Group Night Summary - 11/25/24

What a night! Approximately 130 Dare Devils players, coaches, family and friends came out to the Prudential Center tonight to watch the Devils take on the Nashville Predators. The Devils didn't disappoint as they came away with a hard fought victory but the highlight of the night was the 10 Dare Devils players (and three coaches) that took the ice for a game during the first intermission.

The Dare Devils were treated like a professional outfit, suiting up in the Seton Hall locker room and looking sharp, as always, in their crisp uniforms. Ever the tactician, Coach Myles split the teams up evenly with Micayla Shields, Owen Silverstein, Shea Passikoff, James Cooney, Bahad Worley and Coach Terence (goalie) suiting up for the Dare Devils white squad while Connor Hung, Patrick Hung, Liam Smith, Will Trampota, Ayden Duran and Coach Brendon (goalie) wore the Dare Devils red uniforms.

All of the players came out of the gates flying; it took about 30 seconds for the players to get situated to the big stage before Connor Hung took the puck from behind his own net and hit Will Trampota with a beautiful breakout pass that Will buried past Coach Terence to give the red squad the early lead (I think Coach T will have nightmares tonight thinking about that shot almost hitting him in the breadbasket).  Owen Silverstein quickly answered by taking the puck end-to-end and bested Coach Brendon to tie up the score. As play ensued, James Cooney made a great defensive play and quickly passed the puck up ice to Shea Passikoff who buried one past the human pylon (Coach Brendon). The white team kept the pressure on as Shea Passikoff netted two more goals, maybe getting some familial aid from the goalie. Not to be outdone, the red squad tried to get back in the game, showing great puck movement, but the frantic comeback ultimately fell short as Coach T took one off the shin to stifle the red's attempt at equalizing the score.

After the final buzzer, Shea Passikoff was named as a star of the game and gave an interview on the big board where he talked about the game, his favorite Devil (Jack Hughes) and how long he's been playing hockey.

The night ended with the Dare Devils walking onto the ice and taking a group picture on the logo shortly after the final buzzer. Way to go Dare Devils - you really represented the organization well tonight. Lastly, a special thank you goes out to our Devils representative, Adam Spitz, who showed a lot of patience with us and treated us to an awesome experience!