Game Summary - @ Central Park North Stars - 3/15/25
No sleep 'til Brooklyn! Were the Beastie Boys prophetic when they wrote their 1986 classic? Is it possible that the famed street poets were predicting the 2024-2025 Dare Devils season? Decide for yourself based on some cherry-picked lyric excerpts below:
No sleep 'til
Another plane, another train
Another (water) bottle in the brain
Another girl, another fight
Another drive all night
Our manager's crazy, he always smokes **** (cigars)
He's got his own room at the back of the bus
No sleep 'til Brooklyn
The Dare Devils have been around the world and back this season. There were planes, long drives, tussles on the ice, and I'm pretty sure that Coach/Manager Bernard has gone a tad bit mad. Now the players and families can finally get some rest because the Dare Devils season concluded today in Brooklyn, NY (we do have the Pittsburgh tournament in May, but for all intents and purposes the season is basically over).
Today we played our annual "Bridge and Tunnel" derby game against the talented Central Park North Stars at the picturesque Lefrak Center Ice Rink in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Knowing it was our last game of the season, the players came ready to play today, led by ad interim Captain, Reese Citro (aka the superstar's superstar). As has been the case over the past several weeks, the Dare Devils were a cohesive unit, played with solid defensive structure and went out of their way to make the extra pass.
The main highlights of the game were Henry Barrios scoring his first goal of the season and Tony He recording the first point (a beautiful assist) of his Dare Devils career. Owen Silverstein opened the game with a breakaway goal (assisted by Reese Citro) and Patrick Hung followed that up with two quick scores. That was all superstar net-minder Alex Anson needed as the Dare Devils rode his near perfect goaltending to a hard fought victory.
The Dare Devils making the box score were as follows: Shea Passikoff (7 goals, 1 assist); Owen Silverstein (5 goals); Patrick Hung (4 goals); Reese Citro (2 goals, 2 assists); James Cooney (1 goal, 1 assist); Sean Glassett (1 goal, 1 assist); Henry Barrios (1 goal); Tony He (1 assist); and Ayden Duran (1 assist). In addition to the offensive heroics, particularly strong defensive efforts were put in by Connor Hung, Sean Glassett, Reese Citro and Henry Barrios. Liam Smith was all over the ice today but he was thwarted on multiple occasions by the talented North Stars goalie.
Frank made the trip to Brooklyn and the gallery of his photos and videos can be found here. Thank you, Frank!
Lastly, we would also like to thank our great friends with the Central Park North Stars for hosting us today. They were great hosts, strong opponents and showed great sportsmanship. In addition, they treated us to an awesome pizza party and picnic in Prospect Park immediately following the game. Thank you North Stars. We can't wait to see your new digs in Central Park when we visit you next season!