Sports

Last Second Goal Lifts Watertown into Hockey State Semifinal

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Charlie BreitroseWatertown junior Mauricio Souza scored the gamer winner with seconds remaining in the Elite Eight Game against Nauset. Here he celebrates a goal against Southeastern Regional in the First Round. A breakaway goal with five seconds left in the MIAA Div. 3 Boys Hockey Elite Eight vaulted Watertown/Wayland past host Nauset, 3-2, and into the Final Four for the second straight season. Just as it appeared the game played at Charles Moore Arena in Orleans would head into overtime and the puck in the Nauset offensive zone, junior Mauricio Souza grabbed the puck, skated down ice and buried the puck in the Warriors’ net to clinch the win for the fifth-seeded Raiders.

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Watertown Hockey Blows Past Dracut, Books Trip to the Cape for State Quarterfinal

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Charlie BreitroseWatertown junior James Erickson celebrates scoring a hat trick against Dracut/Tynsboro in the Round of 16 State Tournament game. Having survived a double overtime in the first round of the MIAA Div. 3 State Tournament, the Watertown High School boys hockey team skated to a relatively easy victory Saturday night, putting half a dozen goals on the scoreboard against Dracut/Tyngsboro. The Raiders won the Round of 16 game 6-2 at John A. Ryan Arena. Watertown Coach John Vlachos was confident his players would be ready.

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Raiders Boys Hockey Triumphs in 2 Overtimes in State Tournament

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Charlie BreitroseWatertown’s boys hockey team celebrates the double-overtime winning goal against Southeastern Regional Vocational Tech in the State Tournament. Watertown High School’s boys hockey players piled onto each other after the Raiders scored the winning goal in a dramatic double overtime victory in the MIAA Div. 3 State Tournament Round of 32 game. Watertown defeated the visitors from Southeastern Regional Vocational Tech, 3-2 on Wednesday night at John A. Ryan Arena. Charlie BreitroseWatertown took a 2-0 lead in the second period of the State Tournament game with Jack Dickie’s goal.

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State Tourney: Watertown Boys Hockey Highly Seeded; Girls & Boys Hoops Get Home Games

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Charlie BreitroseThe Raiders had strong support from its fans at the TD Garden in the 2022 State Final. This year the Raiders are the fifth seed. Watertown High School’s boys hockey team will seek a second straight trip to the Garden as the fifth seed in the MIAA Div. 3 State Tournament. The girls and boys basketball teams will host a home game in the State Tourney.

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WHS Sports: Hockey Team Hot, Big Comeback by Boys Hoops, Runners on Right Track

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Charlie BreitroseThe Watertown boys hockey seeks another trip to the Final Four and the Final at the TD Garden after finishing runner-up in 2022. The 2022-23 season has been a hot and cold one for the Watertown High School boys hockey. The Raiders appear to be heating up in the latter half of the season as they look to return to the Garden for a second straight state final. The Raiders started the season winning four of their first seven games, and tying one. Then Watertown dropped four of six, and added another tie.

Boston College

Hall of Fame Hockey Coach, Watertown Native Jerry York Retires from BC

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Boston College AthleticsBoston College men’s hockey coach Jerry York, a Watertown native, announced his retirement on April 13, 2022. Here he lifts the NCAA Championship trophy in 2010. He won five titles in his career. After coaching for half a century, the last 28 years at Boston College, Watertown’s Jerry York announced his retirement. The Hall of Fame coach is the winningest coach in NCAA hockey history.

Colin Campbell

Magical Run to the Garden Ends Just Short of Title for Watertown Boys Hockey Team

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Charlie BreitroseA Watertown fires a puck at the net during the State Final against Sandwich at the TD Garden. BOSTON — The Watertown High School boys hockey team made all the right moves on the way to the TD Garden, and the Raiders looked like they might have one last magical moment to clinch the MIAA Div. 4 State Championship. In the second overtime, however, it was Sandwich that found the puck magic, prevailing 3-2. Coming inches short of the school’s second state championship is not bad for a team that basically didn’t exist five years ago.

Hockey

Raiders Boys Hockey Team Falls in Double Overtime in the State Final

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Charlie BreitroseThe Watertown boys hockey team takes the ice at the TD Garden before Sunday’s State Final against Sandwich. Hockey players get used to early morning ice time, but seldom does such an important competition occur at an early hour. The Watertown High School boys hockey team will play for a State Championship beginning at 9 a.m. on Sunday against Sandwich at the TD Garden. Raiders’ Head Coach John Vlachos said the 2021-22 season has been a team effort. Follow the action live from the Garden here startingat 9 a.m.!