Twenty-six of 98 THF games were decided by a single goal and five more finished level. Twelve games had a goal inside the final 30 seconds of regulation, four went to overtime — one settled with 20.7 seconds left — and five teams erased deficits of three goals or more. One of them came back from four down.
Weekend Headlines
DOWN TO THE WIRE — NY Arrows 11U trailed Philadelphia Revolution Elite by three, then survived the finish of the weekend. Lorenzo Troilo tied it 7-7 with 14.4 seconds left. Barrett Hinkley won it as the clock ran out, his third goal of the game, 8-7.
BIGGEST COMEBACK — New York Saints 10U went down four goals to NY Dynamo on Sunday and came all the way back to win 10-8. Matteo Moracci scored five and set up three more.
OT DRAMA — Four games needed overtime and none of them were quiet. Nikita Bogatyrev won it for Rockets Hockey Club 18U Premier with 20.7 seconds left after Preston Ferro’s hat-trick goal tied it with 1:51 to play. Zachary Xanders ended Seacoast Spartans 14U’s three-goal comeback with 1:35 left in the extra period. Eli Carberry (16U) and Jeremy Winkler (15U) also delivered.
BETWEEN THE PIPES — Team Maryland 15U’s Jack Flanagan faced 53 shots on Saturday, the heaviest workload of the weekend. Logan Mitchell made 43 saves to drag Philadelphia Revolution 15U to overtime, and Luke Flores stopped 39 for Jersey Hitmen 12U in a 1-1 draw. Eleven shutouts were recorded across the weekend.
PERFECT WEEKEND — Rockets Hockey Club 16U Premier swept three games. PBK 12U went 3-0-1. Four 15U teams — Mercer Chiefs, Notre Dame Hockey Academy, Philadelphia Revolution and Woodbridge Wolfpack Pure Premier — all finished 2-0.
BY THE NUMBERS — 26 of 98 games decided by one goal. 14 teams erased a two-goal deficit; five erased three or more. 33 games featured a goal inside the last two minutes of regulation. 11 shutouts. 11 goaltenders faced 40 shots or more.
By Division
9U — Nobody Could Be Separated
Two of the division’s fifteen games finished level. Red Bank Generals and Philadelphia Revolution Elite traded goals all Saturday afternoon in a 6-6 tie, with Lincoln Sgrillo scoring three times and adding an assist and Tyler Volgraf turning aside 33 shots. PAL Jr. Islanders and New York Saints couldn’t be separated either, finishing 5-5. CT Jr. Rangers went 2-0 and PAL came out 2-0-1, the only two teams to get through the weekend unbeaten.
10U — Saints Erase Four
New York Saints fell behind NY Dynamo by four goals on Sunday and won anyway, 10-8, the biggest comeback in the federation this weekend. Matteo Moracci finished with five goals and three assists; Landry Hauge answered with four goals and an assist for Dynamo. The division made a habit of late winners — Jamieson Whitty put Dynamo ahead with 29.5 seconds left on Saturday, and Jameson Ferry did the same for Philadelphia Revolution Elite with 10.1 seconds showing on Sunday. Ryan Reif posted a 25-save shutout for PAL Jr. Islanders.
11U — Arrows Win a Wild One
NY Arrows trailed Philadelphia Revolution Elite by three goals and still found a way. Lorenzo Troilo tied it 7-7 with 14.4 seconds left, and Barrett Hinkley answered as the clock ran out for his third goal of the game and an 8-7 win. Utica Jr. Comets went 3-1 on the weekend, Tyler Seakan scoring twice inside the last two minutes on Sunday while Samuel Bianco turned aside 36 shots. Flyers Elite and Mid-Fairfield also went 2-0, Brendan Noonan putting up five points and Aston Gravely posting a shutout.
12U — PBK Keeps Finding Points
PBK went 3-0-1, the only blemish a 1-1 Sunday tie with Jersey Hitmen in which Luke Flores made 39 saves. Camden Fritz and Connor Wells each finished with five points for PBK. Utica Jr. Comets came from three goals down to beat New York Saints 4-3 behind 30 saves from Oscar Page, and Maksim Panasenko had three goals and four assists for Philadelphia Revolution Elite.
13U — Dynamo Edge a Split
NY Dynamo and Philadelphia Revolution Elite split Saturday’s pair, Dynamo taking the first 4-3 as George McGuire scored twice and Ryan Carpenter made 37 saves. Thomas Cernan’s hat trick carried NYC Hockey Club, the only team in the division to finish unbeaten at 2-0. Mercer Chiefs beat Red Bank Generals 5-3 on Sunday, with Nicholas Mayer facing 40 shots at the other end.
14U — Spartans Come All the Way Back
Seacoast Spartans spotted Mount St. Charles a three-goal lead on Friday night and won anyway. Samuel Hodel tied it with 1:12 left in the third, and Zachary Xanders buried the winner with 1:35 remaining in overtime for a 6-5 final. Mercer Chiefs went 2-0 behind a hat trick from Mark Morav and 31 saves from James Caton. Utica Jr Comets came from two down to beat NY Dynamo 4-3 on Sunday, Joseph Aiello V making 25 saves.
15U — Revolution Survive in Overtime
Philadelphia Revolution needed the extra period to get past NYC Hockey Club 5-4 on Saturday, Jeremy Winkler scoring with 1:50 left in overtime after Logan Mitchell had turned aside 43 shots to keep it alive. Jack Weisgerber scored three times for NYC. Four teams finished 2-0 — Mercer Chiefs, Notre Dame Hockey Academy, Philadelphia Revolution and Woodbridge Wolfpack Pure Premier — with Maximus Vollrath posting a shutout for Mercer. Team Maryland’s Jack Flanagan faced 53 shots on Saturday, more than any goaltender in the federation.
16U — Selects Steal One Late
TI Selects were two goals down to Flyers Elite Prep on Sunday before Chase Matheus tied it with 1:37 left and Eli Carberry won it with 35 seconds remaining in overtime, 6-5. Rockets Hockey Club Premier went 3-0, opening Friday with a 3-2 win over Jersey Hitmen after trailing by two and closing with a 25-save shutout from Zeller Clark-Schoeb. Rockets Hockey Club Elite went 2-0 on a separate schedule, Arsenii Pastukh piling up six points on Saturday.
18U — Ferro and Bogatyrev Finish It
Rockets Hockey Club Premier trailed Seacoast SPA by three on Saturday. Preston Ferro completed his hat trick to tie it with 1:51 left, and Nikita Bogatyrev won it 6-5 with 20.7 seconds remaining in overtime. Sunday stayed just as tight: Marshall Matyszczak put Philadelphia Revolution ahead with 1:21 left in a 4-3 win, and NY Dynamo held off PBK 4-3 behind 36 saves from Brendon Eigner. Nobody in the division won more than two games.