Hamden Legion Baseball Head Coach, Chicago sports fanatic, Man United supporter, Quinnipiac alum and devout follower of QU Hockey! Formerly of
@CTHSHockey
Fame.
Heart is with the Capalbo family tonight. Charlie’s fight was one that most wouldn’t have been able to take on. He fought hard and his character shined thru. Thinking of
@capjimmy1
and the fam tonight. Your strength thru all of this has been admirable. We lost a great kid today.
When you cover hockey for as long as I did there’s a constant that casts a unique, warm, loving glow over the ice. The people. The families. The players.
That’s what makes today so hard. Thinking of those involved and affected.
#cthk
When 8th grade Jonathan Quick realizes a young 7th grade talent named Luke Devoe beat him out for the starting second base spot on the Hamden Middle School team...
#LookAtUsNowBabay
#winning
If I knew
@CTHSHockeyDB
was this damn good,
@CTHSHockey
would’ve had to have live games broadcast. Well done, my friend. Your work this year has been outstanding!
Won't land on the front page but this is one of the biggest upsets (seeding-wise) in
#cthk
tourney history.
#2
New Milford winners of 9 straight regular season games (and none were really close) fall to 15-seed Rocky Hill, a team who had one win over .500+ teams this year.
#cthk
Very happy for NDWH Head Coach Larry Vieira, a guy who’s always been in my corner. I met Coach Vieira at Taft while he was scouting a WP game. Always working. After some talking I was able to explain what was. We’re talking early
@CTHSHockey
days. (1/4)
While the crowd for
@QU_MBB
was a slight improvement last night, it’s still embarrassing for a 1st place squad eyeing history. Very little public support & the students look like they’re in a lecture hall.
What will it take to get support for a team who rightfully deserves it?
With
@MaicoCardona
going All-State, Hamden has now had a player go All-State EIGHT straight seasons.
Prior to Jimmy Magson going All-State in 2015, Hamden had one player (Will Hindinger, 2010) get that acclaim since 1996.
Congrats, Mikey!
#ctbase
@HamdenBaseball1
Enjoyed taking in a
@YaleMBasketball
game tonight w/ my dad. A pastime which was commonplace every winter Friday and Saturday night when I was young.
We saw a win which was cool but cheering alongside him, nostalgic as hell, in the corniest possible way, was the real win.
Happy for
@rstearns16
. Guy has given his all to the Barlow/JBWA program. A well deserved trip to the semis. Niko Tournas, Amity’s loss, has certainly been JBWA’s gain. A really intriguing team to follow in the semis next week.
#cthk
@CTHKReport
"The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I worked hard every day, that I never dogged it." - Wayne Gretzky
I've enjoyed all these years more than you'll ever know. Please see the attached message.
#cthk
After a wild first night, my DII and DIII final fours are still intact. Can't believe the Hand result. Especially after the Enfield and WP finishes. Wild stuff.
@CoachGonzo09
has to be smiling this morning!
@CTHKReport
#cthk
Grew up playing in this town. Have had the incredible opportunity to coach in this town for the last nine years. Never taken for granted. Hamden green and gold through and through. 💚💛
@CTHSHockeyFCIAC
And can we discuss the website and the tireless work
@CTHSHockeyDB
has been putting in saucing out scores rapid fire day in and day out? You guys are all doing incredible work. Proud to know you all.
Division II is perennially a very chalky 1st round division. With 12-seed North Branford, 13-seed EH Co-op & 14-seed Trumbull winning, that's the most upsets in a DII 1st Round since 2014.
AND there are still games to go. Last time DII saw four 1st rd upsets was 2007.
#cthk
Baseball world lost a true gem yesterday with the passing of Joe Mattei. A longtime coach both at the college & legion level, I’ll remember Joe best as being my Zone 2 commissioner. A member of the
@CTLegionBBall
HOF, Joe defined baseball!
I’ll miss talking shop, Coach.
