NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
Long Beach Sharks Continue to Roll
Date:11/13/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
The Long Beach Sharks continue to roll after sweeping the Cape Cod Islanders this weekend 5-2 & 9-3. Goaltender Kyle Van Wagner notched his 14th win of the season and raised his save percentage to .916 as the team enters the midway point of the season. The Sharks have raised their season record to 18 wins 4 losses throughout their 3-weekend (7 games) sweep as they solidify first place in ...
SHARKS SWEEP WEEKEND SERIES AGAINST FIGHTING SPIRIT
Date:10/16/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
SHARKS SWEEP WEEKEND SERIES AGAINST FIGHTING SPIRIT By Joe Soccoa LONG BEACH, NY – The Long Beach Sharks continued their season in winning fashion Friday and Saturday night by defeating the L/A Fighting Spirit in both games. Friday night the Sharks downed the Fighting Spirit 6-3 and Saturday night 5-3. Although shorthanded Friday night the Sharks were able to overcome that adv...
LINDBERG PAYING OFF BIG FOR SHARKS
Date:10/10/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
LINDBERG PAYING OFF BIG FOR SHARKS SInce arriving in Long Beach this past summer from his native Stockholm, Sweden, forward Oskar Lindberg has been all the Sharks could ask for in their talented young winger. "Oskar is a quiet leader both on and off the ice and has earned the respect of all his team mates", said Sharks Head Coach Mike Stanaway. "He is always a threat to score anyti...
SHARK ATTACK - VITOLINS LEADING THE WAY
Date:10/05/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
SHARK ATTACK - VITOLINS LEADING THE WAY Centerman Martins Vitolins has settled in quite well with the Long Beach Sharks since arriving from Latvia this past August and has wasted little time in helping his team get off to a fast start in the NA3HL Coastal Division. After only 9 games played Vitolins has racked-up a staggering 37 points with 15 goals and 22 assists an accompishment that ...
LONG BEACH SHARKS SWEEP OPENING SERIES
Date:09/11/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
LONG BEACH SHARKS SWEEP OPENING SERIES LONG BEACH, NY – Talk about first impressions, the Long Beach Sharks opened their NA3HL season in grand fashion beating the East Coast Minutemen 14-2 on Friday night and then 5-4 in overtime Saturday night. It was certainly a night to remember on Friday as the Sharks began their inaugural season under a new team name and new home as the crowd wa...
SHARKS MUNDINGER LACES-UP FOR NY ISLANDERS MINI CAMP!!
Date:06/29/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
SHARKS MUNDINGER LACES-UP FOR NY ISLANDERS MINI-CAMP The Long Beach Sharks are happy to report that goaltender Stephen Mundinger will be attending the NY Islanders prospects Mini-Camp at Twin Rinks Ice Center in Eisenhower park, Long Island. The 6'-8" Mundinger will be attending Maine University this Fall and playing for the Black Bears in the NCAA "Hockey East" D1 Divi...
DANIEL BACKSTROM COMMITS TO NCAA WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY!!
Date:06/22/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
DANIEL BACKSTROM COMMITS TO NCAA WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY!! The Long Beach Sharks are pleased to announce that forward Daniel Backstrom has committed to NCAA Westfield State University for this Fall. Since coming to the Sharks (NY Aviators) club back in September of 2014 Backstrom compiled an impressive 56 Goals and 137 Assists for a total of 193 points in 78 games played. Backst...
DEFENSEMAN ERIC HEWITT COMMITS TO NCAA AURORA UNIVERSITY!!
Date:06/16/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
ERIC HEWITT COMMITS TO NCAA AURORA UNIVERSITY!! The Long Beach Sharks are pleased to announce that Defenseman Eric Hewitt has committed to Aurora University for this Fall. Hewitt completed the 2015-16 season posting 8 goals and 30 assists for 38 pts. in 41 games played. He will be joining Forward Jimmy Warrick who committed to the Spartans earlier this Spring. "I feel fortunate to...
DOM SACCO COMMITS TO NCAA ST. NORBERTS COLLEGE
Date:06/08/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
DOM SACCO COMMITS TO NCAA ST. NORBERTS COLLEGE The Long Beach Sharks are proud to announce that forward Dom Sacco has committed to St. Norberts College to continue his hockey career at the NCAA collegiate level. Sacco turned a lot of heads when he closed-out his junior career with the NY Aviators last season when he put up 49 pts. in just 15 reagular season games (3.3 ppg). The talented Broo...
A NEW HOME WITH A NEW NAME FOR THE NA3HL NY AVIATORS!!
