WATERTOWN – Within the playoffs, scoring may be at a premium. That wasn’t the case for Medfield on Wednesday night.
Senior Matt Dickson and freshman Max Abramson every had two targets whereas Luke Dickson had three assists because the Warriors knocked off Dracut/Tyngsboro 7-3 to advance to the semifinals of the MIAA Division 3 boys hockey state event.
“They’re a hard-working group,” Warriors head coach Jon Jepson mentioned. “We confronted some adversity this yr, misplaced three youngsters to season-ending accidents, so another person needed to step up. Its about resilience for these guys and taking part in for one another.”
The Warriors piled on three targets within the opening interval to set the tone. The primary got here from Owen Combine after a prolonged offensive possession. A couple of minutes later, Jack Blake fired residence a shot within the slot, after which Dickson sniped a one-timer simply earlier than the interval ended.
The Middies responded effectively within the second interval, carrying play firstly earlier than Jake Haubner discovered some open house and deked out Louie Slesar to chop the deficit to 2.
This wouldn’t final very lengthy, nonetheless, as Dickson netted his second of the night time about 20 seconds later to re-establish the three-goal lead.
“We knew that when they got here again, we needed to step it up a bit,” Dickson mentioned. “That subsequent shift is an important shift, so we got here out onerous, they made a ravishing move and I used to be huge open within the again door. They made my job very easy and it was electrical to attain immediately.”
Medfield then made it 5-1 shortly after by way of a tip-in from freshman Avery Stein.
Dracut/Tyngsboro was not able to stop, as Brenden Modeski made it 5-2 early within the third. Nevertheless, the Warriors drew a penalty proper after and Abramson capitalized on the following energy play, with Luke and Matt Dickson each choosing up assists.
“All seven of our targets had been passing targets, not one was a solo purpose,” Luke Dickson mentioned. “I feel that claims so much in regards to the crew that we’re, we’re not egocentric in any respect.
Ben Haubner then minimize the deficit to 6-3 earlier than Abramson gave the sport it’ closing rating with an empty-net purpose.
Medfield will face the winner of Nauset/Scituate, which is ready to be performed Thursday night. If Nauset advances, it is going to be a rematch of the 2025 Div. 3 state title recreation, which Nauset gained 4-1.
Whatever the opponent, Jepson mentioned his crew is motivated to proceed its run.
“It’s been a particular group all yr,” Jepson mentioned. “I didn’t actually know what we had, we misplaced 13 youngsters from final yr’s crew, so we knew it was going to be totally different, however the returning guys set the message immediately about how particular it was to play on the Backyard. We’re not there but, acquired one other one to go.”
