Boys Hockey: Restuccia’s four points help St. Mary’s defeat Williams

Playing what coach Mark Lee termed his team’s “best game of the year,” St. Mary’s got a four-point night from Mike Restuccia and a pair of goals from Derek Stella to knock off 8-1 Archbishop Williams, 4-1, at CDL Rink in Raynham.”This is the type of game that we know as coaches this team is capable of,” Lee said. “It was our best game of the year and they showed that we can play with anybody.”Restuccia wasn’t expected to be in the lineup for the Spartans on Wednesday as he was attending a wake for a family member who passed away a couple days previous.”I didn’t expect him to play,” Lee said. “But he called earlier in the day and said that he wanted to try and play. And I was so impressed with that. He played inspired hockey.”Restuccia broke a scoreless tie just past the midpoint of the second period when he scored, assisted by Brendan Mageary and Casey Goll. Two minutes later, Tommy Braswell made it 2-0, assisted by Stella and Restuccia.The Bishops cut the lead in half early in the third but Stella answered at 4:30 and scored again with 9:52 left. Both goals were assisted by Restuccia and Braswell.Donald Hesse made 22 saves.”It was a great effort by the entire team,” Lee said.Winthrop 4, Lynn 2At Larsen Arena in Winthrop, the Vikings (7-1-1) jumped out to a 3-0 lead and the Jets (8-3-0) never could recover.”It was a good win for us,” Winthrop coach Dale Dunbar said.The game was scoreless until midway through the first when Alex Hamilton, Joe Casey and Chris LeBlanc scored in a 2:23 stretch to send Winthrop in front.Demetrius Polk cut the lead to 3-1 when he scored for Lynn late in the first. Joe Scarfo got that goal back late in the second before Terry Finnigan scored for Lynn in the third.”You can’t fall behind by three against a team like (Winthrop),” Lynn coach Joe Conlon said.Beverly 2, Marblehead 2At Rockett Arena, the Magicians (6-2-1) found themselves in a two-goal deficit heading into the third period. Jake Kulevich scored Marblehead’s first goal on the power play halfway through the third period. A few minutes later Hunter Graves made a very nice personal effort to set up Austin Haley’s game-tying goal.”It was great that our kids didn’t give up,” Magicians coach Bob Jackson said. “They just kept working hard. It was a nice point to earn.”Marblehead got a nice boost to the lineup as senior captain Ben Koopman returned. He was thought to be lost for the season after injuring his knee very early in the season.Jack Liacos and Tyler Albano scored the Panthers (4-5-1) goals. Tony Cuzner turned away 28 shots for Marblehead. Tony Walsh made 24 saves for Beverly.Fenwick 6, Trinity Catholic 3At Watertown, Brett Kidik scored a goal and an assist for the Crusaders (6-5). John Angelesco, Bobby Liberge, Mark Thibodeau and Chris Renzulli were among Fenwick’s goal scorers. Blaine Thibodeau had a strong game in net.”We’re getting there,” Fenwick coach Dan Lynch said. “We’re playing with more consistency. It was nice to give some ice time to some of the guys who haven’t gotten much of it so far this year.”Danvers 10, Salem 1At Rockett Arena, Sean Crowley earned his first career win in net for the Falcons (5-2-1). Chris Kontos netted a pair of goals.In other North Shore hockey action, Lynnfield lost to North Reading 5-1.