HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (LISN) — Three games in six days, and not one of them decided by more than a goal. St. Anthony’s took the first 6-5 on Feb. 6. Smithtown/Hauppauge answered three nights later and won 2-1 to keep the series going. The third finished 2-1 the other way on Feb. 11. Over the whole county final, St. Anthony’s scored nine and Smithtown/Hauppauge scored eight.
They got there having won 10 straight, the last eight games of the regular season and both playoff rounds, after opening the year 9-0-0. Smithtown/Hauppauge finished 18-2-0 and first of 11, scored 158 goals, tied with Sachem for the most in the division, and allowed 34, which is 11 fewer than anybody else gave up. In 11 of the 20 regular-season games they allowed one goal or none.
Twenty-one players are on the 2026-27 filing, and 78 of last season’s 175 goals belong to them. One of the two forwards who tied for the team lead in scoring is back, so is the one who led the team in assists, and so is the goaltender who took 14 of the 25 starts. What leaves is five of the six defensemen who played 19 games or more. The blue line is where the group coming up from the junior varsity gets its turn.
Last season
Eighteen wins, two losses, first place. The 158 goals were the most in the division alongside Sachem’s 158, and the 34 against were the fewest, with St. Anthony’s next at 45.
The goals-against number came a game at a time rather than in one stretch. Smithtown/Hauppauge held the opponent to two goals or fewer in 16 of the 20 regular-season games and to none at all four times: against Ward Melville and Kings Park/Commack in October, then Kings Park/Commack and Middle Country again in January. Add the 4-0 quarterfinal on Feb. 2 and that is five games on the season without a goal against. At the other end, 151 of their 175 goals came at even strength, 16 on the power play and eight short-handed.
The nine-game start included the second night of the season against Northport/Huntington, where Brett Spiers scored with eight seconds left in overtime, from Marcus D’Errico, to win it 3-2. Only two Smithtown/Hauppauge games all year needed overtime, and both were against Northport/Huntington: the September one went their way 3-2, and the Dec. 3 rematch went to Northport/Huntington 6-5.
They swept Sachem, the only other team in the division to score 158 goals, 5-3 on Oct. 13 and 4-1 on Jan. 4, holding them to four goals across the two meetings. With St. Anthony’s they split: St. Anthony’s won 5-3 on Nov. 17, and Smithtown/Hauppauge won 5-3 on Jan. 28, before the two met again in February.
The playoffs opened with the 4-0 over Middle Country and a 5-2 over Kings Park/Commack, and then came the three one-goal nights against St. Anthony’s. Smithtown/Hauppauge won the middle one 2-1, Brendan Power scoring in the second period and Brayden Beltrani on the power play in the third.
It was the second year running at the top of the division. Smithtown/Hauppauge went 19-1-0 in the 2024-25 regular season and 3-2 in five playoff games, and 12-5-3 with a 4-1 playoff run the season before that.
Twelve skaters and a goaltender played their last games in February. Up front that is Brayden Beltrani (18-17—35), Brett Spiers (10-18—28), Brandon Reidy (13-12—25), Dean Falcone (5-12—17), Nicholas Rindfuss (4-10—14) and Charles Krikau. On the blue line it is Brendan Power (6-22—28), Jake Ryan, Christian Agovino, Ryan Trites, John Holtje and Connor Dubeau, five of whom played at least 19 games. In goal it is Jack Pring, who started 11 games. Liam McNamara, who tied for the team lead at 70 points, is not on the 2026-27 filing. Between them they take 97 of the 175 goals. The other 78 are back.
Marcus D’Errico
Marcus D’Errico scored 32 goals and 38 assists in 25 games and tied for the team lead at 70 points.
His biggest night was the 12-0 win over Middle Country on Jan. 18: a goal and six assists, seven points in one game. He had five three-goal games in the regular season, the first of them in the 5-3 over Sachem on Oct. 13.
In the 5-2 playoff win over Kings Park/Commack on Feb. 4 he scored three more, one of them short-handed with 12:03 left in the third.
He wears No. 19 and, this season, an A.
