JV's Win back to back championships!
The Hopkinton Hiller JV hockey team avenged their only league loss of the season, by defeating the Hudson Hawks 2-0 to win back to back championships at the North Star Forum in Westoboro. As was the case was last year, a large contingent of past and present JV and Varsity players were on hand to cheer the team on. The teams traded chances for the first two periods without anyone being able to break through on the score board. In the third period, the Hillers picked up the attack. Kyle Schlicke fired home a pass from Matt Carnes and Henry Kosheff to give the Hillers the lead. Soon after Kyle Canty wristed one home on a rebound from Brett McIntire to make it 2-0. Hopkinton had to kill off 2 late penalties to preserve the win with Jake Neary making some outstanding saves to record his 6 shut out of the season. After the game captain Kyle Canty accepted the JV championship plaque.
The JV squad put up some impressive numbers while finishing the season 12-2-2. They averaged 3 goals a game while only allowing an average of 1. They outshout their opponents by a 3-1 margin and went the entire season without giving up a power play goal. More impressively, they did all of that with only two true defense on the team. All of the forwards, took turns throughout the year filling in on the blue line.
The team was comprised of Nick and Hunter Temple, Matt Carnes, Brett McIntire, Zack Griffin, Jason Bachman, Freeman Alfano, Peter Mitchell, Harrison Black, Kyle Schlicke, Henry Kosheff, Tim Bloomer, Jake Neary and Klye Canty. The team was coached by Mike Messier and Eric Carty, Tyler Bergantino and Tim Pacific.
