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Derek Hunter and Dan Rivet each scored two goals while Mike Cusack, Jake Silk and Rick O'Connor each added two assists to help North Andover boys hockey win 4-2 over Amesbury-Whittier. 

Sophomore Lloyd Hayes was sent in on a breakaway by Zack Cote and deposited a backhander past the Tewksbury goalie midway through the third period to earn Central Catholic a 3-2 victory. Mike Kelleher, a Tewksbury resident, played a strong game with an assist for Central.

Mike Donovan had quite a 16th birthday gift ... his first shutout of the year. The sophomore keeper and Nick Neary (hat trick) led Windham-Pelham to a 6-0 win over Portsmouth.

A game mired by 15 penalties got exciting in the last five minutes as Pinkerton avenged an earlier loss against Manchester Central, prevailing 2-1. Zach Sanford beat the Central defense on a rush, faked like going behind net and tried to tuck the puck into the net. J.D. Dudek got to the loose puck and tucked it in the open net for the game-winner. Matt Marchman preserved the win with a spectacular save with 10 seconds left, diving to swipe a rebound attempt out of the crease.

North Andover's Jason Nawrocki notched a goal and an assist in Phillips' 5-2 victory over Deerfield Academy. Tim Driscoll had a hat trick for the victors.

With a strong defensive effort that blanked one of the best hockey players in the state, Connor Lynch, Andover dealt Boston Latin its first loss of the season, 4-1. Matt McIver, who scored for the Warriors, highlighted a effective team defense that didn't yield a goal until just nine minutes were left to play.

Freshman Travis Motsis scored his first varsity goal, which proved to be the game-winning in Whittier-Amesbury's 3-2 win over Pentucket-Georgetown. Freshman Tabor Smith assisted on the goal along with junior Tucker Holt, who earned his first varsity point with that helper. Junior Evan King (18 saves) withstood a late Pentucket enslaught to secure the win.

Andrew Bruno of Andover had a goal and an assist and Colin Langham made 33 saves as Brooks bested Governor's, 4-2.

Haverhill threw a scare into unbeaten Boston Latin Academy before falling 3-1. BLA finally clinched it on a late empty-net goal. Zach Grundy (27) came up big in net for the Hillies. Tom Maguire scored the goal while Pat Fitzgerald and John Rankin had stellar all-around games.

Jake Silk, Rick O'Connor and Derek Hunter scored for North Andover, which beat North Reading, 3-1, to improve to 10-2-2.