BOSTON – Senior captain Joseph Quinn’s tally at the 4:08 mark of overtime gave Nashoba the MIAA Division 3 State Championship with a 2-1 win over Scituate. Quinn received a great feed from Ryan May, who was at the left point. Once Quinn collected the puck, he took the puck to his left and backhanded...
BOSTON – Senior captain Joseph Quinn’s tally at the 4:08 mark of overtime gave Nashoba the MIAA Division 3 State Championship with a 2-1 win over Scituate.
Quinn received a great feed from Ryan May, who was at the left point. Once Quinn collected the puck, he took the puck to his left and backhanded a shot past the glove of Scituate goaltender Thomas McMellen.
Nashoba held a 1-0 lead after the first period on a pretty passing sequence from the team’s first line. Sam Mongeon finished off a great feed from Quinn who was below the goal line. Nate Carter picked up the secondary assist on the goal at the 6:33 mark of the first period.
Scituate capitalized on a power play just 48 seconds into the second period for the equalizer. James Sullivan walked in from the wall and rifled a wrist shot past Nashoba goaltender Charlie Mattocks. Assists went to Johnny Donahue and Teagan Pratt.
Quinn and senior defenseman Dillon Lowe were clearly the two best players in the game. The two helped propel the Wolves to a terrific run through the postseason.
HOW THEY GOT HERE: Check out the full MIAA Division 3 bracket
Nashoba entered the tournament as the No. 11 seed. En route to the title, Matt Biggs’ team defeated No. 6 Marlboro, No. 3 Medfield and No. 10 Triton prior to taking down No. 1 Scituate on Sunday.
Here's the prospect of the game.
Dillon Lowe
Nashoba, 4/8/05, D, left shot, 5-11/175
Lowe was a slick, puck-moving defenseman who did a good job of retrieving pucks and getting them north. The puck snapped off his stick and he made a number of tape-to-tape breakout passes. Lowe was the anchor on the Wolves’ blue line. While he didn’t find the score sheet Sunday, he made more positive plays than anyone else in the game.
Nashoba lines
Carter - Quinn - Mongeon
D. Kelleher - May - Holmes
Forde - Skala-Rosenbaum - Ruschioni
DiTullio - Lowe
Balewicz - B. Kelleher
Mattocks
Scituate lines
Sullivan - Donahue - Pratt
T. Lochiatto - J. Belsan - Brown
O. Lochiatto - Sanella - Chatterton
A. Belsan - Ryan - O’Malley
Cappadona - Seghezzi
Richman - Freedman
McGuiggin - Hare
McMellen
