January 5th

School roundup: St. Mary's hockey ices St. Bernard's

By Joyce Erekson / The Daily Item

The St. Mary's boys hockey team defeated St. Bernard's of Fitchburg for the second time this season, but the Spartans had to work a little harder the second time around.

In their first meeting, St. Mary's cruised to a 7-1 win. Round two was a little closer, but the Spartans pulled it out, 3-0, at Wallace Civic Center.

St. Mary's bombarded St. Bernard's keeper Chase Thornton with 48 shots, but only three found the back of the net. Bucky Surette scored at 5:34 of the first period with the assists going to Jordan Manthorne and Tom Braswell. Julian Yourawski made it 2-0 in the second (Bobby Mullins and Brendan Mageary assists) and it was Surette again in the third with Braswell getting the assist.

The Spartans, who outshot St. Bernard's 48-9, are 3-1-2 overall, 2-0-2 in the Catholic Central League.

Dec 30 team update

Hello everyone,

The Markham family is hosting a pasta dinner on Mon. directly after practice. Please let them know if your son cannot make it.

Also, if you have not paid the $50 for the SMH jacket and other items please make a check out the the Blue Line Club by January 15.

The list for 50/50s and sandwiches/drinks is posted on the blog. If you have not signed up yet I will assign you a date shortly, and then if it is not good for you you can find someone to switch with.

Here are the dates for the pasta suppers so far:

Mon, Dec 27, Mageary & Surette (cancelled...snow)

Mon, Jan 3, Markham

Mon, Jan 10, Yourawski & Manthorne

Mon, Jan 17 Mullins...Poliskey...Colameta

Sun, Jan 23, Parent & Aylward

Mon, Feb 7,  Perkins & __________

Sun, Feb 13, Dimaiti

Wed, Feb 16, Julia Lowell

I have been trying to put the articles from the Lynn Item and the Herald  on the blog (some problems with the long ones).

www.smhboyshockey.blogspot.com If you take any pictures and you would like me to post them just send them to me.

Christine

St. Mary's hockey reaches Kasabuski final

St. Mary's hockey reaches Kasabuski final: "SAUGUS -- Since coming to the Catholic Central League/Large, the St. Mary's hockey team had knocked off every team in the CCL except one: Austin Prep.

The Cougars had been the thorn in St. Mary's side in recent years but on Tuesday at Kasabuski Arena, the Spartans finally got that monkey off their backs.

James Perkins banged home the rebound of a Bucky Surette shot with 57.3 seconds left in overtime as the Spartans claimed a 2-1 win (a tie in the CCL and MIAA official standings) and a date with No. 1 ranked Malden Catholic in tonight's Division 1 final at the Kasabuski Christmas Classic. The Lancers defeated St. Bernard's, 18-0, in the other semifinal.

'I am very proud of how the guys never quit working,' St. Mary's coach Mark Lee said. 'We have an immense amount of respect for Austin Prep as a program and for us to get a win over a team like that when we don't play our best says a lot for the guys in our locker room.'

Despite outshooting AP 20-17 in the game, the Spartans (2-0-2) struggled to find their way at times on Tuesday and relied on solid goaltending from Donald Hesse to keep Austin from pulling out in front when they had control of the game for much of the first period and a half."

Herald article

The Dec 22 Boston Herald article by Jim Clark


Super Eight semifinalist Austin Prep suffered some heavy losses to graduation and transfers, as did state champion Arlington Catholic and runner-up Archbishop Williams. That leaves the door open in the Catholic Central League for St. Mary’s, which lost to AC in the North final. James Perkins and Tommy Braswell lead a balanced group of forwards, with Cam Kennedy the top blueliner in front of all-star goalie Donald Hesse.

Lynn Item roundup Dec 22

At Connery Rink in Lynn, the rematch of last year's Division 1 North final was entertaining as the Spartans (2-0-1) got a hat trick from Bobby Mullins to overcome a 2-0 deficit after the first period.

"I was proud of the way the kids didn't quit and kept coming back," St. Mary's coach Mark Lee said. "We dominated the last two periods but we had a lot of opportunities turned away."

Mullins got the Spartans on the board early in the second period before the Cougars took back their two-goal lead. Brendan Mageary scored late in the second and Mullins netted another early in the third to make it 3-3.

The Cougars pushed back in front at 4-3 before Mullins completed his hat trick at 8:55 of the third.

Senior boys 2010/2011

Photo by Mr. Colameta