🚨Your 2023-2024 NJSIAA Public South Sectional Champs 🚨
This team has earned the respect from the state and has united a school and a community. The sadness felt in school today is a symbolic representation of how important this team is to Manalapan.
And, THANK YOU SENIORS!
Last night, Manalapan’s Freddie Brutto passes 2014 graduate Mike Lisciandro (156 pts.) on the all time list for career points. Brutto had 1 goal and 2 assists to make his new career total 159. That’s 79 goals and 80 assists for the senior! 💪🏼
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All good things come to an end and tonight our journey was complete. The Braves hockey family thanks the hard work and dedication this senior class has put in over their four years. The memories we made this year will last a lifetime. All love for our 2018-2019 🏒 BRAVES!
WOW!!! What a GRITTY WIN!!!!
With a shortened bench, players playing out of position, and no practice, the boys pound Southern 7-1 in the wildest game in Manalapan history!
Bechutsky with his 3RD 🎩🎩🎩 in 3 games leads the Braves to a 5-2 start 🔥
CONGRATS you our two new alternate captains Brian Hawk and Connor Freedman who will join Brutto, Marsala and Caballero this year! These two men dedicate themselves to the program both on and off the ice and are natural born leaders! The Braves are in great hands with these five!
Wins...Losses...Goals...Assists...Playoffs...
Who cares?
Life is too short and unpredictable to worry about the little things. Enjoy the moment you are in, treat everyone with respect, and simply smile
Yesterday, the boys helped the Marines Toys For Tots by loading the truck with hundreds of toys! This is what high school sports is about. Not wins or losses, playing time, or personal statistics. These are the moments! So proud of this program!
BRAVES WIN! BRAVES WIN! First win of the season is a 4-1 victory over Freehold Boro/Raritan/CN. Goals from Mazza, Freedman, Bechutsky, and Pietromonaco which is his 1st career! Pat McCarty with 32 saves which moves him into 1st place all-time at 1054!
Braves win! Braves win! Junior forward Freddie Brutto with his 100 career point and moves into 3rd all time for Manalapan! 5 point game for the captain! (
@freddiebrutto
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Congrats to John Fox for becoming the newest member of the 1000 save club with 1032 career saves. Fox joins class of ‘21 Pat McCarty and class of ‘14 Joe Barone on the short list. Fox and Barone are both tied for 2nd in history 🥈
Fox is also #🥇 in career shutouts with five!🤫
Mike Ziegler with his 1st varsity start and his 1st career varsity win!! Ziegler made 11 saves in the 5-1 victory over Tom’s River North!
Josh Kushnir gets his 1st career goal and Richie Williams gets 2G and 1A in the win!
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That’s FOUR IN A ROW for the 9-2-2 Braves!!!
Nick Fanizza gets POG for scoring the 1st of the game which is all the Braves needed! Kushnir (2), Piscino, and Bender add to the scoring and Manalapan beats Wall for the first time in school history by a score of 5-0
Congratulations to our 2020-2021 captains!
Dylan Stein
Ryan Bechutsky
Nick Weissman
These three seniors were voted in by their teammates and approved by the coaching staff! We are excited to have such powerful leadership!!
Can you smell that? It’s hockey season!!!!
BRAVES get to 3-2 on this wild and crazy season with a 4-2 victory over Monroe. Ryan Bechutsky scores a 🧢 🧢 🧢 and Christian Pietromonaco gets a PP goal in the win. Birthday boy John 🦊 gets his license and his 3rd win of the season!
Looking for a team to play tomorrow 4:50PM
BRAVES WIN!! Fox with 29 saves in the 3-1 victory over a very tough South Brunswick. Goals by Rutherford, Mazza, and Brutto. Assists to Brutto (2), Mann, and Stein! 🐝🏒🐝🏒
BRAVES WIN!!! 6-2 victory over Brick Memorial on SENIOR NIGHT! McCarty with another great night in net! Goals from Brutto, Marsala (2), Freedman, Ludwig, and Mazza. Assists from Ludwig (2), Marsala, Brutto (2). BRAVES move to 8-7-3 and are making a solid case for playoffs! 💪🏼🏒👊🏼
🏒BRAVES WIN 🏒
Dylan Stein leads the way with his first career hat trick, Sean Jackson gets his first career goal, and Ryan Bechutsky continues his scoring streak! John Fox makes 20 saves in the 5-1 win over South Brunswick
#burntheboats
#fillerup
#GAS
#wheresmyburgeragain
BRAVES WIN!!!!
