Hockey: Aylward, Carpenter help Peabody girls tie

Trailing by two after two periods on Senior Night, Peabody/Lynnfield regrouped and forged a 2-2 tie with Brookline/Newton South Saturday afternoon at McVann-O?Keefe Rink.?I have to say the first two periods were not our best by far. We were very sluggish, out of position, non-aggressive. I didn?t go into the locker room between the second and third and let the girls talk it over among themselves,” said coach Larry Minehan.With Courtney Smith and Carolyn Buckley hampered by injuries, and Elise Murphy unavailable, the Tanners turned to other sources of offense. Freshman defenseman Hannie Aylward scored with 7:50 remaining in the game to make it 2-1 and eighth-grade forward Jonalyn Carpenter tied it with 2:02 left to play.Meanwhile, freshman goalie Lauren Hennessey continued her stellar play since returning from a knee injury with 28 saves.?Lauren was Lauren — I have no idea how she stopped some of them,” said Minehan.The honored seniors were Krysten Hennessey, Ciara DiSalvo, Courtney Cavanaugh and Courtney Smith. Joining the players on the ice during pre-game warm-ups were members of the Peabody Girls Youth Hockey program.Saturday?s tie followed a 3-3 deadlock with Shawsheen on Friday night. Murphy had two goals and Aylward added the third while Hennessey made 24 saves.Peabody/Lynnfield is now 3-10-4 with three games remaining.Winthrop/Lynn 4, M?head 1At Winthrop, the Bulldogs clinched the NEHL title, behind the terrific play of their third line, including Annie Mahoney, who scored the winning goal, and assisted on a tally from Katie Jeter. Winthrop/Lynn (13-3-2) also got goals from Emma English and Ariana Dembro. The Headers? lone tally came from Brittany Smith. The Bulldogs got 25 saves from Gretchen Howard in the win.Winthrop/Lynn offset Marblehead goalie Aly Hopkins? 39-save performance.Smith, Marblehead?s lone senior, was honored before the game and scored in the closing minutes. Marblehead is now 6-10-3.Beverly/Danvers 3, Masco/HW 1At Talbot Rink, the Panthers (14-2-2) got a hat trick from Nicole Woods, raising her season totals to 24 goals and 58 points.Postponements: Winchester at St. Mary?s (tbd).BOYSFairleigh-Dickinson TournamentAt Martha?s Vineyard, Lynnfield staged a furious third-period rally to upset host Martha?s Vineyard in Saturday?s semifinal, 5-3, but lost to Westwood, 4-1, in Sunday?s title game. The Pioneers are now 3-10-4.Gloucester 6, Swampscott 3At Talbot Rink, the young Big Blue concluded the season with a loss Sunday to finish with a 4-15-1 record.Postponements: Marshfield at Peabody (Tuesday, 2:15 p.m.); Marblehead at Nantucket (Friday, 5 p.m.).