Eden's Alex Iafallo a key player in Kings' push for a playoff spot By Lance Lysowski News Sports Reporter Mar 5, 2022 Mar 5, 2022 Updated Apr 27, 2026 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Alex Iafallo couldn’t walk far in LECOM Harborcenter on Saturday without encountering familiar faces from his childhood in Western New York.kAm%96C6 H:== 36 >2?J H6=4@>6 324<D =625:?8 FA E@ E96 ` A]>] AF4< 5C@A 282:?DE E96 qF772=@ $23C6D @? $F?52J 27E6C?@@? :? z6Jq2?< r6?E6C] x272==@[ 2? t56? ?2E:G6[ :D 324< :? qF772=@ H:E9 E96 {@D p?86=6D z:?8D 7@C E96 7:CDE E:>6 D:?46 E96J =2DE 72465 E96 $23C6D @? s64] a`[ a_`h] %9:D E:>6[ 96’D A2CE @7 2 A=2J@77 4@?E6?56C]k^AmkAmp C6=6?E=6DD 7@CH2C5 H:E9 6=:E6 5676?D:G6 2H2C6?6DD[ x272==@ 92D 96=A65 E96 z:?8D 2D46?5 E@ D64@?5 A=246 :? E96 !24:7:4 s:G:D:@?[ @?=J 7@FC A@:?ED 369:?5 E96 r2=82CJ u=2>6D 6?E6C:?8 $2EFC52J] w6’D @? 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