Michael Ziegler makes 17 saves on 17 shots which makes that his 1st CAREER SHUTOUT and his 2nd career win!! ✋
Christian Pietromonaco and Dan Yakub lead the scoring with 🚨🚨 each. Bender, Williams, Kushnir and Fanizza all contribute a 🚨
Final 8-0 🔥
BRAVES WIN! BRAVES WIN! 4-2 victory over Jackson Memorial to improve to 9-7-3 on the season after starting 2-6-1 in December 🤔
Goals by Mazza (2), Freedman, and Stein. Assists by Brutto (3), Mazza, Marsala, Stein, and Rutherford! McCarty with 23 saves in the win!
🐝🏒🐝🏒
Manalapan Alumni game goes to Team Dark by a score of 7-4. Thank you to all the current players and parents who helped and to the alumni players and alumni families who made tonight special! The Manalapan hockey community is one of a kind!
The Braves give SJV all they could handle but fall 4-1 after surrendering three goals in the 3rd. Brian Hawk had the only goal for the Braves, and 🦊 was solid in net making 35 saves. Electric atmosphere at JSA for this hard fought Dowd Cup battle. The SCT is something special!
Not the ending we wanted but we had one heck of a season finishing 12-7-1 and had a blast doing so! It’s going to be tough replacing this senior leadership but these young guys have learned so much for the class of 2022 and the future is bright for the Manalapan Braves! ♥️
Congratulations to Richie Williams, Christian Pietromonaco, and John Fox for being elected as Manalapan’s 2021-2022 ice-hockey captains!
You have joined an elite group of young men and the coaching staff is excited to have you as part of our leadership team!
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❗️BRAVES WIN FIRST EVER SCT GAME❗️
Jared Sturm gets the shutout in the 5-0 win over Ocean in round 1 of the Dowd Cup!
The offense was led by Michael Schmelzer who had FOUR 🚨and one 🍎 and Josh Kushnir with FIVE 🍎
AJ Archinaco adds one 🚨 and Sam Gankin ✌️ 🍎
BRAVES WIN!!! In a matinee vs Brick Township, the boys pull out a 3-1 victory! Goals from Stein (PP), Bechutsky, and Williams. John Fox gets the dub and makes 13 saves! Next up, is VGR on Wednesday night up at Codey Arena and the gauntlet continues!
#BurnTheBoats
🚨Tonight featured SEVEN 1st career points from freshmen!🚨
Piscino - 1G 1A
Bender- 1G 1A
Kushnir - 2A
Stevens- 1A
The bulk of the scoring came from senior captains Bechutsky (2G 1A), Stein (1G 2A) & Weissman (1G 2A)
Fox with 24 saves!
Next game @ BORO 6PM tomorrow
BIG win tonight! Braves end 2019 with a 7-1 victory over Edison! First career goal for Dom Pearsall and first career 🎩🎩🎩 for Ryan Betuchsky! Recording first career points were Totillo and Tom Pearsall. Also, Pat McCarty has another red hot night in net!
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That’s two in a row!!! 7-0 over RBR! Pat McCarty with 1st career shut out! Goals by Joe Mazza (1st 2 of career), Marsala, Caballero, Williams (1st career) Pucillo, and Klar
Assists by Brutto(3) Marsala (2) Archinaco (2) Bianchi and Pucillo!
Senior Captains, Connor Freedman and Brian Hawk representing the Braves at the NJ Devils HS Captains Night! Some live footage of NJ’s student athletes lining the ice in Newark!
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Senior goaltender Pat McCarty fights off a scrambling in front as time runs out and with dramatic fashion, McCarty becomes the school leader in career wins (21)!
Congrats to our all time points leader Freddie Brutto for his commitment to higher education and athletics! The Braves family is proud!
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Being a part of a team is about working together on and off the ice. This morning the Braves concluded their clothing drive by loading hundreds of pounds of items to the truck! This is a special group of young men who love being together 🏒❤️
The Braves continue right where they left off in 2019, with 8-1 win over Ocean Twp! Jake Mann got his first career goal on shorty, with 6:42 left in the 1st. That propelled the Brave’s offense and they never looked back. Lenny Iacoviello adds one late for his 1st career tally!
