BOSTON — This was one of the better slates of MIAA boys hockey championships in recent memory.
The Division 1 game went to double overtime. The Division 2 game, which was between the top two teams in the field, was decided on a late goal. Twelve goals were scored in the Division 3 showdown, as Hanover and Medfield went goal for goal the entire game. The Division 4 game was certainly the runt of the litter — No. 2 Littleton/Bromfield mostly dominated No. 9 St. Bernard's.
Still, three out of four games being classics is a great day.
When we look back on the 2026 games, these are the moments we'll remember most.
Let's dive in.
1. Luke Latulippe's 2OT winner for Pope Francis
The whole sequence was insane. It started when Pope senior Matt Regan's shot slipped through the legs of SJS goalie Colin McCarthy, who was sensational on Sunday, and hit the post. Then the puck ended up on the stick of sophomore Whitaker Zinger, who made a heads-up pass to Latulippe as the trailer.
And then that shot: A snipe for the championship.
Luke Latulippe wins it for Pope Francis over St. John’s Shrewsbury in 2OT of the MIAA D1 boys final: pic.twitter.com/GcT95Fe1sq
— Evan Marinofsky (@EvanMarinofsky) March 15, 2026
It broke the tension of a game that was full of it. The first overtime, which was 4-on-4, was rife with neither team wanting to make the mistake to end it. It wasn't until the second overtime, which was 3-on-3, that the game opened up and structure went out the window.
2. Cam Guerschuny's late winner for Canton
I was sitting right in line with Canton defenseman Graidy Carr's shot from the point. As I watched two Tewksbury forwards dive to block it, in a 1-1 game with roughly 1:25 to play, my first thought was "Uh oh." It was a somewhat risky shot to take, given the time and score. The safer play would be to rim it down the boards and keep it in Tewksbury's end.
Fortunately for Carr, he wasn't thinking like that.
Carr's shot snuck through those two Tewksbury forwards. And while it was knocked down in front, the puck bounced to Guerschuny, who slid it past Tewksbury goalie Cole Abruzi, giving Canton a 2-1 lead with 1:22 to play.
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It was an electrifying end to a defensive, goalie-dominated game between two powerhouses.
3. The entire Hanover-Medfield game
Yep, that's right: The entire game.
Hanover's 7-5 win over Medfield in the D3 final was one of the craziest hockey games I saw this season across fall, prep, academy and MIAA games.
Medfield led by two twice (2-0, 3-1) in the first period and early in the second. But after having that 3-1 lead, Hanover stormed back to make it 4-3, which then kick-started a wild back-and-forth trading of goals in the third period.
The D1 and D2 games were structured, defensive battles. The D3 final was the furthest thing from it. It was wide-open and a treat to watch.
4. Ryan Kisiel's eventual winner
Kisiel was on fire Sunday. First, the junior potted two power play goals in the second period to bring Hanover from down 3-1 to tied, 3-3. The first goal was a one-timer, while the second was a quick, accurate shot in the slot.
Then came the late winner.
With under three minutes to play, Hanover senior forward Cam Melone's shot kicked out into the slot and right onto Kisiel's stick. Kisiel wasted no time shooting it, beating Medfield goalie Louie Slesar.
Kisiel essentially went goal-for-goal with Medfield's best player (more on him in a bit), and led his team to a championship.
5. Luke Dickson's day
You know a kid is really good when people are coming up to me in the press box to ask which prep team he's going to. On Sunday, that was Dickson.
The Medfield sophomore was electrifying. His first goal was sick, as he completely dangled a defenseman and sniped the shot. With under two minutes left in the first, Dickson battled past a defender, went in alone on Hanover's Ryan McArdle and sniped another one.
And when his team needed him most, down 5-4 after a brutal bounce put Hanover in the lead, Dickson got a pass from his older brother, Matthew Dickson, and sniped his third goal at the 3:11 mark, making it 5-5.
Dickson left quite the impression. He was the best player in Sunday's D3 final.
GIRLS CHAMPS:Â Methuen/Tewksbury wins D1Â |Â Milton wins D2
6. Canton goalie Matt Wright shutting down Tewksbury star Tyler Bourgea
Bourgea was arguably the best player in the MIAA this winter. He finished with 39 goals and 71 points. But he couldn't hit the 40-goal mark on Sunday, and that wasn't from a lack of trying.
It was due to Wright.
While Bourgea hit the post on a first-period chance, Wright found ways to hold Bourgea off from scoring time and again. There was a sequence midway through the second in which Bourgea got a chance off the rush, and despite Wright seeming to go the wrong way, he still somehow made the save. Bourgea also had a breakaway with the score tied, 1-1, in the third, which Wright extended back to make the save on.
Bourgea was still very much productive though...
7. Kevin Andriolo's electrifying one-timer
With roughly three seconds left in the second period, Canton senior defenseman Teddy Shuman, who is known for his intelligent defensive play, made a play he definitely wanted back. After wheeling around his own net, he tried to cut middle to elude forechecking pressure.
But Bourgea was there to lift the stick, steal the puck and feed Andriolo, who ripped a one-timer past Wright, giving Tewksbury a 1-0 lead with 1.2 seconds left in the second.
The Tewksbury side went bananas, and the Redmen had all the momentum going into the third.
8. Sahvy Andino's snipe from the red line
Pope Francis had just taken the lead midway through the second period. Zinger scored on a rebound, giving the Cardinals a big 1-0 lead in a game that was looking like it wouldn't have many goals.
But then, less than two minutes later, Andino struck from center ice.
The senior defenseman crossed the red line and threw a wrist shot on net that went bar-down. From up above, it looked like it beat Pope Francis goalie George Ramsey clean.
It was Andino's first goal of the season. A snipe from the red line in the championship. How about that?
BOYS CHAMPS:Â Pope Francis wins D1Â |Â Canton wins D2Â |Â Hanover wins D3Â |Â Littleton/Bromfield wins D4
9. Littleton/Bromfield's roaring start
No. 9 St. Bernard's went on an amazing run to arrive at TD Garden. But No. 2 Littleton/Bromfield was quick to show St. Bernard's that Sunday was the end.
Just 35 seconds in, sophomore Blake Hannon sniped a shot from the high slot. A few minutes later, senior forward Gavin Werling grabbed the puck, dangled to the middle and slipped it through goalie Chase Bergeron's legs. Werling tallied another with 5:59 to play in the first when he tipped a shot from senior defenseman Liam Glew into the back of the net.
While the game stabilized after the first, Littleton/Bromfield never gave up momentum.
10. Hannon delivers the knockout punch in D4
St. Bernard’s had a big chance to get back into the game early in the second period.
Sophomore Ryder Testagrossa cut it to 3-1 with a snipe from the right dot on a 2-on-1. Moments later, the Bernardians went on the power play. But Littleton/Bromfield and senior goalie Jacob Dangel kept them at bay.
In the wake of the penalty kill, Hannon delivered what felt like the knockout punch. The sophomore stole the puck at the offensive blue line and walked in all alone. He went five-hole for his second goal of the game and a 4-1 lead.
The Lions never looked back as Andrew Archer added another for the 5-1 final.
