UPDATED, Jan. 16: The No. 3-ranked Arlington boys’ hockey team improved to 6-1-1, shutting out Belmont, 2-0, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at Ed Burns Arena.
The No. 8-ranked Arlington girls’ hockey team (5-1-2) played Belmont (7-1-3) even, 0-0, on Jan. 15 at Skip Viglirolo Rink, Belmont.
The Arlington Catholic girls improved to 5-6, with a 5-3 win over Archbishop Williams at Canton SportsPlex.
Boys’ hockey: AHS, AC win close games
The Arlington High School boys’ hockey team improved to 5-1-1, edging Winchester (1-5-1), 3-2, on Sunday, Jan. 12, at Ed Burns Arena.
The Arlington Catholic (3-5-1) boys also won in another close one, 2-1, over Lowell Catholic (0-6-1), 2-1, at Tsongas Center, Lowell.
AC girls win, boys lose
The Arlington Catholic girls’ hockey team skated to a decisive 7-2 win over Shawsheen/Bedford ob Saturday, Jan. 11, at Janas Rink, Lowell, as junior Brenna Mulcahy and sophomore Katie Boyle each scored two goals for the Cougars (5-6).
The AC boys fell to 2-5-1 Jan. 11 with a 6-0 loss to St. Mary’s at Connery Rink, Lynn.
The AHS girls’ game against Winchester at Ed Burns Arena was canceled because of the lack of power in the rink.
AHS girls, boys top Lexington; AC teams win
Among the Boston Globe girls’ hockey games to watch was the match between No. 8 Lexington (4-1-2) and No. 12 Arlington (5-1-1) on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at Burns Arena.
The Ponder girls dropped Lexington from the undefeated ranks, 2-1. The Arlington High School boys’ hockey team improved to 4-1-1, as it also topped Lexington, 3-1, Jan. 8 at Edge Sports Center, Bedford.
The Arlington Catholic boys’ hockey team swamped St. Peter-Marian, 8-1, Jan. 8, at Arlington, as Thomas Milne and Nolan Mallett each scored two goals to lead the Cougars (2-4-1).
The Arlington Catholic girls improved to 3-6, topping St. Joseph Prep/Mt. Alvernia, 4-3, at Arlington.
AC girls edged
The Arlington Catholic girls’ hockey team fell to 2-6 after Medford got the edghe, 3-2, Monday, Jan. 6, at LoConte Rink, Medford.
AHS girls win, boys tie
The Arlington High School girls’ hockey team improved to 4-1-1, crushing Woburn, 5-1, Saturday, Jan. 4, at Ed Burns Arena, Arlington.
The Spy Ponders capitalized on three scores in the first period for the Middlesex League win.
The AHS boys’ team stand at 3-1-1 after tying Woburn, 1-1, at the Burns Arena on Jan. 4.
The Arlington Catholic girls’ team fell to Matignon, 3-1, at Stoneham Arena, as freshman Tia Picardi logged a hat trick for the Warriors (4-3), and freshman goalie Danielle DeJon earned the win in her first career start.
The Everett boys edged Minuteman, 5-4, at Valley Sports Arena, Concord. With an incomplete record reported at BostonGlobe.com, Minuteman stands at 1-4.
AC girls win; Minuteman boys lose
The Arlington Catholic girls’ hockey team on Thursday, Jan. 2, topped Latin Academy/Fontbonne (3-3), 6-1, at Shea Rink, Quincy. BostonGlobe.com says AC has a record of 2-4, but the results of one game is missing.
Shawsheen (4-2) crushed Minuteman, 10-2, on Jan. 2 at Hallenborg Pavilion, Billerica. Minuteman has a record of 1-3, but one game is missing.
AHS boys blank Reading; girls tie
The Arlington High School boys’ hockey team shut out Reading, 3-0, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, at Burbank Arena, Reading.
Brendan Jones scored 33 seconds into the game and the Spy Ponders (3-1-0) took down the Rockets. Nathan Brennan had the shutout for Arlington, which also got goals from Ryan Davies and Tyler Callahan.
In girls’ hockey, Reading scored twice in a one-minute span in the third period to pull out a 3-3 tie Dec. 31 against the 11th-ranked Spy Ponders at Burbank Arena, Reading.
AC, AHS girls lose in tourney
Among holiday tournaments involving girls’ hockey teams, the Middlesex/Catholic Central Showcase (at Essex Sports Center) on Monday, Dec. 30:
Arlington Catholic lost to Wilmington, 2-1, and St. Mary’s handed Arlington (3-1) its first loss, 5-1.
