KINGSTON – It’s been a brutally troublesome slate thus far for the Hingham boys hockey crew, however one other robust exhibiting on New Year’s Eve day has its heads held excessive coming into 2024.
Behind two targets from Paul Dzavik and their sometimes stout defensive sport, the No. 5 Harbormen (3-3-1) scrapped out a 3-1 win over No. 6 Marshfield of their second annual Hockey Fights Cancer matchup.
Dzavik’s second objective gave Hingham the lead with a minute left within the second interval after the protection’s solely blemish allowed the Rams (4-2) to tie it, and your complete group did a stellar job disrupting Marshfield alternatives to permit simply 14 pictures on goalie Mike Karo.
To finish 2023 with such a win, together with dropping all three of its video games by one objective, has morale excessive within the Hingham locker room.
“It’s great, I tell them not to worry about the record,” stated Harbormen head coach Tony Messina, who expects injured high scorer Travis Rugg to make his debut quickly. “We’re getting better every time. We’re trending in the right direction for sure. … 3-3-1, who’s happy about that? I am.”
This one was larger than the precise sport, with the 2 communities combining to fundraise over $25,000 for the American Cancer Society coming into the matchup. That places them near $60,000 whole over these final two years.
“I’m so thankful that we get to come do stuff like this, with Marshfield especially,” stated Dzavik, whose aunt is combating most cancers and grandfather handed from it. “We’ve built a very good relationship and it’s been awesome that we get to come have a meeting like this. We raise a lot of money and it’s just, it’s awesome that we can help support such a great cause just through hockey.”
“Very proud of our team and Hingham for what they’ve raised,” added Marshfield head coach Dan Connolly. “It’s a great cause, both teams rally around it, the community rallies around it. Helped raise some good funds, hopefully we’ll cure cancer someday.”
While the communities are pleasant, neither let up in such a significant measuring stick.
Defenses cleared nearly all exercise on the within via a lot of the primary, whereas Karo and Marshfield’s Kevin Murphy (18 saves) stopped what they wanted to. Dzavik discovered a approach to get Hingham on the board within the closing minute of the body, although, arising from beneath the objective line to complete off a Colin Lasch help.
While Hingham solely allowed three Marshfield pictures on Karo within the second, the Rams generated a bevy of alternatives they only couldn’t execute for a top quality shot. One lastly got here on a one-timer that Tommy Carroll buried off a feed from Cam McGettrick from the nook, tying the rating at 1-1 with 4:55 left within the body. Dzavik simply wanted a couple of minutes to get it again, although, clanging a low shot from the purpose off the within of the correct put up for a 2-1 lead.
“With (captain) Travis Rugg out … our two other captains (Dzavik and Jack Rakauskas) have done a great job just kind of keeping them all together,” Messina stated. “It’s been tough at times – lot of adversity in some of these games.”
Marshfield threatened a number of occasions in a 7-5 shot benefit within the third interval, however a foul turnover within the closing 4 minutes gave Conal Mulkerrin a wide-open likelihood for an insurance coverage objective.
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