Headers wear down Danvers for revenge victory

SALEM – Once again, it came down to the third period.On opening night, Danvers owned the final 15 minutes to defeat Marblehead going away. Last night at Rockett Arena, it was the host Headers who took away the Falcons’ legs and eventually the victory, 4-1.Danvers (now 6-3-2) was already shorthanded after losing high-scoring forward Joe Strangie in the first period to a shoulder injury, but the persistent body work of Marblehead (8-2) slowly but surely slowed the Falcons down. A three-goal explosion resulted in the third period to turn the contest into a rout.”They outhit us, and that’s part of the game,” said Danvers head coach Kevin Brown. “They had this game circled (on their schedule), they came to play and we didn’t.”Continuing a strong campaign, senior Trip Franzese drew Marblehead even in the second on a beautiful wrister from the right circle that Falcon goalie Alex Taylor (24 saves) had no shot at. In the third, he assisted substitute linemate Joe Newall for a 2-on-1 conversion three minutes in, then locked up the victory on a savvy wrap-around with 6:55 left.”Trip has been a pleasant surprise,” said Headers head coach Bob Jackson of the Pingree School transfer, who now has 13 goals and 19 points on the season. “He’s been working well with Aaron DeAngelo until he got hurt, we put Newall up there and they’ve been doing well. Trip has great hands, great speed and sees the ice well.”Danvers took advantage of a quick Marblehead penalty to own the first half of the first period, but strong net play from sophomore Harrison Young (21 saves to go to 5-0 on the year) kept the contest scoreless.”This was Harrison’s first test and he did a good job,” said Jackson. “He and Myles Barry have been pushing each other, and when you talk about the foundation of a program, they’ve been putting more bricks on and making that foundation solid.”Jackson also challenged his defense and the top four of Liam Gillis, Zac Cuzner, Cam Rowe and freshman Kyle Koopman were great obstructionists, keeping pucks from getting through to Young and quickly clearing rebounds.”We talked about defense being a measure of where we were now compared to a month ago,” Jackson said. “Our goal was to keep them under two goals and we did, but it was a shame that (Strangie) got hurt. It changed the whole tide of their game and I don’t like to see that happen. It takes power away.””We adjusted our lines a couple of games ago and had a good outing against Masco (a victory), but with Joe going down, we had to reshuffle again,” said Brown.Strangie, with nine goals and 19 points going into the game, was regarded as day-to-day by Brown.