Boston Globe Feb 6

Boys’ hockey Hingham 5, St. Mary’s 3 — Senior captain Alex Pompeo rifled a shot from the high slot top shelf to break a 3-3 tie with 49.4 seconds remaining as the Harbormen put away the Spartans in what could be a preview of a Super 8 matchup.

The Harbormen iced their victory with an empty-net goal with five seconds left at Pilgrim Arena.

The teams took a 1-1 tie into the third period before St. Mary’s jumped ahead at 7:20 when senior captain Cam Kennedy fired a slap shot through all kinds of traffic.

At 5:19 in the third, the Spartans gave the Harbormen 59 seconds of a 5-on-3 advantage. Hingham cashed in quickly, tying the game at 5:07 when traffic in front of the net finally shoved a puck past goalie Donald Hesse

St. Mary’s regained the lead 14 seconds later when junior Tommy Braswell chipped a puck off a faceoff past Hingham’s Kevin Granatino.
1:46  remaining in the game, Hingham tied the score again on its third power play of the period as junior forward Ryan Linehan spotted Hesse drawn to the far left post and slipped a shot into the empty right side.

“That was the best high school hockey game I’ve been involved with in my 25 years of doing this,’’ St. Mary’s coach Mark Lee said.