Hockey Roundup: Busy day on, off the ice

The Revere High hockey team would have preferred a win over a 5-5 tie against Somerville Wednesday, but the Patriots aren?t complaining given the good news they received earlier in the day.Revere High athletic director Shaun Hart, coach Joe Ciccarello and Revere High principal Lourenco Garcia appeared before the MIAA board of directors on Monday to appeal a decision made earlier in the season that resulted in the Patriots having to forfeit six wins and two ties that occurred in their first 11 games as a result of having an ineligible player. The player was a fifth-year senior who had not played as a freshman.Hart said the school became aware of the player?s ineligibility on Jan. 17 and immediately reported it. An initial appeal of the forfeits was denied, but Revere wrote another letter to the board of directors and the board decided to convene a meeting to hear it.Hart said the MIAA and the board of directors take some heat over issues at times, but he said they were great in dealing with the appeal. He said the board wasn?t scheduled to meet again until Feb. 26, which would have been too late given the tournament cutoff date. He said members came in for an unscheduled meeting and heard the appeal.?They were amazingly timely,” Hart said, adding they realized how important it was to the Revere players.? Overall I think the board of directors had the best interest of the kids at heart,” Hart said.It wasn?t clear as of last night whether Revere would have its record restored, or whether it would be allowed to go into the state tournament as the bottom seed, which is how a situation was handled in the fall regarding a soccer team.As for the Somerville game, the Patriots trailed 3-1 at one point and 4-2, but salvaged the 5-5 tie when Cam Whalen scored with 38 seconds left. Marco Mazzarelli, Richie Polignone, Steve Noel and Joe Ristino had the other goals.Revere is either 4-13-1 or 10-5-3 depending on how the record issue is dealt with, but the Patriots are in the tournament.Marblehead 5, Danvers 1At Salem State?s Rockett Arena, the Magicians? (14-5) depth paid off.?I think we wore them down a little bit with our depth,” Marblehead coach Bob Jackson said. “We had some good shots on net by our defense and we did a good job attacking their defense. We moved the puck well.”Matt Koopman had two goals for the Magicians with Owen Picariello, Trevor Gelineau and Eric Powers accounting for the other three. Koopman also had an assist. Marblehead goalie Miles Barry had 13 saves and Danvers goalie Alex Taylor had 37.Saugus 0, Lynnfield 0At Kasabuski Rink, the Sachems and Pioneers were in a defensive stalemate from the first period all the way to the final period.Sachem goalie David Aiken had a strong performance, as he saved 15 shots in his shutout. Saugus (5-11-1) plays Masco Saturday.St. John?s Prep 4, St. John?s Shrewsbury 4At Ristuccia Memorial Arena, Wilmington, the Eagles (9-4-5) were down 3-2 going into the third period. St. John?s opened the third period with a quick goal. The Eagles and St. John?s Shrewsbury traded goals in the next two minutes that made the score 4-4. Leading the way for St. John?s were Nick Latham (goal, 2 assists) and goalie Zach Laramie (16 saves).Beverly 4, Mansfield 0At Mansfield, the Panthers (17-0-1) outshot Mansfield 40-12. Tim Birarrelli recorded his eighth shutout of the season for Beverly (12 saves).Winthrop 2, Concord-Carlisle 1At Concord-Carlisle, Charlie Page and Mike Norris scored for the Vikings (14-5).In other hockey action, Austin Prep defeated Bishop Fenwick, 14-0, at Stoneham Arena; Salem/Hamilton-Wenham defeated Rockport, 4-0, at Talbot Rink in Gloucester and Triton defeated Gloucester, 6-3, at Talbot Rink.GIRLS HOCKEYWinthrop 5, Masco 0At the Haverhill Valley Forum, the combined Winthrop/Lynn/Saugus girls hockey team picked up steam as the game went along.The Bulldogs (12-3-1) started out a little slow in the first period, but a goal by Emma English turned out to be all the scoring they would n