Braves win 9-0 over South Brunswick on SENIOR NIGHT!! John Fox and Mike Ziegler tag team the shut out which gives 🦊 the school record! Richie Williams takes the state lead in PP goals and the Adam Malyshev gets his first varsity assist in his first varsity action! WHAT A NIGHT!!
Thank you to all the players, parents, athletic directors, referees, trainers, rink employees, coaches, the media, and everyone else, for coming together and making this season happen. It wasn’t easy but I think all of us can agree it was definitely WORTH IT!
It’s safe to say the start of this 2020-2021 season has been unorthodox, but the Braves have been working hard outside! Battling the cold temperatures and winds in an effort to prepare themselves both physically and mentally! We are eager to hit the ice in a few short weeks!
BRAVES win a thriller over a tough and gritty Brick Township team!
With 3:39 remaining in the game, Pietromonaco pops one in to give the Braves a 1-0 win on Senior Night!
🚨BRAVES WIN BRAVES WIN 🚨
Braves end the regular season with 5-1 victory over Colonia and finish 11-6-1 heading into the NJSIAA cutoff!
Excellent TEAM EFFORT tonight 😊
🏒The Braves are BRAVE on the road!🏒
Manalapan used a 3-goal 2nd period as the catalyst for a 5-2 win at Brick. Josh Kushnir gets a pair of goals in the 2nd along with Thomas Pearsall lighting the lamp.
Full highlights later tonight on JSZ!
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Huge 11-1 win over Marlboro on opening night. What a crowd and atmosphere at JSA! Great night to be a BRAVE!!
And a ton of Manalapan milestones
🚨 Moench, Schenkel, LaMorte, Schmelzer
🎩 🎩 🎩 Schmelzer
Senior goalie, Jared Sturm gets his 1st win between the pipes
🚨BRAVES WIN! BRAVES WIN! BRAVES WIN! 🚨
HUGE 3-0 win to get the boys to 2-2 on the season!
Goals from Stein, Williams, and Bechutsky and believe it or not, Fox 🦊 gets his 1st varsity SHUTOUT!
Complete team effort!
#weaintyourfriend
#burntheboats
Congrats to our boys for landing a
#8
seed in the SCT! It’s not how you start it’s how you finish and this is well deserved! Another matchup with
#9
Rumson Fair Haven! Game time and date TBD 🐝🏒🐝🏒
Braves beat Central Regional 2-1 to improve to 4-3-1 on the season, and that puts the Braves on a three-game win streak!! 👊🏼 Stats to follow!
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@ShoreConfHockey
JV BRAVES make history and beat CBA 4-1 for the first hockey win over the academy in school history!! The 🏒 Pan Fam is so proud!!
🚨 Lena (2), Kaplan, Yarmolinsky
🍎 Lena, Keller, Pecoraro, Lebovitz(2)
Boys go into a hostile environment and get a huge 5-2 win over a physical and tough Brick squad!! The PP was 3-5 and led by Josh Kushnir as he buries two PPGs to carry the Braves to a 10-5-1 record heading into the SCT cutoff 😯
Other🚨by Pietromonaco, Pearsall & Stevens 👀
Back in action tomorrow, 5 PM, Howell Ice Arena vs Central Regional in the
#15
vs
#18
matchup. Winner moves on to
#2
Westfield on Thursday. Good luck to all the shore teams in their state tournament brackets!
Awesome night kicking off our 2019-2020 season with a program pasta party! And a huge congrats goes out to our newly announced assistant captains Joe Mazza and CJ Archinaco. They will join second year captains Brian Hawk and Connor Freedman! Our team is in good hands!
Hockey is important to us but not as important as academics. We congratulate our four ice hockey players on their induction into the Manalapan National Honor Society. An accomplishment that cannot be matched on the ice! 👏 📚
Braves redeem themselves and fight through some heavy legs to beat RBC 4-2. Goals by Mazza (2) and Rutherford (2). Assists from Archinaco, Caballero (Birthday Boy 🎂), Brutto (2), Mazza (2), and Marsala (100th career point! 🔥). Frosh goalie John Fox with 1st varsity win!!
