Posts on ‘March 16th, 2009’

According to a press release by the EPHL, the Brooklyn Aces have signed defenseman Kevin Kaminski and have added forward James Brannigan to the team’s playoff roster.

Kaminski has gone scoreless in two games this season with the Hudson Valley Bears.

Brannigan is still currently under contract with the Utah Grizzlies of the ECHL, where he has scored eight goals and 15 points in 25 games. In only 17 games with Brooklyn this season however, the Brooklyn-native has 22 goals and 35 points.

Photo by Patrick Hickey Jr.

On the EPHL’s very first trading deadline day, the Brooklyn Aces made the moves they felt necessary in order to ensure a championship.

According to a source within the organization, the team has released Brent Ozarowski and Joe Lovell, two players that could not perform in the playoffs due to the fact that they played less than five games in the regular season.

In one game with Brooklyn, Ozarowski marveled on a line with Kyle McCullough and C.J. Tozzo, scoring three points. Lovell was also steady in his time with the team, scoring three points in three games.

After leaving the team’s last home game after the first period, due to a coach’s decision, Mike Thomson, who was third on the team with 52 points, was placed on team suspension. [Edit, EPHL Press Release 10:54 P.M.]

No other information regarding this situation is currently known at the time.

Despite a four-point night from defenseman Andrew Scampoli, the Brooklyn Aces were unable to defeat EPHL leading goal scorer Tom Boudreau and the New Jersey Rockhoppers, falling 6-4 at the Codey Arena yesterday.

Boudreau led off the scoring at 7:41 of the first and the score stayed that way into the second period when Matt Puntureri tallied at 3:21 to make it a 2-0 game.

That’s when Brooklyn began to rally together, as Scampoli scored at 10:09 to cut the lead in half. However, New Jersey was a step ahead, getting a goals from J.P. Pauly and Boudreau over the next four minutes to give themselves a 4-1 lead going into the third.

Again Brooklyn fought back, getting goals from “Super” B.J. Kuper and Scampoli at 5:20 and 5:32, cutting the New Jersey lead to 4-3 with 14:28 left to play. Yogi Berra must have been in attendance for the game, because it was Deja-vu all over again., as the Aces attempted a comeback was spoiled by the Rockhoppers for a second time.