The last time the St. Mary’s girls hockey team played Hingham happened to be the last time the Spartans tasted defeat. That was back on Dec. 21 when the Harborwomen beat St. Mary’s, 3-1, at Connery Rink.Since then, the Spartans have been one of the hottest teams in the state and they carried that momentum into the teams’ second meeting at Pilgrim Skating Arena on Saturday as Kaleigh Finnigan and Brittany Lanzilli’s first period tallies were enough for a 2-1 road win.”That is a really tough place to play down there,” St. Mary’s coach Frank Pagliuca said. “We’re getting better every game and this was a great confidence builder.”The Spartans (9-2-0) didn’t waste a lot of time in getting the jump on the hosts as Finnigan scored off a Lanzilli assist just 1:58 in. Hingham (6-2-1) came back to tie things up at 10:21 when Sara Schwenzfeier scored off Catherine Linehan’s point shot.Just over a minute later, Lanzilli found the mark on the power play to make it 2-1 after a period.From there, goaltenders Lauren Skinnion of St. Mary’s and Taylor Walsh of Hingham took over. Neither would blink in the second period, with Skinnion coming up with a couple of big saves with the Spartans a man down in the third.”Lauren really came on strong as the game went along,” Pagliuca said. “She fought the puck early on but her confidence grew through the game.”Winthrop 4, Masco 1At Larsen Arena in Winthrop, Kara Donati had a pair of goals as the Bulldogs (6-2-1) put 58 shots on goal en route to the win. Flora English and Mackenzie Clark also had goals with Vanessa Van Buskirk handing out two assists.Gardner 5, Marblehead 2At Winchendon, Marblehead goalie Sabrina Doughman faced 20 Gardner shots.Marblehead (6-5-1) got goals from Rachel McKay and Ally Healy.BOYS HOCKEYMarblehead 6, Peabody 1At McVann-O’Keefe Rink in Peabody, Austin Haley scored four times as the Headers (4-6-1, 4-4-0 NEC South) snapped a four game losing skid.Ian Maag had a goal and an assist while Erik Powers dished out three helpers. Cam Rowe had the other Marblehead goal. Peabody (5-6-0, 3-4-0 NEC North) got its goal from Ryan Carney.Saugus 7, Salem 1At Kasabuski Arena in Saugus, Tyler Stretton scored twice while Kurt Rodrigues and Kyle Zabrowski had a goal and an assist each as the Sachems (8-3-1, 7-1-1 NEC North) made it seven straight wins.Anthony Cieri, Steve McKinney and Chris Sanderson also had goals. Drew Oxley and Steve Kay had two assists each.Gloucester 9, Lynn 1At Talbot Rink in Gloucester, the Jets (5-5-1) got a first period goal from Kyle Devin, assisted by Ryan McDonald and John Finnigan, but the Fishermen were on fire all night.Beverly 5, S’scott 1At Salem State, all the scoring took place in the second period. Swampscott (6-5-1) got a goal from Matt Videtta (Trevor Massey assist). Beverly (5-5-1) got two goals from Andrew Irving and one each from Graham Doherty, Nick Albano and Matt Hamor.Newburyport 4, Lynnfield 2At Graf Rink in Newburyport, the Pioneers (8-2-1, 5-2-1 Cape Ann League) saw a six game win streak come to a screeching halt against a peaking Clippers team.Newburyport led 3-0 early in the third before John Festa and Alex Ganter scored two minutes apart to cut the lead to a goal. Cam Roy’s empty-netter with six seconds left put the game away for the Clippers.St. John’s 3, BC High 1At Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington, the Eagles (7-4-0, 2-3-0 Catholic Conference) first line of Tyler Bird, Sam Kurker and Brian Pinho did all the damage.Bird scored goals in each of the first two periods with Kurker adding an empty net goal in the final minute after BC had cut the lead to one late.Danvers 4, Revere 1At Cronin Rink in Revere, Paul D’Orlando scored twice as the Falcons (10-2-0, 8-1-0 NEC North) punched their 23rd ticket to the postseason in the last 24 seasons.J.D. Hodgkins and Matt Flynn also had goals with Jay Calcagno having two assists.
