Kevin Doyle
March 12, 2020
2019 MIAA Playoffs, Boys MA Div. I, Boys Mass. HS, High School Hockey, Massachusetts
Sophomore defenseman Jack Kennedy traveled a circuitous route to deliver the goal that sent Pope Francis to a 3-2 OT win against St. John’s Prep Wednesday night at Loring Arena in Framingham and to their third consecutive Division 1A title game Sunday afternoon at TD ...
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Kevin Doyle
March 10, 2020
2019 MIAA Playoffs, Boys MA Div. I, Boys Mass. HS, High School Hockey, Massachusetts
One year after finishing last in the Middlesex League’s Liberty Division, Belmont stands alone atop Division I North following its come-from-behind 3-2 win against St. John’s of Shrewsbury Monday night at Tsongas Arena. It’s the first Sectional title in program history. The No. 4 Marauders ...
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Kevin Doyle
March 8, 2020
2019 MIAA Playoffs, Boys MA Div. I, Boys Mass. HS, High School Hockey, Massachusetts
No. 1 Arlington 2, No. 3 Pope Francis 1 Three years after becoming the third public school program to win the Division 1A Tournament in 2017, Arlington now has the opportunity to become the first to win it twice. The Spy Ponders scored twice in ...
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Kevin Doyle
March 6, 2020
2019 MIAA Playoffs, Boys MA Div. I, Boys Mass. HS, High School Hockey, Massachusetts
NORTH No. 4 Belmont 3, No. 1 Reading 2 In Lowell, the maxim that says it is difficult to beat the same team three times in a season held true as the Marauders upended their Middlesex League Liberty Division rivals. Reading posted a pair of ...
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Kevin Doyle
March 5, 2020
2019 MIAA Playoffs, Boys MA Div. I, Boys Mass. HS, High School Hockey, Massachusetts
SEMIFINAL No. 12 Walpole 2, No.10 Falmouth 1 In Bourne, the Rebels’ run through the upside down world of this Sectional continued as they bounced the Cape & Islands Atlantic champion Clippers for their third straight one-goal win of the tournament. Goals by Joe Verderber ...
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Kevin Doyle
March 5, 2020
2019 MIAA Playoffs, Boys MA Div. I, Boys Mass. HS, High School Hockey, Massachusetts
The field has been culled to four following the elimination of Catholic Memorial and Framingham in Loser’s Bracket elimination games on Wednesday. The Super 8 bracket, click here No. 4 St. John’s Prep 5, No. 6 Catholic Memorial 2 In Stoneham, the Eagles finally solved ...
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Kevin Doyle
March 2, 2020
2019 MIAA Playoffs, Boys MA Div. I, Boys Mass. HS, High School Hockey, Massachusetts
Winner’s Bracket In Stoneham, the Spy Ponders (18-1-4) jumped on the Prep with three first-period goals and then turned things over to senior goalie Nathan Brennan (29 saves) to close it out as they extended their unbeaten string to 20 games (16-0-4). The Middlesex League ...
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Kevin Doyle
March 1, 2020
2019 MIAA Playoffs, Boys MA Div. I, Boys Mass. HS, High School Hockey, Massachusetts
It’s not often teams from the same community square off in postseason play but it happened Saturday as Reading defeated Austin Prep and St. Johns (S) bounced Shrewsbury to claim bragging rights for the next year. No. 4 Belmont 1, No. 5 St. Mary’s 0 ...
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Kevin Doyle
March 1, 2020
2019 MIAA Playoffs, Boys MA Div. I, Boys Mass. HS, High School Hockey, Massachusetts
Upsets were the order of the day Saturday as the first-, second- and fourth-seeded teams were all eliminated. No. 14 Archbishop Williams 2, No. 11 Wellesley 1 In Canton, the Bishops spotted the Red Raiders a 1-0 lead midway through the first period then rallied ...
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