*10/18/25 - Saturday, 9am-10:30am - Practice - Codey Arena
*10/25/25 - Saturday, 9am-10:30am - Practice - Codey Arena
*11/1/25 - Saturday, 9am-10:30am - Practice - Codey Arena
*11/8/25 - Saturday, 9am-10:30am - Practice - Codey Arena
*11/7/25 - 11/9/25: Friday, Saturday & Sunday - USA Hockey Special Classic - Ice Vault, Wayne, NJ. Details to follow. USA Special Hockey Classic Website. Each player must be registered with USA Hockey to participate.
*11/15/25 - Saturday - NO PRACTICE this weekend
*11/22/25 - Saturday, 9am-10:30am - Practice - Codey Arena
*11/29/25 - Saturday - NO PRACTICE this weekend - Happy Thanksgiving!
*12/1/25 - Monday, 7pm - Group Night at the Prudential Center to see the Devils take on the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Dare Devils will play between the 1st and 2nd periods and there will be a group photo on the ice following the game. Register via this link.
*12/6/25 - Saturday, 9am-10:30am - Practice - Codey Arena
*12/7/25 - Sunday, 10am-11:30am - Away Game @ Philadelphia Freeze - Tarken Ice Rink
*12/20/25 - Saturday, 9am-10:30am - Practice - Codey Arena - Holiday Party immediately following practice in the Party Area of Codey Arena
*12/27/25 - Saturday, 9am-10:30am - Practice - Codey Arena - Holiday Break practice - details to follow
*1/3/26 - Saturday, 9am-10:30am - Practice - Codey Arena - Holiday Break practice - details to follow
Our annual Frankenfest tournament concluded this afternoon. Thank you to all of the players, coaches, junior coaches, volunteers, arena staff, zoo staff, families and visiting teams for making the tournament and party a successful event. From the planning, to the scheduling, welcome table, tricky tray, hospitality room, coaching, refereeing, time keeping and party coordination, we had a real collective effort this year from the families, junior coaches, coaches and referees. Frank and his gang of photographers graciously documented everything that occurred over the course of the weekend. All of the galleries will be posted on Frank's website. A special thank you goes out to Dare Devils player and resident artist, Jonah Barnes, for designing the art work on this year's tournament t-shirt. Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this a great tournament!
Dare Devils Black vs. Montgomery Cheetahs/Nova Cool Cats/Happy Valley - Sunday, 10/12/25 at 9:45am
Yesterday, the Dare Devils Red team narrowly bested the combined Montgomery Cheetahs, Nova Cool Cats and Happy Valley conglomerate. Today, it was the Dare Devils Black squads turn to play the Cool Cheetah Cats. But unfortunately, the visiting team prevailed in this mornings contest. The game was close, thanks to the otherworldly goaltending from Matty Brighton, but the Dare Devils couldn't get enough goals past the talented netminder on the other end of the ice. Patrick Hung, Alfonso Mosca and James Cooney all scored goals and Connor Hung, Aaron Quintana, Shea Passikoff and PJ Visicaro all recorded assists.
Dare Devils White vs. Flower City - Sunday, 10/12/25 at 9:45am (contributions by Coach Doug Katz)
While the Dare Devils Black team was skating on Rink 2, the Dare Devils White squad took on Flower City, representing the city of Rochester, on Rink 1 at 9:45 this morning. The teams battled throughout this high scoring affair with both teams exchanging the lead on multiple occasions. Neither team could pull ahead and the game ultimately ended in tie. Sean Glassett opened the scoring for the Dare Devils at the 33 minute mark by hustling for a loose puck and beating the goalie as he left his crease to try to stop the play. Tony He continued to show marked improvement and he was rewarded for his efforts by scoring the Dare Devils second goal of the game when he put home a rebound with 29 minutes remaining. The offensive star of the game was newcomer Jordan Rosen, who recorded a hat trick, including scoring the game tying goal with seconds remaining in the contest. Solid defensive efforts were put in by Ryan Scorsune, Ryan Tomkiewicz, Andrew Katz and Julian Po. The Dare Devils recording goals were Jordan Rosen (3 goals), Sean Glassett (2 goals), Kevin Plunkett (1 goal), Joel Gooblar (1 goal), Tony He (1 goal) and Daniel Weissman (1 goal).
