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New England Picture

Every time I get my pictures framed, I go to New England Picture.

Timothy Hannan of New England Picture from Manchester, N.H. said, “We do a lot of the autograph signings with the various athletes and a big portion of our business is doing custom framing.”

New England Picture covers the entire United States shipping out framed products to their customers, so if anyone is interested in New England Picture call 1-603-625-8901, or go to either www.newenglandpicture.com.

Devils take care of Monarchs 5-3

#34 Jeff Prough watched #40 John Zeiler of the Monarchs fall near The Valley Patriot sign Nov. 21. 

Devils take care of Monarchs 5-3

Saturday, Nov. 21, defensive lineman Jarvis Green visited the Tsongas Arena to not only promote The Jarvis Green Foundation, but to sign autographs as well.

Before the game against the Manchester Monarchs, Patriots defensive lineman Jarvis Green said, “The Jarvis Green Foundation started four years ago after Hurricane Katrina. I lost a lot of family members down there, but I started it because I wanted to help disadvantaged single working mothers.”

Green said he does little things like going to see the Devils game and have an autograph session at the same time.

Asking Green about his injury, he said the information was disclosed and, “right now, I’m doing pretty good. I’m taking it one day at a time, but hopefully I can be ready to play football whenever it comes.”

For rumors about Green going to Lousiana to become a New Orleans Saint at the end of his contract, have no fear, that information was falsely reported.

“Hey, I’m here man, I’ve been with the Patriots for eight years, and I will love to retire as a Patriot, so I’m here and the rumors you heard were just rumors,” said Green.

Over the coarse of his career, Green has won two Super Bowls, and is eager to win more.

In the game, after #18 Andrei Loktionov scored to open up the game 1-0 for the Monarchs, the Devils scored two goals by #11 Stephen Gionta, and #23 Michael Swift taking a 2-1 advantage at the end of one.

In the second period, the flood gates opened for Manchester as they scored consecutive times to take the lead. Oscar Moller tallied two goals for the Monarchs putting them in the lead within three minutes.

With the thought of leaving the second period in the hands of the Monarchs, think again as #17 Vladimir Zharkov knocked in a shot with only 7.7 seconds on the board.

“We have a good team this season,” said Zharkov talking about his thoughts on this years team. “I don’t think tomorrow, I think today,” explaining that he looks at each game one day at a time.

In the third period, the Devils scored from a goal by #9 Ben Walter as #14 Nathan Perkovich tallied home the games final goal leaving 3:52 left in the game.

Talking with Devils Head Coach John MacLean, he said, “The guys are playing solid hockey right now and we stuck with our game plan.”

With the win, as of the Devils improved their record to 12-6-3-0 sitting in a first place tie with the Monarchs 12-5-1-2.

Shore Shot Promotions

On the Web

Sure Shot Promotions is a Web business based out of Hanson.

“We do hundreds of sports auctions and fundraisers specializing in silent auction items for golf tournaments,” said Josselyn. “Most of our autographed merchandise sales are pretty much off the Web site.”

Josselyn said Sure Shot has the best inventory of New England players from past and present. It’s focus is mainly on New England and it doesn’t have too many national athletes.

“After the show, we’ll probably have some Pete Rose, Mike Schmidt, Robin Yount and Hall of Fame guys like that but mostly our core customers are the New England sports fans,” said Josselyn.

From Sure Shot Promotions Web site, www.sureshotpromotions.com, they offer thousands of different items. Josselyn said many of the things they sell are from past shows. The big fear in the industry, he said, is that the items aren’t authentic.

“Folks know us and that our autographs come straight from our own signings, so it’s less expensive, and guaranteed authentic,” said Josselyn. “We deliver, set up, collect payments, and provide credit card machines which allows for better bidding.”

Bids start a little under 50 percent of what you would see in a retail store. There is no middleman at Sure Shot Promotions so people who are looking for a particular item will see it twice as cheap.

Aside selling sports memorabilia, Sure Shot Promotions partners up with a number of other non-profit organizations. They work with sports groups, little leagues, hockey leagues, and charitable golf tournaments.

Opening in 2003 as a marketing company a lot of marketing partners and retailers that they were doing campaigns for said they would like to tie in with the Red Sox and Patriots because at that point they were both winning championships. Through this, Josselyn said they did work with some of the players agents and enjoyed working with them so they started calling to ask if there was anything else their players could work on.