#ctalbb
@colbycretella8
@gregory__louis
@NdwhHockey
@CTHKReport
@NDWHAthletics
Easy no. The level of play has watered down so much over the years (juniors, prep). Watching your teams back then was the peak of my CTHSHockey years. Watching the D1 final last year, from an on ice talent standpoint, mirrored a D2/D3 game back in your day. It’s not even close.
A little more rooting interest for this guy come D2 tomorrow. Here are some winners!
@CTHSHockeyDB
R1
Rams
Hamden
WestStam
SW Rodmans
15-seed East Haven
Wethers
Centaurs
NH
—
QF
Rams
SW Rodmans
15-seed East Haven
Centaurs
—
Rams
15-seed East Haven
CHESHIRE RAMS!
#cthk
Fascinated by
#18
here on BBDI. Don't know of any circumstance, injury, or otherwise.
To me, looks like pure relief of avoiding being upset in overtime by a 16-seed. Sort of an "I've been here before" vibe.
Again, could be way off. Just interesting optics.
#cthk
Watching
@SHUHockey
and
@UConnMHOC
open new barns this weekend reminds me fondly of when the Bank opened up on York Hill.
What a time to be a CT hockey fan! Unless, of course, you root for Yale.
#cthk
@CTHKReport
@RandPecknold
@ryansolomon31
Covered Ryan during his Xavier HS days. I have a forever memory of him running down a side street on the Wesleyan campus after a game to thank me for coming and chat. An absolute beauty!
@CTHKReportChris
@CTHKReport
Block out the hate. There will ALWAYS be noise. You guys provide such an incredible service and I know first hand the time and energy that goes in. Keep crushing it!
Incredibly thankful. This is totally unnecessary but infinitely appreciated. You guys carried the torch with pride this year. Can’t wait to see you guys and collect that 🔥 hardware!
Wish
@lukedevoe21
was here unfortunately things got in the way of the
#cthk
@CTHKReport
family surprising him with this tonight. We will rendezvous and get this to you!
There are six Division 1 teams playing today. Five private/parochial and one public school from the working-class town of Greenwich.
Here's my D1 picks incl. byes for consistency.
R1
NC
Prep
Darien
Ridge
NDWH
X
Sims
NWC
--
QF
NC
Darien
NDWH
NWC
--
SF
NC
NDWH
--
NDWH
#cthk
NB and NH tied at 2 in the 2nd.
Trojans and WestStam tied at 2 late 1st.
WP taking it to Hamden on enemy ice. (Figure it out Dragons)
Easties & Westies about to duel.
The type of night to warm my cold retired
#cthk
heart.
#cthk
@CTHSHockeyDB
@CTHKReportChris
@CTHSHockeyPod
Nice of SNY to include
@YaleMHockey
’s ECAC ranking. (They quickly realized their error)
Also, it’s now 4-0
@UConnMHOC
half way through.
Huskies will be in the final. But that was a foregone conclusion. Might as well have been a bye.
#CTIce
Wildly torn on this game. For Fairfield, this is it. No state tourney. This is the culmination. For Ridgefield, a heavy underdog prior to the FCIACs with an absolute beauty in Gallagher at the helm.
@SoLuBroadcasts
on the call. Love it!
@CTHKReport
@CTHKReportChris
Duel screen Masuk/Enfield & SW/WP.
Enfield comes back from three multi goal deficits to force OT including 3-0 after one.
WP erases a mid third period 2-0 deficit to take a late lead on host South Windsor.
Playoff hockey.
I swear I don't miss this.
@CTHKReport
@CTHSHockeyPod
Bittersweet final. Two of my favorite coaches. I picked Newtown and the Espos preseason. Hate to see them go out. But happy for Jake and his boys as their dream season lands them in the semis.
#cthk
More importantly (not really),
@NdwhHockey
has a big job to do tomorrow. Covering HS hockey for a decade, I don’t think I ever picked all three champs perfectly pre tourney.
This year, after not attending a single game, we’re right there. Go Knights!
