VATRANO JOINS 50 GOAL AND
100 POINT CLUB
Forward Continues Putting Up Big Numbers

MARLBORO, MA-Lost in the shuffle of the Junior Bruins (Empire) opening round playoff wins was the performance of Frankie Vatrano who scored his 50th goal of the year and topped the 100 point mark in the same game.

On Saturday, in a 12-3 win over the Springfield Pics, Vatrano scored his 50th goal of the year when he opened the scoring with a short handed goal (his 5th short handed goal in league play this year). His 100th point came less than a minute into the second period when he assisted on Vladislavs Dobrenkijs goal that made the it a 3-0 lead.

Vatrano, through 52 games played this year, now has a 53-51-104 line and also leads the team with 315 shots taken. His 7 game winning goals are tops on the team, 12 power play goals (second on the team) and he has won 67.1% of his face-offs.

"Frankie is obviously having a great season," coach Chris Masters commented, "and it is a surprise to no one. He somehow finds ways to score goals when there is zero net to shoot, he has a heavy wrist and snap shot and is deadly accurate. He also is one of the best we have had in using his feet and strength to break away from defenders and create more space for himself. What has been great to watch is how good he is in all three zones and how committed to playing good defense he is yet he still continues to help lead our team with constant offense."