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Mite - Week Ending February 28

WHITE DIVISIONS
Greater Lowell and Arlington both won twice and Reading had a win and a tie. Matt Asselin scored twice in Greater Lowell’s 4-2 win over Nashoba – and Matt Asselin wore the hat, Ben Asselin had three assists and Kyle McManus scored twice in a 6-2 victory over Winchester; Kyle Davies pitched a shutout and Mazzei scored late in the second period in Arlington’s 3-0 win over North Andover – and Masci’s second goal of the game, with 7:36 left, turned out to be the winner, DiCarlo had 1-1-2 and Jones two assists in a 4-3 decision over Lynnfield; Brendan Fay had 2-1-3, and No. 8 also scored twice as Reading scored five goals in the second period and edged Wilmington, 7-6, despite two goals apiece by Chris Robarge, Timmy Kippenberger and Jared Venezia and two assists from Nolan Ricci – and Mark Bentley’s second goal of the game, with 3:42 left, was the tying goal and Joe Moffitt had 1-1-2 as Andover pulled out a 5-5 tie with Reading, which got a hat trick and an assist from Eric Ash;

Thor Griffith wore the hat in Wakefield’s 4-2 win over Waltham; Brendan Flynn scored what proved to be the winner with 5:25 left and Dan Lehman had 1-1-2 as Lexington/Bedford edged Newburyport, 4-3, despite 2-1-3 by Scott Webster; and Jeremy Laliberty posted 2-1-3 in Newburyport’s 4-2 win over Winchester.

BLUE DIVISIONS

Lexington/Bedford posted a win or a tie. Wesley Gierkink scored with 3:58 left and John Dale followed with a minute on the clock to give L/B a 4-3 victory over Melrose, which got 1-1-2 from William Jennings – and Anthony Curcuru’s second goal of the game, with 3:28 left, gave Cape Ann a 3-3 tie with Lexington/Bedford, Nevin Bertolino with two assists for Cape Ann;

Luke Evangelista and Cory Cherico both posted 2-1-3 in Winthop’s 5-2 victory over Tewksbury; Ben Raymond scored four goals, Max Gesner also wore the hat and Phil Tresca had 2-1-3 in Newton’s big win over Agawam; Cody Porcello erupted for six goals, five in the first period, four in a 2:50 span early in the game, Dillon Maguire had five assists, Charlie Haggerty also wore the hat and Sean Senier had three assists as Melrose beat Lynn, 9-1; Kirby Glynn scored four goals and assisted on another, Jared McKenna also wore the hat and Trevor Currier, Matt Major and Anthony Cafarelli all had 1-1-2 in Masco’s 11-3 handling of Amesbury, which got 1-1-2 from Jack Vachon; Jack Shannon came through with 2-2-4, Ryan Shea had 2-1-3 and Jackson Gross also scored twice in Andover’s 7-3 victory over Nashoba; and Jack St. Pierre wore the hat and Joe Strabley had 1-1-2 in Portland’s 4-2 win over Marblehead.

RED DIVISIONS

Nashua won twice. Julian Yang scored with 6:24 left to produce a 2-1 decision over Medford – and Sean Sampson scored midway through the second period of a 2-1 win over Wilmington;

Billy McCann scored his second goal of the game with 1:16 left to give North Reading a 3-3 tie with Arlington; Cullen Millrick scored two goals in a 1:53 span of the second period and Waltham edged Triton, 4-3 – Khoda wearing the hat and Belt with two assists in the loss; Joe Wood wore the hat and had two assists, Jake Caruso scored twice, Josh Pafford had 1-1-2 and Dana Smullen pitched a shutout in Peabody’s big win over the Wizards; Cole DiSilvio posted 2-2-4, Jeff Floramo had three assists, Clayton Marengi added two assists and Matt Nekoroski pitched a shutout in Lynnfield’s 6-0 win over Medford; Neil Brennan scored the tying goal with 2:42 left and Zack Lever had 1-1-2 as Newburyport pulled out a 4-4 tie with Wilmington, which got two goals from Dylan Wargo; and Anthony Crompton and Ryan Mackey (two goals) scored 27 seconds apart early in the third period and Noah Jankowski also scored twice as Methuen edged Peabody, 7-6 – Caruso with a hat trick and an assist and Ryan Bradley two goals in the loss.

