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18-04-2025
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Watertown Wolves host Binghamton in FPHL quarterfinals
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) – The Watertown Wolves will try to take advantage of home ice. Fourth-seeded Watertown will host the top-seeded and defending champion Binghamton Black Bears in the first game of the best-of-three Commissioner's Cup quarterfinal series. The Howl of Support: A look at the Watertown Wolves' dedicated fan base Game one of the series will be at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Watertown Municipal Arena. The second game of the series will be 7 p.m. Saturday at the Visions Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton. A third game, if necessary, would at 7 p.m. Monday, April 21 in Binghamton. The winner of the series will take on the Danbury Hat Tricks and Port Huron Prowlers in the FPHL semifinals. Binghamton went 7-1 in the eight regular season games played between the two teams. The Black Bears won the Empire Division title for the second straight season and are looking to repeat last season's success. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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17-04-2025
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Local pro hockey: Harris helps send Watertown Wolves to next round of playoffs
Apr. 15—WATERTOWN — Led by Junior Harris, the Watertown Wolves are headed to the next round of the playoffs. Harris scored the deciding goal and also assisted on two other scores to help spark the Wolves to a 4-2 triumph over the Motor City Rockers on Tuesday night in a Federal Prospects Hockey League division wild-card playoff game before a turnout of 283 at Watertown Municipal Arena. Advertisement Trevor Grasby and Steven Klinck each generated a goal for the Wolves, who never trailed in the game. Goalie Breandan Colgan made 24 saves to record the win for Watertown, which advanced to the first round of the playoffs. The Wolves jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a goal from Domenic Della Civita with eight minutes and 54 seconds remaining in the first period, with Harris assisting on the tally. Klinck followed with his goal 1:28 into the second period on a tally assisted by Dustin Henning to expand the lead to 2-0. After Brendan Ronan scored 5:02 into the period to draw the Rockers within 2-1, Harris generated his goal with 3:33 left in the frame, with Grasby and Chase DiBari setting up the goal to restore the two-goal lead. Advertisement Motor City again pulled within a goal at 3-2 on T.J. Sneath's tally 5:54 into the third period. But Grasby struck for his goal with 8:57 remaining in regulation, with Harris and Davide Gaeta assisting, for the final margin. Goalie Ricardo Gonzalez made 30 saves in taking the loss for Motor City, which finished in fifth place in the Empire Division. The Wolves who finished fourth in the Empire Division, next play division winner and top-seeded Binghamton in the first round. Watertown will host the first game of the best two-out-of-three series at 7:30 p.m. Friday, with the second game and a third game, if necessary, to be played in Binghamton, both at 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Advertisement Last year, Binghamton swept Watertown in two games in the opening round of the playoffs. This season, the league added a wild-card round for the playoffs, with the fifth-place team in each division squaring off against the fourth-place squad. WOLVES' LORD HONORED Watertown Wolves veteran forward Trevor Lord was selected as the league's player of the month for March and April. Lord played 15 games for the Wolves during this stretch and scored 13 goals while assisting on 11 others to generate 24 points. Lord moved up from fourth to finish third in the league in scoring. Lord registered six multi-point games over the 15 games, including posting five points, including four assists, in a game against Danville on March 28. Advertisement He totaled four games where he accumulated three points, including posting three points in each game in a three-game set at Baton Rouge. Overall in the regular season, Lord finished third in the league in points with 85, which included 38 goals and 47 assists, with teammate Grasby leading the circuit in assists with 66. Lord also finished second in the league in power-play goals (12), shorthanded goals (five) and game-winning goals (eight).
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31-01-2025
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Watertown Wolves host Mississippi for pair of weekend games
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) – The Watertown Wolves will host some wolves of a different variety this weekend in a pair of Federal Prospects Hockey League games. Watertown (17-12-1) will host the Mississippi Sea Wovles (5-26-3) for a pair of FPHL games Saturday and Sunday at the Watertown Municipal Arena. The Wolves took two out of three games against the Sea Wolves on January 3-5 in Biloxi, Miss. The AP goes behind the scenes at PWHL opener to capture 'the birth of women's hockey' Last weekend saw Watertown split a pair of games against the Danbury Hat Tricks. Mississippi is coming into this game having lost six straight games. Watertown sits third in the Empire Division behind defending champion Binghamton and second-place Port Huron. Mississippi is in last place in the Continental Division. Saturday night's game will be at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday will have a special start time of 4 p.m. at the Watertown Municipal Arena. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
