NATICK, Mass. — The first round of the Ed Burns Classic in the Brinn Division was a wild one full of upsets, as three lower seeds took down higher seeds.
Two of the four games needed overtime as well.
The Brinn Division had eight teams.
Here were the matchups and results.
Brinn Division
*Games played at William L. Chase Arena in Natick, Mass.Â
- No. 1 Tewksbury 3, No. 8 Burlington 1
- No. 7 Natick 1, No. 2 Waltham 0 (OT)
- No. 6 Winchester 3, No. 3 Walpole 2 (OT)
- No. 5 Weymouth 4, No. 4 Framingham 2
The matchups and game times for the next round of action will be announced this week. Our full schedule and results page will be updated as soon as those come out.
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Here are full recaps of each game, as well as standouts.
Tewksbury beats Burlington
Tewksbury took down Burlington, 3-1, in the first game of the day to move on to the semifinals.
Tewksbury opened the scoring in the first period when senior forward Conor Cremin won a foot race for a loose puck after an errant Burlington pass, came in and wristed one past Burlington goalie Cam Shanahan.
Burlington responded at the end of the second period when senior forward Will Curtin finished off a great passing play from his linemates to tie the game, 1-1.
Junior forward Matthew Cooke gave Tewksbury the lead to open the final frame when his wrist shot went off the back glass and came back out in front and off Shanahan to make it 2-1. Cremin notched an empty netter as time expired to extend the lead to 3-1.
Tewksbury controlled most of the game, although Burlington did have a stretch in the second period where it was on the offensive.
STANDOUTS
Matthew Cooke
Tewksbury, 4/22/2006, LW, right shot, 5-11/165
Cooke’s goal summed up how he played on Sunday. While linemates Jeremy Insogna and Tyler Barnes worked down low, Cooke displayed great hockey IQ anticipating the play as the third player high. The puck found its way to Cooke and he fired one that Shanahan stopped, but it ricocheted off the back glass and off Shanahan and in. Aside from that goal, Cooke was great at driving play through the neutral zone and gaining zone entries for his team. He wasn’t the fastest player, but his ability to read the play put him in good spots to make an impact.
Nick DiCioccio
Tewksbury, 8/15/2004, D, right shot, 6-0/180
Lots of high school hockey goals come from mistakes made by teams trying to exit their own zone. Tewksbury was very fortunate to have DiCioccio on Sunday, as his composure on breakout passes and skating the puck out of his own zone was a huge advantage. His ability to find open teammates in the neutral zone was great too. His skating and ability to move the puck with his head up were both very promising.
Jeremy Insogna
Tewksbury, 1/18/2006, C, right shot, 5-11/150
Centering the first line, Insogna was terrific Sunday, as he was great on his draws and at creating plays for his teammates. His play on the forecheck was notable and his style fit well with linemates DiCioccio and Barnes.
Cam Shanahan
Burlington, 2007, G, catches left
Tewksbury spent much of its game against Burlington on the power play. Shanahan was the team’s top penalty killer, turning away tons of chances. Even when Burlington wasn’t killing penalties, Shanahan kept the Red Devils in the game. He didn’t produce many rebounds and was always square to the shooter. His athleticism was great too, especially when he went post-to-post on a chance in front of the net in the second period. Burlington has a promising netminder in Shanahan for the future.
Ryan Kane
Burlington, senior, RW, right shot
Burlington didn’t really get anything going offensively until the second period. That was in large part due to Kane. With roughly five minutes remaining in the second period, while on a 4-on-4, Kane tipped a shot from sophomore defenseman Jake Sloan and it came oh-so-close to going in. Burlington found itself offensively the rest of the period and tied the game, coming off a sweet assist from Kane. His skating and poise with the puck was impressive.
Natick upsets Waltham in overtime
Despite the game being scoreless heading into overtime, Waltham played like a team in the driver’s seat.
Maybe that’s why Natick won, 1-0, in the end, completing the upset of No. 2 seed Waltham.