Dare Devils White vs. Philadelphia Freeze - Sunday, 10/12/25 at 10:30am
Immediately after completing their hard fought tie against Flower City, the Dare Devils Whites had to hustle over to rink 2 for their 10:30am matchup against the Philadelphia Freeze. Although Coach Myles has been emphasizing conditioning drills in practice, playing back-to-back contests on the 2nd day of Frankefest is not conducive to winning. Unfortunately for the Dare Devils Whites, they did not have enough gas in the tank to keep up with our friends from Philadelphia. This was a low scoring game, thanks to the heroics of superstar Matty Brighton in net. Sean Glassett scored the only goal of the game for the Dare Devils as they ultimately fell to the Freeze.
Dare Devils Black vs. Gargoyles/Ice Dogs/Emperors - Sunday, 10/12/25 at 11:30am
The Dare Devils Black team played their second game of the day against the mixed Gargoyles/Ice Dogs/Emperors team. This was a hard fought battle and the Dare Devils prevailed behind the balanced scoring, defensive structure and outstanding goaltending from Matty Brighton. The Dare Devils making the box score were: Shea Passikoff (6 goals), James Cooney (2 goals, 1 assist), Liam Smith (2 goals), Patrick Hung (1 goal, 1 assist), Alfonso Mosca (1 goal), Owen Silverstein (1 goal), Connor Hung (1 goal) and Matty Brighton (1 assist). In addition to contributing a goal, Connor Hung also showed great sportsmanship by ensuring that our friends on the opposing team had opportunities to touch the puck and record shots on net. Great job, Connor!
Dare Devils Black vs. Mercer/Woodbridge/Central Park - Sunday, 10/12/25 at 1pm
In a rematch of yesterdays battle against Mercer/Woodbridge/CP, the Dare Devils Blacks picked up reinforcements, in the form of veteran superstars Captain Ryan Griffin, Will Trampota, and Jimmy Trampota for this afternoons game. The expanded roster was enough to allow the Dare Devils to squeak out a victory in this tense contest. Patrick Hung opened the scoring, by finishing a beautiful passing play from Will Trampota and Mason Po. The Dare Devils kept charging ahead to seal the win. The players on the scoresheet were: Will Trampota (3 goals, 3 assists), Captain Ryan Griffin (3 goals, 1 assist), Shea Passikoff (3 goals, 1 assist), Patrick Hung (1 goal, 2 assists), Jimmy McTernan (2 goals), Mason Po (1 goal, 1 assist), Aaron Quintana (2 assists), and James Cooney (1 assist).
Sunday - 10/13 - Dare Devils Mixed Squad vs. Coaches/Venom Hockey 2pm:
Similar to previous Frankenfests, the tournament concluded with a group of A, B & C Dare Devils players facing off against a collection of coaches and Venom Hockey Beer League players. This year the Coaches/Venom also had the help of some of the talented players from Woodbridge and Central Park. We'll give the benefit of the doubt to the Venom team as most of them helped coach and referee this weekend so they were for sure tired, but the adults were no match for the talented Dare Devils squad. Led by Captain Ryan Griffin, the Dare Devils jumped out to an early lead and never took their collective feet off the gas. Just like last year, the highlight of the game was the battle of the Hung Dynasty: children Patrick and Connor both bested their father, Terence (skating out this year), and buried beautiful goals to help seal the victory. The Woodbridge and Central Park players carried the Venom, with some help from Coach Eric and Coach Myles, but the game was decided early. The Dare Devils breaking through were Vinny Racamato (3 goals), Jimmy McTernan (3 goals), Captain Ryan Griffin (2 goals), Patrick Hung (1 goal, 1 assist), Sean Glassett (1 goal, 1 assist), Danny Giger (1 goal, 1 assist), Liam Smith (1 goal), Kory Wadleigh (1 goal), James Cooney (1 goal), Patrick Law (1 goal) and Connor Hung (1 goal).
