The Marblehead Hockey Headers are taking on Shawsheen Valley Tech (22-1, second seed) in the state seminals Saturday at 4 p.m. at Stoneham Arena, with the winner going to the TD Garden on St. Patrick’s Day to vie for the state title against either Nauset (top seed, 21-1-1) or Somerset-Berkley Regional (18-2-2, 12th seed). Today’s game can be viewed HERE.
defeated Scituate, 2-1 in an Elite 8 game at Bourne’s Gallo Arena on March 6. COURTESY PHOTO
The Marblehead Hockey Headers (15-9-1, sixth seed), the team nobody wants to play since the calendar
flipped to 2024, continue to win when it counts after its state tournament victory over Scituate (17-6-2),
the third seed, at Bourne’s Gallo Arena, 2-1 in a Division 3 Elite 8 game on March 6.
Noah Feingold and Charlie Grenier scored first period goals – 62 seconds apart – to give the Headers the
early lead that they would never relinquish. Ben Wales was credited with an assist on Feingold’s goal.
James Mackenzie setup Grenier’s lamplighter. Overall, the Headers were credited with 23 shots on net.
Scituate’s James Sullivan netted a power play goal in the third period to trim the deficit in half with six
minutes left in the game. But junior goalie Leo Burdge and his teammates stymied the Sailors the rest of
the way to secure the Elite 8 triumph. Burdge came up with 25 saves in this game to frustrate the Sailor
shooters.
“This was a big team win for us,” said coach Mark Marfione afterwards. “Our freshmen – Noah Feingold
and Will Sullivan – really stepped up in this game.”
Marfione has been critical about the team’s attention to details in some games this year, but he was
really pleased with that aspect of the game against Scituate.
After this win, there’s just two more games left on the high school hockey calendar. A total of 40 teams
made the Division 3 state tournament, and now the Headers are just one of four squads remaining in
the championship hunt.
