Posts on ‘February 16th, 2009’

According to a press release from the EPHL, the Brooklyn Aces have activated defenseman Andrew Scampoli, who was on team suspension while playing in Holland.

In five games with Brooklyn this season, the Long Island Native had six points.

Aces Over Brooklyn has also been informed by a source within the Aces organization that forward Tony Resendes has been activated from team suspension as well. One of the team’s most dynamic offensive threats before suffering a sprain of his MCL on Dec. 18 against the Danbury Mad Hatters, Resendes has 13 points in 10 games this season.

Both are expected in the lineup on Friday when the Aces take on the New Jersey Rockhoppers at Aviator Arena.

If the Brooklyn Aces have had a kryptonite this season, it’s been been New Jersey Rockhoppers goaltender Nick Niedert.

Making 39 saves on the night, the gritty netminder guided his team to a 5-3 win over the Brooklyn Aces.

Things didn’t start off the Rockhoppers’ way however, as a Mike Thomson marker at 6:49 of the first gave Brooklyn an early 1-0 lead. New Jersey then bounced right back, getting tallies from Tom Boudreau and Chris Ferazzoli at 10:22 and 15:56, giving the Rockhoppers a 2-1 lead going into the second.

New Jersey extended the lead on a Kyle Bozoian score that made it a 3-1 game. Aces defenseman Doug Hoffman scored on the powerplay at 10:51, cutting the lead to 3-2 with only one period of play.

Nevertheless, the Rockhoppers weren’t done offensively, as Anthony Becker’s 16th goal of the season make it 4-2. Brooklyn still has some fight in them and Thomson ended up lighting the lamp for the 18th time this year, making it a one-goal game with 2:20 left to play.