Boys MA Polls

* Updated 1/19/14 Top-ranked Beverly (11-0-1) did nothing other than solidify its #1 spot in the HNIB News Mass. Division II poll this week, rolling to a pair of wins over Wakefield (8-0) and Gloucester (8-1),  a game that saw Graham Doherty score four goals. ...

– In a battle between the #2 and #3 ranked teams in the latest HNIB News Mass. Division II poll, #3 Lincoln-Sudbury came away with the statement win, getting two goals from junior defenseman Ryan Dale, including the empty-netter to seal matters, to take a ...

* Updates 1/13/14   At last this week we’ll get a look at last year’s champion against the team that’s blowing through this year’s schedule, No. 2 Shrewsbury vs. No. 1 Wachusett. They both go into this week unbeaten, though Wachusett has a couple of ties and ...

* Updated 1/13/14   Lots of play against non-league foes, and lots (and lots) of ties. Western Massachusetts’ week boils down to that, more or less, this week.   There were six games this week pitting one team from the Berry Division against another. Five finished as draws, ...

* Updated 1/13/14   We give Hanover the reigns of No. 1 in our Eastern Mass. Division 3 boys hockey poll last week.   And how do they repay us? They lose three straight.   Hanover had been red-hot with five straight wins but is ...

*Updated 1/12/14   The top two teams in the HNIB News Massachusetts Division II poll have remained the same this week, but there certainly was a lot of upheaval in the rest of the poll.   #1 Beverly (9-0-1) was idle on Saturday and remain ...

*Updated 1/12/14   As one may have anticipated, there is a change at the top of the poll this week as B.C. High (6-0-2) jumps to No. 1 after a 5-3 win against Malden Catholic last Tuesday. The Eagles also tied Rhode Island No. 1 ...

Grit goes a long way in hockey and St. Mary’s has displayed a healthy dose of that commodity during a recent 4-0-1 stretch that has seen the Spartans – unranked in pre-season – move to No. 16 in this week’s poll.   The Spartans pitched ...

* Updated 1/6/14   So here’s the thing: Each team in our Dec. 29 poll has lost since then.   Sure, it wasn’t a heavy sampling of games due to the holidays and the major snowstorm that crushed Eastern Mass. But the fact is, all ...