Ashar Hockey Opens Season with a Win.

Ashar Hockey opened its 2007-2008 Season tonight with a win over North Shore Hebrew Academy.

It was a team effort all the way, with many of Ashar Hockey's younger players coming thru with outstanding performances.

Big goals came early from Max Rimberg (with 2), Donny Fuchs and Isaac Selter.

On fire tonight was the "Line 2" combination of Ross "Pablo" Chanofsky and Avi "Roberto" Shatkin . Hustle from this line combined with "Roberto's" stellar passing helped, "Pablo" come away as the night's scoring leader with 3 pretty hat-trick goals.

Sixth grader Brian Frenkel became Ashar's youngest ever starting line player. Brian's defensive game was flawless against North Shores older and larger first line players. While in net, Yoni (the Wall) Winfield rejected all of North Shore's attempts to get on the score board during the first and second periods of play.

For the final period, goalie Jason Fischman would help defend Ashar's goal and lead the team to victory.

Overall, it was a well balanced win for Ashar, with all our players contributing either offensively of defensively for the good of the team.

Ashar Host Yavneh for Pre-Season Inter-League Scrimmage Game

Tonight marked the official return of hockey to the Ashar Hockey Gym for the 2007-2008 season. In interleague play Ashar hosted Yavneh Hockey for a pre-season exhibition scrimmage game.

These games give both coaches and players a chance to see how well teams play at game speed. To experiment and decide what forward and defensive lines work, all the while giving younger first year players a chance to see some court time they might not normally be able to get.

The game was played well by all lines on both teams. Yavnehs 4th and 5th lines most impressive, showing great depth and a continued bright future for Yavneh Hockey.

After the game the teams shared a pizza and drinks dinner together in Ashar's lunchroom.

Special thanks to the Law Offices of Bruce W. Minsky, P.C. for sponsoring this season opening event.