury Ice Arena (25-8-0, .758)
5.) Notre Dame-West Haven, Bennett Rink (33-10-1, .750)
6.) New Canaan, Darien Ice Rink (30-9-4, .744)
7.) Darien, Darien Ice Rink (29-9-4, .738)
8.) St. Joseph, The Rinks at Shelton (20-8-0, .714)
9.) Northwest Catholic, ISCC & Newington Ice Arena 2010-11 (26-11-0, .703)
10.) Guilford, DiLungo Rink (23-9-4, .694)

* 30/38 current D1/D2 teams have a .500 or better record at home over the last 3+ seasons.
* Bolton-Coventry-Rockville is 11-2-1 (.786) over the last two seasons but were separate co-ops in 2011-12 and 2010-11.
* West Haven, Bennett Rink (18-18-3, .487) and Greenwich, Dorothy Hamill Rink (12-22-1, .345) are the only D1 teams below .500 and you can argue that West Haven is technically a .500 team on home ice.
* D2 Northford Ice Pavilion teams have these records in order of winning percentage- Branford (25-17-2, .591), Daniel Hand (21-18-4, .537), (North Haven (18-17-1, .514), North Branford (20-19-1, .513). Cheshire is (16-13-2, .531) splitting between the NIP and Wesleyan.

Same Old, Same Old
As much as we preached parity and an even playing field this season we are slowly trending back to the old stand by... Notre Dame-West Haven and Fairfield Prep are the teams to beat.  The Green Knights haven't lost since December 18, a 4-3 in overtime on the season's first day against New Canaan. Prep hasn't lost since the day after Christmas, 4-3 to Rhode Island power Bishop Hendricken in the first game of the vaunted Mount St. Charles Face Off. Prep went on to win their next two in the tournament while Hendricken went undefeated until, you guessed it, NDWH beat them 6-4 at Bennett last week. NDWH sits at 9-1-1 with 66 total state power points. Prep is 6-2-2 with 54 state power points. The next highest point total belongs to East Haven (10-1) who sits 14 points behind Prep at 40. When the two faced off, we saw a legitimate finals preview in a 4-4 tie at the Wonderland that was certainly one for the ages. While there are definitely teams that could knock off both squads this year, we saw it earlier in the year when New Canaan topped ND and Darien was able to defensively defeat Prep (1-0 on 12/21), both these teams are generating momentum and starting to roll. They haven't done this against non-quality opponents either. They are two of three teams to play a strictly all-D1 schedule every year, Hamden is the other. NDWH's opponents to this point are a combined 64-44-6. Prep's are an even more impressive 68-28-8. If you take into account D1's third place team East Haven, their opponents, mainly D2 teams, are a combined 40-64-5. Every year there are solid FCIAC clubs that post impressive win/loss records but fizzle out when faced with the state tournament. Teams like ND Fairfield and Glastonbury as well as proven past powers Hamden and West Haven pose as contenders only to cower to Prep and ND's dominance. East Haven has been labeled the next best thing since sliced bread by my favorite local newspaper but lost convincing 6-3 when they had the chance to hush all the NDWH hype. This may serve as a rallying cry for many local clubs eager to get out of the Knights' and Jesuits' respective shadows. I hope it does. Nothing would be better for the state to see someone take these two down. But, as of now, I don't see it happening. NDWH gets Hamden today, certainly a team capable of pulling the upset but it would take a complete effort and a flawless game. The same goes for Xavier against Prep on Wednesday and really any team facing these two here on out.

Three To See Today
I already made my Elite Predictions for the Week, they can be found by clicking here, but I'm going to pick three games that intrigue me the most today.

1.) Hamden @ NDWH 3:30, Bennett Rink   NDWH gets another quality test today. The Knights narrowly dropped their first game since 12/18 when Xavier took them to overtime last week. Hamden and the Falcons are very comparable teams. In that one, Xavier played a nearly flawless game. Hamden will need to get production from more than the Rascati-Routh-Carignan line while NDWH will have to simply continue doing what's been successful for them to this point. It'll be interesting to see who Head Coach Tim Belcher opts to go with in net. Wade Conlan looked as if he'd wrestled the starting job from Justin Daddio but Daddio was fantastic in backstopping the Knights to a win over RI's Bishop Hendricken last week. I will be at this one, come chirp me or shake my hand... if you can find me, that is.

2.) Darien @ Trinity Catholic 3:10, Terry Connors Rink   Trinity Catholic is the lone undefeated team in the state. They have three underclassmen averaging over two points a game (Colin Bernard 20 points, Griffin Northrop 19 points, Eryk Wielgos 17 points). Not to mention senior Will Egan continuing to provide steady production and leadership on a nightly basis. They have one of the state's best goalies in junior Kyle Odierno. That's all great. They have not played a team even close to the quality that Darien brings each and every time out. I'd say to this point the Crusaders' best win would be a 3-2 final over Amity earlier in the year. This is precisely why I'm so interested in this matchup. If they can somehow stop the Wave, they announce their presence as a bona fide D2 contender. They can really do this with a close, hotly contested loss as well. Darien comes in strong. They've beaten Prep, haven't lost since opening night to Hamden and at this point, are the best FCIAC team going. They're deep and have an excellent goalie in Mike Colon. I think Darien wins, but wouldn't it be a great story if Trinity Catholic could continue this improbable run.

3.) Northwest Catholic @ Fermi-Enfield 3:50, Enfield Twin Rinks   Inconsistency has plagued Fermi over the past few years. They post wins like they did last night over Simsbury and follow it up by getting drubbed. They've battled this year, losing closely to East Catholic, Suffield-Granby-WL and South Windsor and sit as a .500 team. This one can go in one of two ways. The quick turnover from an emotional Friday night win over a quality D1 team could cause for some tired legs and inflated egos. Or, it could allow Fermi to have the confidence this team has seemed to lack in the past. A confidence, that would tell them they can play with anyone. Northwest Catholic comes in kind of tough to read. The Indians are only 1-3-1 over their last five. If I'm Fermi, I'm thinking they are ripe for the picking. If I'm NWC, I wouldn't overlook Fermi. I haven't seen either team (I'll finally see NWC next Wednesday vs. EH) so to speak on their on ice exploits rather than their past performance wouldn't be fair but I think this one will be close and I think Fermi can pull the upset.



Jersey Challenge 1/25


UPDATE: 1/24 Finals 

Ridgefield 107 (65%) defeats BCR 57 (34%)
North Haven (home) 95 (66%) defeats North Haven (road) 48 (33%)

Vote to the right of this article.

Over the course of the next month of so, professional action sports photographer Kevin Pataky and myself will be conducting a fan geared hockey sweater competition. Each day matchups will be posted pitting two jerseys of two high schools against each other.  Your job is to vote off to the right of the page. The winners will go on to face the other winners in a bracket style competition. We have included all 58 teams with 6 teams having two jerseys in the competition.  We've also realized that some teams may have new jerseys this season and the determination between road and home jerseys was simply based on which one we thought looked better.

Kevin is a freelance photographer for MLB, MiLB, CBS MaxPreps and the North Haven Citizen. Official photographer of the Connecticut Tigers and North Haven Football. Please feel free to visit his site for full access to thousands of photos taken by Kevin. Click here to visit or feel free to visit his personal website KevinPataky.com

Also to see the latest hockey galleries posted follow @KPatakyPhoto on Twitter!
EO Smith-Tolland vs. Stamford (1/25)

Greenwich vs. South Windsor (1/25)