Season Opener.

The Pearl River Pirates opened their '07-08 season this date with a non-league game against the New Jersey Devils at the South Mountain Arena in West Orange NJ. A group of eight returning Squirt players were joined by six Mite skaters who joined the 'big club.' Coach Frank Kern has molded his squad into a 'band of brothers,' who by all indications from their play today, will be a formidible team in the Hudson Valley League. After trailing 2-1 at the end of the first period the Pirates found their legs to forge a tie at three before permitting the go ahead goal near the end of the second stanza. The lads from Rockland continued their up hill battle rallying from a two goal deficit early in the third period to threaten to level the contest at five before surrendering the final goal in their 6-4 loss to the Devils.