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Nashoba Mite AAA
The Nashoba Grizzlies Mite AAA team played their best game of the season in a 17-13 win over Greater Lowell. Adam Homer had his first goal of the season. Bradana Gillman and Connor Boylen each had an assist and nearly scored goals of their own. Luke Moran played well on both sides of the puck while Ethan Murphy and Ryan Nelken each scored a hat trick. Brandon Perez had great game battling for the puck. Gavin Peloquin had a great game in net making some key stops throughout the game.
Nashoba Squirt A
Nashoba Squirt A had a winning weekend! In their first game of the weekend, they beat Reading AA 8-5. In the first period, Kieran Humpfreys started the scoring off a rebound and had the 3rd goal with a nice shot to the far post. Ronan McGowan added 2 goals and an assist, Cameron Joos 2 goals and 2 assists. While Ethan Koehr added a goal by scoring off his own rebound and Nathan LoConte added a goal (plus 2 assists) from a breakaway. Owen Boyer fed the puck to add 2 assists.  Adiya Bains had his first assist of the season while Stephen Reedy played a great defensive game
The Squirts posted another win Sunday against North Andover AA 9-3. Cameron Joos played a fantastic game offensively scoring 4 goals. Nathan LoConte and Owen Boyer each added another 2 goals. Ethan Koehr finished the scoring with 1 goal and 2 assists. Charles Becker (2 assists) and Jack Borges (1 assist) posted their first stats of the season. Damian DiNitto held the line well and played a great defensive game. Murphy MacLeod made his goalie debut posting 2 wins for the weekend with 21 saves in total.
Nashoba Squirt AA
Another big weekend for the Grizzlies Squirt AA team with a 10-3 win over Wilmington. Josh Laquidara kept up his scoring ways with the first goal of the game assisted by Ben Svaboda. Wilmington answered 8 seconds later with a goal making it 1-1, which is how the period would end. It was a big second period for the Grizzlies as they scored 5 goals, started off by Charlie Bonenfant, assisted by Bryan Fitzgerald. Laquidara scored again unassisted then the Laquidara/Svaboda team struck again, this time with Ben scoring and Josh assisting. They got some help from Tyler Santosousso (Swaz) who also got an assist. Bryan Fitzgerald helped himself to an unassisted goal then assisted Bonenfant for his second to end the period. Bonenfant wasn’t through, wearing the hat at the beginning of the third from a sweet pass from the outstanding Defense woman Zoe Musante who earned an assist. Jarod Dantas had a strong game as a forward and was rewarded with the second goal of the third period, assisted again by a tenacious Fitzgerald. Once again, Laquidara scored unassisted earning a hat trick. Bonenfant ended the third with a nice breakaway getting his fourth goal of the game. Tyler Olsen looked like Zdeno Chara on defense. The always consistent Riley Molongoski and Mike Blake also played some incredible defense having a record tying plus/minus rating of plus four. Luke Buretta stood tall in net facing 13 shots allowing only 3. Buretta is now 4-0 in net with an 85% save percentage. The Grizzlies are looking forward to a tough East Coast Wizards team at 5:20 at the Chelmsford Forum.
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Nashoba Squirt AAA
The Nashoba Grizzlies Squirt AAA beat SMS AA1 by a score of 5-4. Nathan Mucci led the scoring for the Grizzlies with two goals. Jack Funaro, Tyler Frazee, and Devin Marshall each a nice goals and Drew Kapetanakis and Jason Funaro each with two assists. Jonathan Doherty had another strong performance in net to solidify the win.
Nashoba Pee Wee AA
The Nashoba Peewee AA team beat a strong Jr. Sharks 8-2 on Saturday. Starting off with a five goal first period. Starting the scoring was Kailen Richards assisted by Peter Bonenfant at 11:23. Kyle Doney threw in a goal at 7:40 assisted by Justin Liona. Richards shot in his 2nd of the game at 6:23 assisted by Dominic Marshall and Doney. Next up was a William Donovan to Liona goal at 5:52. Final goal in the first period came from Nathan Lux assisted by Meghan Mulhern at 4:41. Great 1st period…on to the second period when the Jr. Sharks came back biting. That didn’t stop Richards who got his hat trick at 4:57 in the second period with a deflection shot by Liona. Bonenfant added a goal of his own at 4:23 in the 3rd with an assist from Richards. Kailen Richards wasn’t done for the day. He reversed the last goal by throwing in his fourth goal for the day assisted by Bonenfant at 1:34 in the third period. Tending net and blocking 13 shots for the Grizzlies was Jonathan Doherty with defensive assistance from Mulhern, Donovan and Matty Haggan. Great game everyone.
Nashoba Pee Wee AAA
The Grizzlies Pee Wee AAA have another solid 6-2 win over Woburn. Justin Liona kicked off the scoring for the Grizzlies early in the first period, and ended the day with two goals and two assist for four points. Brandon Bailey had a solid day with a goal and four assists as well as Aidan Peterson with a goal and two assists.  Kailen Richard scored a nice goal and an assist as well as Kyle Doney scoring. Jason Brake also had an assist and Michael Castracane had solid day playing center. Ryan Alonardo, Sam Castracane, Jason Brake and David MacLure were solid on Defense. Nathan Lux was in net stopping all but two shots for the win.
Nashoba Girls U10
In their season opener, the Nashoba Girls U10 team lost a tight game, 4-3, to Chelmsford.  The girls played a strong first period, with the offensive line of Fiona Daly, Isabelle Field and Alice Homer demonstrating great skating and passing skills. After an aggressive scramble for the puck in the bottom corner, Homer scored the first goal for Nashoba on the assist from defensive player Kendall Moran.  Goalie Mackenzie Donoghue was well protected by defensive pairs Moran with Zoe Musante, and Jocelyn Silva with Kelly Paquet. Moran and Silva also showed strong skating skills, each digging deep into the corners and skating up the ice to either pass or shoot on net. Daly led the scoring with 2 goals in the second period, the first on a set of beautiful passes by Homer and Moran, and the second as she took the puck up the left side unassisted to tie the score at 3-3.  The Grizzlies saw a strong offensive showing by forwards Callie Haggan, Emily Lux and Emma Boylen. Lux showed talent on the face-offs, and each of the girls skated hard and worked to clear the puck up the sides.  With 30 seconds left in the second period, Chelmsford unleashed a full assault on the net with Donoghue coming up with a spectacular save. But, the onslaught proved to be too much, and Chelmsford scored with 1 second left in the period.  Down 4-3 at the start of the third, the girls never gave up and skated with heart until the last second of play. Daly had a couple more solid shots on net and Field stayed strong and aggressive. Musante continued to play tough defense with a wide open net, and stopped what looked like another sure goal. With 2 minutes left to play, Silva’s skating was on fire as she charged down the ice on a breakaway. Knocked down, she popped back up and continued skating hard, and with .1 second left on the clock she took the final shot of the game, just missing.  The Grizzlies next face off is against the Lady Crusaders on Sunday at 8:00 a.m. at Nashoba Olympia in Boxboro.
Nashoba U14 Girls
Nashoba U14 Girls team found the net in a 3-2 victory over the Girls Natick Comets.
Jackie Ricko opened the scoring with a great shot from the point while Lexi Warner scored the other 2 goals. Brianna Bailey, Meghan Mulhern and Samantha Musante assisted on the goals.  Natick pulled within 1 goal with 1 minute left but got no closer with great defense from Kim Cornetta, Molly Griffin, Ava Downey, Meghan Gibbons and Emilie Leger. Allie Kingsley got the win in net with 18 saves.
