2006news

Jan 31 - Centennial
and
Feb 2nd LaVergne

With the Tennessee Titans playoff run serving as an example, the Franklin ice hockey team came into the last week of the season needing some help and needing to win the last 2 games of the season in order to make the playoffs.

First up was Centennial on Wednesday, January 31st. Centennial opened the scoring 2 minutes into the contest. Franklin evened the score 2 minutes later as Evan Marroni scored with assists from Corey Nightingale and Ville Parkkinen. Marroni would score again late in the period on an assist from Parkkinen. Evan would then return the favor by assisting on a goal by Ville and the period ended with Franklin ahead 3-1. The teams played to a 2-2 draw in the second period. Franklin scored on goals by Jordan Sabatini and Sam Miller. Assisting were John McHugh, Jay Buchanan, and Parkkinen. Centennial would score early in the third period to pull within 5-4 but the Rebels added 2 more goals late in the period to put the game away. Corey Nightingale scored the 6th goal and Evan Marroni completed a hat trick with his 3rd goal of the night. Assists were by Brian Carrick, Ville Parkkinen, and Nightingale. In addition to Marroni’s hat trick, defenseman Ville Parkkinen had a 5 point night with 1 goal and 4 assists. Goalie CJ Schipani earned his first victory of the year and played great in stopping 28 of 32 shots.

Next was La Vergne on Friday, February 2nd. Franklin needed to win and also have Station Camp beat Brentwood in the game immediately before theirs. Station Camp came through winning 4-3 in a nail biter. Now all that was left was for the Rebels to come through as well. Franklin came out and took care of business out shooting La Vergne 29-14 for the game and winning 5-0. Goalie John Negley recorded the shut out stopping all 14 shots for the game. Goals were scored by Ryan Beane, Dan Francis, Corey Nightingale, Jordan Sabatini, and John McHugh. This game showed the balance of the scoring attack for Franklin as the high scoring line of Corey Nightingale, Evan Marroni, and Brian Carrick were limited to 1 goal. Freshmen contributed 5 points on the night as Bean, Sabatini, and McHugh scored and Kyle Grider and Robert Crockett added assists. Franklin also took time to honor their 3 seniors on the team – Evan Marroni, Jared “Tree” Radestock, and Tanner DeVries. Also honored was Ville Parkkinen who will be returning to Finland after the season. Good luck to all as they move on to the next stage in their lives.

With the victory, Franklin claimed the last playoff spot for the GNASH championship. They open the playoffs on Wednesday, February 7th at 7:30 PM at the Centennial Sportsplex in Nashville. Their opponent will be the co-op team of BGA and Hume Fogg in a rematch of a game played 3 weeks ago which BGA won by a score of 3-0.

Come out and support Franklin ice hockey!

Jan. 19-22nd
BA,BGA &
Father Ryan

The Franklin Rebel ice hockey team has been very busy the past several days playing 3 games in 4 days.

First up was Brentwood Academy/Ezell Harding on Friday, January 19th. The Rebels started out slowly being outshot in the 1st period 7-2 and going down by the score of 1-0. BA/EH added another goal early in the 2nd period for a 2-0 lead. Going down by two seemed to wake the Rebels up as they responded with 4 consecutive goals to end the 2nd with a 4-2 lead. Sam Miller opened the scoring on assists from Jay Buchanan and Dan Francis. Evan Marroni added the second goal on the power play with an assist from Tanner DeVries. Miller tallied his second of the night with another helper from Jay Buchanan. Corey Nightingale finished off the period with a goal on assists from his linemates Evan Marroni and Brian Carrick.

The 3rd period was more of the same as Franklin added 5 more goals for a final score of 9-2. Scoring goals for the Rebels were Corey Nightingale (his second on the night), Jay Buchanan, Evan Marroni (also his second), Ville Parkkinen, and Lucas Vargas. Lucas’ goal was his first on the year. Assists on third period goals belonged to Evan Marroni, Brian Carrick (two assists in the period), and Ryan Beane.

John Negley notched his 4th win of the year stopping 24 of 26 shots.

Next up was Battle Ground Academy/Hume Fogg on Saturday, January 20th. BGA entered the game with double the points in the standings as Franklin. The game began as if BGA intended to run away with it scoring on the first shift on the ice to go up 1-0. Penalties played a big part in this game as the Rebels were whistled for 7 penalties compared to 2 for BGA. The 2nd BGA goal came on the power play and the 1st period ended with BGA in front 2-0. The 2nd period was scoreless and the 3rd was nearly scoreless as well. BGA again capitalized on a Franklin player being in the box adding another power play goal to go ahead 3-0. That was how the game ended.

John Negley was again superb in net stopping 28 of 31 BGA shots. Franklin was not able to muster many shots of their own ending up with 16 for the game.