Dare Devils Red vs. Flyers Youth - Saturday, 10/11/25 at 9am
The 2025 Frankenfest Tournament kicked off at 9am on Saturday with the NJ Dare Devils Red squad taking on the vaunted Philadelphia Flyers Youth program. The game started as a defensive battle as both teams were feeling each other out for the first several shifts. The game remained tied at zero until Patrick Law converted a Nick Ritter pass for the opening goal of the tournament. The teams traded goals as the contest continued but the Dare Devils ultimately prevailed behind the stellar goaltending of superstar Matty Brighton. The highlights of the game were the tic-tac passing from Will Trampota and Reese Citro to feed Jimmy McTernan for the Dare Devils 3rd goal and Nick Ritter burying a shot into the top shelf off an assist from Captain Ryan Griffin. In addition, Kory Wadleigh showed great sportsmanship by helping up a Flyers player after an accidental collision. The Dare Devils making the score sheet were: Jimmy McTernan (3 goals), Reese Citro (1 goal, 1 assist), Nick Ritter (1 goal, 1 assist), Will Trampota (1 goal, 1 assist), Patrick Law (1 goal, 1 assist), Kory Wadleigh (1 goal, 1 assist), Captain Ryan Griffin (2 assists), Patrick Hung (1 goal), Vinny Racamato (1 goal).
Dare Devils White vs. York Polar Bears - Saturday, 10/11/25 at 10:45am
The Dare Devils White team played their first game of the tournament against the talented York Polar Bears. This game was a back and forth affair that wasn't decided until the final seconds when Shea Passikoff won a puck battle in front of the York net and put home a rebound to carry the Dare Devils to a 7-6 victory. Superstar goalie Matty Brighton once again stood on his head while Daniel Weissman and Jordan Rosen both put in solid performances in their Dare Devils debuts. Weissman netted two goals and Rosen scored one, to the delight of their teammates, the rink announcer (Captain Ryan Griffin) and the fans in the stands. The Dare Devils in the box score were: Shea Passikoff (4 goals), Daniel Weissman (2 goals), Ryan Scorsune (2 assists and solid defense), Jordan Rosen (1 goal), Bahad Worley (1 assist). In addition to the players making the score sheet, Connor Hung, Henry Barrios, Kevin Plunkett and Tony He all played strong games.
Dare Devils Red vs. Montgomery Cheetahs/Nova Cool Cats/Happy Valley - Saturday, 10/11/25 at 3:45pm
The Dare Devils Red squad played their second game of the day against a superstar team comprised of players from the Montgomery Cheetahs, the Nova Cool Cats and Happy Valley. This was a very evenly matched contest and the Dare Devils prevailed in a nail biter thanks to stellar goaltending from Matty Brighton and guest netminder, Savannah, from the Binghamton Red Hawks. Coach Jordan manned the bench in this game and constructed the lines in a manner that allowed the Dare Devils to rely on team work and structured defense. The game was close throughout but the Dare Devils pulled ahead in the closing minutes to seal the victory. Team work was prevalent throughout the game with beautiful goals scored after passing plays from Jimmy McTernan, Will Trampota, Nick Ritter, Captain Ryan Griffin, Aaron Quintana, Danny Giger and Vincent Racamato. The Dare Devils making the scoresheet were: Jimmy McTernan (2 goals, 1 assist), Patrick Law (2 goals, 1 assist), Vincent Racamato (1 goal, 2 assists), Will Trampota (1 goal, 2 assists), Captain Ryan Griffin (1 goal, 2 assists), Patrick Hung (1 goal, 1 assist), Will Milazzo (2 assists), Danny Giger (1 assist), Aaron Quintana (1 goal), Andrew DePiero (1 goal), and Nick Ritter (1 assist).
