A pair of Division 3 teams sent shockwaves through Eastern Mass. hockey with upsets of higher-division foes, perhaps none bigger than Newton South’s 4-3 conquest of Lincoln-Sudbury.
Newton South
* Max Lieman scored twice for the Lions, who jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the third period and then held off a big charge by the Warriors behind the goaltending of Nathan Lacoste. Dan Schwartzman and Mitch Gordon also scored for Newton South, which just three days earlier had fallen to L-S, 7-3. In the rematch, South snapped Lincoln-Sudbury’s 19-game unbeaten streak dating back a full calendar year and three days.
* Nantucket also stayed unbeaten by edging past Falmouth, 5-4, in a Cape & Islands battle. Marsh Hickman and Hudson Perry had a goal and two assists apiece for the Whalers, Camden Knapp and Cole Evens added a goal and assist each, and Cosmo Tedeschi also scored.
* Watertown, which has moved back into the Middlesex Freedom during the pandemic, picked up its first league win in five years, taking down Stoneham, 3-1. Colin Campbell, Daniel Tattrie, and Dante Venezia scored goals, Jack Dickie and Nathan Master each had two assists, and Jared Norton made 29 saves.
* Bobby Marcus scored four goals in Bedford’s 5-1 victory over Boston Latin, completing a home-and-home sweep. Ittai Wiseman had the other goal, with Adam Driscoll and Jack Venuti notching a pair of assists apiece. … Earlier in the week, Marcus also netted a pair in a 4-1 victory, with Driscoll and Chris Woo also scoring for the Buccaneers.
* Dracut/Tyngsboro swept a weekend series from Haverhill by 6-2 and 6-3 scores. In Saturday’s victory, it was a goal and two assists each from Ben Warner and Brian Workman that led the way. Jared DeBruin chipped in a goal and assist, and Tommy Workman, Dion Bottiggi and Colin Underwood also scored. … Then on Sunday, Tommy Workman had a hat trick and two assists, while DeBruin added a goal and four assists. Brian Workman also had a goal and assist.
* Kevin Balewicz finished with a hat trick, the last goal coming with 25.1 seconds left and giving Holliston a 5-4 victory over Ashland in a Tri-Valley League thriller. The victory was the first for Panthers first-year coach Mike Dutcher. … In Saturday’s rematch, it was Ashland bouncing back with the 3-1 win. Nick Fish (shorthanded), Mark Milko and Nick Cibotti scored for the Clockers.
* Ryan Teitel scored his first career goal and added an assist as Hopkinton returned to the ice with a 6-0 victory over Bellingham. Geoff Tocco and Cam Jerrett also had a goal and assist each, Andrew Moore, Mike Berman and Pavit Mehra added goals, and Aidan Walsh chipped in three assists. Colin Norred and Jack Lang shared the shutout.
* Behind two goals from Nate Parker, Attleboro also gave coach Greg Chamberlain his first victory by edging Oliver Ames, 5-3, in the Hockomock League. Aidan Diggin, Colin Flynn and Jake Ward added goals for the Bombardiers.
Norwell
* Norwell extended its South Shore League win streak to 25, cruising past Abington, 9-3 behind Nolan Petrucelli’s hat trick. … Earlier in the week, Brady Kudrick scored twice and Norwell rolled past Rockland, 7-0. Sean Ennis added another shutout to his ledger for the Clippers, who also got goals from Petrucelli (first varsity), Cole Berglund, Tim Ward, Austin Shea, Connor Therrien and Sam Fettucia.
* John Polito had two goals and an assist, Ryan Tobin added a pair of goals and Abington outskated Cohasset, 5-2. Evan St. Martin had the other goal for the Green Wave, who got two assists each from Mikey Pineau and David McArthur, as well as 22 saves from Spencer Merrick.
* Cohasset bounced back Saturday to double up Rockland, 4-2, on goals from Jack Hartwell, Bernie Mulcahy, Wade Puzella and Justin Appleby.
Hanover
* Robbie Hanna and Max DaSilva scored a pair of goals each to lead Hanover past North Quincy, 6-1, in the Patriot League. Nate DelPrete and Quinn Brown added goals for the Hawks.
* Somerset Berkley stayed unbeaten with a 3-2 South Coast Conference victory over Bourne. Brandon Silva had 26 saves, and the Raiders got goals from Davis Sullivan, Evan Affonso and Jon Rothwell.
* Ryan Malone scored twice, both on assists from Jay O’Hearn, and Cardinal Spellman clipped St. Joseph Prep, 2-1, in a Catholic Central League matchup. Stephen Nardelli made 30 saves for the Cardinals.
Bishop Stang
* Brandon Cardelli had a goal and assist, and Ryan Barros scored his first varsity goal to help Bishop Stang past Lowell Catholic, 4-1. Justin Gouveia and Ben Saunders also scored for the Spartans.
* Zack Walles scored in overtime for Hamilton-Wenham in a game that goes into the books as a 3-3 tie in the Cape Ann League. Walles also scored in regulation for the Generals, as did Lucas Hunt and Aiden Clarke (first career goal).
* Essex Tech handed Shawsheen its first loss of the season, 4-2, in the Commonwealth Athletic Conference. Jonathan Daley had a goal and two assists, David Egan a goal and assist, and Brian Swaczyk his first goal for the Hawks. Cam Cannizzaro added a goal and Kyle Mahan made 21 saves.
