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January 5, 2012 · 10:48 am

Newburyport Narrowly Defeats North Reading 5-4 in Cape Ann League hockey

North Reading presses for tying goal late in the third period.

Cooper Hines (17) congratulated by Travis Wile (5) and Cam Roy (4) after scoring 4th Clipper goal.

(Newburyport) Newburyport (2-3-1) scored a couple of goals early in the third period (Cooper Hines & Matt Kelleher) and then hung on for dear life before defeating North Reading, 5-4, at Graf Rink on Wednesday night.

The Clippers, 2-2 in Cape Ann League games, had plenty of shots (38) but they neutralized that advantage by surrendering power play goals to the Hornets.

One of the more remarkable things I’ve ever seen at a sporting event happened even before this game started. NHS coach Paul Yameen’s young daughter was delivering a wonderful rendition of the National Anthem when the Graf Rink microphone kicked off. What next? The crowd picked up right where she left off and delivered a rousing conclusion to the song. Spontaneity at it’s best!

North Reading (2-5 overall/0-4 in CAL) rode a hot goaltender (Keith Linnane – 38 saves) and power play advantages and were tied, 3-3, after two periods.

National Anthem soloist

But in the final period, the relentless Clippers were rewarded twice (Cooper Hines & Matt Kelleher) early to get what, at the time, looked like sufficient separation from the Hornets. It didn’t work that way. Defenseman Connor Wile ended up in the penalty box and Mike Moscaritolo beat Clipper goalie Dan Murphy to make things a very interesting, 5-4, late in the game.

NR pulled their goalie and the action thereafter was in the Newburyport end. A number of “ooh’s” and “ah’s” indicated how close the Hornets came to tying this one with the extra forward in the mix. But Newburyport prevailed.

They face North Andover (5-1) on Saturday at 7PM at the Graf Rink. The Knights lost to Triton, 3-1, last night.

Newburyport goal scorers were: Travis Wile, Jared Bradbury (2), Copper Hines, and Matt Kelleher. Cam Roy had three assists.

North Reading goal scorers were: Mike Brandano, Timmy Potter (2), and Mike Moscaritolo.

NR is at Pentucket on Saturday (7PM).

(All pictures enlarge to normal size if you click on them.)

loose puck in NR end

Timmy Tannian (5) & Tim Brennan (15)

Clipper crowd

Clippers collide

Mike Moscaritolo

Erik Morrison

Travis Wile

Matt Kelleher – winning goal

Cam Roy (4) & Tommy Potter (21)

Town Common Photo

#4 Cam Roy of the Newburyport Clippers

This picture appeared in the January 12-18 issue of The Town Common with the caption, “Newburyport’s Cam Roy (#4) scored three goals and led the undefeated (6-0) Clippers past Masconomet, 5-3, on Wednesday night at Graf Rink.”

This picture was taken from the top row on the spectator side of the Graf Rink on January 5th. I came in knowing that Cam Roy was Newburyport’s top scorer. He didn’t disappoint by getting a hat trick while I watched.

The cold conditions shortened my camera’s battery life.

I used my Canon EOS Rebel T1i for this photo. My settings were: TV mode, ISO 6400, 1/125 shutter speed, and 9 F-Stop.

Cam Roy hat trick keeps Newburyport undefeated in 5-3 win over Masco

Nathan Hickman(10) sets up Cam Roy(4) for one of his three goals.

(Newburyport) I took in the Newburyport/Masco hockey game last night (Wednesday) at Graf Rink in Newburyport.

Anytime you put an undefeated team (Newburyport) against a competitive rival (only one loss) I’m interested.

The Clippers prevailed, 5-3, behind Cam Roy’s hat trick. The talented junior teamed well with classmate Nathan Hickman on several of the goals.

The score was tied 2-2 after two periods before Cam netted two straight. A major penalty on Masco’s Trevor Surette (hitting from behind) in the 3rd lessened Masco’s manpower and their chance to mount much of a late-game comeback.

Clipper goalie Anthony Federico (26 saves) faces a point blank attempt by Masco’s Philip Russo in the first period.

Newburyport goalie Anthony Federico had 26 saves and probably none was bigger than a first period in-alone attempt by Philip Russo.

David Cusack filled in for injured Clipper captain Billy Boudreau. In the third period, David took the hit from behind and went head first into the boards after a hit by Masco’s Trevor Surette. The fill-in senior wobbled off the ice after the hit with help from his teammates. Trevor was assessed a major penalty and later exited from the penalty box to the locker room.

The come-away moment from this game was the singing of the national anthem by a youngster who could hardly be seen behind the penalty box door. She nailed that song from beginning to end.

Young lady nails National Anthem.

The garbled sound system otherwise offered little discernable help to what was going on. When players were picking up hats I gathered that Cam Roy had gotten a hat trick.

Paul Yameen wondered about the lack of a call.

Masco’s second goal came on the power play. Actually Newburyport went down two players. The second penalty was a bench minor on door-slamming Coach Yameen. Already one man short, and missing their best defenseman (Billy Boudreau) that action could have been disastrous for Newburyport. However, Masco tallied just once during the extended power play.

Gaven LaValley(7) gets good look at Clipper goal.

Unlike last year, this year’s Clippers appear less inclined to deck the opposition and more inclined to deke the opposition. From what I saw last night, they have the skating/passing skills to make that work for them.