Bishop Feehan nets win over Medway
BOURNE — Bishop Feehan punched its ticket to the D2 South Sectional Finals for the first time since 2004 as the Shamrocks pulled off a 2-1 victory over No. 4 Medway (144-5) at Gallo Ice Arena on Tuesday.
A.J. Quetta popped in the game-winner at 8:48 of the third period as No. 15 Bishop Feehan (13-5-2) will play for the D2 South title this Saturday, right back at Gallo.
“This was huge for us as it really states a lot for our senior class. For the last three years, we have ratcheted up the schedule every year so every time (our team) caught up to the competition, we gave them harder competition,” said Bishop Feehan head coach Kevin Dunn.
The teams exchanged goals in the second period as the Shamrocks found the back of the net first. Kevin Barrera stuffed home his own rebound at 4:54 off the left post and under the right pad of sophomore goalie Evan Monaghan, who was outstanding in net with 27 saves.
On the very next shift, Bishop Feehan picked up an interference penalty and the Mustangs made them pay. Sean Murphy picked up a rebound out in front of the crease and went rightto-left across the posts for a backhander far side over the extended blocker of goalie Ryan D’Amato.
Murphy’s goal tied things up for Medway at 6:22 of the second but it was the only goal D’Amato would let up and finished with 29 saves in the win.
The third period was all Shamrocks as Quetta took a pass from Peter Carriuolo from behind the net after Carriuolo made an outstanding play to settle the puck along the boards to feed Quetta out in front for the game-winning wrister.
Whitman-Hanson gave Canton a run at first — until Chris Lavoie warmed up.
Lavoie scored four times as Canton rolled to an easy 6-0 win over No. 4 Whitman-Hanson (17-5-1) in the D2 South Sectional bracket.
The top-seeded Bulldogs (20-1-3) were unrelenting in their offensive zone and held a 46-8 shot advantage at the end of regulation.
Lavoie started things off breaking in on his own to go high glove side with 19 seconds left in the first period to give the defending D2 state champions some momentum heading into the first intermission.
Lavoie punched the next one in from a tough angle off the right post as the puck trickled in after a scrum out front. Lavoie was credited with the goal at 5:59 of the second. Colby Cilffolillo gave the Bulldogs more breathing room with another tricky puck bounce inside the post for the 3-0 lead after two periods.
Cael Kohan banged home the game-winning goal in overtime, lifting fifth-seeded Triton (17-4-2) to a 2-1 victory over top-ranked Masconomet (18-4-1), in Div. 2 North semifinal action . ... John Oblak tallied the game-winner in overtime as No. 2 Lincoln-Sudbury (193-2) edged No. 14 North Reading, 3-2.