After a 45-minute regulation that Waltham dominated for the most part, Natick goalie Jason Danahy forced overtime with his outstanding play, which we’ll get to in a little bit.
Shortly into the five-minute, 4-on-4 overtime, Natick forced a turnover behind the Waltham net and senior forward Austin Leombruno caught Waltham goalie Aiden Breau on the wrong post. Leombruno wrapped it around and slid it in the open side, sending Natick to the semifinals.
Waltham had multiple scoring chances throughout the game, showcasing their aggressive forecheck and ability to push the pace, but Danahy was there to negate them all.
STANDOUTS
Sam Hubbard
Natick, 2007, RW, right shot, 5-8/181Â
Hubbard was the most noticeable and impactful player on the ice for Natick. His offensive skills were terrific. He skated with his head up and used his good hands and shiftiness to move around defenders. The way in which he was able to go end-to-end and take over the game was impressive. He’s an intriguing prospect.
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Jason Danahy
Natick, 5/21/2007, G, catches leftÂ
Danahy was the main reason his team kept up with Waltham all game long. He made huge saves in the second period to keep the game scoreless. He showcased great athleticism when he went from one post to the other to stop a shot through traffic labeled for the bottom right corner of the net, getting all of the shot with his leg. With under 10 seconds to play in regulation, Danahy made a massive stop on Waltham forward Drew Anderson from point-blank range to send the game to overtime. His rebounds weren’t perfect, but he got the job done.
Evan Cormier
Waltham, 6/5/2006, D, left shotÂ
Cormier provided Waltham with a steady, shutdown presence on Sunday. He moved the puck well and made life difficult on Natick forwards trying to create chances off the rush. He had some textbook 1-on-1 breakups. His best play came in the first period when Natick had a 2-on-1. Leombruno feathered a pass to his teammate who looked to be heading for a sure breakaway when Cormier dove out and knocked the puck away.
Dylan McLay
Waltham, sophomore, C, left shot
McLay was a wrecking ball on the forecheck Sunday, making life miserable for Natick defenders trying to gather the puck and make a first pass on the breakout. His hard forechecking almost led him to score a goal in the first period. One of the most important plays he made was late in the second period when Natick had a 3-on-1 and his hustle on the back check and good stick caused him to be in the right spot to intercept a pass for Hubbard, who would’ve been wide open in front of the Waltham high slot with the puck.
Winchester scores three unanswered to beat Waltham
Danny Collins saw an opening and took it.
Right as Winchester’s penalty in overtime was expiring, he out-skated both Walpole defenders, blowing past them and finishing a breakaway chance to give Winchester the come-from-behind, 3-2 win.
It was Winchester’s third unanswered goal.
Winchester entered the third period down 2-0 but rattled off two goals to force overtime. The first came from junior forward David Strong who picked the pocket of a Walpole defender, went in and scored on the breakaway to cut the lead to 2-1. Then, with just over three minutes to play in the final period of regulation, senior forward Kevin Bertocci smacked in a rebound on the power play to tie the game.
Walpole opened the game with the first two goals, both coming in the second period. The first came when senior forward Joe Cox slapped in a rebound to make it 1-0 just 27 seconds into the middle 15 minutes. With just over three minutes to play in the second period, senior defenseman Tim Donahue sifted a shot through from the point to make it 2-0.
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While Walpole’s heaviness played to its favor in the first two periods, Winchester’s team speed and pace were overpowering in the third period and overtime.
STANDOUTS
Danny Collins
Winchester, 9/9/2005, C, left shot, 5-9/160Â
His overtime goal was sensational. Prior to overtime, Collins showed good pace in his trips through the neutral zone and created chances in the offensive zone. He showed good compete in puck battles. In the second period, he had a rush where he dangled through a defender and backhanded a shot wide of the net.
