Mamaroneck didn’t come back from the first loss to Suffern with a lot of emotion, but I get a feeling that will be different tonight against Fordham Prep.

You have to believe the resolve’s been fortified.

And if you haven’t been to a Mamaroneck game at Hommocks yet, go a couple of minutes early and listen to the last song played in warm-ups. Very cool.

Yesterday
Pawling 3, Ossining 1
Clarkstown South 7, Pearl River 3
Mount Pleasant 4, RTH 3, OT
White Plains 9, New Rochelle 2
Rye 4, Fox Lane 1

Today
Fordham Prep vs. Mamaroneck, 8:20 p.m. at Hommocks

Sorry, don’t know of any Iona scrimmages we can break down. Yes, it’s sarcasm. I noticed the same thing happens in lacrosse, people go crazy searching for advantages in a controlled environment to blow up.

There are some changes to the schedule in the coming days I wanted to pass along.

Greeley has been skating all season with a thin roster, and tonight’s rescheduled game against Mount Pleasant is canceled. It’s a win for the Icecats. The Quakers have already fulfilled their league obligation against Mount Pleasant and were down to skate three times in as many nights with at most 11 players.

Now the weather may wipe out tomorrow’s game against Rye, and they will wrap the season on Thursday against Byram Hills. A couple of players are leaving early to start vacation, so there’s no wiggle room to make up these games.

As for the future, Greeley does have some numbers coming up.

“In two years were should have 20 legitimate skaters,” Quakers coach Zach Dargatay said this morning. “Every one is a hockey player. This is just a down cycle for us.”

Mahopac and Brewster will now be playing on Friday at 5:20 p.m. at Brewster Ice Arena while Lakeland/Panas and Somers/North Salem will be facing off at 9 p.m. They switched time slots. Brewster is heading up the road on Saturday for a 10 a.m. game against Pawling and wanted to get a couple of extra hours to rest.

There was a little shuffling this week, no major surprises, though. Mamaroneck didn’t take a fall despite the 10-0 loss at Suffern, but I can’t think of a team that deserves to move into the No. 2 slot. White Plains will get a shot on Friday.

High Sticking Coaches Poll
Week of Feb. 8
1. 1. Suffern (12) 120
2. 2. Mamaroneck 105
3. 3. Rye 92
4. 5. White Plains 87
5. 4. Lakeland/Panas 57
6. 6. Pelham 55
7. 9. Sleepy Hollow/Irvington 29
8. 8. John Jay 28
9. 10. Kennedy/Putnam Valley 22
10. 7. Clarkstown South 18

High Sticking Power Rankings
Week of Feb. 8
Division I
1. Suffern
2. Mamaroneck
3. White Plains
4. Lakeland/Panas
5. North Rockland
6. Clarkstown South
7. Clarkstown North
8. New Rochelle

Division II
1. Rye
2. Pelham
3. John Jay
4. Sleepy Hollow/Irvington
5. Kennedy/Putnam Valley
6. Yorktown
7. Fox Lane
8. Byram Hills

Forgive the potential typos. I have to clean the keyboard after an evening of multi-tasking. That’s what I call eating chips and writing at the same time in front of the Super Bowl.

Takes a lot of coordination.

Obviously, there wasn’t much going on yesterday on the ice, Brewster was a ghost town 20 minutes after Carmel got down showing Kennedy/Putnam Valley the importance of a consistent approach. At some point this week, I’ll do the math again to see what the seedings look like. I’m off today, and not in the mood to multitask.

Yesterday
Carmel 3, Kennedy/Putnam Valley 0

Congrats to Rams goalie Marc Glaviano who posted his first career shutout. Click here for the story in case you missed it.

Today
Fox Lane vs. Rye, 4:30 p.m. at Playland
Pearl River vs. Clarkstown South, 7:30 p.m. at SOR
White Plains vs. New Rochelle, 6 p.m. at Ice Hutch
Mount Pleasant vs. RTH, 6:45 p.m. at Playland
Ossining vs. Pawling, 5 p.m. at Trinity-Pawling
RCDS at Portledge, 5:30 p.m.

Let’s see what happens to White Plains, which is going to need some momentum in order to slow down Suffern on Friday night on the other side of the bridge. Ossining is in the playoffs, but I would guess they’d like to keep that run going. Heading into last weekend, the only teams not postseason eligible were Brewster, Greeley and Nyack/Tappan Zee, according to John Orlando.

I’m not sure anybody noticed, but I glanced at the Iona-Stepinac box score from Saturday night and saw that Crusaders goalie Michael Lanaro made 57 saves in a 10-7 loss. Are the Gaels finally playing with purpose?

