last updated Friday March 14, 2008 11:20 PM

Name: Michael Tangredi
Team/Division: D2- Floral Park P.B.A. Wolfpack / Bantams Division
Position: Offense and Defense
How many years have you been skating/playing: I have been playing 3 years in the league
Uniform Number: # 13 - "Assistant Captain"
Age: 12
Favorite NHL Team: New York Islanders
Favorite Player: Martin St. Louis
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: When I won a championship the first year I started playing in the Peewees
Other Sports I Play: Baseball, Soccer, Golf, and Basketball
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: I like playing roller hockey because I love hockey, and its a lot of fun playing with your friends no matter if you win or lose.
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: I would like to improve my speed.  I think I need to be faster to beat other players to the puck.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: I want to become a professional Baseball Player.

Name: Brandon Franklin
Team/Division: D1 - The Equipment Room Flames / Bantams Division
Position: Defense
How many years have you been skating/playing: 8 years
Uniform Number: # 19 - "Captain"
Age: 13
Favorite NHL Team: New York Islanders
Favorite Player: Jason Blake
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: When our Floral Park Bantam tournament team won 1st place in the Whitestone Tournament.
Other Sports I Play: Soccer, Cross Country/Indoor Track
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: I like to play roller hockey because it's a fast moving, competitive, and fun sport.
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: I'd like to improve my offensive skills.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: Right now, I am interested in being an Architect.

Name: Danny Anacrelico
Team/Division: D1 - The Equipment Room Flames / Bantams Division
Position: Defense
How many years have you been skating/playing: 3 years
Uniform Number: # 66 - "Assistant Captain"
Age: 14
Favorite NHL Team: New York Islanders
Favorite Player: Rick DiPietro
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: My 1st goal.
Other Sports I Play: none
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: Because it's fun
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: Scoring.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: A Video Game Designer.

Name: John Groshans
Team/Division: D2- Floral Park P.B.A. Wolfpack / Bantams Division
Position: Center/Defense
How many years have you been skating/playing: I have been playing for 4 years
Uniform Number: # 19 - "Captain"
Age: 13
Favorite NHL Team: New York Islanders
Favorite Player: Brett Hull
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: My favorite memory was my first hat trick.
Other Sports I Play: Soccer, Lacrosse, Basketball, Golf, and Bowling.
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: Because I like to play with my friends and I love the game.
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: I would like to improve my stick handling so I can beat defensemen.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: I want to go to Penn State and play hockey.

Name: Matthew Kreiser
Team/Division: D4- L. I. Checker Cab Pirates / Bantams Division
Position: Defense
How many years have you been skating/playing: 4 years
Uniform Number: # 19 - "Assistant Captain"
Age: 13
Favorite NHL Team: New York Rangers
Favorite Player: Jaromir Jagr
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: Broke up a 3 on 1.
Other Sports I Play: Football.
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: I like to play roller hockey because it is one thing that I'm good at.  I have a good team and a great coach.  We all work together and that's how we win.
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: I would like to be able to skate faster.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: When I grow up I want to be associated with technology but I will keep hockey as a passion.

Name: MIke Carleo
Team/Division: D3- ConKel Landscaping Hawks / Bantams Division
Position: Center
How many years have you been skating/playing: 10 years
Uniform Number: # 19 - "Assistant Captain"
Age: 13
Favorite NHL Team: New York Islanders
Favorite Player: Zigmund Palffy
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: Scoring
Other Sports I Play: Ice Hockey
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: Because it is a game that I can mess around in.
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: Speed
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: Don't know yet

Name: Garrett Conti
Team/Division: D1 - The Equipment Room Flames / Bantams Division
Position: Center/Forward
How many years have you been skating/playing: 3 years
Uniform Number: # 21 - "Assistant Captain"
Age: 12
Favorite NHL Team: New York Rangers
Favorite Player: Wayne Gretzky
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: Championship
Other Sports I Play: Soccer and Baseball
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: It is fun and exciting
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: My stick handling.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: Be in the NHL.

