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Tanner girls hockey hangs on to defeat Fenwick
By Anne Marie Tobin
When it comes to cross-city
rivalries, the one between the
Peabody/Lynnfield and Bishop
Fenwick girls hockey teams always
seems to go right down to the wire.
It’s a game that, year in and year
out, both teams have circled on their
schedules before the season has
even begun.
Saturday’s game at McVann-
O’Keefe Rink, won by Peabody 2-1,
came as advertised. The Tanners
survived a wild last two minutes
after Fenwick pulled goalie Cailyn
Wesley and threw everything but
the kitchen sink at the Tanners,
but could not break through with
the tying goal. Fenwick’s final
push came after a scrum in front
of Peabody goalie Abby Buckley,
who covered up to force a faceoff
with 14 seconds to go. With seconds
to go, Fenwick’s 34th shot of
the game (off the stick of Amanda
Blanchette) was turned away by
Buckley to preserve the win for the
Tanners.
“We knew at the end there
that they were going to just load
the front of the net after pulling
their goalie,” said Peabody coach
Michelle Roach. “We knew we had
to pick up bodies and push people
out the way and let Abby see the
shots coming. This game was about
our defense, they set the tone for the
game and they and Abby did what
they needed to do to get the win.”
Despite coming up on the short
end of the score, Fenwick coach
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Doug Anderson was pleased with
the Crusaders’ performance.
“It was a really good girls
high school game and I was really
pleased with our effort,” said
Fenwick coach Doug Anderson.
“We had some terrific chances in
the third period but she (Buckley)
had to make some real good saves at
the end to keep us from tying it up.
The game was scoreless through
the first period, but the action heated
up in the second.
Peabody struck first at the 8:28
mark on a goal by senior captain
Cassie Mirasolo. Sophomore sister
Sammi Mirasolo rushed the puck
into the offensive zone and go off
a shot. The puck popped loose,
where Cassie was in the right place
at the right time and poked it home,
giving Peabody a 1-0 lead. Sammi
Mirasolo and freshman Paige
Thibedeau picked up assists.
The Crusaders’ Allie Giguere
knotted the score a little more than six
minutes later after a Buckley save on
a shot by Olivia LaJacono forced a faceoff
in the offensive zone. Amanda
Banchette won the draw and played
it back to Giguere on the right point,
who fired a seeing-eye shot that snuck
through past a screened Buckley, who
never saw it coming. The time of the
goal was 2:14.
Peabody needed less than a
minute to regain the lead. The
Crusaders were called for icing,
giving the Tanners a faceoff in the
offensive zone. After junior Jess
Robert won the draw, freshman
Jen Flynn beat Wesley at the 1:34
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Senior captain Sarah Buckley was
credited with an assist.
“That’s been our thing all year, its
all about the response,” said Roach.
“When something happens like
them getting that goal, we needed to
respond right away and get it back
and we did.”
Both teams were dodging bullets
in the third period. Peabody had a
chance to extend the lead when it
went on a power play at the 7:10
mark, but the Crusaders killed off
the penalty to keep it a one-goal
game.
With under two and half minutes
to go, Blanchette broke in behind
the defense only to be denied on the
breakaway by Buckley in perhaps
the biggest save of the game.
“That breakaway at the end of the
game was a huge save,” said Roach.
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Girls basketball
Beverly at Peabody (7)
Fenwick at AC (6:30)
Boys basketball
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“I can’t save enough about Abby,
that’s what she does for us and that
save kept them out of the game.”
Roach said Flynn and Thibedeau
had a great games and credited the
defensive rotation of senior captains
Norton and Kaydee Purcell,
sophomore Carolyn Garofoli and
freshman Reilly Ganter.
“Jen and Paige are really coming
into their own,” said Roach. “Jen
had a fantastic game. She was winning
those one-on-one battles, and
Paige just always seems to find
the puck and had some great plays
off the wall and always seems to
find the lane to Sammi or Cassie.
Tonight, though, it was all about the
“D”. They really were the key.”
Anderson singled out the efforts
of Blanchette, Alison Countie and
Jull Matucci.
“Amanda is terrific on faceoffs
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and a lot of what do is set up around
her on the faceoffs obviously, she’s
like Bergeron in a way,” he said.
“Alison Countie is probably our
strongest defensive defenseman, but
I thought Jill Matucci had a terrific
game. She was flying tonight.”
Both teams came into the game
with a lot at stake. The Crusaders
were looking to stay in the tournament
hunt; a loss would drop them
below .500 for the first time all
season. The Tanners, on the other
hand were looking to pick up their
second straight win and reduce their
magic number to one.
Both teams were playing for a
higher cause, however, as the first annual
“Faceoff against Mental Illness”
game was dedicated to the memory
of James Luti, a former Stoneham
High hockey player, who passed
away at the age of 16 last year.
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Peabody at Newburyport (6:30)
TUESDAY, FEB. 13
Girls basketball
Gloucester at Peabody (7)
Boys basketball
English at Peabody (7)
Fenwick at Georgetown (6:30)
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14
Boys hockey
Masco at Peabody (5:15)
Fenwick at No. Middlesex (5:30)
Girls hockey
Fenwick at Medford (5)
Track
D5 State Championship (4:30)
THURSDAY, FEB. 15
Girls basketball
Swampscott at Peabody (7)
Fenwick at St. Mary’s (6:30)
Boys basketball
Peabody at Swampscott (7)
St. Mary’s at Fenwick (6:30)
Track
DI State Championship (4:30)
FRIDAY, FEB 16
Wrestling
DI Divisionals at Newton South
(TBD)
Girls hockey
Peabody at Marblehead (6)
SATURDAY, FEB. 17
Swimming
DI Girls meet at BU (7:30)
DII Girls meet at BU (2)
Boys hockey
Peabody at Gloucester (7)
Saugus at Fenwick (6)
SUNDAY, FEB. 18
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DII Boys meet at BU (2)
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North Shore Tourney at Beverly
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