Back later this evening with the poll. I gave the coaches extra time so they could recover from one too many chips and vote with a clear mind.

And now, back to hockey. Did you see the Ossining score? Those guys must really want to make the playoffs. How about Mount Pleasant? Nobody saw that one coming. And did the North Rockland score grab you? They are getting healthy.

Not much going on today, so there will be plenty of time for prepping Super Bowl snacks.

Yesterday
Ossining 5, Yorktown 2
North Rockland 2, Clarkstown North 1
Fox Lane 8, Greeley 3
Pawling 5, Mahopac 0
Fordham Prep 6, Chaminade 1
Iona Prep 10, Stepinac 7
Mount Pleasant 4, Sleepy Hollow/Irvington 2

Today
Carmel vs. Kennedy/Putnam Valley, 4 p.m. at Brewster

I’m going to watch this game, so check back later, I’ll tweet some updates as we go along. And enjoy the other game. If you’d like to leave a Super Bowl prediction just to get it on the record, fire away.

I have to admit, even I was a little stunned when Mike Chiapparelli uttered those now famous words after Mamaroneck got beat 10-0 by its biggest rival.

And when I need a little comic relief, I’m going to find my digital recorder and replay the moment. Wow. I have logged a lot of hours holding pen and notebook in front of some pretty clever operators in the last 15 years from Jeff Van Gundy to Joe Torre to Isiah Thomas to Tom Coughlin.

In hockey terms, Chiapparelli came up with a kick save and a beauty.

What are people talking about over breakfast? What are people talking about here? What are people talking about in rinks around the section? Crying on the ice. Not many people are going after the Mamaroneck kids for the role they played (or didn’t play) in a defeat that will be recalled for years and years.

Chiapparelli is very passionate, so I’m not sure that was the intent, but it’s worked.

Sometimes a coach will utter something ridiculous to steal the spotlight. Mamaroneck got beat up enough on the ice, and it pretty much ended there. It would’ve been different had a player expressed a similar thought, and nobody I listened to after the game had anything more to offer than stand-up fare. Characters make life a lot more interesting. And if there is a rematch at West Point in the Section 1 final, it’s going to be a little more entertaining.

I slept in, so this is going up later than usual. Think it was a restless night in Mamaroneck? I still can’t believe how quickly that game turned on a whacky situation and got out of hand.

No disrespect to any of the other contenders, but anything other than a rematch in the Section 1 championship will be anti-climatic.

Yesterday
Suffern 10, Mamaroneck 0
John Jay 2, Byram Hills 1
Kennedy 6, Lakeland 4
New Rochelle 10, Scarsdale 5
Iona Prep 4, Chaminade 3
Mahopac 5, Carmel 1

To get more details, click here for the LoHud.com hockey roundup. In case you missed the Mamaroneck-Suffern game story, click here.

In case your keeping score, Rich Prunesti has 11 goals in the last two games.

Today
Yorktown vs. Ossining, 7:10 p.m. at Westchester
Fox Lane vs. Greeley, 8:55 p.m. at Brewster
Clarkstown North vs. North Rockland, 7 p.m. at SOR
Mahopac vs. Pawling, 5 p.m. at Trinity-Pawling
Mount Pleasant vs. Sleepy Hollow/Irvington, 9 p.m. at Westchester
Fordham Prep vs. Chaminade, 4 p.m. at Playland
Stepinac vs. Iona, 10 p.m. at Ice Hutch

I stood on the other side of the glass all season and watched Suffern dismantle opponent after opponent, wondering how can there be so many incapable teams.

My apologies to Pelham, Clarkstown North, Sleepy Hollow/Irvington, North Rockland, Clarkstown South.

I am now starting to wonder if maybe Suffern is just that much better than anybody else in these parts. I am now starting to wonder if maybe the Mounties are just that much better than anybody else around the state. I mean, 10-0 against Mamaroneck? That’s a historical drubbing.

“We were all up, the fans were going crazy, there our rivals,” Jake Jaeger said. “When they made some mistakes, we capitalized. When we got chances, we buried them.”

Alex Harwood was making save after save early on, and when the webbing in his glove broke and he was forced to use one borrowed from a teammate, Suffern went after him like Peyton Manning goes after a third string cornerback. In a mater of 30 seconds, it was 2-0, and Mamaroneck looked absolutely defeated.

I know we’ve gone over the Mounties’ balance and depth, but every good team I’ve gotten to see up close has a playmaker, a finisher that will take over the lead and make something happen in a tight game.