Name: Max Devane
Team/Division: D4 - L. I. Checker Cab Pirates / Bantams Division
Position: Left Wing
How many years have you been skating/playing: 5 years
Uniform Number: # 68 - "Assistant Captain"
Age: 13
Favorite NHL Team: New York Islanders
Favorite Player: Jerome Iginla
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: Winning the Championship two years in a row.
Other Sports I Play: Baseball, Football and Basketball.
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: I like to skate and it's a fast moving game.
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: Stick handling
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: New York City Firemen

Name: Thomas Monahan
Team/Division: D3- ConKel Landscaping Hawks / Bantams Division
Position: Center
How many years have you been skating/playing: 8 years
Uniform Number: # 11 - "Captain"
Age: 12 1/2 years old
Favorite NHL Team: New York Islanders
Favorite Player: Alexa Yashin
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: Winning and scoring.  Also watching kids on my team score.
Other Sports I Play: Basketball and Lacrosse.
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: To score and win.
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: I would like to improve my stick handling.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: When I grow up I would like to be a Professional Basketball Player or a Doctor.

Name: Andrew Viscusi
Team/Division: D1 - The Equipment Room Flames / Bantams Division
Position: Defense/Goalie
How many years have you been skating/playing: Playing for 8 years + and Skating for 12 years +
Uniform Number: # 12 - "Assistant Captain"
Age: 14
Favorite NHL Team: New York Rangers
Favorite Player: Brian Leetch
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: Thrill...Scoring on a penalty shot at the end of a tied game.
Other Sports I Play: Football, Lacrosse, Baseball, and Basketball.
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: I play roller hockey because I love the excitement, the fast pace, and the competition.
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: I would like to improve my scoring when I take the puck up from the defensive zone.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: I would like to be a firefighter when I grow up and continue to play competitive sports, including roller hockey.

Name: Kyle Vidasolo
Team/Division: D3- ConKel Landscaping Hawks / Bantams Division
Position: Defense and Offense
How many years have you been skating/playing: When I was 8 years old.
Uniform Number: # 13 - "Assistant Captain"
Age: 12 years old
Favorite NHL Team: New York Rangers
Favorite Player: Wayne Gretzky or Brian Leetch or Malik
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: Stopped many goals.
Other Sports I Play: Football
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: I play Roller Hockey because it's so much fun and the feeling when I'm playing is great.
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: I would like to improve on my slapshots.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: I'm not sure maybe a Pro Athlete. 

Name: James D'Amico
Team/Division: D1 - The Equipment Room Flames / Bantams Division
Position: Center, Left Wing
How many years have you been skating/playing: 6 years
Uniform Number: # 99
Age: 13
Favorite NHL Team: New York Islanders
Favorite Player: Jason Blake
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: When we won the Whitestone Tournament
Other Sports I Play: Lacrosse, Travel Soccer, Track, Golf, Snow Skiing, Wakeboarding.
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: It is really fun to play with my friends and I just love Hockey.
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: I would like to improve on skating backwards and playing defense.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: I'm not sure yet. 

Name: Kevin McCarthy
Team/Division: D4 - L. I. Checker Cab Pirates / Bantams Division
Position: Center/Defense
How many years have you been skating/playing: 4 years
Uniform Number: # 99 - "Captain"
Age: 13
Favorite NHL Team: New York Rangers
Favorite Player: Petr Prucha
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: Scoring 5 goals and 4 assists.
Other Sports I Play: Soccer, Baseball, and Basketball.
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: I like to play Roller Hockey because I love the movement of the game.  I love how the game is fast-paced and big plays.  I also like the thrill when you score a goal or make a great stop while playing on the defensive end.  That's why I like Roller Hockey.
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: I would like to improve my slap shot and wrist shot.  I want them to go faster.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: When I grow up I want to be a New York City Firefighter.

Name: Kyle Brzoza
Team/Division: D4 - L. I. Checker Cab Pirates / Bantams Division
Position: Defense
How many years have you been skating/playing: 7 years
Uniform Number: # 11
Age: 12
Favorite NHL Team: New York Rangers
Favorite Player: Mike Modano
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: Scoring first goal.
Other Sports I Play: Football
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: I like to hockey because it is fun and exciting
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: I would like to improve my shot on goal.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: I would love to play hockey.

Name: Benjamin Frey Hesse
Team/Division: D4 - L. I. Checker Cab Pirates / Bantams Division
Position: Left Wing
How many years have you been skating/playing: This is my 3rd year playing.
Uniform Number: # 5
Age: 12
Favorite NHL Team: New York Rangers
Favorite Player: Petr Prucha
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: Scoring a goal.
Other Sports I Play: Baseball
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: I like to play hockey because I love to skate around.  Scoring a goal is such a great feeling and almost nothing can top it.  Hockey is so much fun and sometimes I wish I had games every day.
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: Something that I would like to improve is my deking.  I would like to be able to get around kids easily and make myself a shooting lane.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: When I get older I'd like to be a manager for the New York Mets.  

