STONEHAM — All season lengthy it’s been Tewksbury’s first line which bought all of the publicity. On Saturday at Stoneham Arena, nonetheless, it was the Redmen’s depth gamers who got here via within the clutch.
Third-line ahead Peter Civitarese scored his first profession aim to tie issues with Woburn earlier than second-liner Jason Lavoie scored with 6:13 left to place Tewksbury forward for good. First-liner Tyler Bourgea capped a four-point evening with an empty internet aim to seal a 6-4 win and a spot within the Division 2 ultimate subsequent Sunday at TD Garden.
“All year long the goal was to get back to the Garden and now we’re there,” Tewksbury coach Derek Doherty mentioned. “We didn’t panic when we got down 4-3. The kids stayed with it.”
The high-flying Redmen (21-3-0) bought all they might need after which some from the Tanners (15-6-1) as Woburn got here from behind twice and took the lead early within the third interval on Finn Murphy’s snipe from the proper circle.
Just over 4 minutes later, Civitarese shocked everybody inside a jam packed rink, together with his personal coach, when he took a Jason Shreenan drop cross and put a shot over Logan Roderick’s glove for the equalizer.
“PJ is the hardest worker on this team and it was great to see him get that goal,” Doherty mentioned.
A little bit over three minutes later, Tyler Barnes received a battle behind the online and fed a charging Lavoie within the slot for a straightforward tap-in and a 5-4 lead.
Woburn couldn’t provide you with a solution this time as Tewksbury saved them pinned in their very own finish for a lot of the subsequent 4 plus-minutes.
They did get Roderick off for an additional skater with just below a minute to go however Bourgea stole the puck on the Tewksbury line and buried a shot from the impartial zone with :33.2 left to permit all of the crimson and white clad followers to exhale.
“This was a great team effort,” Doherty mentioned. “Woburn is such a great team and we knew they were going to be a challenge for us.”
The crew’s traded targets in a 2-2 first interval earlier than Jeremy Insogna gave Tewksbury a 3-2 lead within the second. Woburn’s Dillon Scalesse tied the sport later within the interval to arrange the frantic third body.
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