“All of a sudden we were having these players come to our events and we started having them sign items for us,” said Josselyn.

Admission is free for children and senior citizens and only $5 for everyone else.

“It’s really something to see,” Josselyn said. “If you are a sports fan, you’ll get a thrill out of meeting these guys.”

For more information on Sure Shot Promotions, call 1-781-754-0063, 1-781-290-6008, fax to 1-781-294-9217, or write to P.O. Box 158, Hanson, MA 02341.

Falcons drop Devils 4-3

Article to be written. Falcons overtime win snaps Lowell's five game winning streak.

Lowell Devils at Springfield Falcons - Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 7:00 p.m.

Going into the game against the Springfield Falcons, the Devils have won five consecutive games as Springfield won their last game against the Albany River Rats.

Devils ruin Bruins 5-3

#14 Nathan Perkovich scored two goals against the Bruins Saturday to help the Devils win their fifth straight game. Picture taken by Shawn Hansen.

Devils ruin Bruins 5-3

With only a minute into the game, #14 Nathan Perkovich scored the first goal of the night to give the Devils a quick 1-0 lead. Later in the first period the Devils tagged two more goals to make it 3-0. #15 Patrick Davis snuck a close-up shot past Bruins goaltender #32 Danny Sabourin as #26 Olivier Magnan notched in his first goal of the season with 3:00 left in the first.

To start the second period, the Bruins switched up their goaltender sending #35 Kevin Regan to the net. In the frame, nothing happened until #12 Jamie Arniel dished in the first goal for the Boston Bruins affiliate.

Just 40 seconds into the final period, #8 Mikko Lehtonen scored pulling the game within one as Perkovich knocked home his second goal of the night making the score 4-2. #9 Ben Walter scored moments after advancing the lead to three as #6 Jeff Penner scored the Jr. Bs final goal of the contest leaving Lowell with a 5-3 loss. The win against the Bruins advances the Jr. Devs streak to five consecutive wins.

In the game, Devils goaltender #1 Mike McKenna saved 26 of 29 shots as Regan was hit with the loss for the Bruins saving 20 of 22 shots. Sabourin saved eight of 11 shots.

The next Lowell Devils game is at the Tsongas Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 18 against the Springfield Falcons. Going into the game, the Devils are 10-5-3-0 and the Springfield Falcons are 8-5-3-1.

Sports Coverage by Shawn Hansen

Devils whale Sharks 5-1

Devils goaltender #31 Jeff Frazee was lights out saving 20 of 21 shots. Picture by Shawn Hansen.

Devils whale Sharks 5-1

At the end of the first period, the Jumbo Tron at the Tsongas Arena displayed a scoreless contest. With only 1:03 into the second period #9 Ben Walter scored to put the Devils up 1-0. Towards the end of the period #17 Vladimir Zharkov increased the lead to 2-0 with 1:39 on the clock scoring his fifth goal of the season.

Sporting a 2-0 lead into the third, #24 Alexander Vasyunov put the Devils up 3-0 with 32 seconds into the period. Vasyunov’s goal came on a 2-on-1 advantage as his wrist shot sailed by Sharks goaltender #31 Tyson Sexsmith.

About 5-minutes later #19 Michael Wilson notched in a goal past Devils goaltender #31 Jeff Frazee.

 The last two goals of the game came by #7 Tyler Eckford as he scored the minus-one hat trick – two goals all in three minutes of play to cap a 5-1 victory.

In the game Frazee saved 20 of 21 shots for the Devils as Sexsmith saved 31 of 36 for the Sharks.

The next Lowell Devils game is at the Tsongas Arena on Saturday, Nov. 14 against the Providence Bruins. Going into the game, the Devils are 9-5-3-0 and the Jr. B's are 6-8-1-0.

Sports Coverage by Shawn Hansen

Devils hook Sharks 7-3

#25 Nick Palmieri and the Jr. Devs kicked ice all over Worcester winning their third consecutive game. Picture by SM.Hansen.

Devils hook Sharks 7-3

At the DCU Center Wednesday afternoon, the Lowell Devils stomped all over the Worcester Sharks 7-3 earning their third consecutive win.