Name: Joseph Setaro
Team/Division: D4 - L. I. Checker Cab Pirates / Bantams Division
Position: Defense
How many years have you been skating/playing: 5 years
Uniform Number: # 35
Age: 13
Favorite NHL Team: New York Islanders
Favorite Player: Mark Parish
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: Three on ones.
Other Sports I Play: Soccer and Volleyball.
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: I like to play roller hockey because it is a fast-paced, exciting sport and a great way to get exercise.
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: I would like to try to get more offensive opportunities.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: Anything that makes good money.   

Name: Andrew Thorndike
Team/Division: D3- ConKel Landscaping Hawks / Bantams Division
Position: Center/Right Wing
How many years have you been skating/playing: 6 years
Uniform Number: # 15
Age: 11 years old
Favorite NHL Team: New York Islanders
Favorite Player: Michael Peca
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: When I made my first hat trick.
Other Sports I Play: Soccer, Baseball, Basketball, Ice Hockey, and Football.
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: I like to play roller hockey because it is very fun to play.  Also, I just like to challenge myself.
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: I would like to have a better touch when my teammates pass the puck to me.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: A Lawyer.

Name: A.J. Chilelli
Team/Division: D2- Floral Park P.B.A. Wolfpack / Bantams Division
Position: Right Wing
How many years have you been skating/playing: 5 years
Uniform Number: # 35
Age: 12
Favorite NHL Team: New York Islanders
Favorite Player: Jason Blake
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: To be able to play.
Other Sports I Play: Basketball and Baseball.
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: It is never boring.
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: My shot.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: Lawyer

Name: Harley Pietroforte
Team/Division: D3- ConKel Landscaping Hawks / Bantams Division
Position: Defense
How many years have you been skating/playing: 1 1/2  years
Uniform Number: # 5
Age: 12 3/4 years old
Favorite NHL Team: New York Rangers
Favorite Player: Mark Messier
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill:
Other Sports I Play: Basketball, Volleyball, and Soccer.
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: It is very exciting and it's never the same game.
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: I would like to improve my speed.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: An Architect or Fashion Designer.    

Name: Patrick O'Grady
Team/Division: D4 - L. I. Checker Cab Pirates / Bantams Division
Position: Whatever position the coach tells me to play.
How many years have you been skating/playing: I have been playing since the league started and then I stopped playing for two years and came back for this season.
Uniform Number: # 2
Age: 13
Favorite NHL Team: New York Rangers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Favorite Player: Brian Leetch and Petr Prucha
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: Scoring a goal in a Shoot-Out at the Whitestone Tournament and Winning the Championship game in OT.
Other Sports I Play: Baseball, Basketball, and Soccer.
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: I like the fast pace of the game and the feel of the puck on your stick.  It also keeps me active and in shape.
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: I would like to have better defensive skills, better backchecking, and a better backhand.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: A Pro Athlete or a Lawyer. 

Name: Alex Munro
Team/Division: D1 - The Equipment Room Flames / Bantams Division
Position: Center, Left Wing
How many years have you been skating/playing: 3 years
Uniform Number: # 35
Age: 13
Favorite NHL Team: New York Islanders
Favorite Player: Miroslav Sata
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: 1st Place for the Season.
Other Sports I Play: None
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: I've tried many sports, but none are as much fun or as thrilling as playing hockey.
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: More shots on goal.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: A film maker.

Name: Nicholas DeMartino
Team/Division: D4 - L. I. Checker Cab Pirates / Bantams Division
Position: Right Wing
How many years have you been skating/playing: I've been playing hockey for a total of 5 years.
Uniform Number: # 21
Age: 12
Favorite NHL Team: New York Islanders
Favorite Player: Sidney Crosby
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: Scoring my first goal on a breakaway.
Other Sports I Play: Golf
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: I like to play for the rush of adrenaline.  It is the most exciting thing when you have a breakaway or score the winning goal.
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: I would like to improve my ability to elude the best defensemen.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: A Lawyer for Animal Rights.

Name: Craig Barry
Team/Division: D1 - The Equipment Room Flames / Bantams Division
Position: Right Wing
How many years have you been skating/playing: 3 years
Uniform Number: # 11
Age: 13
Favorite NHL Team: New York Islanders
Favorite Player: Sydney Crosby
Biggest Roller Hockey Thrill: When I score
Other Sports I Play: Baseball, Football, and Wrestling.
Why I Like to Play Roller Hockey: It is fun, competitive, and keeps me active.
Is there something I would like to improve in my game: My puck handling.
What I Want to Do When I Grow Up: Not sure  

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