Dare Devils Black vs. Mercer/Woodbridge/Central Park - Saturday, 10/11/25 at 4:30pm
The Dare Devils Black team had to wait almost a full day to begin their play in the 2025 Frankenfest tournament. Despite chomping at the bit after waiting all day to play, the Dare Devils Black ran into a juggernaut on Saturday afternoon. The Dare Devils were paced by Liam Smith, who played a strong game, and attempted to will Dare Devils back into the contest, including burying a goal in the closing seconds, but the Dare Devils ultimately ended up on the wrong side of the ledger. Despite the tough loss, the Dare Devils acquitted themselves well with Alfonso Mosca and Owen Silverstein each scoring 1 goal and 1 assist; and Patrick Hung, Shea Passikoff, Owen Silverstein, and Liam Smith each netting 1 goal. Bahad Worley also continued his progression and had a great day. He was hungry on pucks and made several strong plays to keep the Dare Devils in the contest.
The Dare Devils players all seemed to have extra focus at practice today. The coaching staff couldn't figure it out at first but then Captain Ryan Griffin yelled, "Skate hard! Frankenfest is next weekend!" Then it all made sense - everyone had an extra pep in their step knowing the premier ASHA showcase is one week away. Who knew Captain Ryan was a poet? Find out more in his updated Captain's Corner post! Well done, Cap!
Coach Myles deviated a bit from his typical conditioning sessions during the power skating drills. While he still had the players skating hard, he dialed down the intensity knowing the team has several games to play next week. He did however let the players know they are expected to skate the length of the ice in approximately six seconds. Maybe he will put that to the test during our next practice session (Saturday, 10/18).
Practice commenced with the typical learn-to-skate session, followed by power skating, and concluded with passing, shooting and stick-handling drills. Matty Brighton appeared to be in mid-season form, Ryan Kientz was steady as always, and Ryan Scorsune put on a shooting clinic, ringing several shots off the inside of the post into the back of the net. Junior Coaches Trevor Kopkik and Colin Smith put in excellent work today, showing some of our learn-to-skate players the finer points of hockey. Thank you, Colin and Trevor - your contributions mean a lot to our team!
Frankenfest Info:
Our Annual Frankenfest tournament is almost here - we have an action packed schedule for next Saturday, October 11th & Sunday, October 12th. The game schedules can be found under the Frankenfest tab. Locker room assignments are also on the schedule. Please note that these are subject to change over the course of the weekend. We recommend keeping an eye on our welcome desk for any changes related to locker room assignments.
All Dare Devils players must be registered and RSVP'd as attending Frankenfest to participate in the tournament. Every player is welcome to attend the tournament (regardless of skating ability) and will be assigned to a Dare Devils team based on their skill level. Team assignments have been communicated to the players/families via email (they are also listed on the Frankenfest tab.) It is imperative that players only skate during the games to which they are assigned. We will have coaches available to skate with learn-to-skate players during the games, if necessary. Junior coaches are encouraged to attend, as your schedule permits, as we can use your help throughout the weekend.
We will once again be holding our Costume Party at the Turtle Back Zoo on Saturday, October 11th. The festivities will kick off around 5:30pm. There will be dinner, trick or treating, a DJ and dancing, access to the carousel/special exhibits and much more! We can't wait to see everyone having a good time in their costumes! All players/families, coaches and junior coaches are encouraged to attend - even if you aren't skating during the weekend.
A special thank you goes out to Allison Silverstein, Ms.Grace, Antonia Worley and Patty Hung for heading up the party planning and tricky tray. Thanks to everyone else who has agreed to help out. However, we still need volunteers to assist with check-in, the hospitality room, party setup, candy donations and tricky tray donations. If you have the availability, please let us know if you can assist by completing the following form: Volunteer sign-up form.
After an encouraging performance against the powerhouse Brick Stars last weekend, it would be understandable if Coach Myles took it easy on the Dare Devils during this morning's practice. However, Coach Myles had other ideas for the squad. Knowing that Frankenfest, the premier ASHA tournament, is two weeks away, the main focus of today's practice was conditioning.