Right out of the gate, the visiting Lowell Devils took a promising 2-0 lead thanks to a few early penalties on Worcester. Skating down ice on a two-man advantage, #20 Matt Taormina fired his sixth goal of the season past Sharks goaltender #32 Alex Stalock to make it 1-0. Nearly a minute later, #14 Nathan Perkovich tallied in Lowell’s second goal of the contest.

With a lot going on in Devils territory, #53 Brandon Mashinter tagged in a goal for the Sharks cutting the lead in half on an open netter.

In the second period of play, the Devils scored three goals for a 5-2 lead at the end of two. #25 Nick Palmieri, #17 Vladimir Zharkov, and #33 Trevor Kell each netted in goals for Lowell as Worcester was forced to pull Stalock and replace him with #31 Tyson Sexsmith.

Once the Sharks changed goalies, #14 Frazer McLaren tagged home a goal putting the Sharks within two of the Devils until Kell gave the Jr. Devs a three goal lead again firing a shot past Sexsmith for his first goal of the season.

In the final period of play, the Devils weren’t done as #9 Ben Walter’s pass deflected off Zharkov making it 6-2. #34 Jeff Prough, recalled from the Trenton Devils this morning tallied in his first goal of the season to up the ante to 7-2.

#9 Logan Couture of Worcester scored the last goal of the game with four minutes remaining in regulation.

In the game, Devils goaltender #31 Jeff Frazee saved 30 of 33 shots. Sharks goaltender Stalock saved 7 shots as Sexsmith saved 13.

The next Lowell Devils game is at the Tsongas Arena on Friday, Nov. 13 against the Worcester Sharks. Going into the game, the Devils are 8-5-3-0 and the Sharks are 8-5-0-1.

Sports Coverage by Shawn Hansen

Lowell Devils at Worcester Sharks - Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 1:05 p.m.

Coming off a sensational win in nine rounds of overtime

SM.Hansen's Team Nicknames & Coined Phrases

Team Nicknames:

New Jersey Devils - Jr. Devs 

Providence Bruins - Jr. Bs

Coined Phrases:

Twinned up - Tied up the game

Minus-One Hat Trick - Two goals

Devils one-up Sound Tigers 3-2

Devils one-up Sound Tigers 3-2

According to www.lowelldevils.com, for the fourth consecutive game, the Devils sparked open the gates scoring the first goal of the night. #8 Matt Corrente fired a shot from inside the blue line that passed Sound Tigers goaltender #33 Scott Munroe for his second goal of the weekend.

The Sound Tigers roared-up however later in the period twinning up the game at one on #20 Greg Mauldin’s seventh goal of the season.

Only 58 seconds into the second period, #14 Nathan Perkovich tallied in the Devils second goal of the night off a shot from #9 Ben Walter that misfired. Later on in the second period #23 Michael Swift put Lowell ahead 3-1 scoring on a power play.

It wasn’t until the clock read 19:28 in the third period as the Sound Tigers latched in their second and final goal of the night on a shot by #23 Trevor Smith.

In the game, Devils goaltender #1 Mike McKenna saved 28 of 30 shots earning his fifth win of the season. Munroe suffered the loss saving 33 of 36 shots.

The next Lowell Devils game is at the Tsongas Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 11 against the Worcester Sharks. Going into the game, the Devils are 7-5-3-0 and the Sharks are 8-4-0-1.

Sports Coverage by Shawn Hansen

Lowell Devils at Bridgerport Sound Tigers Sunday, Nov. 8 at 4:00 p.m.

BRIDGEPORT, CT - Bobby Sanguinetti and Evgeny Grachev each had a goal and an assist and Chad Johnson made 28 saves to lead the Hartford Wolf Pack to a 4-1 win over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers Saturday night at the Arena at Harbor Yard. Dustin Kohn scored the Sound Tigers only goal.

The Wolf Pack grabbed a 2-0 lead with two tallies in a two minute window late in the first period. Matthieu Dandenault scored his first goal of the season with 4:55 left, deflecting a shot off the stick of Andres Ambuhl. With three minutes remaining, the Wolf Pack showed off their top-ranked power-play. Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau skated the puck deep into the Bridgeport zone and fed a pass through the crease to Corey Locke who one-timed the puck into the open side of the goal for his league leading ninth goal of the season.

