The game will go down as a tie in the official record book, but the St. Mary’s boys hockey team battled through two overtime periods and a shootout to pick up a 3-2 victory over Pope Francis to bring home the Cardinal Classic championship Wednesday afternoon at Olympia Ice Center.
“You don’t win two games like this against quality opponents without everyone contributing, and that’s what we’ve gotten from our guys,” said St. Mary’s coach Mark Lee. “It was a tough battle (Wednesday), but our guys kept fighting and eventually came out on top.”
It was Christian Iacoviello who scored the game-winning goal in the shootout, while Cam McGonagle also scored in the shootout. Eric Toto and Brady Ayles each scored one goal in regulation, while forwards Jake Desmarais and Brady Bullock were both named to the All-Tournament Team. Goalie Owen Giangrande, who notched more than 30 saves over the two-day event, was named Tournament MVP.
St. Mary’s closes the regular season at 10-7-5 and awaits its seeding in the upcoming state tournament.
“We learned a lot about ourselves over the past few days, and we know that if we work hard then we’ll put ourselves in a position to win,” said Lee. “I imagine the confidence will be pretty high going into the tournament, but we know we have to keep working hard like we have all year if we want to go anywhere.”
BOYS HOCKEY
Bishop Fenwick 4, Lowell Catholic 1
The Crusaders got one goal each from Mike Faragi, Cam Anderson, Manny Alvarez-Segee and Ralph Juffre in the victory, while Nick Wesley notched two assists.
Fenwick closes the regular season at 7-9-4 and awaits its seeding in the upcoming state tournament.
Winthrop 5, Saugus 3
The Vikings pulled away with two goals in the second period to secure the win in the regular-season finale.
Phil Boncore led the way with three goals in the win, while Michael Holgersen notched two goals. Joe Hayes had two assists, while Ari Hain, Pete Silverman and James Sicurella each had one assist.
Winthrop closes the regular season at 10-9-1 and awaits its seeding in the upcoming state tournament.
For the Sachems, Dante Mauro scored two goals to lead the offense. Chris Regnetta added one goal, while Jason Caron had one assist.
Saugus closes the regular season at 7-12-1 and hopes to lock up a spot in the upcoming state tournament.
Gloucester 4, Lynnfield 3 (OT)
The Pioneers tied the game up with nine seconds left in regulation, but Gloucester was able to score just 19 seconds into overtime to hand Lynnfield the loss.
Aidan Burke led the way with one goal and one assist, while Chase Carney and Janssen Sperling each scored one goal. Will Steadman notched two assists, while Patrick Barrett had one assist.
Lynnfield closes the regular season at 16-3-1 and awaits its seeding in the upcoming state tournament.
GIRLS HOCKEY
Winthrop 1, Beverly/Danvers 0
The Vikings wrapped up the regular season with an unbeaten record thanks to the shutout win Wednesday.
The lone goal for Winthrop was scored by Emma Holmes, while goalie Summer Tallent notched yet another shutout in net.
Winthrop closes the regular season at 17-0-1 and awaits its seeding in the upcoming state tournament.
Bishop Fenwick 4, Bishop Stang 2
The Crusaders got goals from Lauren Diranian, Zoe Elwell, Lily Pregent and Skylar Demsey in the victory, while Emma Perry notched her 50th career point with an assist. Ali Sprissler and Penny Levine also had one assist each in the win.
Bishop Fenwick (9-8-2) closes out the regular season Thursday (1) at home against Matignon.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Swampscott 66, Saugus 49
Behind a 25-point outburst from Ryan Ward, the Big Blue took home its 14th consecutive win. Riad Benagour added eight points in the victory, while Cam O’Brien scored seven points and led the team in both rebounds and assists.
Swampscott closes the regular season at 16-4 and awaits its seeding in the upcoming state tournament.
Saugus closes the regular season at 8-12 and sits on the bubble for a state-tournament spot.
St. John’s Prep 87, Malden 49
The Eagles had five different players score in double figures to aid in the victory, led by Mike O’Brien’s 15 points. Jack Perry and Kyle Webster each scored 14 points, while Jacob Mercedes and Nick Lemmond each scored 12 points.
St. John’s Prep closes the regular season at 11-9 and awaits its seeding in the upcoming state tournament.
Salem 63, Salem Academy 41
The Witches had 10 players score in the win, with Treston Abreu leading the attack with 25 points and five rebounds. Jack Doyle notched eight assists in the winning effort.
Salem closes the regular season at 17-3 and awaits its seeding in the upcoming state tournament.
Marblehead 72, Bellingham 55
Marblehead closes the regular season at 13-7 and awaits its seeding in the upcoming state tournament.