As per usual, practice started with the learn-to-skate session. Joel Gooblar, Daniel Weissman, Aiden Hung, Victoria Garay and Jordan Rosen all continued their marked improvement and will soon find themselves with the necessary skating skills to participate in the full practice. Following the lead of Coach Eric, our resident learn-to-skate whisperer, several Junior Coaches really went above and beyond to ensure that our new skaters had proper support today. Junior Coaches Evan Auclair, Carmine Bogert, Alex Strauss and Chase Olszewski really stepped up in making today a successful practice.
Next up was power skating and Coach Myles made sure that all of the skaters were gasping for air with all of the endurance work. The Dare Devils are poised to be the hardest working team in ASHA this season. After the power skating, Coach Myles split the squad into two groups to work on stick-handling, board play, passing, shooting and net races. In addition, Coach Myles homed in on the mental aspects of the game by talking the players through the proper way to take on a defender when they find themselves in a one-on-one situation. Coach Myles preached, "use your speed and the boards to your advantage. Don't try to barrel through the defender." Sage advice, Coach Myles. Captain Ryan Griffin (Updated Captains Corner Blog post can be found here) led the way but valiant efforts were also put in by Kory Wadleigh, Reese Citro, Will Milazzo, Charlie Alterman, TJ Howard, Kevin Plunkett, Nick Ritter, Danny Giger, Vincent Racamato, Jake Simon, Owen Silverstein and Micayla Shields.
As a reminder to the Dare Devils families, Frankenfest will be here in two weeks and we still need volunteers to assist with check-in, the hospitality room, party setup, candy donations and tricky tray donations. If you have the availability, please let us know if you can assist by completing the following form: Sign-up Genius Link
Group night is scheduled for Monday, December 1st (the Devils are hosting the Columbus Blue Jackets). This year the Devils hooked us up and all seats will be in the lower level (Sections 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15). All player and junior coach tickets will be covered by the Dare Devils. All other attendee (including senior coaches) tickets are $60 each. Please register for this event via the website indicating the number of tickets needed. Payments can be made via the website, the team Venmo account or by check. The cutoff for orders is November 10th. Please reach out to Coach Brendon (brendon.passikoff@gmail.com) with any questions.
For the first time in years, the Dare Devils opened their game schedule in September with a tilt against our fierce rivals, the Brick Stars, at the Howell Ice Arena. Similar to the NHLPA, the Dare Devils players fought for a shorter training camp in their most recent collective bargaining negotiation with management. As such, this season's game schedule started off earlier than usual. Not only was the game early in the season, today's contest was also early in the morning, with an official puck drop of 7:50am.
Fortunately for the players, the Howell Ice Arena is the coldest rink in New Jersey and the arctic blast they felt when stepping on the ice was the wake up call they needed. The game started off as a defensive battle with both teams trading chances throughout the opening minutes. The Dare Devils went up by two goals after Shea Passikoff and Jimmy McTernan both buried unassisted breakaways as the first period concluded. The talented Stars squad clawed back into the game and found themselves up by a score of 3 to 2 with two minutes remaining in the third period. In the final shift of the game, Shea Passikoff completed his hat-trick by converting two goals to put the Dare Devils up by one. Just when victory seemed inevitable, the Stars tied the game up at 4 with seconds remaining in the contest.
The game went to a shootout and Madison Mitchell, Andrew Piccirillo, Connor Hung, Sean Glassett and Samantha Ciemiecki all converted their penalty shots. Unfortunately for the Dare Devils, the Stars players also converted all of their shootout opportunities and the game ended in a draw.
In addition to the players getting on the score sheet, strong defensive efforts were put in by James Cooney, Liam Smith, Ayden Duran, Tony He and Aaron Quintana. Owen Silverstein, Patrick Hung and Micayla Shields all played strong all-around games and each had several opportunities to score but were stymied by the uber-talented Stars goalie.