The forwards
Luke Anderson (F, 17-44—61) had 44 assists, the most on the team by six. He also scored four goals against Patchogue-Medford on Nov. 23 and four more against West Islip on Jan. 11, the last of those with 14:14 left in the third. He played 25 games, as many as anyone, and he is one of the three alternates this season.
Robert Auerbach (F, 19-16—35) put five of his 19 goals into the 12-0 win over Middle Country on Jan. 18, where he also had three assists. He took no penalty minutes at all in 24 games. On Nov. 23 against Patchogue-Medford he scored with one second left in the first period, from Trites and Reidy.
John Avlonitis (F, 4-9—13) is going into his third varsity season, this one with an A on his sweater. He scored twice against Ward Melville on Dec. 15 and again in the Feb. 4 playoff win over Kings Park/Commack. Ryan Anderson (F) played two varsity games last season around a full year on the Red junior varsity, where he had 25 goals and 45 points in 23 games, and he scored in one of them, on Nov. 23 against Patchogue-Medford, 58 seconds into the first period, from Rindfuss and Luke Anderson. He changes from No. 97 to No. 91 this season, and he was at the freshman level in 2023-24 and on the junior varsity in 2024-25.
The rest of the forward group comes up from inside the program. Joseph Poserina (F) had 18 goals and 27 points in 23 games for the Red junior varsity last season. Kadyn Dorrien (F) has two junior varsity seasons behind him, 11-17—28 in 23 games for the Red team last year after 13-11—24 in 13 games on the junior varsity in 2024-25. Ryan Buscarino (F) had 8-8—16 in 19 games with the Red junior varsity last season, after 4-7—11 in 21 games at the freshman level. Payton Meier (F) played 25 games for the Red junior varsity last year for 5-9—14, and was at both the junior varsity and freshman levels in 2023-24, where he had 4-6—10 in 21 freshman games. Connor Krikau (F) has three straight seasons behind him: 13-12—25 in 23 games on the Red junior varsity, 10-1—11 in 18 at the freshman level, then 5-2—7 in 12 at the developmental level in 2023-24. Matthew Stampfel (F) is new to our records and joins the group at No. 24.
Defense
Seven defensemen are on the filing, and the captain is one of them. Kyle Cummings (D, 4-17—21) played all 25 games last season as a forward and moves to defense wearing the C, bringing 17 assists with him, four of them in the two 12-goal January wins and one in game one of the final. Rocco Troy (D, 0-6—6) played 21 games on the blue line, his first varsity season after the junior varsity in 2024-25 and the freshman level the year before.
Christian Krikau (D, 1-1—2) split last season between two rosters, playing two varsity games and the rest with the Red junior varsity, where he had 28 goals and 39 points in 25 games, and he made one of the two count: his goal with 13:14 left in the first period on Jan. 18 stood as the winner against Middle Country. He has three straight seasons in the program before this one, moves to defense and takes No. 67.
Three more come up. Logan Kircher (D) had 6-11—17 in 23 games for the Red junior varsity last season and was at the freshman level in each of the two seasons before that, 8-8—16 in 22 games in 2024-25 and 1-2—3 in 18 in 2023-24, three straight seasons on the sheet. Brennan Parker (D) has the same three-season run, 2-11—13 in 24 junior varsity games, 2-3—5 in 18 at the freshman level and 6-3—9 in 19 at the developmental level in 2023-24. Neil Doyle (D) had 3-7—10 in 22 games with the Red junior varsity last season, after 2-6—8 in 15 games at the freshman level in 2023-24. Jack Hinteman (D) wears No. 10 and has no record in our files.
In goal
The net was shared all season and the larger share of it belonged to Jacob Caradonna (G), who took 14 of the 25 starts and dressed for 21 games. The team behind him allowed 34 goals in 20 regular-season games, fewer than anyone in the division, and did not allow a goal at all in five games across the season. Caradonna is back for a second varsity year, after the Red junior varsity in 2023-24. Pring, who started the other 11, is not on this year’s sheet.
Nicholas Serpico (G) is back too, and he has been in this room before. He dressed for three varsity games last season and got into one, while taking 12 starts for the Red junior varsity, 16 for the junior varsity in 2024-25 and nine for the Blue junior varsity in 2023-24. Three seasons of games at his own level is real experience to bring into the room.