Thank you to everyone who participated in our Marines Toys for Tots collection! Remember, Sunday 12/15 vs Paramus will be our CHOP toy drive for the kids of Philly. Bring a toy to the game!
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Jackson/Point Boro player that was injured in our game tonight. We wish him a speedy recovery 🙏
The game was called early and finished with the Braves 6-2 over PB&J but that means nothing in the grand scheme of things…
BRAVES WIN!!
Senior goaltender, John Fox records his 2nd shutout of the season in the 2-0 win over Freehold Borough/Raritan/CN.
Both 🚨🚨 come from captain, Christian Pietromonaco.
#NobodyCaresWorkHarder
#FlagSeason
#BurnTheBoats
Congratulations to Captain Connor Freedman who received the Director of Activities and Athletics Award, and to Captain Brian Hawk who received the Red and White Award for the Manalapan Class of 2020! Well deserved men!
🚨BRAVES advance to NJSIAA Public South Final beating Monroe 2-1🚨
#1
Westfield 🆚
#3
Manalapan
🏆NJSIAA Public South
📅 Thursday, February 29
⌚️7PM
🏟️Mennan Arena
🚌 Fan bus 5:30PM (Ms. English will have details)
🎟️ $8 online and $10 cash (link for tickets TBA)
BRAVES up 5-1 after 2 periods! With that, Freddie Brutto gets his 157th point and is now Manalapan’s new school record holder! Congrats and well deserved! Also, Marsala gets his record tying assist and is one away from the school record. Great start to Senior Night
Congrats to senior captain Jake Caballero for his first career hat trick tonight! Three years spent as a forward and he snags it as a defensemen! Great job tonight!
Your 2023-2024 Manalapan Braves Ice Hockey CAPTAINS! Congratulations to Josh Kushnir and Sam Gankin as they have been selected as 1st year captains and congratulations to our 2nd year captain, James Stevens! The program has some solid leadership and high character men leading!
Looking forward to the opportunity to play one of the state’s best programs!
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Manalapan taking on
#3
Westfield in the Public B tourny!
Good luck to all of our Shore teams looking make some noise in their respective tournaments!
Congratulations to Senior Captains John Fox and Richie Williams for continuing their 🏒 and 📚 careers in college. John Fox will head to Seton Hall University and Richie Williams to Marist College.
Just another day in the parking lot for the Braves, but no excuses for these boys! For weeks they’ve shown up and bust their butts to get better! Making sure we mix in some fun too!!
Attention past players and Manalapan alumni! The Inaugural Ice Hockey Alumni Game is coming this winter! Stay tuned for time, date, and other important details! DM if you are interested in receiving more information
🚨 Mike Schmelzer’s first goal in the third period broke a 1-1 tie between (3) Manalapan and (2) Monroe, but was waved off. His second led the Braves to a 2-1 victory and has them headed to their first Public South Final
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@coachINZY
🏒 More from this game coming
Can’t say enough about this group of young men! It’s days like today that prove what sports is all about; the bond amongst players, coaches, families, as well as the ability to work together for an ultimate goal! Great work today!
After digging through the Manalapan Ice Hockey archives, Ryan Bechutsky became the first player in school history to record three straight hat tricks 🚨🚨🚨
Bechutsky has 5️⃣ for his career and trails Tom Caccia (2012) by one for most in school history!
🔥
@91bechutsky
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🚨 BRAVES WIN!!!!! 🚨
Luke Mann gets his first varsity start and his first varsity win in a 4-1 victory over Catholic tonight! Mann makes 10 saves in his debut 🔥
🚨 Zuidema, Yakub, Piscino, and Lombardo
🍎 Gankin, Lombardo, Kushnir, Moench, Stevens, Peters, and Piscino
Great night honoring the 2017-2018 Braves Hockey boys! Thanks to all the parents, managers, and players for an entertaining year! Focus for next year is underway!
BRAVES WIN!!!
John Fox 🦊 records his first win and shutout of 2021-2022 and freshman John Fanizza (pictured) scores his first career goal to make it 2-0 and earns Braves Player of the Game!
Next game: Tomorrow, home vs. Jackson Point, 5:45 at JSA
A big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Coach Jones
@MrCoach_Jones
Your dedication to our program and your love for our players is first class!
Have a great day and let’s get that
#BdayDub
😆👇🏻💪🏼