(Walpole, MA) -- Both Walpole Express teams were in action this past weekend, playing the last games before a much-anticipated two-week holiday break. The Express A team’s Friday night AJHL game against the Boston Bulldogs was cancelled due to the severe ice storm that ravaged portions of the state and prevented the Bulldogs from traveling to Walpole. A make-up date will be set after the first of the year. The Express did manage to get in two scheduled non-league games against National Sports Academy at Iorio Arena, splitting the weekend with an 8-2 win on Saturday and a 3-1 loss on Sunday.

The B team took a pair of wins on the road against the Portland Jr. Pirates, winning 7-4 on Saturday and 4-2 on Sunday. The team is now 27-2-0 in MJHL play and sits atop the Francis/Jennings division with 54 points.

"Pleased would be a good word for how Mark (Kumpel), Rob (Barletta) and I are feeling as we head into break,” said B Team Head Coach Tony Dalessio. “Both teams have preformed pretty well and have steadily improved throughout the first half of the season. We know we still have a lot of work to do when the boys return after the holidays but the break will allow everyone, coaches included, to recharge their batteries.”

In the New Year, the Express will be tested right off the bat as both teams suit up Jan. 3 and Jan. 4, 2009 to face the Northern Cyclones at Cyclones Arena in Hudson, NH.