Melrose won twice. Joe Taglieri pitched a shutout and Eric Mercer had two goals and an assist in a 4-0 win over Burlington – and Jake Witkowski and Mercer scored 1:17 apart in the second period and Taglieri lost a shutout bid when Couto scored with 4:35 left in a 3-1 victory over Danvers;

DJ Steed scored the winner with 3:12 left and Connor Irving had a goal and an assist as NH East edged Winchester, 4-3; Dylan Yameen and Ryan Bradley both scored twice and Jacob Ring had 1-1-2 in Salem’s 5-1 victory over Stoneham; Joey Peduto had 2-1-3 and Andrew Hoang and Ryan Barnett both also scored twice as Acton-Boxboro beat Concord, 7-2; Doug Richardson had 2-1-3, Mike Moran posted 1-2-3 and Alexandros Reissis and Luke Tremblay shared the shutout in Arlington’s 5-0 victory over Salem; Jake Straw scored four goals, Ben Albert assisted on three and Graham Doherty had 1-1-2 in Beverly’s 6-1 victory over Andover; Mike Mansir scored with 13 seconds left in the second period and the Renegades edged Woburn, 2-1; Alex Decoste scored with 7:34 left to give Chelmsford a 1-1 tie with Portland, which went ahead when Stephen Comar scored just eight seconds into the game; Dylan Meadows capped a four-goal game with a pair in the third period, Anthony Lespasio posted three assists and Joe Arciprete and Matt Kiernan both had 1-1-2 as Lexington/Bedford topped Newton, 7-5 – Tucker Marr wearing the hat and Alex Joyce collecting 1-2-3 in the loss; and CJ Grinnell (1-1-2) scored with one second remaining to give Burlington a 2-1 decision over Nashua.

BLUE DIVISIONS

Acton-Boxboro had two wins and a tie, Marblehead two wins and Stoneham a win and a tie. Brett Losier scored the winner with 2:19 left and Charles Lovering had 1-1-2 in Acton-Boxboro’s 2-1 victory over Reading; Will Murphy posted 2-1-3 and Losier 1-1-2 in a 6-2 triumph over Triton, which got both goals from Curley – and Jack Finneran scored with 2:08 left in the second period and A-B overcame a 2-0 deficit and tied Tewksbury, 2-2; Trevor Gelineau had what proved to be the winner with 48 seconds left and Corey Finch posted 1-2-3 as Marblehead nipped Wakefield, 6-5 – Kyle Gorton and Mike Fennelly with 2-1-3 apiece in the loss – and Phil Gulliver had 2-1-3, Aaron DeAngelo and Colby Shepherd both also scored twice and Nick Perry had two assists in a 7-2 victory over Greater Lowell; Nick Toussaint’s goal with 2:59 left in the second period turned out to be the winner as Stoneham edged Triton, 2-1 – and Payne Bourgeois scored two goals in the second period and Tanner Garipey had two assists as Greater Lowell earned a 3-3 tie with Stoneham, which got 1-1-2 from Toussaint;

Matt Azarella pitched a shutout and No. 39 scored early in the second period as Concord-Carlisle edged Reading, 1-0; Dan Morin scored twice, Jeremy Binding had two assists and Matt Arena and Devlin McIntire shared the shutout ass Haverhill/Pentucket topped Masco, 4-0; Nick LeBoeuf pitched a shutout and Jack Shea scored late in the first period of Salem’s 2-0 victory over Nashoba; Balian wore the hat and had an assist, Eruzione and Page both delivered 2-1-3, Skoczylas had 1-1-2 and Goddard two assists in Winthrop’s big win over Burlington; Hadley’s goal with 1:14 left in the second period gave Saugus a 2-1 decision over Reading; Morretti scored twice and Donovan and Price both had two assists and DePew pitched a shutout in Lynn’s 4-0 win over Waltham; Nicodemus’s second goal of the game, with 39 seconds left, gave Newburyport a 3-3 tie with Burlington; Brendan O’Brien had 1-2-3 and Ryan Feeney three assists as Melrose skated to a 4-4 tie with Cape Ann, which got two goals from No. 54; Seward’s second goal of the game, with 3:02 left, gave Triton a 3-3 tie with Nashoba, which got two goals from Brian Prato; and Brendan Benoit and Luke Foley both had 2-1-3 and Cody McGowan added 1-1-2 in Wilmington’s 6-3 win over North Reading, which got 2-1-3 from Maidment.

