NORTH SHORE – Results from Sunday’s Endicott College Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey Contests are below.
- North Shore Sports Night airs tonight at 7 p.m. on MSONEWSPORTS.COM with Rick Moore and Tim Kearns.
- Boys high school basketball Tuesday night: Peabody at Salem 7 p.m. on MSO Radio
- Former Danvers boys ice hockey coach Kevin Flynn has passed away. Great Phil Stacey story in today’s Salem News.
- St. Mary’s football and basketball player Matt Cross, who broke his leg in an MIAA Super Bowl game, featured today in a Steve Krause story in today’s Daily Item (Lynn)
Boys Basketball Tonight
North Reading at Ipswich 6:30
Cathedral at St. Mary’s 6:30
Girls Basketball Tonight
Ipswich at North Reading 6:30
St. Mary’s at Cathedral 6:30
Winter Track
Salem at Swampscott
BEVERLY – In the championship game of the inaugural Endicott Holiday Invitational on Sunday evening, the Endicott men’s ice hockey team turned in a 5-1 victory over Plymouth State University at Raymond J. Bourque Arena.
Cam Bleck (Lake Forest, Ill.) scored twice, while Jason Kalinowski (Stamford, Conn.), Logan Day (Seminole, Fla.), and Connor Costello (Nottingham, N.H.) all found the back of the net as well. Kalinowski’s fourth goal of the season at the 9:17 mark of Endicott’s three-goal first period stood up as the game-winner.
Ian McGilvrey (Omaha, Neb.) netted the Panthers’ lone goal of the night at 6:14 of the third when he punched home a loose puck inside the right post behind Endicott goaltender Kevin Aldridge (Birmingham, Mich.) after it trickled out through some traffic near the right face-off circle. Dan Dupell (Collegeville, Pa.) and Ludvig Steenberg (Stockholm, Sweden) were credited with assists on the tally.
Aldridge finished his night in net for the Gulls with 42 saves to move his season record to 8-2-2 overall, while Thierry Messervier (Montreal, Quebec) stopped 38 shots in the loss (4-3-0).
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Endicott extended its program record winning streak to 10 straight games tonight.
- The Gulls have outscored their opponents 51-14 during their 10-game winning streak, which has spanned from November 12, 2016 to January 8, 2017.
- Endicott also has recorded three shutouts during its 10 consecutive wins.
- The Gulls are 5-1-0 at Raymond J. Bourque Arena this season.
- Endicott held Plymouth St. scoreless on the power play over seven chances during tonight’s contest.
FOR THE FOES
- Chris Zuccaro (Hudson, N.H.) won a game-high 16 faceoffs.
- McGilvrey’s goal in the third period was his fourth of the season, while Dupell and Steenberg collected their ninth and seventh assists, respectively, on the year.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (10-2-2) hosts Stonehill College next Friday, January 13 at 4 PM. Plymouth St. (7-5-1) takes on UMass Dartmouth at home on Thursday, January 12 at 6 PM.
RUTLAND, Vt. – The No. 10 nationally ranked Endicott women’s ice hockey team fell to Holy Cross, 4-0, on Sunday night in the championship game of the Rutland Herald Invitational (RHI), hosted by Castleton University.
Holy Cross is now 12-2-0 overall on the season, while Endicott dropped its first game of the 2016-17 season (12-1-1).
Sam Girard (Dedham, Mass.) scored twice and dished out one assist, while the Crusaders received goals from Elizabeth Scala (Rumford, R.I.) and Tori Messina (Hingham, Mass.) in the win.
Holy Cross junior goaltender Tessie Salatas (Laval, Quebec) stopped 18 shots in the victory (6-2-0), and Endicott freshman netminder Alyssa Peterson (Cranberry Township, Pa.) had a career-high 34 saves in the loss (3-1-0).
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Endicott entered tonight’s game as the only undefeated team among all NCAA Division programs in the country.
- Ellen Carter (Roseville, Minn.) and Courtney Walpole (Allen, Texas) were named to the RHI All-Tournament Team.
FOR THE FOES
- Holy Cross has won the last five RHI championship games.
- Girard was named the RHI Tournament MVP, while Elizabeth Scala (Rumford, R.I.) and Kara Violette (Greene, Maine) also claimed spots on the RHI All-Tournament Team.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (12-1-1) travels to Middlebury next Saturday for a non-conference game at 3 PM. Holy Cross (12-2-0) visits Castleton on Friday, January 13 at 7 PM.