David Strong
Winchester, 2006, RW, right shot
Strong was outstanding on Sunday. While playing the right flank of Collins, Strong impacted the game with his compete. That was never more on display than in the third period when he worked to get behind a Walpole defender, lift his stick, steal the puck and score on a breakaway. He played with an edge as well.
Jason Finkelstein
Walpole, 2005, C, right shot, 6-0/180Â
Finkelstein was the fastest player on the ice. His speed created chances for his team and put pressure on Winchester defenders when on the forecheck. It was the work of Finkelstein that earned Walpole its first goal of the day. He earned an offensive zone entry and stopped low in the zone, drawing attention to him before passing the puck up high to senior defenseman Matt Bianculli, who took the shot that produced Cox’s rebound goal.
Weymouth takes down Framingham
Weymouth came away with a 4-2 win Sunday in the fourth and final game of the day.
After a scoreless first period, Weymouth opened the second on the power play and capitalized 11 seconds in when senior Andrew Ferguson one-timed a shot past Framingham goalie Troy Huber to make it 1-0.
The Flyers responded with roughly 10 minutes to go in the middle frame when they were on a 5-on-3. Junior forward Brendan Peck sniped one top corner from the top of the circle to tie the game, 1-1.
Weymouth rattled off two goals to finish the second period. The first came when junior forward Jack Browning smacked in a rebound on the power play to make it 2-1. Then, with 1:04 left, senior forward Anthony Prioli’s shot from the high slot went off a Framingham defender’s stick and past Huber to make it 3-1.
Less than three minutes into the third period, Framingham fourth-line right wing Nick Duuplessis scored his first high school goal on a wraparound that trickled in to cut the lead to 3-2 Weymouth.
Browning scored his second of the game to make it 4-2 Weymouth with 7:07 left, putting the game out of reach.
Framingham did have a 6-on-4 at the end of the game, but the Wildcats held strong.
One interesting note from the end of the game: when the final buzzer sounded, Weymouth goalie Grady Saltify bolted for the Framingham side, appeared to dangle through the players gathered in front of the bench and then jumped into the glass in front of the student section, causing some punches to be thrown from both sides. Somehow, officials and players from both teams got things under control quickly because that had serious potential to escalate fast.Â
STANDOUTS
Ryan Kane
Weymouth, 5/28/2005, C, left shot, 5-11/155
Kane’s steady play down the middle was key for Weymouth. He displayed good hockey IQ numerous times, as he anticipated where the puck was going when backchecking, causing him to break up plays. His play on offense was great, too, as he played a big part in creating chances.
Andrew Ferguson
Weymouth, 11/21/2004, C/LW, left shot, 6-3/195Â
Ferguson did it all for Weymouth on Sunday. His one-timer goal on the power play was pretty. But he was used in all situations and was a dynamic penalty-killer, getting into passing lanes and interrupting Framingham as the Flyers tried to move the puck out of their own zone.
Brendan Peck
Framingham, 6/14/2006, C, left shot, 5-11/170Â
Peck, who centers Framingham’s first line, showcased terrific speed on Sunday, as he was a catalyst for Framingham on offensive zone entries. On one sequence in the second period, he blew past Weymouth’s defense and created a quality scoring chance for himself. Separately, the goal was nice — a snipe through traffic over Saltify’s blocker.
John Hudson
Framingham, junior, D, left shot
Hudson is a great stabilizing presence on Framingham’s back end. He ran the power play from the top of the point and did a good job in his own end. He has a big advantage on most forwards he’s defending against — his reach. He’s 6-foot-3 and a solid skater, which made him great at defending the rush and taking away passing lanes in his own end.
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Noah Albright
Framingham, junior, RW, right shot, 6-0/170Â
Albright showcased tons of skill on Sunday. He helped create chances for his linemates by using his good hands. He’s one-third of Framingham’s top line, which is very good offensively and all juniors. He was also very physical, always making sure to finish checks. If he can improve his backchecking and play away from the puck, he has the ability to become a two-way force in the Bay State conference.