Finally, the Rebels faced Father Ryan on Monday, January 22nd. Franklin came out ready to play and played perhaps their best period of the year in the 1st period. Kyle Grider started the scoring with his first goal of the year on a power play shot from the point that made it through a maze of players and found the back of the net. After a Father Ryan goal that evened the score, Corey Nightingale added another power play goal with an assist from freshman Jordan Sabatini. Franklin outshot Father Ryan 10-7 for the period. Unfortunately, the 2nd period belonged to the Irish. Three consecutive goals gave Father Ryan a 4-2 lead entering the 3rd period. Franklin began the scoring in the 3rd with Lucas Vargas getting a goal with an assist from fellow freshman Ryan Beane. Franklin couldn’t get any closer than 4-3 though as Father Ryan added two late goals to end the scoring at 6-3. The Rebels had a lot to feel good about however as John Negley turned in another strong performance in goal stopping 29 of 35 shots and freshman tallied 4 of the 5 points in the game.

The Rebels have two games remaining in the regular season – Centennial on January 31st and La Vergne on February 2nd. The game against La Vergne will be senior night. Come out and support Franklin hockey and help send out the 3 seniors in style on February 2nd. The puck drops at 8:55 PM for the Centennial game and at 9:45 PM for senior night against La Vergne. Both games are at Southern Ice.

Dec 1st - 8th
Blackman/Overton
Mt. Juliet
Hillwood
Game Notes

Blackman/Overton – On December 1st, Franklin faced the team from Blackman/Overton. The game featured something not seen at a Franklin hockey game since the 2003/2004 season – someone other than John Negley in goal! John underwent an emergency appendectomy on November 30th and did in fact make it to the game, but naturally was not in goal. Backup CJ Schipani started in goal for the Rebels and played well in his high school hockey debut. Unfortunately, Franklin came up short in the end losing by a final score of 6-4. Corey Nightingale scored 2 goals and added an assist while Evan Marroni and Ville Parkkinen also scored for the Rebels. Evan Marroni also had 2 assists and Robert Crockett pitched in with an assist as well.

The following week Franklin played the first place Mt. Juliet/Wilson Central team and the Bears were just too much for the Rebels winning by a final of 9-1. CJ Schipani again started in goal and faced a barrage of 45 shots in the game. Evan Marroni scored the lone goal for Franklin with Ville Parkkinen on the assist.

On December 8th Franklin played perhaps the most exciting game in their history winning 1-0 over Hillwood/Hillsboro on Dan Francis’ power play goal with just 27 seconds left in the game. Dan’s effort capped a mad scramble in front of the opponents net that had the crowd on their feet screaming. Evan Marroni and Ville Parkkinen assisted on the goal. The game was very even throughout with Franklin outshooting Hillwood 22 to 21 for the game. John Negley came back from being out of action with a huge effort in net. John was called on to stop numerous scoring chances including two breakaways and several point blank shots. After a rough start to their season, a huge win was exactly what the Rebels were looking for and they got it in dramatic fashion.

Nov 17th & 18th
Ravenwood/MBA
Game Notes

The Franklin High Ice Hockey team played two more tough opponents this past weekend came out of the weekend with two more losses. First up on Friday, November 17 was the defending GNASH champions Ravenwood. The Rebels hung tough with the Raptors through the first period falling behind by a score of 1-0. The second period was the difference however as Ravenwood outscored Franklin 4-1 to go up 5-1. The third period was again won by Ravenwood 2 goals to 1. The final score was 7-2. Goalie John Negley was busy all night facing 40 shots and was named the game’s MVP by the Ravenwood coach. Corey Nightingale and Brian Carrick scored for the Rebels with assists from Ville Parkkinen on Nightingale’s goal and Corey Nightingale on Carrick’s goal.

The following night Franklin faced a strong MBA team. The game was much closer than the Ravenwood affair but in the end MBA won by a score of 5-2. Brian Carrick scored both goals for the Rebels. Evan Marroni assisted on both goals and Corey Nightingale and Ville Parkkinen both picked up an assist. MBA out shot Franklin 12-4 in the 1^st period as the Rebels got off to a sluggish start. The next two periods were much closer with the final shot count ending at 24-15 in favor of MBA. One of the highlights of the game was the penalty count with only 8 penalties in total being called. Brian Carrick continued his point streak with at least a point in each game this season.

Franklin heads into the Thanksgiving break with a record of 1-4. The schedule has not been kind to Franklin so far. 4 of the 5 teams they have faced are undefeated and the overall record of the 5 teams is 15-4-1. The Rebels return to action on Friday, December 1^st at 5:10 PM against Blackman/Overton at Southern Ice. Come out and support Franklin Ice Hockey!