#cthk
@CTHSHockeyDB
East Haven (9-1) to start the year. (1-9-1) to end it.
Hard to recall a fall from grace quite like that. It's worth noting the schedule got considerably more challenging but, damn.
@CTHKReport
@BleacherNation
I gotta say, reading this over twice now, especially the part about STL getting to know him as a human, this didn't read as a huge pro time in Chicago piece. Nothing about the fans, Wrigley... Just a "But nothing lasts forever, right?" I wish Willy nothing but the best, but eesh.
More importantly (not really),
@NdwhHockey
has a big job to do tomorrow. Covering HS hockey for a decade, I don’t think I ever picked all three champs perfectly pre tourney.
This year, after not attending a single game, we’re right there. Go Knights!
#cthk
@CTHSHockeyDB
@BannersParkway
UConn fan here. Agree completely. However, every headline is saying that Hurley's T ultimately could've cost them the game. Let's not take away from the great team game X played. Gutsy performance from your big man. See ya next time around.
I do better on my
#cthk
picks now than when we ran
@CTHSHockey
.
Division I: 3/4 semifinalists, champ matchup and winner intact.
Division II: 3/4 semifinalists, champ matchup and winner intact.
Division III: 2/4 semifinalists, 1/2 champ matchup, winner intact.
@CTHKReport
Teams still without a win after December:
Greenwich (0-4-0)
Trumbull (0-4-1)
Branford (0-3-1)
East Catholic (0-5-0)
Daniel Hand (0-3-0)
Tri-Town (0-3-1)
Housy Co-op (0-4-0)
McMahon/Norwalk (0-4-0)
#cthk
🤢 … but 3/4 semi finalists still alive.
East Haven doesn’t count. 9’s over 8’s don’t count. There were no upsets in the D2 and D3 first round. Boring.
#cthk
A little more rooting interest for this guy come D2 tomorrow. Here are some winners!
@CTHSHockeyDB
R1
Rams
Hamden
WestStam
SW Rodmans
15-seed East Haven
Wethers
Centaurs
NH
—
QF
Rams
SW Rodmans
15-seed East Haven
Centaurs
—
Rams
15-seed East Haven
CHESHIRE RAMS!
#cthk
@travjax71
Appreciate that man. But this event is something I always dreamed about. These guys enacted it. These kids don’t realize how lucky they are. Killed me that I had to cancel plans to come last minute. COVID/kid issues. Glad it’s going so well!
He welcomed me with open arms into his coach’s office which had the coziness of a hockey puck clad cave. I was shitting bricks. This was a time when many coaches hadn’t really warmed to my style of coverage.
He’ll never know how much his warmth meant to me at that time. (3/4)
Jesse had no idea I took this candid shot of him taking in a little bit of the action from the 9/10 boys game. What he was able to accomplish today is something the players and their families will always remember. Keep up the fantastic work brother... ✌🏾
QU has won their last 13 meetings with Yale outscoring them 55-10.
They are 21-1-2 against Yale since losing the Natty.
They are 25-2-3 over their last 30.
But yeah, let's let the thesis statement of the Yale/QU blurb be about something that happened over 10 years ago.
#cthk
Watched a grand total of zero of these teams this year. So here goes nothing.
@CTHSHockeyDB
Rd 1 - Chalk
1 BBDI Fightin' Gardeckis
8 Wilton
4 Masuk
5 Bucks
2 Jake King
7 Newtown
3 Conard
6 NM
--
QF
1 IceCats
5 Bucks
2 SGWL
3 Conard
--
SF
1 BBDI
3 Conard
--
CONARD
#cthk
Say it with us... Let's... go... METS.
Your assistant captain and 2022 Hobey Baker candidate will return for a fifth year in the Fall!
#QuinnipiacCulture
#BobcatNation
WP.... Unreal comeback (part deux)
#cthk
Note: Real wild of South Windsor Arena to BUMP a techno remix of Country Roads after the final whistle in a game your home team blows a two goal lead half way through the third to lose in regulation.