And on and on it goes. Chaos has characterized this most unusual of seasons and it continued last week. Three previously unbeaten teams lost for the first time, two of them against high-end lower division opponents. Additionally, 14 teams moved one way or another from ...
Read More »Mass. Boys HS Hockey – Patriot Cup: Hanover, Scituate Take Down Division 1 Powers; Plymouth North, Duxbury Advance
Whichever teams comes out victorious in the inaugural Patriot Cup boys’ hockey tournament already was going to make some history, but Hanover and Scituate apparently didn’t want to wait another week for the championship round. Saturday’s second-round action already featured a matchup between Hanover and ...
Read More »Mass. HS Boys Hockey – South Coast Conference Tournament: Unbeatens Dighton-Rehoboth/Seekonk, Somerset Berkley Line Up Title Rematch
Dighton-Rehoboth/Seekonk and Somerset Berkley didn’t settle anything when they met Wednesday night, skating to a tie in their only meeting of the South Coast Conference regular season. They will get another crack at it next week — and this time, there is guaranteed to be ...
Read More »Mass. Boys HS Hockey – EMass. Division 3 Highlights: Threes Are Wild As Somerset Berkley Stays Unbeaten, Bishop Stang Extends Unbeaten Run
Evan Affonso capped a hat trick in the final seconds and allowed Somerset Berkley to stay unbeaten with a 3-3 tie against fellow unbeaten Dighton-Rehoboth/Seekonk in a South Coast Conference showdown Wednesday night. Affonso’s goal off a pass from Davis Sullivan capped a two-goal rally ...
Read More »Mass. HS Boys Hockey – Division 2 Highlights: Boston Latin Gets Into Win Column; Dighton-Rehoboth/Seekonk Skates To Tie
* Tom Butler and Colin McAdams scored a pair of goals each, giving Boston Latin its first win of the season, a 5-2 victory over Cambridge in the Dual County League to highlight Wednesday’s Division 2 boys hockey action. Colm Vraibel added the other goal ...
Read More »Mass. Boys HS Hockey – Division 1 Boys Highlights – It’s Been A Wild Few Days In The Catholic Conference
There is a whole lot of craziness happening in the Catholic Conference at the moment. Exiting the weekend, No. 5 St. John’s of Shrewsbury sat comfortably atop the MIAA’s toughest league with a single loss. That lead shriveled to a point following consecutive losses to ...
Read More »Mass. Boys HS Hockey – Central Mass. Highlights: Groton-Dunstable’s Glencross Gets 100th Career Point
* Nate Glencross had a first half hat trick, which included his 100th career point, in Groton-Dunstable’s 5-0 win over Leominster in Pod 2 play. Carter Amidon had the other two goals for G-D, still unbeaten at 7-0-0 * Shrewsbury won its sixth straight game, ...
Read More »Mass. HS Boys Hockey: Whitman-Hanson, North Quincy Win Thrillers To Begin Patriot Cup Action
Whitman-Hanson got a little hot at the end of the abbreviated regular season, winning back-to-back games to snag the No. 5 seed out of the Keenan Division to open the inaugural Patriot Cup tournament. The Panthers, under first-year coach Rob Peters, then continued the momentum ...
Read More »Mass. HS Boys Hockey: Division 2 Weekend Highlights: Marblehead’s Shull Nets 100th Point; Triton Turns Tables on Newburyport
Marblehead’s Will Shull became the latest Massachusetts player to reach 100 career points, eclipsing the milestone as part of a four-goal, one assist effort in the Headers’ 7-0 victory over Swampscott in the Northeastern Conference. Shull, who also had two assists in Sunday’s 5-2 win ...
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