Hartford netted two more goals in the second period to take control of the game. Grachev scored his fifth goal of the season at the 8:26 mark, sniping a quick wrist-shot from the left face-off circle past Nathan Lawson.

Paranteau was awarded a penalty shot at the 6:58 mark of the second period after a Sound Tiger covered the puck with his hand in the crease. However, Lawson turned aside the shot to keep the Wolf Pack off the board.

Sanguinetti made it 4-0 with 4:27 left in the period. With the Wolf Pack on a 5-on-3 power-play, Lawson made two initial saves, but was caught sprawled on the ice as Sanguinetti picked up the loose rebound and put it into the top of the net.

The Sound Tigers got on the board at the 6:30 mark of the third period on the strength of a Kohn 4-on-3 power-play goal. Kohn took a pass from Mark Katic and blasted a one-timer from the blue-line which beat Chad Johnson for Kohn's second tally of the season.

Hartford out-shot Bridgeport 37-29. Lawson made 33 saves in a losing effort.

Devils blank Bruins 3-0

Devils blank Bruins 3-0

According to www.lowelldevils.com, Devils goaltender #31 Jeff Frazee saved 28 shots to earn his first win of the season. #14  Nathan Perkovich led the offense with a goal and an assist, and the Lowell Devils shut down the Providence Bruins, 3-0, on Saturday night at the Tsongas Arena.

With 17:38 on the clock, #9 Ben Walter gave the Devils a 1-0 lead. Perkovich and #17 Vladimir Zharkov assisted the play. Minutes later, #15 Patrick Davis picked up a loose puck brining it down the ice for a wrap-around goal past Bruins goaltender #30 Matt Dalton to increase Lowell's lead to two. Even though the Jr. Bs took more shots then the Jr. Devs in the first period, Frazee was lights out stopping all twelve Bruins shots on net.

The second period was slated clean as nothing happened until 4:12 remained in the game whe the Devils knocked in their third and final goal of the season as rookie Perkovich tagged in his second goal of his minor league career.

Frazee made nine more saves in the third period to record the fifth shutout of his Devils career, and the third recorded by Lowell this season.

Lowell Devils Vs. Providence Bruins - Saturday, Nov. 7 at 7:00 p.m.

According to www.providencebruins.com, the Jr. B's are coming off a 5-3 loss to the Hartford Wolf Pack. Their record is 5-7-1-0.

River Rats upset Devils 5-4

River Rats upset Devils 5-4

River Rats ran down the Devils 5-4 in overtime.

According to http://www.lowelldevils.com/, in the first period of play, #11 Stephen Gionta sunk in the Devils first of three goals. #8 Matt Corrente put the Devils up 2-0 firing a slap shot past 'Rats goaltender Mike Murphy. #7 Tyler Eckford and #24 Alexander Vasyunov each earned an assist on the play. As the clock struck 11:54, #23 Michael Swift sunk in Lowell's third goal of the night in the first period to make it 3-0.

The River Rats didn't drift too far down the river though as in the second period #26 Nicolas Blanchard powered home a slap shot past Devils goaltender #1 Mike McKenna to put Albany on the board, 1-0. Nearly three minutes thereafter #9 Drayson Bowman tapped in a rebound passing McKenna to up the ante in the game making it 3-2 Devils.

In the final period of play, #8 Nick Dodge twinned up the game 3-3 scoring on a ricochet off the boards. Four minutes after Dodge knotted up the game, Devils #12 Tim Sestito found #20 Matt Taormina who netted the go-ahead goal making it 4-3 until #25 Chris Terry scored for Albany knotting the game up at four.

In overtime, #2 Jamie McBain’s second goal of the season with 1:02 on the clock put the game away with a 'Rats win.

In the match up, three Devils tallied in multiple points: Vasyunov (0-2-2), Eckford (0-2-2), and Corrente (1-1-2). Goaltender McKenna saved 30-of-35 shots in the loss.

The next Lowell Devils game is at the Tsongas Arena on Saturday, Nov. 7 against the Providence Bruins. Going into the game, the Devils are 5-5-3-0 and the Jr. B's are 5-7-1-0.