Suffern didn’t have that guy.

Jaeger, though, seems to be claiming that role as the season unfolds. He can squeeze through traffic and has enough flair to shake up a goalie. Cross off the last Achilles’ heel.

“I think Jake has become our leader offensively,” standout defenseman Kevin Norwin said. “He’s a natural scorer. When we need a big goal, Jakes always there to score it for us this year.”

So what about the Tigers, are they damaged? Humbled? Angry?

“Ready to work,” senior forward Joe Naclerio said.

Let’s hope the bracket falls into place because I’m thinking we might have a very interesting Division II tournament after watching Kennedy/Putnam Valley take down Lakeland/Panas.

I had a little time so I swung by to watch the Rebels, something I’ve been attempting to do for the last three or four weeks.

There is some talent on that roster, no question. It seems that a couple of hard lessons need to be learned before Lakeland/Panas can be considered a contender. A little too much conversation with the officials turned a bad situation into a nightmare, and let Kennedy turn a 4-3 deficit with six minutes to go into 6-4 win.

“We started talking back to the refs,” senior defenseman Kyle Park said. “It’s something we can’t do. We said a couple of things and put three or four guys in the box. This could help us for sectionals because it makes us realize as good as we are, we have to be even better to go hang with teams like Suffern and Mamaroneck.”

All three goals came 5-on-3.

“The kids felt the officials were calling it a little tight against us,” Rebels coach Bart Mucci said. “I didn’t see it like that. They definitely learned a lesson. It cannot happen again. … We’re generally a fairly disciplined team. It didn’t look that way tonight. I told them, I’m embarrassed.”

I have to do the math, but the loss could prevent Lakeland/Panas from grabbing the No. 2 seed and home ice should they make the semifinals in the upcoming playoffs.

Sorry, didn’t mean to dump all over another team’s moment in the spotlight. We need to give credit to Kennedy/Putnam Valley for putting a good team in a tough spot.

“We got ourselves under control and took a breath just before we came out there,” junior defenseman Mike Tierney said. “Once we got the first one, the rest came easy. We couldn’t let that opportunity go to waste. That was a big one. They pretty much gave it to us.”

Steve Santini knotted the score eight seconds into the first power play, then Christopher Considine and Sam Loizeaux finished off the Rebels in short order.

It might be nice to see Rye, Pelham, JFK/Putnam Valley and Sleepy Hollow/Irvington in the Division II semis.

Tierney was out most of the season with mono and is now helping to solidify the defense, and Luke Martin is playing well in goal. It’s a case of perfect timing. Confidence is quickly going up with two weeks to go.

“It’s good,” Kennedy/Putnam Valley coach Steve Santini said. “We got Mike back, along with a couple of our other guys and it’s giving us the depth we need to be competitive for three full periods. Guys are playing well and buying in to the system. It’s a good time for everything to come together.”

It sounds like the weather is going to cooperate and the flakes will not begin to fly until we’re all in the car and pointed toward home.

There’s a big game at Sport-O-Rama, and I’m pretty sure it will dominate the headlines. Rightly so. But check out the schedule at Brewster today. In one stop, you can see Belger, Santini, Annibale, and Basmajian. And the matchups are all pretty good, especially Mahopac and Carmel.

Matt Oliverio is going for his 200th career point against New Rochelle.

Yesterday
White Plains 4, Fox Lane 2
Lakeland/Panas 6, Pawling 0
Sleepy Hollow/Irvington 7, Clarkstown South 6
Newburgh 8, Greeley 2

To get more details, click here for the LoHud.com hockey roundup. And if you missed Loose Pucks, click here to read about three players who deserved a little attention off the ice.

Today
Mamaroneck vs. Suffern, 7 p.m. at Sport-O-Rama
Lakeland/Panas vs. Kennedy/Putnam Valley, 3:30 p.m. at Brewster
Rye Country Day at Princeton Day, 4 p.m.
Scarsdale vs. New Rochelle, 6 p.m. at Ice Hutch
Carmel vs. Mahopac, 7:10 p.m. at Brewster
White Plains vs. ETB, 8 p.m. at the Ice Hutch
Byram Hills vs. John Jay, 8 p.m. at Brewster
Iona Prep vs. Chaminade, 5 p.m. at Syosset

Don’t forget, we’re going to stream Mamaroneck and Suffern live. Here is the link. And if you get home late or have other plans, you can replay the game on demand later on tonight.

The rivalry didn’t need any extra incentive, but the United States Air Force will be awarding one player from Suffern and Mamaroneck a $500 scholarship tonight in recognition of the work that goes in on and off the ice.