Nov 11 -
FRA/CPA
Game Notes

On Saturday, November 11 the Rebels notched their first victory of the season 7-2 over FRA/CPA. Franklin dominated from the start scoring 2 in the first, 3 in the second, and 2 more in the third period. Goal scorers for Franklin were Corey Nightingale and Evan Marroni with 2 each. Ville Parkkinen, Jay Buchanan, and John McHugh added their first goals of the year. Brian Carrick had 2 assists as did Evan Marroni. Ville Parkkinen had 3 assists on the night. Corey Nightingale and Sam Miller also had 1 assist. The Rebels out shot FRA/CPA 39-10. Goalie John Negley stopped 8 of the 10 shots he faced.

Franklin’s next game is Friday, November 17 against defending GNASH champ Ravenwood. The puck drops at 9:25 PM at Southern Ice.

Nov 10 - Hendersonville
Game Notes

The Franklin High Rebel Hockey Team rebounded from a bad loss on November 3rd with two strong outings this past weekend. In the first game, Franklin lost a tight game to Hendersonville 4-3. Hendersonville finished 2nd in 2005-2006 and figures to have another strong season this year. The Rebels started the game off slowly taking nearly 5 minutes to record their first shot on goal. However, Franklin picked up the intensity in the second half of the first period and tied the game at 1 on Brian Carrick’s power play goal with 13.9 seconds remaining in the period. Evan Marroni’s first goal of the season put Franklin ahead 2-1 early in the second. Hendersonville came back to tie and then go ahead 3-2 with just over 4 minutes to play in the second period. Evan Marroni scored to knot things up at 3 with 3 minutes left in the period. Hendersonville scored the winning goal with just 13.4 seconds to play in the second period while short handed. The third period was shortened due to the game running long and neither team could manage any goals allowing Hendersonville to escape with a 4-3 victory. In addition to his 2 goals, Evan Marroni also had an assist while Brian Carrick tallied 2 assists and Ville Parkkinen added an assist.

Nov 3rd -
Pope John Paul Game Notes

The Franklin High School Rebels got off to a rocky start in the 2006/2007 season. Facing a vastly
improved and deep John Paul II team, the Rebels suffered a loss in their first outing, falling 10-1 to the Knights. JPII appears to be a team that could very easily finish in the top tier of the GNASH standings by the end of the season.

The Rebels had a difficult time getting any shots off against the Knights, finishing with only 7 for the game. Goalie John Negley was tested early and often – eventually facing 38 shots for the game. Junior Brian Carrick scored the lone goal for the Rebels with an unassisted blast from beyond the blue line.

The Rebels return to the ice this Friday evening, November 10th at 6:40 PM against Hendersonville in what should be another stern test. Hendersonville opened the season with an 8-1 beating of FRA/CPA. Franklin will then play FRA/CPA Saturday evening, November 11th at 8:55 PM. Come on out to Southern Ice for both games and support the Rebels.

Nov 2006 -

The Rebel Review - Issue 2
by Bryan Bruce - Staff Writer

As the start of the Franklin Rebels hockey season draws closer the team prepares themselves for an interesting year. "It's going to be a tough year, but I expect a season better than the last", says Captain Evan Marroni. Last season the team struggled through a short-lived playoff run. This year's squad should produce more wins and a better chance during the playoffs.

This years team is loaded with tons of speed, resulting in lack of size among the players, but this should have no effect on the young and talented Rebels. The Rebels may be a breakout team this year with hidden talent. The first line consists of Evan Marroni, jujniors Corey Nightingale and Brian Carrick, and foreign exchange talent Ville Parkkinen. You might also want to look out for freshman Kyle Grider who joins the team with high expectations to excel. Last seasons loss of spectacular talent, Senior Morgan Muirhead should also bare no effects on the team. I fanything this tremendous loss could help the players come together more as a team and make everyone work that much harder.

New responsibilities are thrown around this season as Marroni takes over the Captain duties. Marroni enjoys being captain and says it's a lot of fun. Being in charge of conditioning practices, being the middle man at any necessary moment, and simply taking over as a leader are among the new duties of this Rebel veteran. In post grad plans Marroni could very possibly take his hockey to the next level by playing while in college. He could play for UT at the club level and he'll at least try to stay in touch with his hockey skills wherever he goes.

First year coaches Bob Nightingale and John Negley, Sr. take over this year in hopes of showing what they can do. Nightingale can be a pretty vocal guy and serves as an interesting coach with pas experiences of getting kicked out of games for this very reason. Negley sr. brings lots of intensity with his coaching techniques and can be very tough with conditioning.

Who really knows what to expect from a team so young? We can only hope for a successful season out of our young squad. Only three seniors are on the team this year which could leave us with a lack of experience. No matter what the season's outcome, look forward to another exciting year of Rebel hockey.