Tag Archives: Dan Shine

There may not be a state tournament. Teams may not have the usual 20-22 game regular season slates. But, things are looking pretty good that the 2020-2021 Massachusetts HS Hockey season will happen and begin on time with pre-season practices on Monday, November 30th. Expect ...

Massachusetts high school hockey lost a true ambassador earlier this week with the passing Tuesday of long-time Bishop Fenwick coach Robert “Bo” Tierney at age 66. The Massachusetts High School Hockey Coaches Hall of Fame inductee spent 34 seasons on the Crusaders’ bench and was ...

After being overlooked by the Division 1A Tournament Committee on Selection Saturday, St. Mary’s of Lynn could have let its disappointment ruin a terrific regular season and exited quietly from the post-season. There are several examples of this happening to teams before them. Rather than lament their ...

Hingham's Marshall Terres redirected home the winning goal with 1:21 to play to lift Hingham to a 3-2 win over Arlington Catholic

There will be no secrets when South Sectional champion Hingham (15-8-3) meets North Sectional kingpin Arlington Catholic (16-7-2) for the Division One championship Sunday night at TD Garden (5:45 p.m.). The teams tangled precisely one month ago in the Buddy Ferreira Classic, a 2-0 Hingham ...

Massachusetts high school hockey lost a pioneer Sunday with the passing of 50-year Arlington High coach Ed Burns at the age of 93.   Burns served with the U.S. Marines on Guam during World War Two, completed his studies at Boston College, then took over ...

Don’t look now but it seems those who counted St. John’s Prep out of the post-season picture may have done so prematurely.   In a span of roughly 40 hours, Prep has emerged from the glut of teams hoping to qualify for the tournament to ...

The congratulatory calls and emails began almost immediately after No. 8 Arlington Catholic’s 5-2 victory against Archbishop Williams last night at the Canton Sportsplex, the 500th win of 36-year AC coach Dan Shine’s career. They were still flooding in this morning.   “There have been a ...

  Austin Prep head coach Louis Finnochairo called it “character.” The ability to come back from a two-goal third period deficit in a hostile building against a worthy opponent.   That’s exactly what Finnochairo’s Cougars did Saturday night, scoring three third-period goals to slip past ...