A special thank you goes out to Coach Alex and the Brick Stars for hosting us today. We greatly appreciate the sportsmanship and hospitality you displayed by keeping this an evenly matched game despite the fact we were playing without a netminder . We also thank you for treating us to donuts and coffee after the game. We can't wait to see you at the USA Hockey Classic in November!
As a reminder to the Dare Devils families, Frankenfest will be here in a few weeks and we still need volunteers to assist with check-in, the hospitality room, party setup, candy donations and tricky tray donations. If you have the availability, please let us know if you can assist by completing the following form: Signup Genius link.
The Dare Devils season is starting to get into full swing. Today was another excellent practice and it went a long way in preparing the players for tomorrow morning's game in Brick (7:50am at Howell Ice Rink) and the upcoming Frankenfest Tournament (10/11 and 10/12 at Codey).
We once again had great representation from the players, coaches, and junior coaches. Practice started with the typical learn-to-skate session and from there Coach Myles worked the players hard to get them ready for the upcoming games. Today's focus was on endurance drills and skills training but the players still seemed to have a lot of fun, despite all of the hard work. The standouts at practice today were Ayden Duran, Matty Brighton, Charlie Alterman, Joel Gooblar, Victoria Garay, Jonah Barnes and Tony He; all of whom demonstrated extra focus and determination in completing the drills.
We would also like to highlight the dedication of our coaching staff. Many of the coaches and volunteers have children on the team, so it is natural for us to put in the effort to make the Dare Devils a successful program (not to minimize the energy spent by the parent volunteers). We also have several senior coaches with siblings on the team (Head Coach Myles Mitchell, Jordan Benoff and Ray Law) and their commitment to the team is extremely admirable as they put in countless hours organizing practices and strategizing for games. In addition, we have several hero junior coaches, senior coaches and volunteers that do not have any family connection to the team. They volunteer their time and efforts out of the kindness of their hearts to enhance the lives of our kids. This includes the vast majority of the junior coaches, team photographer Frank Ingram, Eric Zlotnik, Steve Toledo, Billy Rafferty and Kristen Lattarelli. Please take the time to acknowledge their efforts the next time you see them.
Theresa Mosca once again provided coffee for the parents during practice today. Thank you, Theresa!
Frankenfest will be here in a few weeks and we still need volunteers to assist with check-in, the hospitality room, party setup, candy donations and tricky tray donations. If you have the availability, please let us know if you can assist by completing the following form: Signup genius link
Inquiring minds recently asked our mangers/assistant coaches (Bernard and Brendon) about the last time they cried. As if they were step-brothers, and without hesitation, both simultaneously replied, "at practice on Saturday, September 6th!"
What a difference a week makes. Coach Myles sensed our desperation and brought in reinforcements for the 2nd Dare Devils practice of the season. This mornings coach to player ratio was as good as its ever been and it led to a well-organized, productive, fun and hard-working practice.
Led by Coaches Myles, Eric, Jordan, Erin, Steve Toledo, Doug, Terence, Ray, Brendon, Bernard, John Smith (shout out to our part-time beat writer John for joining the coaching ranks) and a gaggle of parent/junior coaches, practice commenced with a learn-to-skate session where all our players were getting hands on instruction. Next up was power skating for the advanced players and Myles made sure that everyone on the team broke a sweat. We have our 1st game of the season next weekend and Myles used everything in his coaching repertoire to ensure the players are properly building up their conditioning.
After working the players to near exhaustion, Coach Myles next had the team work on skating, passing and shooting drills. Superstar goaltender Matty Brighton looked to be in mid-season form as he flashed his glove and pads on multiple occasions to stymie the frustrated Dare Devils skaters. In addition to Matty's strong performance, Will Milazzo, Liam Smith and Bahad Worley all put in solid efforts today.
This morning was really a team effort. In addition to the work put in by the players and coaching staff, Alfonso Mosca's mom, Theresa, took it upon herself to bring a box of joe to practice and it was a big hit. Thank you, Theresa! What a great opportunity to get the families together to discuss the upcoming season!
