| Massachusetts State Tournament Division 1A (Super 8 Class) Defending Champ - Boston Catholic Memorial. Favorites - St. John's of Shrewsbury, BC High. Preliminary Round: 02/26/2002 Arlington (13-4-3) defeated Chelmsford 5-1. Reading (16-4-3) defeated Arlington Catholic 4-1. First Round: 03/03/2002 St. John's of Shrewsbury (18-1-3, #1 seed) defeated Reading (16-5-3, #8 seed) 5-4. BC High (15-4-2, #2 seed) defeated Arlington (13-5-3, #7 seed) 2-1. Billerica (15-2-4, #6 seed) upset Austin Prep (15-3-3, #3 seed) 3-2 in overtime. Boston Catholic Memorial (14-3-2, #5 seed) defeated Hingham (20-2-1, #4 seed) 3-1. Second Round: Losers Bracket: 03/05/2002 Hingham (21-2-1, #4 seed) shutout Reading (16-6-3, #8 seed) 4-0. Austin Prep (16-3-3, #3 seed) defeated Arlington (13-6-3, #7 seed) 4-2. For Austin Prep, senior forward Chris Caprano had 1 goal, 2 assists. Winners Bracket: 03/07/2002 Boston Catholic Memorial (15-3-2, #5 seed) defeated St. John's of Shrewsbury (18-2-3, #1 seed) 4-3 in overtime. Defenseman Kyle Sibley of BCM scored the gamewinner at 9:45 of overtime. BC High (16-4-2, #2 seed) defeated Billerica (15-3-4, #7 seed) 5-2. BC High built up a 5-0 lead in the third period. BIllerica added two late third period goals. Third Round: 03/10/2002 Losers Bracket: Hingham (22-2-1, #4 seed) defeated Billerica (15-4-4, #7 seed) 8-6. St. John's of Shrewsbury (19-2-3, #1 seed) defeated Austin Prep (16-4-3, #3 seed) 3-2 in overtime. Freshman defenseman Ryan Ginand scored a wrister in overtime. Goalies: St. John's - Dan Gemme, Austin Prep - Jim Sarno. Winners Bracket: BC High (17-4-2, #2 seed) defeated Boston Catholic Memorial (15-4-2, #5 seed) 6-2. Boston Catholic Memorial scored the first goal of the game, but BC High came back to score the next five goals to lead 5-1 early in the second period. BCM outshot BC High 28-25. Goalies: BC High - sophomore Joel Grossman, BCM - junior Ed Nehily and sophomore DJ DelBuono. Losers Bracket: 03/12/2002 Hingham (23-2-1, #4 seed) shutout St. John's of Shrewsbury (19-3-3, #1 seed) 2-0. Senior goalie John Lynch of Hingham notched the shutout. Senior Kevin Olson of Hingham scored in the second period. Andrew Genovese of Hingham put the game away with a goal at 12:02 of the third period. Goalies: Hingham - Lynch, St. John's - Matt Gorman. 03/14/2002 Boston Catholic Memorial (16-4-2, #5 seed) defeated Hingham (23-3-1, #4 seed) 4-1. Hingham controlled play in the first period, outshooting BCM 14-4, and took a 1-0 lead after one. BCM came back to take control in the second period, outshooting Hingham 15-4, and notched two goals for a 2-1 lead after two. BCM added a goal in the third period plus an empty net marker. Goalies: BCM - junior Ed Nehily, Hingham - senior John Lynch. Final: 03/17/2002 BC High (18-4-2, #2 seed) shutout Boston Catholic Memorial (16-5-2, #5 seed) 2-0. BC High downed four-time defending champion Boston Catholic Memorial. Boston Catholic Memorial had defeated BC High in the last three Finals. BC High last won the Super 8 title in 1996. BC High took a 1-0 lead after one on a power play goal from sophomore Steve Smolinsky midway through the period. BC High held their 1-0 lead through a scoreless second period. In the third period, at 9:13, BC High got a two-goal cushion when senior Jordan Virtue lifted in his own rebound for a 2-0 lead. Goalies: BC High - junior Travis Luongo, BCM - junior Ed Nehily. During the regular season: Boston Catholic Memorial defeated Academy Of Holy Angels 3-2. Division 1 Final: Waltham (18-6-1) defeated Springfield Cathedral 3-2 in overtime. Division 2 Final: Martha's Vineyard (19-5-1) 6 St. Mary's 2 Division 3 Final: Westwood (17-6-2) 4 Westfield (20-5-0) 2 |