"We have played to our strengths over the past two weekends," said Coach Tony Dalessio. "We had some tough games last weekend first with the Cyclones, holding them down to only two power play goals, and then with the high-scoring Bulldogs, also holding them to two goals. This weekend we gave up nothing."

Here's how it went. On Friday, the Express played host to the Pirates at the new Youth and Community Center in Hyannis, Mass.  Lou Malvasi got things off to a fast start for the Express with his goal at 12:46 of the first period.  Walpole continued to swarm the Portland net through the remainder of the first and second periods but were turned away by some excellent goaltending by the Pirates' Danny Green (45 saves).  Ben Oskroba eventually opened things up for the Express five minutes into the third, taking a backdoor pass from Matt Venoit to make it 2-0. DJ Dinnison added an empty net goal to close out the scoring.  Zach Andrews stopped all 21 shots he faced for the win in net.

On Saturday, the scene shifted to the MHG Ice Center in Saco, Maine were the Express wasted little time getting things going offensively.  Ed Rohaly and Jide Idowu each notched their  first goals of the season as the Express lead 2-0 after the first period.  Austin Grosvenor (1 goal, 2 assists) put the Express up 3-0 halfway through the second. In the third, Dinnison, Matt Harrington (1 goal, 1 assist) and Oskroba (1 goal, 1 assist) put the finishing touches on the scoring and the weekend.  Making the start in his home state, Derek Kump stopped all 23 shots to notch another win.

The Express are now focused on a full week of practice before the team  hosts the Hartford Jr Wolf Pack this upcoming weekend. Saturday's puck drop is at 8:30 pm at Iorio Arena. "We are looking forward to this weekend," said Coach Mark Kumpel. "Hartford his playing like the tough team we expected they would be going into the season. We have our work cut out for us."

On Sunday, the Express again host the Wolf Pack, this time for the first annual "Pink Game" in support of breast cancer research.  All proceeds from the game will go to the Avon Foundation for Breast Cancer in honor of Amy O’Connell Keith. The puck drops at 1:00 pm at Iorio Arena.