Date:03/30/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** By Joe Soccoa A NEW HOME WITH A NEW NAME LONG BEACH, NY – It’s no secret the New York Aviators were moving on from the Aviator Sports and Events center. With a new move comes a new name and logo. It is now official that the New York Aviators will be changing their team name with their new move to the Long Beach Ice Arena. They will now be the Long Beach Sh...
STEPHEN MUNDINGER COMMITS TO D-1 MAINE BLACK BEARS
Date:03/24/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
STEPHEN MUNDINGER COMMITS TO D-1 MAINE BLACK BEARS By Joe Soccoa There is always need for goalies everywhere you go. When you are nearly seven feet tall on skates it’s even better. Stephen Mundinger, goalie for the New York Aviators has committed to play division one hockey for the Main Black Bears. The announcement came Th...
AVIATORS FALL SHORT TO WILDCATS
Date:03/24/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
AVIATORS FALL SHORT TO WILDCATS By Joe Soccoa Intensity, emotion and exciting can sum up the weekend semifinals series between the Jersey Shore Wildcats and New York Aviators. The Aviators season ended Sunday afternoon in the deciding game against the Wildcats. The Wildcats will move on the championship while the Aviators will he...
AVIATORS SWEEP ROC CITY IN FIRST ROUND!
Date:03/14/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
AVIATORS SWEEP ROC CITY IN FIRST ROUND By Joe Soccoa The Aviators did exactly what they said they we’re going to do and swept Roc City out of the building. It was a highly intense battle and goals were scored. The Aviators scored 19 goals in the two games to handily beat the visiting Royals. The Aviators kicked it off Friday night and veteran Dominic Sacco got the night started 1:0...
NA3EHL ROUND 2- SCHEDULE
Date:03/14/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
NY AVIATORS AT JERSEY SHORE WILDCATS Friday 6pm ( warm up 5:30pm ) Saturday 7:30pm ( warm up 7 pm ) Sunday 11:15am ( warm up 10:45am ) JERSEY SHORE ARENA ...
It's On to the Playoffs!!
Date:03/06/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
AVIATORS CLOSE OUT SEASON WITH A SWEEP OVER SKYLAND KINGS By Joe Soccoa New York - The New York Aviators ended the 2015-2016 on a high note. They swept the Skylands Kings Saturday and Sunday. It all started Saturday night in a wild 12-6 final. The Aviators from the start were all over the Kings who played with just 10 forwards. A four goal first period (jimmy warrick with 2, Robert Kalata and Al...
NY AVIATORS - NA3HL JUNIOR TEAM TRYOUT
Date:03/06/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
NY AVIATORS - NA3HL JUNIOR TEAM TRYOUTS THE NY AVIATORS NA3HL JUNIOR TEAM WILL BE HOLDING TRYOUTS FOR THE 2016-17 SEASON ON THE FOLLOWING DATES: SATURDAY, APRIL 2nd - 5:30PM SATURDAY, APRIL 9th - 5:30PM LOCATION: LONG BEACH ARENA 150 W Bay Dr, Long Beach, NY 11561 TRYOUT FEE IS $125 FOR ONE / $225 FOR BOTH PLEASE CONTACT GM/HEAD COACH MIKE STANAWAY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT: mikestanawa...
AVIATORS SPLIT WEEKEND WITH JERSEY SHORE
Date:03/01/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
AVIATORS SPLIT WEEKEND WITH JERSEY SHORE By Joe Soccoa NEW YORK – In one of the final weekend series the New York Aviators split with the Jersey Shore Wildcats. It began Friday with a 5-4 loss in a shootout. In a seesaw game that had the one and two teams in their respective division certain had the feel of a playoff-type game. The Wildcats opened the scoring first and led 1-0 after ...
2016-17 TRYOUT DATES ANNOUNCED!!
Date:02/23/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
Pre-Register Now as the NY Aviators have announced their tryout dates for the 2016-17 season as they prepare to enter the NA3HL. TRYOUT FEE = $125.00 SATURDAY, APRIL 2nd 5:30-7:00PM SATURDAY, APRIL 9th 5:30-7:00PM LONG BEACH ICE ARENA 150 WEST BAY DRIVE, LONG BEACH, NY 11561 TRYOUT DATES Saturday, April 2nd 5:30-7:00PM $125.00 USD Saturday, April 9th 5:30-7:00PM $1...
AVIATORS EARN SPLIT VS WILKES-BARRE AND GRAB SECOND PLACE SEED
Date:02/22/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
AVIATORS EARN SPLIT VS WILKES-BARRE AND GRAB SECOND PLACE SEED By Joe Soccoa NEW YORK – The Aviators had their work cut out for them this weekend as they split against the Wilkes-Barre Miners. Saturday a 36 shot effort wasn’t enough as they were blanked 3-0. Top players Daniel Backstrom (-3), Dom Sacco (-3), a...
