The Shane Murphy show needed 10 minutes to get started, but after it did the Marines Murphy opened up scoring for Long Beach with the lone first period goal, then added two early 2nd period goals to open up a 6 goal second period. The Playoffs MVP, Murphy lead the team with 5 goals in the finals. 

Beach's Kieran Byrne remained perfect in goal guiding the Marines their second straight playoff shutout closing the door on the best of three series 2-0. 

Coach Brand told our Charlie Ben-Ami after the game, "the team bought into backchecking first and scoring second". The tactic appeared to be very successful as the Syosset Braves were never able to get one past the goal line in either game. 

Capping a great season, both teams will advance to the NYS Tournament and perhaps more success looms for both contenders. 

Our 2019-20 Varsity Playoffs will commence on Friday February 7th at Long Beach Arena and Freeport Rec Center. 

Our best of three Varsity Finals will conclude with a game 3 (if necessary) at Northwell Health Ice Center at Eisenhower Park on Friday Feb. 14th at 9pm. It's Valentine's Day, so bring your sweetie to the game!!

Varsity Playoffs:

• Fri. Feb. 7th 9:15pm @ Freeport Rec Center - Seed 6 vs Seed 3
• Fri. Feb. 7th 8:30pm @ Long Beach Arena - Seed 5 vs Seed 4 (Possible TV Coverage - Facebook Live and YouTube)
• Sun Feb. 9th 7:15pm @ Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center / Bethpage - higher seed vs Manhasset/Great Neck Varsity
• Sun Feb. 9th @ Long Beach Arena - lower seed vs. Long Beach Varsity (TV Coverage - Facebook Live and YouTube)

• Varsity Finals Game #1 - Tuesday Feb. 11th - 7:15pm @ Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center / Bethpage
• Varsity Finals Game #2 - Wednesday Feb. 12th - 8pm @ Long Beach Arena (TV Coverage - Facebook Live and YouTube)
• Varsity Finals Game #3 (if necessary) - Friday Feb. 14th - 9pm @ Northwell Health Ice Center at Eisenhower Park. (TV Coverage - Facebook Live and YouTube)

JV Playoffs

• Sun Mar. 8th - 5:45pm @  Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center / Bethpage - East Division - Seed #3 vs Seed #2 
• Sun Mar. 8th - 7:15pm @  Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center / Bethpage - East Division - Seed #4 vs Seed #1 
• Sun Mar. 8th - 6:40pm @  Long Beach Arena - West Division - Seed #3 vs Seed #2 
• Sun Mar. 8th - 8:10pm @  Long Beach Arena - West Division - Seed #4 vs Seed #1 
• Tue Mar. 10th - 6:45pm   @  Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center / Bethpage - East Division Finals 
• Tue Mar. 10th - 8:15pm   @  Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center / Bethpage - West Division Finals
• Sun Mar. 15th - 7:00pm @ Long Beach Arena - Junior Varsity Finals

Middle School Playoffs to be announced shortly 

The New York Islanders High School Hockey League is proud to announce that we will hold our first-ever College Combine and Fair hosted by the New York Islanders at Northwell Health Ice Arena on Saturday March 21st beginning at 10:15am.

This program was developed in conjunction with the New York Islanders, NHL's Washington Capitals, who have hosted a similar program for many years and the ACHA, the American Collegiate Hockey Association and will feature coaches and admissions reps from their member colleges. 

The programs objectives are to provide High School aged players (those attending 10th and 11th grades) and ability showcase their on-ice talents and while attending different programs to learn about the mechanics and opportunities available in college hockey for students. The program will feature the following:

On and Off Ice Testing  - Generation Next Athlete an respected testing and evaluation company will be running the drills and skills portion of the program in addition to an off-ice testing program for which every player will receive an evaluated score from.  The specifics of this program will be announced at a later date. 

Info Panel for Students, Parents and Guardians - Parents/guardians, are you curious about financial aid? Admissions processes? We have answers! Join us for a 45-minute information session during player combine testing and ask any questions you may have regarding your child's interest in playing college hockey.

College Hockey Fair - Student-athletes and their families will have an opportunity to meet with various school and team representatives from several ACHA programs and learn more about the opportunities to play collegiate hockey. Colleges will have tables set up at Northwell Health Ice Arena, and players can sign up to receive more information from various programs.

