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No. 13 Methuen trailed by just a goal after one period, but could get no closer and fell to No. 4 Newburyport 7-1 in the Division 2 North first round. 

"We had quite a few oppertunities but just couldn't bang it home," said Rangers coach Denny Egan. "We had two breakaways in the third by came away with nothing. And we had a few lapses on defense"

BILLERICA — The good news for Central Catholic hockey is that its season isn’t over. The bad news, however, is that its 2010 Super 8 run is.

“We wanted so badly to be in the Super 8,” said Raiders head coach Mike Jankowski. “But, unfortunately, we arrived and couldn’t play our best hockey when it mattered. We played well at times, but on the biggest stage we didn’t have one of our better games.”

Salem's hockey team  nipped Berlin 2-1 with third-period goals by Josh Cavallaro and Matt Barbin.

Zach Sanford scored a pair of goals, breaking current UNH star Paul Thompson's school record for points in a season as Pinkerton bested Trinity 5-2. Sanford's 20 is now one better than Thompson's mark set in 2003-04, accoring to Astros coach Casey Kesselring.

Ernie Lupi had the trick but it wasn't enough as Haverhill fell to Revere, 7-4, in the Guleizian title game at the Newburyport Bank Tourney.

John Galvin netted a hat trick and Alex Connolly scored twice as Pentucket closed out the season with a 6-2 drubbing of Amesbury. 

David Evans, the area's leading scorer, and Jordan Marchetto each posted a pair of goals as Timberlane bounced back from a tough loss by blasting Goffstown 6-3. It was the Owls' eighth win in its last nine games.

Mike Downing's goal inside of the last five minutes was the difference as Salem edged Londonderry 2-1 last night at the Icenter.

 "It was a tight game," said Londonderry head coach Peter Bedford. "It was really a back-and-forth game and no one really took control until late. It was a well played game by both teams." 

Alex Emery tied the game with 6:27 left and Brad McGovern netted the game-winner with just 32 seconds to play as Haverhill took a dramatic 3-2 decision over Triton in the Newburyport Bank Classic.

Pentucket spotted Nashoba a couple of power play goals before turning its game around, shutting its opponent out and dashing to a 6-2 matinee victory. Josh Silva's score with less than a minute remaining in the second period gave the Sachems the lead and all the momentum needed to win. Ryan McCarthy opened the scoring with his first varsity goal and Alex Connolly excelled all day at center of the second line, stepping up for teammates felled by illness.