RED DIVISIONS

Methuen won twice. Nick DeChirico (1-1-2) had what proved to be the winner with 4:17 left in a 3-2 decision over Danvers, which got both goals from Zack Armand and assists on both from Jon Milne – and Tom Couture scored what proved to be the winner late in the second period of a 3-1 win over Lexington/Bedford;

Andrew Crampe (1-1-2) scored what turned out to be the winner with 8:36 left and Anthony Costa posted 2-1-3 as Lynnfield nipped Woburn, 3-2; Derek Bourque delivered 1-2-3, Matt Albanna and Cody Porter both scored twice and James Sacco had two assists in Waltham’s 5-3 win over Greater Lowell; Nick Thomas scored with 5:34 remaining to give Woburn a 2-2 tie with S&S, which got 1-1-2 from Jake Finley; Zachary Sullivan posted 2-2-4, Matt Bean also scored twice and Simon Majahad and Luke Bugler both had two assists in Newburyport’s 6-1 win over Peabody; Matt Diorio scored twice, Joe Marino had 1-1-2 and Dave Souza two assists in Wilmington’s 5-2 victory over Nashua, which got 1-1-2 from Brett Estrella; Zizzo and Callautti both wore hats, Zizzo with two assists, Callautti one, Williams had 2-1-3 and Coiro 1-2-3 in Medford’s big win over Beverly; Will Rennie wore the hat and No. 27 had 1-1-2 as Malden/East Boston topped Lexington/Bedford, 7-2; Kyle Lawrence, Shawn Moody and Jack Harrington scored in a 1:29 span of the second period to lift Andover past Lynnfield, 3-2 – Luke Tetrault with both goals in the loss; and Charlie Pigott scored with 4:23 left and No. 15 followed with 2:38 on the clock to give Arlington a 2-2 tie with North Andover, which got both goals from McDonough.

SILVER DIVISIONS

Masco and Wakefield both won twice. Forbes scored the winner with 5:56 left in the second period of Masco’s 2-1 decision over North Reading – and Forbes had two assists in a 3-1 win over Chelmsford; Matt White pitched a shutout and Joe Delory scored in Wakefield’s 2-0 win over Newburyport – and Joe Porter wore the hat and James McAuliffe had 1-2-3 in a 4-2 victory over Stoneham;

James Liberge, Derek Bankas and Chris Durkin scored in a 4:12 span of the second period as Everett/Revere topped Burlington, 4-2; Kondroski wore the hat and had two assists, Robes posted 2-1-3 and Cowdrey 1-1-2 in Groton’s 8-1 handling of Andover; Mike Baglieri delivered 2-1-3, Dawson Merrill also scored twice and Alex Cote and Bryan Bujnowski both had two assists in Salem’s 6-2 win over Lexington/Bedford; Pat Todisco posted 1-2-3 and Alex Anzuoni scored twice in Winthrop’s 4-1 win over Lexington/Bedford; Matt Bullock scored twice in a three-goal rally late in the second period that lifted Marblehead into a 3-3 tie with Woburn; Brian Prato scored four goals and David Peterson and Connor Johnson both had three assists in Nashoba’s 6-1 victory over Salem; Kurtis Platteel had 2-2-4 and Tom Stolki and Brian Robinson both added two assists in Chelmsford’s 7-1 win over Andover; Blades Shields (his second) and Ben Clifford scored nine seconds apart in the third period to push Maples to a 3-1 win over Chelmsford; and Dan McNamara had 1-2-3, Mike Meehan added 1-1-2 and Brandon Donohue lost a shutout bid when Nick Petkevitch scored with 2:42 left in PAT’s 4-1 win over Lynn.

GOLD

Cape Ann had a win and a tie. K. Mulkerin had 1-1-2 in a 3-1 victory over Nashua – and K. Mulkerin (1-1-2) scored the tying goal with 3:42 left and R. Mulkerin also had 1-1-2 as Cape Ann pulled out a 2-2 tie with Arlington;

Todd Stewart pitched a shutout and Steve Underwood had 1-1-2 as Haverhill/Pentucket nipped Danvers, 2-0; Gabriel David scored with 10:48 left to give Wilmington a 2-1 decision over Hollis; and Joe Silva wore the hat and had two assists, Vinny Capuno posted 1-3-4, Brad Dill also wore the hat, Kevin Ducenbom scored twice and Taylor Agnew had two assists to back the shutout goaltending of George Papagiorgio in Lynn’s big win over Newton.

– MIKE SHALIN, mshalin@valley-associates.com