Sports Coverage by Shawn Hansen

Devils Tracker - Tracking Trenton and New Jersey

Trenton Devils - 12-16-4-4

New Jersey Devils - 30-10-1

*Interviews to come in the near future on coaches, and players from the Trenton Devils.

*Interviews to come in the near future on coaches, and players from the New Jersey Devils.

Lowell Devils at Albany River Rats - Friday, Nov. 6 at 7:00 p.m.

According to albanyriverrats.com, the ‘Rats dropped their last game 2-0 to the Binghamton Senators.

Senators center #16 Cody Bass netted the first goal of the night with the clock slated at 5:37 in the second period. His goal came when he fired in a shot pass ‘Rats goaltender #35 Justin Peters.

#39 Martin St. Pierre added in Binghamton’s second and final goal of the night with 55.8 seconds left in the third period.

In the game for Albany, the ‘Rats did everything they could adding pressure late into the match up and had their best opportunity come from #9 Drayson Bowman on a rebound as his shot snipped off the post as Senators goaltender #29 Mike Brodeur saved everything that came his way.

Senators goaltender Brodeur saved 25 shots as ‘Rats goaltender Peters allowed one goal on 21 shots.

Coming into Friday nights contest against the Devils, Albany is 5-6-0-1.

Lowell Devils at Albany River Rats is at 7:00 p.m. on Nov. 6 at the Times Union Center.

Sports Coverage by Shawn Hansen

Bears claw Devils 5-2

Despite losing to the Bears 5-2, Devils #25 Nick Palmieri and #5 Rob Davison scuffed up a Bear near The Valley Patriot sign. Picture taken by Shawn Hansen.

Bears claw Devils 5-2.

Hershey increases winning streak to four dethroning the Devils 5-2.

On Nov. 4 after a clean slated first period, the Lowell Devils jumped on board first when #25 Nick Palmieri scored with 15:17 on the clock in the second period to make it 1-0. The goal was his second of the season as it past Bears goaltender #30 Michal Neuvirth.

Shortly thereafter, #11 Keith Aucoin made noise for Hershey as his pass caromed off a defensive man that rolled by goaltender #31 Jeff Frazee at 14:11 to knot the score up at one before #36 Oskar Osala tipped in a shot from #18 Kyle Wilson.

In the third period, the Bears clawed away at the Devils as Aucoin relayed a turnover for his second goal of the night in just 34 seconds into the final round.

#10 Dean McAmmond pulled the home team Devils within one scoring his fist goal of the season with 4:06 on the clock. Moments later, #2 Patrick McNeil scored his first goal for the Bears increasing the lead to two. Aucoin finished the game tallying a three-goal night scoring his hat trick goal with 3:37 left in regulation.

On the night, Devils goaltender #31 Jeff Frazee suffered the loss saving 25 of 30 shots as Bears goaltender #30 Michal Neuvirth saved 24 of 26 picking up Hershey’s fourth consecutive win.

The next Lowell Devils game is slated for a visit to New York on Friday, Nov. 6 against the Albany River Rats. Going into the game, the Devils are 5-5-2-0 and the River Rats are 5-6-0-1.

Sports Coverage by Shawn Hansen

Lowell Devils Vs. Hershey Bears - Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 7:00 p.m.

                                                                                  

  According to hersheybears.com, Hershey has won three consecutive games heading into Wednesday nights contest against the Lowell Devils.

Veteran goaltender #35 Jason Bacashihua has been dominate winning in those three straight contests for Hershey. Heading into a new week, Bacashihua has a goals against average of 1.00, and also earned his first shutout (6-0) in a Bears uniform against the Hartford Wolf Pack this past Friday.

Roster moves: The Bears recalled goaltender #1 Braden Holtby from South Carolina this past Saturday as #30 Michal Neuvirth was sidelined with an injury. The Bears also signed Gavin Morgan to a player tryout contract. #11 Morgan will play for the Reading Royals East Coast Hockey League [ECHL] Sunday, and has not played a game with Hershey since the 2003-04 season.

Coming into Wednesday nights contest against the Devils, Hershey is 7-4-0-0 and the Lowell Devils are 5-4-2-0.

Lowell Devils Vs. Hershey Bears is at 7:00 p.m. on Nov. 4 at the Tsongas Arena.

Sports Coverage by Shawn Hansen

Lowell Devils