The Rhode Island Interscholastic League (RIIL) post-season state tournaments in both Division 1 and Division 2 get underway on Tuesday. In Division 1, four single-game quarterfinal games are slated for Tuesday. Here are the pairings: #8 Cumberland (3-6-0) at #1 Mount St. Charles (8-0-1) #5 ...
Read More »Rhode Island Top 10: LaSalle Finishes In Top Spot After Dominant Season
This is one of the strangest Rhode Island Top 10s to put together. Call it a top 10 with a major asterisk. And that asterisk is the fact that only one out of the three state championship series were decided this winter. Divisions 1 and ...
Read More »Rhode Island Top 10: Burrillville Denies LaSalle’s Bid For Unbeaten Regular Season
The king is off its undefeated throne. Someone finally found a way to beat No. 1 LaSalle. Only took ‘em three months. Burrillville beat LaSalle, and beat them convincingly, 6-3, at home Friday, Feb. 21. LaSalle took out its frustrations the next night at home ...
Read More »Rhode Island Top 10: Stepping Out Of State Didn’t Agree With LaSalle, MSC Or Hendricken
It took an out-of-state team to hand Rhode Island leader LaSalle its first “blemish” of the season. Xavier of Connecticut tied LaSalle Saturday, the first time this season the Rams didn’t win a game. The team had won 19 straight, including a 5-2 victory over ...
Read More »Rhode Island Top 10: #2 Mount St. Charles Falls In Line Behind Undefeated LaSalle
Who keeps going strong? Wait, strong is an understatement. No. 1 LaSalle is making history on the ice this year, where it keeps winning and winning and winning. The Rams this past week took care of Bishop Hendricken (4-1) and Smithfield (5-2) to remain unbeaten. ...
Read More »Rhode Island Top 10: LaSalle, Hendricken Fare Well Against Connecticut Clubs
Can you say dominant? LaSalle can. The state’s undeniable No. 1 picked up another four wins to run its record to 16-0-0. The Rams topped Prout/Scituate, 7-1, Mount Saint Charles, 3-1, Greenwich, CT, 2-0, and Darien, CT, 3-2, in OT in a classic game Sunday. ...
Read More »Rhode Island Top 10: #2 Cumberland Remains Unbeaten; MSC Has Won Six Straight
With only one significant loss among the top seven teams in the Ocean State, things are staying status quo there for now. No. 1 LaSalle is en fuego as they say. The team picked up out-of-state wins over Archbishop Williams (4-2) of Massachusetts and now ...
Read More »Rhode Island Top 10: #1 LaSalle Posts A Pair Of Shutout Decisions
It wasn’t a week of shocking upsets or anything surprising, really, in Rhode Island boys hockey circles. Only two of our Top 5 teams actually lost games – Barrington has now dropped two out of three falling to Bishop Hendricken and LaSalle. And Hendricken fell ...
Read More »Rhode Island Boys Top 10: #1 LaSalle Keeps On Rolling With A Three-Win Week
No. 1 LaSalle Academy was our pre-season No. 1 and has done nothing but prove its worthy of being on top in the first half of this Rhode Island boys hockey season. The Rams hold onto that slot again after a stellar three-win week during ...
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