Players in the New York Islanders High School League will be asked to pay a subsidized $25 fee to register. The registration will include some swag and gear. 

Tickets for the 2020 ACHA College Combine & Fair are on sale for $25 (+fees) for 10th and 11th graders currently participating in our league until 1/31/20.

If tickets are still available on 2/1/20, registration will open to all others at the full price of $125.

Register HERE:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-acha-college-combine-and-fair-tickets-83537309341

If there are any inquiries regarding this event please send them to rich@islandershighschoolhockey.net. 

Today the New York Islanders High School Hockey League is announcing that it is creating it's Inaugural Video Broadcast Team aka Islanders High School Studios to provide hands-on experience to students who want to enter the fields of video broadcasting, journalism, events management, sports marketing and networking, a chance to learn those skills while broadcasting games for the NYIHSHL. 

As part of this announcement, the League will be broadcasting between 6-10 Varsity High School games next season as part of it's Friday Night High School Hockey Series. Select games that will identified when the schedule is announced in September, will be broadcast on multiple streaming platforms so that friends or family that cannot make it to the rink can watch these games in a high-definition broadcast from home. Each of these games will contain full production capabilities with multiple camera angels and student participation in filming and announcing of these games. 

The Islanders High School Hockey Studios Team will use the SlingStudio video broadcasting platform. We are currently seeking the following:

• Students interested in participating in the program
• High School Media Departments in Nassau County who have interested students

At a later date corporate sponsors for this will be announced. The program is also seeking a College partner for the program. 

Anyone interested in participating should email Richard Rosa rich@islandershighschoolhockey.net 

At the Town of Oyster Bay annually hosted classic Saturday night, in front of a packed crowd, the Western Nassau All-Stars saw a late goal by Sewanhaka / Valley Stream player Matthew Bomeisi to jump in front of the TOB All-Stars in a closely fought, highly skilled match. The final score was Western Nassau 3 TOB 2. 

Bellmore/Merrick's Vincent Palagiano added a goal and was named the West's MVP. Farmingdale netminder AJ Frankaitis stopped many tough shots and went the distance for TOB as it's MVP.  

The New York Islanders High School Hockey League 2019-2020 Scholarships are now open to all seniors who are on a team playing in the New York Islanders High School Hockey League and plan to attend a four-year, two-year college or vocational school full time (12 credit hours or more).

All scholarship applications must be post marked by March 9, 2020

Wantagh / Seaford / Plainedge player Keegan Groom's October Saves program to benefit Breast Cancer research was featured, not once, but twice by the local media this past week. 

Please see the articles below:

http://longisland.news12.com/story/41180454/hockey-goalie-teams-up-with-october-saves-to-benefit-cancer-research

https://abc7ny.com/amp/sports/li-hockey-goalie-raising-money-for-breast-cancer-awareness-with-october-saves-program/5614511/

Please see the October Saves page and sponsor a goalie:

https://octobersaves.org/

AAU Registration

NEW PROCEDURE

As per our discussion at the NYIHSHL League Meeting in August each “Club” must register and obtain their own Club Code. Once you have received your club code please forward that code to Gerry Nizich at GNIZ@aol.com   

Now have your players, coaches, and general managers register with A.A.U. under your club code.

If you have any questions, contact Gerry.

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Step 1. Club Registration

1. Got to AAUhockey.org and click on “Membership Overview”.  Scroll down to “Club Membership Level 2” and click “Apply”
2. Click on Create account and create a username and password.
3. Check the 7 boxes on the Pre-Application page and click “accept and continue”
4. Check the box on the AAU Trademark Agreement page and click “Next”.
5. Complete the Club Information page.  When you click on the “Clubs Primary Sport “tab you will select Hockey-Ice.  When you select that you will get a pop up:

1. Under the Club Member Term section click on the $60 option.  After completing the club information scroll down the page and click on the “Primary Contact” button and complete that information.  Please note that you need an active AAU membership number to complete this section.
2. That will take you to the payment page
3. After completing the application and submitting it you receive an email with your club number.  This number must be forwarded to the league so we can include it on our submission to AAU.
4.  

