WINTHROP — Gloucester and Winthrop went head-to-head at Larsen Rink on Saturday, with the Fishermen popping out on prime 4-3 in time beyond regulation after a game-winner from Bryce Albano.
For Fishermen head coach Derek Geary, this has been a very long time coming.
“We’re excited. That is the toughest place to win within the Northeastern Convention. In actual fact, we haven’t finished it in over ten years. It’s an awesome achievement,” mentioned Geary. “(Winthrop) performs with a ton of emotion, their coach is a tactical grasp, particularly on this rink. (That is) an enormous win for our program.”
The sport began with each goalies, Trey Marrone (Gloucester) and James Lyman (Winthrop), on the prime of their recreation, not letting a single purpose be scored within the first interval.
Within the second interval, it was the Vikings who delivered first as captain Joe Pumphret scored a purpose with eight minutes on the clock, assisted by Nick Romano and Domenic Spinale.
Gloucester didn’t path behind for lengthy, with Cameron Amero scoring its first purpose round one and a half minutes later. Not eager to lose the vitality, Gloucester adopted by means of and scored one other purpose by way of sophomore Connor Curley. This cemented the Fishermen’s 2-1 lead going into the sport’s closing interval.
Protecting Gloucester on a decent leash, Winthrop tied the sport within the third interval with a purpose by Spinale, assisted by Pumphret.
Gloucester managed to take the Vikings’ rating in stride earlier than returning the favor late within the third interval with a purpose from William Linn, assisted by Sam Sanfilippo and Jack Higgins, bringing the rating to 3-2. Simply because it appeared the sport was in Gloucester’s palms, Winthrop’s Pumphret scored one other purpose with nearly two minutes to go in regulation, tying the sport up at 3 -3.
With a tie on the finish of the third interval and the sport going right into a sudden-death time beyond regulation, the group was on the sting of their seats as Winthrop and Gloucester battled forwards and backwards, every taking photographs that just about cemented the win.
Finally, the freshman Albano scored that successful shot to ship the Fishermen right into a celebration.
“It was nice, the workforce all put equal (effort) into it. (I) took the puck, toe dragged across the defender, (and) put it within the web,” mentioned Albano.
Geary was pleased with his workforce’s perseverance to maintain up the combat all through the sport.
“Highschool hockey is so emotional… (it’s) exhausting work to get them centered once more. You do must handle feelings,” mentioned Geary, “I’m very pleased with our guys (for his or her) resiliency. We gave up the lead and got here again and performed a robust time beyond regulation.”
