End of the Road for Bucs Championship Drive

Red Bank Regional's Varisty Hockey team fell 4-0 to top-seeded Ramsey on Sunday.

It was a "Cinderella story," the team that had to fight its way into the state tournament only to defeat the 8th and 9th seeded teams. But then, it lost its proverbial slipper. That's what happened for the Red Bank Regional varsity hockey team on Sunday when it came up against top-seeded Ramsey in the quarterfinal round of the Public B state tournament, losing 4-0, and ending the team's winning season. "They gave it everything they had," said Sharyn Lynch, whose son Brian is a sophomore on the team. "We could not be prouder of the terrific run they experienced." Senior goalie A.J. Ostrander made 43 saves for Red Bank, according to NJ.com. The game was played at the Ice Vault in Wayne, NJ. Red Bank, seeded 25th going into tournament play, …

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Bucs Hockey Scores Stunning First-Round Win at States

Twenty-fifth seeded Red Bank Regional beat Glen Rock, seeded eighth, 5-4 Monday night.

Bucs Varsity Hockey, seeded 25th going into states, pulled off a stunning 5-4 victory Monday night beating eighth-seeded Glen rock in the first round of the Public B tournament, according to NJ.com. The Red Bank Regional team broke the 4-4 tie when Drew Amato scored his third goal of the Feb. 25 game with 7:47 left to play, the article states. Senior Joe DelSordo, the Bucs' alternate captain, scored the remaining two goals. Scoring assists came from seniors Andrei Rjedkin (captain), Pat Schroll (captain) and Josh Suboyo along with Brian Lynch and Keith Guzman, according to Lana Rjedkin in an e-mail to Patch. Alternate Captain and senior Tim Vilardi helped out with two assists, Rjedkin tells Patch, adding that senior goalie A.J. Ostrander …

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SLIDESHOW: RBR Hockey Moves off the Ice for Senior Dinner

The team celebrated departing seniors on Saturday night.

The Red Bank Regional High School ice hockey team bid farewell to departing senior players at a dinner on Saturday night. The dinner, held at the Rjedkin's in Little Silver, honored players Jack Lynch, Charlie Fox and Sam Maraschio, who are graduating in June. The Bucs ended their season with a 3-2 overtime loss to the RFH Bulldogs in the Dowd Cup ice hockey tournament semifinals in February. Check out the slideshow from the dinner that hockey dad Igor Rjedkin shared with Patch.

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Bulldogs Beat Bucs in Overtime [PHOTOS]

RFH hockey squeaks by Red Bank 3-2

The RFH Bulldogs took a bite out of the RBR Bucs, pulling out an overtime 3-2 win on Wednesday in the Dowd Cup ice hockey tournament semifinals. The game at the Red Bank Armory went into overtime tied 2-2 with Hunter Rotchford scoring the winning goal. The Bulldogs (16-2-0, no. 53) bulldozed through Toms River East 9-3 in the quarterfinals Monday evening to advance, and RBR (8-12-2, no. 86) upset the St. Rose Purple Roses 5-4 earlier Monday afternoon to move on. The Bucs and Bulldogs met in a December regular season game, with RFH notching a 4-1 victory over RBR. The Dowd Cup is a tournament which pits teams from the Shore Conference's "C" and "D" divisions against one another for a top prize named after former New Jersey Devils player Jim…

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VIDEO: St. Rose Bests Banged Up Bucs

Concussion-ridden Red Bank battled mightily, but fell to Frozen Roses 4-2.

Red Bank Regional (6-5-1, 4-1-1 Shore "D") put up a good fight but was unable to stop the division-leading St. Rose Frozen Roses (14-2-0, 7-2-0 Shore "D") who defeated them 4-2 when the two teams clashed on the ice at Jersey Shore Arena in Wall Friday evening. The Bucs only had nine players in the game due to illness and injuries. F Drue Amato showed symptoms of mono and F Josh Suboyo, F Tim Vilardi and D Sam Maraschio were held out of the lineup with concussions, causing Red Bank to send out just two forward lines and three defenders. Pat McKerry scored for St. Rose near the end of the first, and Christian Phipps made it 2-0 less than a minute into the second. Red Bank answered with goals from Joe Franco (12) and Jack Lynch (2) to tie the…

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No Puck Luck for Bucs in Hockey Opener

Franco hat trick puts RBR up 3-0 after two periods, Toms River East overcomes deficit to win 5-4.

The Toms River East Raiders (1-0) came back from a 3-0 deficit to defeat the Red Bank Regional Buccaneers (0-1) by a score of 5-4 as both teams opened their seasons Saturday as the Red Bank Armory Ice Complex. Red Bank put together an early lead as junior Joe Franco scored twice in the first and once in the second for the first hat trick of the season. "The first goal was right off the faceoff, so I just got a kind of lucky bounce through the kid's legs," said Franco, assisted by Sam Marascio on the play. "The second one was on a breakaway, I faked a shot with my backhand and it went right in. The last one was a backdoor, nothing there but a great pass," said Franco, who was assisted by Joe DelSordo on both goals. RBR goalie Charlie Fox …

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