Boys Hockey: St. Mary’s wears down Bridgewater-Raynham, 5-1

It took a while for the St. Mary’s boys hockey team to solve Bridgewater-Raynham’s standout junior goaltender Peter Drowne. Once they did, the Spartans struck in the frenetic manner to which their fans are accustomed, packing all of their goals into the final 16:41 of Saturday night’s 5-1 non-league win at Connery Rink.”For two periods, they gave us all we could handle. We didn’t bring our A game but I like the way we stayed with it and responded in the third period. I thought (sophomore) goalie Bailey MacBurnie played an exceptionally good game,” said St. Mary’s coach Mark Lee.The Trojans, out of the Old Colony League, broke a scoreless tie at 7:22 of the second period when John Rizzo converted a Nick Holmes set-up. St. Mary’s pulled even with 1:41 left in the period on a goal by Frank Moreschi.Jared Fitzpatrick popped home the game-winner at 1:54 of the third period, and then Nikko Markham created space at the 9:02 mark. Unassisted strikes by Bobby Mullins (two assists) at 13:18 and Brendan Mageary at 14:49 iced it. MacBurnie finished with 13 saves.The Spartans take on Hingham Wednesday night at Connery in the second game of a boy-girl doubleheader between the two schools.St. John’s 2, Hingham 1The Eagles (2-0-0) made the long trek south worthwhile as they upended the Harbormen at Pilgrim Arena. Hingham held a 1-0 lead after one period, but Sam Kurker pulled the Prep even in the second period, then delivered the game-winner 55 seconds into the third. Goalie Dave Letarte (27 saves) made it stand up.”Hingham is a strong team and the Pilgrim is a tough place to play. It’s a good early-season road win but a lot of work remains,” said Coach Kristian Hanson.Peabody 4, Gloucester 2The host Tanners spotted Gloucester (0-2) two first-period goals before rallying to win their season opener at McVann-O’Keefe Rink.”It was a good game and a good show of character by our young team,” said coach Mark Leonard, who has six sophomores and seven freshmen on the roster.Johnny Interrante scored both goals for the Fishermen. Erik Hennessey got the Tanners on the board at 6:21 of the second period. Mike Chiappini tied it at 8:08 of the third and Erik Costa potted the power play game-winner with 1:59 to play. Chiappini added an empty-netter with nine seconds left. Junior goalie Joe Powers turned back 30 shots for the win.Revere 2, Swampscott 2Goalie John Papasodora turned back 38 shots at Rockett Arena and Marco Mazzarelli scored the tying goal at 13:07 of the second period for the Patriots (0-1-1). Mazzarelli also drew the primary assist on R.J. Tiorano’s goal with 4:48 left in the first period, slicing an early Big Blue lead in half. Matt Videtta and Corey Carmody scored goals 1:05 apart to give Swampscott a 2-0 lead midway through the first period. Swampscott goalie Pat Sheehan finished with 14 saves.Austin Prep 6, Bp. Fenwick 2The visiting Cougars hit Fenwick with a four-spot in the first period and cruised in Catholic Central Large action at McVann-O’Keefe Rink in Peabody. Nolan Vesey and Scott Corcoran scored two goals each for AP while goalie Nick Luise had 23 saves. Andrew Young and Bobby Liberge scored for the Crusaders (0-2), Goalie Anthony Angelsco turned back 13 of 15 shots in a strong relief performance.In other action, sophomore Connor Irving netted a natural hat trick in the third period and added an assist as Beverly pulled away from Danvers at Rockett Arena, 6-2 ? Rockport/Manchester-Essex squeezed past Salem in non-league play, 4-2 ? In the Cape Ann League, resurgent Triton dealt Lynnfield its first loss of the season, 4-1.