MONROE - The Madison Blues, featuring six players from Monroe, will play two more games at SLICE this season.
The Blues (1-9) will play the Fox Cities Ice Dogs at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 8 at SLICE. The Blues will also play the Fond du Lac Bears at 8 p.m. Friday, March 14. The games are being brought to Monroe by the Blue Line Club and the Monroe Youth Hockey Association.
"The first game on Dec. 21 was such a good turnout we talked and they wanted to have two more games," said Gottlieb Brandi Jr., a director on the MYHA Board. "These are the other two games we have on the docket."
The six players from Monroe or who graduated from Monroe playing semi-pro hockey for the Blues in the Great Lakes Hockey League include Gottlieb Brandli III, Matt Bush, Drew Nafzger, Brandon Mortimer, Derrick Lewis and Dave Cianfrini. Cianfrini played four years of college hockey for Canisius. He played in 143 games, which is most in the program's history. Cianfrini ranks second in the program's history among all defenders with 45 career points, 14 career goals and third with 31 assists.
The Great Lakes Hockey League is made up of many former college hockey players and some who have made a run at playing professionally. The league has 10 teams split in to North and South divisions with teams based in Wisconsin, Illinois, and the upper peninsula of Michigan.
The Blues (1-9) will play the Fox Cities Ice Dogs at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 8 at SLICE. The Blues will also play the Fond du Lac Bears at 8 p.m. Friday, March 14. The games are being brought to Monroe by the Blue Line Club and the Monroe Youth Hockey Association.
"The first game on Dec. 21 was such a good turnout we talked and they wanted to have two more games," said Gottlieb Brandi Jr., a director on the MYHA Board. "These are the other two games we have on the docket."
The six players from Monroe or who graduated from Monroe playing semi-pro hockey for the Blues in the Great Lakes Hockey League include Gottlieb Brandli III, Matt Bush, Drew Nafzger, Brandon Mortimer, Derrick Lewis and Dave Cianfrini. Cianfrini played four years of college hockey for Canisius. He played in 143 games, which is most in the program's history. Cianfrini ranks second in the program's history among all defenders with 45 career points, 14 career goals and third with 31 assists.
The Great Lakes Hockey League is made up of many former college hockey players and some who have made a run at playing professionally. The league has 10 teams split in to North and South divisions with teams based in Wisconsin, Illinois, and the upper peninsula of Michigan.
