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The Connetquot Sayville T-Birds have teams at the Varsity, Junior Varsity and Freshman levels, and compete in the Suffolk County High School Hockey League (www.schshl.com) on Long Island, NY.

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T-Bird alumni Frank DiChiara commits to Princeton for 2013

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1/25/12

Joey Bizzaro and the entire Bizzaro family would like to thank the Freshman, JV and Varsity teams for their support and well wishes.  Joey is still recovering and doing very well.

High school hockey player Joseph Bizzaro is recovering from a scary injury suffered Monday night when an opponent's skate sliced his right forearm during a game, according to his father.

The Sayville senior was taken by ambulance to Stony Brook University Medical Center, where he underwent surgery.

"He had three hours of surgery to repair tendons," his father, Joseph Bizzaro, said Tuesday night. "He is OK. He will be in a soft cast for four to six weeks, then he'll do some rehabilitation."

A spokesman for the hospital said a surgeon repaired Bizzaro's extensor tendon and that the player was in good condition.

Bizzaro, who is not expected to play again this season, was injured with five minutes left in Connetquot-Sayville's 5-3 win over Smithtown at The Rinx in Hauppauge.

"I lost my stick," the 5-7, 150-pound Bizzaro said from his hospital bed. "The puck was on the boards, I dove to try and grab it and the [unidentified opponent] tried to jump over me and cut me when he jumped. I have to be a little more careful, I guess."

The Bizzaro family praised The Rinx athletic trainer Steven Aracri, who was the first to treat Bizzaro, who was bleeding profusely. "I didn't have any bandages big enough," Aracri said. "I just took paper towels and wrapped him."

Connetquot-Sayville coach Bruce Kollmar said the injury shook up his team. "It was pretty somber right after it happened," he said. "It's not just fun and games; people can get hurt."

Kollmar visited Bizzaro in the hospital last night. "He was in good spirits," Kollmar said. "His buddies were there and they were joking around. . . . Now it's a long road to recovery."

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association sanctions hockey in many sections, but it is considered a "club" sport on Long Island and is not funded by the schools or regulated by Nassau and Suffolk counties.

With Ian Cutler

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Connetquot-Sayville defeats Smithtown

Connetquot-Sayville knocked off previously unbeaten Smithtown, 5-3, Monday night at The Rinx, creating a tie for first place in the Suffolk High School Hockey League. Both teams are 15-1.

"This is huge for us," Connetquot-Sayville forward Bryan Arroyo said. "This ties us for first and breaks up their winning streak, so it's big."

Connetquot-Sayville extended its winning streak to 12.

Each team held a lead in the first period, and the score was tied at 2 early in the second before Connetquot-Sayville went ahead for good.

With 9:55 left in the period, defenseman Gino Leocadi controlled the puck at center ice and carried it deep, circling behind the Smithtown net. After leaving the puck for his teammates to set up the attack, Leocadi was the beneficiary of a long rebound that he buried in the back of the net, giving Connetquot-Sayville a 3-2 lead.

"We had guys going hard to the net and I was just there right place right time for the rebound," Leocadi said. "I just wanted to get the puck deep and look to get some traffic in front of the net."

The T-Birds then relied on their league-best defense, which gives up an average of only 1.53 goals a game, to seal the win.

Forward Brian Fenster had two goals for the T-Birds, opening the scoring less than three minutes into the game and scoring the eventual winner that put Connetquot-Sayville ahead 4-2. PJ Dimartino and Corey Valada also scored for the T-Birds.

For Smithtown, Dominic Iandoli and Michael Gioia had first-period goals. Daniel Nelson added a late third-period goal with Smithtown trailing 5-2.

Connetquot-Sayville coach Bruce Kollmar has kept his team alert this season by frequently mixing up the lines and asking players to play different roles. Because of early-season injuries, Kollmar said the team skates only five defensemen, making the forwards' play on the back end and the defensemen's ability to stay fresh and active in the offensive zone crucial.

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