Entering Saturday's quarterfinal round seeded eighth out of the eight-team field, Mid-Fairfield caught fire and took home the 2024 Beast Tournament Series U18 championship.

MF won the title on Sunday, blanking the Nor'Easter Storm, 2-0, in a well-played championship game.

Entering Saturday's quarterfinal round seeded eighth out of the eight-team field, Mid-Fairfield caught fire and took home the 2024 Beast Tournament Series U18 championship.

MF won the title on Sunday, blanking the Nor'Easter Storm, 2-0, in a well-played championship game.

"I wouldn't say there's just one key. It was really just playing with consistency and conviction throughout the whole game," said Mid-Fairfield coach Chris Gragnano. The guys really stuck together, stuck to the game plan, trusted each other and it showed in their play."

The teams played a scoreless first half. Ryan Hedley, would score the only goal that MF would need, assisted by Noah Jettelson. Easton Kinsler added the dagger later in the second half, and Jack Fichthorn was stone wall in goal.

Mid-Fairfield played three close games in their playoff run, knocking off the top-seed, Long Island Gulls, 2-1, in a quarterfinal matchup, and then bouncing the Jr. Bulldogs in the semifinals."

"I knew we had a very high character team going in. Some of these guys have been with me for a long time, Burke, Jettelson, Morris, Stant and Hidy have been with me for six years," Gragnano said. "Also more than a handful of the guys on this team are going to either be a captain or assistant on their school teams this year so I knew character wouldn't be in short supply for us. Very proud of this group and the way they played this weekend."

U18 SEMIFINALS

* Mid-Fairfield 5, Yale Jr. Bulldogs 3

Goals by Nathan Watson and Josh Travagliano gave Yale an early 2-1 lead before Mid-Farfield rallied to advance to the championship game. Five different skaters - Ryan Hedley, Liam Lefebvre, Blake Burke, John Donhoue and Easton Kinsler - each had a goal.

* Nor'Easter Storm 5, Springfield Thunderbirds 1

The Storm moved on led by the two-goal performance of James Odyniec.

U18 QUARTERFINALS

* Yale Jr. Bulldogs 5, Neponset River Rats 4

Yale rallied from a 3-1 deficit to post the win. Indiana Grossbard had a hat trick, including the game-tying and winning goals. Anthony Serseyev scored a pair of goals for the Rats.

* Mid-Fairfield 2, Long Island Gulls 1

The bracket's top seed was eliminated in this quarterfinal contest. Eddie Brown scored early on to give the Gulls a 1-0 advantage, but that would be it for their offense. Will Jackson tied it for MF, and Ryan Hedley notched the game-winner with 8:36 left.

* Nor'Easter Storm 4, Central Mass. Penguins 1

The Storm started early, skating to a 3-0 lead in the first half and never looking back. Zachary Chehade, David Ambuhl and Jake Nowak staked the storm to the lead. Nowak added a second goal later on.

* The Springfield Thunderbirds took down second-seeded New Jersey Rockets 6-3.

U18 GOLD PLAYOFFS

The New Jersey Titans won their second straight Beast U18 Gold championship

The U18 New Jersey Titans won their second straight Beast League championship, doubling up on the River Rats U19 squad by a 4-2 margin.

Quinn Pine and Sean Leetch offsetted a goal by the Titans' Dawson Pyc (two assists) to give the River Rats an early 2-1 advantage.

Ivan Petrov drew the Titans even with a big goal. Luke Delaney would get the eventual game-winning goal, and Angelo Masullo buried the all important insurance tally late in the game to seal the win for the Titans.

U18 GOLD SEMIFINALS

* New Jersey Titans 4, East Coast Militia 0

Bryce Sheehan, Jordan Bowman and Luke Delaney each had a goal and assist to power the Titans.

* River Rats U19 4, New Hampshire Mountain Kings 1

Sean Leetch, Alex Small, Ben Patterson and Ty Wood each lit the lamp for the River Rats in the win.

U18 GOLD QUARTERFINALS

* East Coast Militia 4, River Rats Tier II 0

The Militia scored all four goals in the first half. Ethan Cox had a pair,and Jack Hartwell and Nicholas Dinis each had one. Colin Davis pitched the shutout in goal.

* New Hampshire Mountain Kings 5, Boston Hockey Academy 2

Artemi Egorov scored two late goals to allow the Mountain Kings to pull away. Parker Carrabba, Danila Lapshov and Egor Vinokurov each had a goal as well.

* River Rats U19 Showcase 5, Connecticut Chiefs 3

Luis Valencia led the attack with a hat trick. Lucas Husted-Edwards added a goal and assist.

* New Jersey Titans 8, NE Generals Split 0

Franscesco Donohue scored three goals and Bradan Conroy had two in the big win for the Titans.

U18 SILVER PLAYOFFS

The Connecticut Chiefs Split defeated the top-seeded Rat Dogs to take home the Silver Championship.