SILVER DIVISIONS

Caleb Amidon had a goal and an assist in Groton’s 2-0 win over Reading (coaches, a goalie???); No. 10 scored with 1:26 left to give Burlington a 4-3 victory over Wakefield, which got two assists from Matt Sateri; Adam Heinze (1-1-2) scored the winner with 7:40 left and Mike Hart scored twice as North Andover edged S&S,. 3-2; Sullivan and Richards both wore hats in Woburn’s 7-2 win over Masco, which got both goals from Matt Elliott; Luke Gilgun had what proved to be the winner with 4:32 left, Angelo Mario posted 2-1-3 and Mike Bongiorno added 1-1-2 in Winchester’s 6-5 decision over Haverhill/Pentucket, which got 1-1-2 apiece from Luke Tucker and Eliana Kane; Joey Shields scored the tying goal with 36 seconds left and Maggie O’Donnell assisted on both Melrose goals in a 2-2 tie with Nashoba; William O’Brien scored twice and Stoneham stopped Tewksbury, 3-1; and Matt Devaney and Shane Lachance scored in the third period and Sam Murray had 1-1-2 as Andover nipped Woburn, 4-3 – Maloney with two goals in the loss.

GOLD DIVISIONS

Chelmsford won twice again. Zach Thomas scored what proved to be the winner with 1:12 left in the second period of a 4-3 decision over Waltham – and Ryan Heise scored twice in a 3-1 victory over Greater Lowell;

Seamus Webster scored what proved to be the winner with 6:49 left as Newburyport edged Lynn, 3-2 – Nick Cosmos with 1-1-2 in the loss; Calvin May scored twice and Nick Ciaccio had two assists in Winchester’s 4-1 win over Andover; Andrew Casciani wore the hat and had two assists and Madeleine Rinklin posted 1-1-2 in Reading’s 8-1 handling of Beverly; Leif Riley snapped a 2-2 tie with 7:36 left as Amesbury nipped Saugus, 4-2 – Zoe Solomons with both goals in the loss; and Lawn scored the tying goal with nine seconds left and Delucia assisted on both goals as Watertown pulled out a 2-2 tie with the Reading Girls.

GRAY DIVISIONS

Marblehead won twice. Anthony Fresolone wore the hat and had an assist and Abby Kalinowski had 1-1-2 in a 4-3 decision over Reading, which got 2-1-3 from Lydon – and Fresolone delivered 1-1-2 in a 3-0 win over Marblehead (coaches, a goalie for the shutout???);

Max Trawick had 1-1-2 and Chris Rooney lost a shutout when Brennan Fisher scored with 1:39 left in Groton’s 3-1 win over Lexington/Bedford; Nick Miller wore the hat, scoring two goals in 48 seconds early in the third period, and Colin Massidda, Kyle Krawczyk and John Lessard all had 1-1-2 in PAT’s 6-4 win over Woburn, which got 1-1-2 apiece from Kovinsky and Ritchie; Callie Wiley scored with 2:07 left and then assisted on Kathleen Adams’ winner 12 seconds later as the Andover Girls beat Reading, 4-2 – Vedder with both goals in the loss; and Nathan Arsenault delivered 1-1-2 and Ryan Scanlon two assists in Nashua’s 3-1 win over Wakefield.

BLACK

Burlington won twice. Dan Downie had what proved to be the winner with 1:41 left, Joe Barbieri posted 2-2-4 and Kara Cecchini also scored twice as Burlington edged North Andover, 7-6, Jim Boyle with four goals and Rachel Neyman two in the loss – and Barbieri and Kyle Inglis both wore hats and Cecchini scored twice in a 10-6 win over North Reading, which got 2-1-3 from No. 12 and two goals from Jake VerColen;

Boyle scored four goals in North Andover’s 9-2 handling of Newton; Dan Capello scored four goals and assisted on another, Alex Erickson and Emma Beers both posted 2-1-3 and Nolan Ratte 1-1-2 in Nashoba’s 11-3 win over Masco, which got 1-2-3 from Logan Campbell and 1-1-2 from Chris O’Grady; Brandon Farrin wore the hat, Brian Taylor delivered 2-1-3 and Gavin Nareski also scored twice as Danvers defeated Andover VI, 7-0; Joe Tardif scored two goals and assisted on three others, Alex Hallion wore the hat and Bretton Manley had 1-1-2 in Newton’s 8-2 win over Methuen; and Aiden Lareau scored the tying goal with 46 seconds left, Anthony Previte scored twice and Conor Keefe had two assists as Andover V pulled out a 5-5 tie with Winthrop, which got two goals from Aidan Powers, 1-1-2 apiece from Ken Streeter and Evan Smotrich and two assists from Stephen Hinchion.