NEC Hockey Jamboree ushers in new season

SALEM – For the eighth consecutive year, Salem State University hosted the Northeastern Conference Hockey Jamboree at Rockett Arena. The day featured four games, which consisted of two 25-minute running periods.?It?s a great day of hockey,” said Peabody coach Mark Leonard, whose Tanners defeated Revere, 4-2, in the third contest of the afternoon. “As coaches and players, you get to see what some of our conference teams have and the kids get to play in front of a real crowd for the first time.”Peabody jumped out to a 2-0 lead after one before the teams scored twice each in the final 25 minutes.With Revere?s Anthony Matos off for tripping at the 11:20 mark of the first period, Donny Shaw opened the scoring for Peabody, finishing off a feed from Cam Smullen to the top right corner. Derek DeMild picked up the secondary assist.Peabody added another power-play tally minutes before the intermission when Mike Vadala fired home a shot from the bottom of the left circle. Smullen was credited with his second assist.The teams alternated goals in the second period, the first from Peabody?s Andrew Bisconti, whose wrist shot from between the hash marks found its mark just three minutes in.Revere responded nine minutes later on a beautiful goal from Cam Whalen, who split the defense at the blue line before a nice move around the goalie.With 5:43 to play, Jason Marshall buried his shot to the top right corner after a nice pass from Ryan Carney, stationed behind the net. The Patriots answered 2:40 later as Rich Polignone banged home a rebound created by Matos.The early game saw Winthrop score three goals in both periods on the way to a 6-1 win over Swampscott.Chris Page scored four times for the Vikings, the first coming eight minutes into the action, on a shot to the short side from the bottom of the left circle. Pat Todisco, who forced a turnover in the slot, picked up a helper, along with John Orlando.Page?s second tally at the 18:45 mark came after his shot from the slot deflected off a Big Blue defenseman and in. Mark Ferullo upped the lead to three a minute and a half later on a terrific individual effort.Just like in the opening period, Page started the scoring in the second after breaking in alone and firing his shot low, stick-side, just 20 seconds after the opening faceoff.Swampscott got on the board 5:10 later when Ryan Donnelly finished off Noah Maercklein?s perfect pass from behind the net. Ryan Cresta was credited with a secondary assist.Todisco added a short-handed tally with 12 minutes to play before Page picked up his fourth goal of the game in garbage time on a jam shot from in close. Dante Ceccarelli picked up an assist on the latter of the two.?We haven?t had a lot of time to work together yet, so today was a nice surprise,” said Winthrop coach Dale Dunbar. “It?s always good to get out there in a game situation, though, and now we can use what we learned today to get ready for the opener.”Marblehead, led by a hat trick from Matt Koopman, put on the offensive display of the day in an 11-1 victory over Lynn.Koopman scored two quick goals to start the game, the first just 35 seconds in after getting past a Jets defenseman before a nifty move to the backhand beat the goalie. The latter, another individual effort, came 4:55 later.Lynn followed Koopman?s second tally with a power play goal at the 19:50 mark. With Dean Fader in the box for slashing, Pat Finnigan fired a shot on net that found its way through traffic. Mark Brazell picked up the lone assist.Marblehead answered with three goals in a span of 2:22. Dan Gienieczko (from Trevor Gelineau) scored on a shot from the point before Garrett Keough tallied off assists from James McCarthy and Braden Haley. Chris Cormier tipped home a shot from Colby Sheppard to cap off the barrage.Cormier opened the scoring 3:40 into the second period before Max DelVento tallied 1:15 later. Haley (from McCarthy) scored from an impossible angle, behind the goal line near the corner boards at 5:12,