BOURNE – It took a shootout to determine a winner, however fifth-seeded Dover-Sherborn/Weston had simply sufficient to take out the high-flying and top-seeded Winthrop offense Saturday afternoon.
Senior captain Calvin Roman scored the second shootout tally within the third spherical and Andrew Goldstein made three saves within the five-round shootout to raise the Raiders over the Vikings 2-1 within the Div. 4 semifinals at Bourne Arena.
“We practice every scenario – both overtimes and shootouts and we had a couple scrimmages to get ready for that, too,” mentioned Dover-Sherborn/Weston coach Alex Barlow. “We had never won (in the shootouts) and we scored two goals, but that is all it took today. So, I’ll take it.”
In the 2 overtimes, each goaltenders got here up large with a mixed for 33 saves and Goldstein got here up with a number of large saves to finish the primary additional time in addition to regulation.
“I just treat every single save like I need to make it,” Goldstein mentioned about his means to maintain composure within the additional time intervals.
Goldstein completed with 44 saves in addition to three within the shootout to carry Winthrop (18-4-2) to the one tally.
With Dover-Sherborn/Weston (20-4) controlling the primary 5 minutes of play, Winthrop flipped the script over the ultimate 10 minutes of the primary interval. The Vikings outshout the Raiders 8-1 and tallied a power-play objective by senior Pete Silverman on the 11:46 mark of the body to go up 1-0.
In the second interval, the Raiders got here out peppering the web as soon as once more with a 7-1 shot benefit slightly over 5 minutes into it. Winthrop then went on one other man-advantage on the 5:46 mark. Slightly over a minute later, junior Brayden McKenna intercepted a go and took it in for the short-handed objective to knot it up 1-1 with 8:27 left within the second.
“I don’t like playing down a man, but I say they thrive on it,” Barlow mentioned concerning the shorthanded rating. “It did open the ice up for us and we do have team speed.”
McKenna additionally scored to open up the shootout.
Winthrop piled on pictures the remainder of the body as each groups completed with 10 pictures within the second. The Vikings had a number of alternatives to take the lead again over the ultimate minutes, together with a sliding cease for Goldstein with slightly below a minute remaining.
The Raiders will now play the winner of Sunday’s Hanover/Stoneham matchup within the Div. 4 finals at TD Garden subsequent Sunday.
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