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WHITE DIVISIONS
Jason Ewing wore a natural hat over a 5:24 span of the third period, two of the goals coming 43 seconds apart, Nick Tango scored twice and Kyle Ash had two assists in Reading’s 5-3 victory over Marblehead, which got a goal and an assists from James McCarthy; and Blake Alber pitched a shutout and Andy Robinson scored with 49 seconds left in the second period of Chelmsford’s 1-0 victory over Marblehead.

BLUE DIVISIONS
Pat Harrington wore the hat, Ed Doherty had 1-2-3 and Mike Gallant 1-1-2 in Stoneham’s 8-3 victory over Billerica, which got 1-2-3 from Robbie Moran and 1-1-2 apiece from Derek Abreau and Ashlie Jones; Immerman’s second goal of the game, with 10:35 left, turned out to be the winner as Acton-Boxboro nipped Maples, 3-2; Dan Hennessey posted 1-2-3, Adam Ziady scored twice and Matt Nardone had two assists in Winchester’s 5-2 win over Everett/Revere; and Pat Scanlon scored with the winner with 31 seconds remaining and Justin Bruzzese had 1-1-2 as North Reading pulled out a 2-1 decision over Methuen.

RED DIVISIONS
Medford’s Brendan Ciarlone scored 26 seconds into the game and Jeff Davis of Acton-Boxboro answered four minutes later and that was it for the scoring in a 1-1 tie; Jake Burridge scored with 4:25 left in the second period to give Stoneham a 1-1 tie with the Wizards, who had taken the lead when Kim Carroll scored earlier in the second period; Pelligrini tied the game with 4:20 left and Saizt then scored the winner with 1:55 remaining as Newton pulled out a 3-2 verdict over Saugus, which got both goals from Shane Whittredge; and No. 3 posted 2-1-3 and Lexington/Bedford topped North Andover, 5-1.

SILVER DIVISIONS
Cam Twomey (1-1-2) scored with 44 seconds left in the second period to lift S&S to a 2-1 decision over Andover; Trevor Boyd scored with 4:41 left to give Haverhill/Pentucket a 2-2 tie with Concord-Carlisle Brendan Bassett had 1-1-2 and Zachary Hillman scored what turned out to be the winning goal with one second left in the second period as Nashoba topped Nashua, 6-3; and Luc Dallaire scored with 23 seconds left to give Waltham a 2-1 decision over Woburn, which broke Max Penton’s shutout when Kergo scored with 4:40 remaining.

GOLD DIVISIONS
Rico DiFronzo had a goal and two assists, Pat Brothers scored twice and Alex Norton had 1-1-2 in Tewksbury’s 5-1 win over Acton-Boxboro; Joe Chasse assisted on three goals, Adam Clayton and R.J. Page both scored two and Nick Scabin had two assists in Billerica’s 4-2 win over Reading; Capone (1-1-2) scored what turned out to be the winner with 4:51 left as Winthrop edged North Reading, 4-3 – Fitzgerald with two assists in the loss; and Sean Bates and Nick McCool shared the shutout, Ray Donovan had 1-2-3 and Ryan Murphy 1-1-2 in Methuen’s 3-0 victory over Masco.

GRAY DIVISIONS
Matt Jackson pitched a shutout and Danny O’Brien scored in the second period as Stoneham topped Burlington. 2-0; and Jack Walsh pitched a shutout and Dario DiRenzo scored twice in North Andover’s 4-0 victory over Andover.

– MIKE SHALIN, mshalin@valley-associates.com