Senior captain Payton Fuller scored with four minutes left in the second period to lift the Wildcats (1-3) to their first win of the season in the Middlesex/Catholic Central Showcase at Essex Sports Center in Middleton. Ashley Mercier also scored for Wilmington. “We’re going to get most of what we get through grit and hard work,” said Wilmington coach John Lapaina. “When we work hard every shift, I think we have a fighting chance.”
The Arlington Catholic boys’ hockey team (1-4-1) lost to Billerica, 4-2, at Bentley University, Waltham.
AC, Minuteman scores
On Saturday, Dec. 28, the Arlington Catholic boys’ hockey stands at 1-3-1 after tying Archbishop Williams, 1-1, at Canton SportsPlex, Canton.
The Minuteman boys’ hockey is 1-2, according to incomplete results at BostonGlobe.com, after beating Gardner, 2-1, at Veteran’s Arena, Gardner, on Dec. 28.
AHS boys lose to No. 2 Pope Francis
The Arlington High School boys’ hockey team (1-0) is ranked No. 3 by The Boston Globe. Ahead of the Ponders are BC High (1-0), at No. 1, and Pope Francis (0-0).
Those rankings were tested Monday, Dec. 23, as Arlington fell to Pope Francis at the Olympia Ice Center, West Springfield. The score was 4-2. Two of the state’s top-five programs have records of 2-1.
On a first-period Spy Ponders goal from Jake Murphy, the Cardinals fell behind, but scored with two minutes left, tying the game after one.
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In other games Dec. 23, both Arlington Catholic teams were blanked — the boys (1-3), to Austin Prep, 2-0, and the girls (1-3), to Bishop Fenwick/Essex Tech, 4-0, in the St. Joseph Prep Christmas Classic at Warrior Ice Arena, Boston.
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Both AHS teams still undefeated
Both Arlington High School hockey teams remained undefeated after games at the Ed Burns Arena Saturday, Dec. 21.
The girls improved to 3-0, blanking Wakefield, 4-0. The boys are 2-0 after their 5-1 over Wakefield.
The Arlington Catholic girls’ team (1-2) won its first, topping St. Joseph Prep/Mt. Alvernia, 3-1, in the St. Joseph Prep Christmas Classic at Warrior Ice Arena, Boston.
The AC boys fell to 1-2 with a 3-2 loss to St. Mary’s on Dec. 21 at the Burns arena, as Brady Bullock scored twice, including the game-winner in the third period to give the Spartans (2-0-0) the Catholic Central League victory.
AHS girls smash Watertown
The Arlington High School girls’ hockey team improved to 2-0 on Wednesday, Dec. 18, crushing Watertown, 9-1.
The win followed a 4-2 victory over Duxbury on Monday, Dec. 16.
The Arlington Catholic boys’ hockey team evened its record at 1-1, topping Mount St. Charles (R.I.), 4-2, on Dec. 18. That follows a 6-2 loss Dec. 14 to Bishop Fenwick, 6-2.
The AC girls’ hockey squad lost to Ursuline, 3-1, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, at Jim Roche Community Arena, West Roxbury, as senior Bridget Popkin had a pair of goals for the Bears (3-0).
The Minuteman boys’ hockey team fell to 0-2, losing Dec. 18 to Essex Tech, 5-2, after a 9-5 loss Dec. 16 at St. Peter-Marian.
AHS tops Melrose in opener
On the wrong end of a 5-on-3 power play late in the second period, the Arlington boy’s hockey team knew it had a lot of work to do with Melrose Ed Burns Arena on opening day Saturday, Dec. 14.
The visitors found an opening in the defense and fired a shot on goal, bostonGlobe.com reported, only to be blocked by forward Brendan Pigott on the penalty-kill team.
Goalkeeper Nate Brennan (20 saves) did his part between the posts, and the Spy Ponders (1-0) pulled away with a 4-1 victory over the Red Raiders (0-1) in a vaunted MIddlesex League matchup.
“We did a great job killing that advantage; the game was 3-1 at that point and that sort of took the air out of it,” AHS Coach John Messuri told The Globe.
Pigott opened up the scoring with the only goal of the first period, giving the Spy Ponders a lead they wouldn’t relinquish.
Reed Malatesta and Anthony Messuri, a Northeastern University commit (2021), added to the tally in the second frame, and the penalty kill all but ended it.
John Hourican added an insurance goal in the third.
“Both teams are pretty even; we just jumped on two quick ones to force them to chase a bit,” said Messuri. “The scoring was spread across the lines and that’s just what we need.”
AC scores
In other hockey scores, both Arlington Catholic teams lost to Bishop Fenwick at Burns Arena — the boys, 6-2, and the girls, 4-1.
In the latter match, junior forward Gabby Davern put together a hat trick for the Crusaders (1-0), who opened their season with a decisive win.
Dec. 13, 2019: HNIB previews season
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This news summary was published Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019, and updated Jan. 16, 2020.
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