Step 2. Player Registration
Step 1) New Members create an AAU account or Returning Members log into your existing AAU account
Step 2) Sign up for your membership - during the registration process you will be prompted with the following questions:
1. Youth Athlete - apply for the Extended Benefit Memberships
2. Non-Athlete – Coaches, GM, Officials, etc. (adult only) – apply for the Extended Benefit Memberships 

Please Note: Background screening a new benefit of membership for all Adult and Non-Athlete Members will be performed.  (Adult and Non-Athlete Membership are not instant once your membership application has been processed, you will receive an email with your membership details)

Program: Youth Program
Sport: Hockey (inline & Ice)
Coverage: Extended
Are You a member of a Club: Yes
Select Club: “Your” Club Name from Step 1
Club Code:   “Your” Club Code from Step 1

Step 3. Prior Year Multi Registration
If you applied for multiyear coverage last season you can transfer that membership to your new club code.

1. Go to the A.A.U. website and click on Membership dropdown
2. Next Select Lookup/Edit/Reprint and enter the player/coach/GM required information. 
3. When their membership pops up edit the club code and select "save changes"

The video is available here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnD7h5hfni4&feature=youtu.be

With a sharp defensive effort lead by the Tournament MVP sophomore goaltender Kieran Byrne, the Marines stifled a tough Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina team to coast to a 3-1 victory to capture the State crown. 

Byrne rewarded the coaching staff call by turning in a powerful effort on all but one of Roy-Hart's attempts. Late in the game, while Roy-Hart dominated in an effort to tie up the game, Byrne stayed strong and dominant with some key saves. 

Declan Conway lead the scoring effort with two tallies and assisted on the Luke Judge put-away goal with 1:25 left in the game to set the stage for the victory. 

This game closed out a 27 game tournament hosted by Northwell Health Ice Arena and the New York Islanders. We would like to thank everyone associated with the tournament and the 1200+ paid attendees who made this all a success. 

On Saturday December 7th, please join us for our 2nd Annual Community Benefit Event to support Pediatric Cancer Programs at Northwell Health’s Cohen’s Children’s Hospital. Organized by the students and parents at Bethpage High School, with the Varsity teams from Cold Spring Harbor, Farmingdale and Wantagh/Seaford/Plainedge and with resources from the Town of Oyster Bay and the New York Islanders High School Hockey League, this event will be a great night of hockey coupled with some fun and fundraising for a great cause. 

Everything gets kicked off at 7pm with a great Varsity match-up between the Dalers of Farmingdale against the Wantagh/Seaford/Plainedge Kings. It will be followed by a student broadcast game on our Facebook channel between the reigning Varsity champs the Seahawks from Cold Spring Harbor against the surging Bethpage Eagles. 

The event will be at the Town of Oyster Bay Rink on Stewart Avenue Bethpage. There will be lots of fun including T-shirts, raffles and Chuck-a-Puck contest. 

Please see the following information about the event:

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7th

7:00 pm Farmingdale vs Wantagh/Seaford/Plainedge
8:45 pm Bethpage vs Cold Spring Harbor

Town of Oyster Bay Rink, Bethpage
T-shirts, raffles, chuck-a-puck contest

contacts:
ssciglibaglio@bethpage.ws
dawn.zacchino@verizon.net

Today the New York Islanders High School Hockey League is announcing that it is creating it's Inaugural Video Broadcast Team aka Islanders High School Studios to provide hands-on experience to students who want to enter the fields of video broadcasting, journalism, events management, sports marketing and networking, a chance to learn those skills while broadcasting games for the NYIHSHL. 

As part of this announcement, the League will be broadcasting between 6-10 Varsity High School games next season as part of it's Friday Night High School Hockey Series. Select games that will identified when the schedule is announced in September, will be broadcast on multiple streaming platforms so that friends or family that cannot make it to the rink can watch these games in a high-definition broadcast from home. Each of these games will contain full production capabilities with multiple camera angels and student participation in filming and announcing of these games. 

The Islanders High School Hockey Studios Team will use the SlingStudio video broadcasting platform. We are currently seeking the following:

• Students interested in participating in the program
• High School Media Departments in Nassau County who have interested students

At a later date corporate sponsors for this will be announced. The program is also seeking a College partner for the program. 

Anyone interested in participating should email Richard Rosa rich@islandershighschoolhockey.net