Joseph Scholz (G) is the third name on the sheet. He took 13 starts in the Smithtown/Hauppauge Red freshman net in 2023-24, and he takes No. 31. He has handled a net for this program before, and he arrives ready for the step up.
The staff, and what’s next
Mark Dubeau is the head coach, with Victor D’Errico, Ethan Boehm and Jason Pring on the staff. Kyle Cummings wears the C. Luke Anderson, Marcus D’Errico and John Avlonitis are the alternates.
The schedule opens Wednesday, Sept. 16, against St. Anthony’s, the champions and the other side of those three one-goal games in February, and closes Friday, Jan. 29, against Ward Melville, the last game on the division’s regular-season calendar. The division is 12 this year, with Patchogue-Medford and Middle Country, two of the names on last winter’s best nights, off the varsity level and Eastport South Manor, Longwood and Gaels Ice Hockey in. The quarterfinals are Feb. 1, the semifinals Feb. 3 and the final a best-of-three, Feb. 5-10. Every Smithtown/Hauppauge varsity game streamed on the LI Sports Network YouTube channel last season and will again this year; the team page and the division standings update through the season.
Seventy-eight of last season’s 175 goals are back, with one of the two forwards who tied for the team lead in scoring, the player who led the team in assists and the goaltender who took most of the starts. The filing carries 21 names, nine of them coming from the program’s own junior varsity, freshman and developmental teams, and most of the room they walk into is on defense. Last February came down to three one-goal games in six days, and that is where this group starts.
Games to circle
Wed., Sept. 16: St. Anthony’s. The season opens against the champion, and against the team that took the county final in three one-goal games over six days, nine goals to eight across the series. The two split the regular season 5-3 each way before that.
Fri., Oct. 9: Gaels Ice Hockey. Gaels Ice Hockey is playing its first varsity season, so this is a first meeting with no head-to-head behind it.
Mon., Oct. 19: Northport/Huntington. The only two games Smithtown/Hauppauge played to overtime all last season were both against Northport/Huntington, and the teams split them, 3-2 in September and 6-5 in the December rematch. Marcus D’Errico, back this year, set up the September winner.
Mon., Jan. 4: Kings Park/Commack. A rematch of the 5-2 semifinal that carried Smithtown/Hauppauge to the county final; Marcus D’Errico scored three that night, one of them short-handed.
2026-27 Smithtown/Hauppauge Varsity roster
| No. | Player | Pos. | 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Logan Kircher | D | JV |
| 5 | Ryan Buscarino | F | JV |
| 6 | Brennan Parker | D | JV |
| 9 | Joseph Poserina | F | JV |
| 10 | Jack Hinteman | D | No record |
| 18 | Luke Anderson | F | Varsity, 17-44—61 |
| 19 | Marcus D’Errico | F | Varsity, 32-38—70 |
| 20 | John Avlonitis | F | Varsity, 4-9—13 |
| 24 | Matthew Stampfel | F | No record |
| 28 | Payton Meier | F | JV |
| 30 | Jacob Caradonna | G | Varsity, 14 starts |
| 31 | Joseph Scholz | G | Did not play |
| 43 | Neil Doyle | D | JV |
| 66 | Robert Auerbach | F | Varsity, 19-16—35 |
| 67 | Christian Krikau | D | Varsity, 1-1—2 |
| 68 | Connor Krikau | F | JV |
| 71 | Kadyn Dorrien | F | JV |
| 72 | Nicholas Serpico | G | Varsity, 1 appearance |
| 82 | Kyle Cummings | D | Varsity, 4-17—21 |
| 88 | Rocco Troy | D | Varsity, 0-6—6 |
| 91 | Ryan Anderson | F | Varsity, 1-1—2 |
Head coach: Mark Dubeau. Staff: Victor D’Errico, Ethan Boehm, Jason Pring. Numbers and positions come from the club’s 2026-27 roster filing, which does not give class years. Scoring lines are goals-assists—points for skaters and starts or appearances for goalies, from lihockey.com; records and division ranks are regular season.