NY AVIATORS CAPTAIN JIMMY WARRICK COMMITS TO NCAA AURORA UNIVERSITY!
Date:02/18/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
NY AVIATORS CAPTAIN JIMMY WARRICK COMMITS TO NCAA AURORA UNIVERSITY! The NY Aviators team Captain Jimmy Warrick has commited to the Aurora University Spartans for next fall. Warrick came to New York in the Fall of 2014 when he helped lead the NY Aviators to the 2014-15 Empire Division Championship and 2015 USA Hockey Tier III Junior Hockey Finals! Since coming to Brooklyn Warrick has exemplified ...
AVIATORS EARN SWEEP OF JERSEY SHORE
Date:02/16/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
AVIATORS EARN SWEEP OF JERSEY SHORE By: Joe Soccoa Just what every romance needed on Valentine’s Day, a two game set between division rivals as the Aviators took a trip to the Jersey Shore this past weekend. The number one and two teams battled to yet another high scoring weekend. It all started Saturday that saw the Aviato...
New York Has A New "G.A.G." Line!
Date:02/04/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
The New York Aviators headed into the Lockport NA3EHL Showcase looking to get some of their early season luster back and gather some momentum heading into the home stretch. Along the way the line combination of Daniel Backstrom, Jimmy Warrick and Dominick Sacco paid instant dividends to the tune of 41 points in three games and has lit the offensive fuse that will be ...
Aviators earn sweep in Sacco's return to Brooklyn
Date:01/18/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
After just 13 goals in their previous four games, the Aviators found their offense again in a two-game sweep of the Skylands Kings during a home-and-home series Jan. 16-17, combining for 11 goals in two games. Signs of the Aviators offense returning to life started midway through the first period on Saturday, Jan. 16 at home in Brooklyn when Daniel Backstrom put the home team up 1-0 12 minutes in...
Brooklyn-native and USHL standout Sacco returns home
Date:01/14/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
You can come home again. Such is the case for former Aviators forward and Brooklyn-native Dominick (Dom) Sacco who returns to the Aviators to finish out his junior career following a five-season, 162-game United States Hockey League career. Sacco last played for the Aviators junior program in 2012-13 for his father, former Aviators coach John Sacco. Prior to playing for the Aviators, Sacco had p...
Aviators confidence is high despite standings position
Date:01/13/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
The New York Aviators enter the second half, or 2016, portion of their first NA3EHL second in the Western Division and fourth overall in the NA3EHL looking to make a solid run in their final 18 games of the regular season. Sitting outside of the top spot this time of year is out of the ordinary for a Mike Stanaway coached team, but confidence remains high in Brooklyn. Over the past two seasons, f...
Aviators split at home with Express to open 2016
Date:01/11/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
Looking to start the 2016 portion of their NA3EHL schedule strong, the New York Aviators played host to the Lockport Express Jan. 9-10 at Aviator Sports and Events Center. Things didn’t start out quite as the Aviators hoped, however, as the Express jumped out to a 1-0 lead late in the first period of Saturday night’s opener. But, just 13 seconds into the second period, Aviators leadin...
Aviators return from break with a pair of home games
Date:01/08/2016 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
The New York Aviators return from their holiday break with a pair of games at home against the Lockport Express. The Aviators enter the homestretch of their season second in the Western Division and fourth overall in the NA3EHL. Prior to the nearly month-long break between games, the Aviators had dropped two straight home games for the first time since head coach Mike Stanaway moved to Brooklyn t...
Muzyl's playing career sadly comes to an end
Date:12/22/2015 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
There are times when sports just aren’t fair, or life for that matter. That reality was brought back in to focus this past week when beloved Aviators forward and Gaylord, MI-native Seth Muzyl was forced to walk away from the game he loved to play. No, it wasn’t that Seth’s career wasn’t going anywhere, quite the opposite. He has the talent, work-ethic and attitude any coac...
Aviators head into break 2nd in NA3EHL West Division
Date:12/14/2015 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
It may not have been the way head coach Mike Stanaway and the New York Aviators wanted to finish out the 2015 portion of their schedule, but optimism abounds for Aviators players and coaches heading into the final 18 games of the regular season beginning when the calendar turns over to 2016. Back-to-back home losses are not just a rarity for Stanaway-coached teams, it just doesn’t happen. I...
Aviators host Wildcats in battle of division leaders
Date:12/11/2015 Source:NA3HL Long Beach Sharks
As the New York Aviators head in to Friday night’s game against the Jersey Shore Wildcats, the boys from Brooklyn sit in second place in the NA3EHL’s West Division behind Jersey Shore with three games in hand on the Wildcats. But, the last time these two teams met, it was the Aviators handing the Wildcats their first loss of the season following a 16-game winning streak. Currently the...
