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Casey Sweeney, who played Junior hockey last year, had two goals and two assists as Haverhill's hockey team (1-1) whipped Lowell Catholic 6-1 in the first round of the Dracut Holiday Tournament. Skating on the same line, Jeff Roberts (1-1) and Tom Maguire (1-1) also scored and Jeremy Noone also had a pair of goals.

With six minutes remaining in regulation, Nick Potter broke through with a goal to give Brooks a 1-1 tie with Kents Hill.

Londonderry's hockey team scored four times in the final period to rally past Manchester Memorial 6-4 for its first win of the season.  Six different players scored for the Lancers (1-1)

Nick Potter scored the game winning goal with 25 seconds left to help lift Brooks over Portsmouth Abbey 2-1. Goalie Tyler Stillings had 12 saves on 13 shots.

Worcester Academy potted a pair of third-period power-play goals but Phillips' offense had already erupted for a 5-4 victory. Sophomore Eddie Ellis (two goals) sparked a four-goal third-period explosion that gave Phillips just enough cushion to prevail.

SALEM — Certainly a historic way to kick off a hockey program.

Hitting the ice for the first time as a varsity entity, and with only one senior on the roster, Windham-Pelham took on Pembroke-Campbell and easily prevailed, 7-0, last night at the Icenter.

Andrew Sullivan scored twice and recorded two assists to lead Phillips boys hockey to its first victory of the year, a 7-0 win over Pingree. Goalie Eric Yoon stopped all 14 shots. 

Breaking down ice on a two-on-one, and Brendan McDonough sent a pass to Nick Potter, who fired the puck into the top corner with 4:30 left in the game to give Brooks a 4-3 win over Middlesex. Brooks had allowed a three-goal lead to slip away in the third before Potter's winner.

After enduring a 2-0 Pingree lead for much of the last half of the game, Packy Jones' unassisted goal with 38 seconds left in regulation drew Brooks even in a 2-2 season-opening overtime deadlock. Brendan McDonough drew Brooks within one with 2:41 left in the third period. Andover's Dan Prawdzik was stout in the Pingree net, turning aside 30 shots.

EXETER, N.H. — The stunned silence that washed over the Timberlane bench and fan section with 13 seconds left in the contest simply told the story.

“It was tough,” said Owls head coach Andrew Merrick. “A bounce of the puck here and there decided it.”