Haverhill, MA – The Winthrop Vikings came into the night undefeated and in this game against the Masconomet Chieftains, it took 49 minutes and 56 seconds for them to leave undefeated. Senior forward Petey Silverman got the Vikings started with 11:07 left in the first when he threw a puck he received from Mike Holgersen to the front of the net that hit some traffic and squeezed past Chris Sacco to give the Vikings a 1-0 lead. Masco answered less than three minutes later on an unassisted goal from Miles Mireault. Masco took the lead less than a minute later when they went tic-tac-toe: sophomore forward Jack Fabiano scored from senior forward Alan Weitzman and senior defenseman Brady Forde. That’s how the period would end, with the score 2-1 Chieftains. Shot totals were Winthrop 7, Masco 5.
The Vikings came out buzzing in the second period tying the game just 1 minute and 24 seconds into the frame when senior forward Robert Rich retrieved a sophomore defender Colin O’Leary dump in and tucked it in the back of the net to even the score at 2-2. Masco would regain the lead with 3:54 left in the second as senior forward Ben Merrill found the back of the net on the power play. Just 20 seconds later the Vikings would even the score at 3-3 as juniro forward Phil Boncore tipped a senior defender Hunter Fife shot into the net. We were knotted up at the end of two periods and the shots in the second were 8 for the Vikings for a two period total of 15 and 7 for the Chieftains for a two period total of 12.
Both teams would have power play opportunities in the third but neither could capitalize. Winthrop put 15 shots on net in the 3rd period but Sacco turned them all aside and Masco would throw 9 shots at the Viking net but Mike Donahue stopped them all. Vikings shots totaled 30 and Masco’s shots totaled 21 heading into OT.
Overtime was fast paced as both teams threw their one-two punch at the other, trading opportunities. Masco would get a power play with 3:35 left in OT. They could not capitalize and ended up taking a penalty of their own. The teams would skate three-on-three until Winthrop took advantage of the man advantage and they were flying around the zone. Holgersen followed a Silverman shot to the net and got the puck on his stick and he fired it home with four seconds left to give the Vikings a big NEC road win and keep Winthrop undefeated. Overtime shots were Winthrop 6, Masco 3. For the game, shot totals were Winthrop 36, Masco 24.
Three Stars:
- F Petey Silverman, Winthrop
- F Mike Holgersen, Winthrop
- G Chris Sacco, Masconomet
