The Mansfield High boys' ice hockey team in the No. 6 in the Division 2 South tournament.
The Mansfield High boys' ice hockey team will see a familiar foe in the Division 2 South Tournament, drawing King Philip, Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the Aleixo Rink in Taunton at 7:30 p.m. The winner will be playing the winner of the Sandwich-North Quincy game in the quarterfinals. Mansfield finished the season with a 12-5-3 record, earning the sixth seed, while King Philip is No. 11 at 9-8-3 record. See the complete pairing at www.miaa.net.
The Warriors fell to Mansfield in their first league match of the season.
After the King Philip boys' ice hockey team played defense for the majority of the game, it was only a matter of time before the Mansfield Hornets erupted. Despite holding the Hornets to only a goal in the first quarter, King Philip fell to Mansfield 5-0 in a Hockomock League match-up. It only took the Hornets 93 seconds to get on the board as a shot from the top of the right face-off circle by Billy Grant deflected off the glove of KP goalie Matt Carr and into the goal to give the Hornets a 1-0 lead. The Warriors’ best chance to tie the game came a little more than nine minutes into the game when Chris Rando’s shot from the left went wide right. Mansfield put the game out of distance from King Philip with a three-goal period. Brandon …
The Mansfield High ice hockey team will be hosting Winthrop Thursday at Foxboro Sports Center.
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Saturday, December 15, 2012
The following are the upcoming games this week for the Mansfield High winter sports teams. BOYS' BASKETBALL: Friday, Dec. 14, Mansfield 70, Sharon 51. Next game: Tuesday, Dec. 18: Attleboro, 6:30 p.m. GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Tuesday, Dec. 11, Coyle-Cassidy 54, Mansfield 48, Friday, Dec. 14, Sharon 61, Mansfield 48, p.m. Next game: Sharon 61, Mansfield 48: Next game: Tuesday, Dec. 18: at Attleboro, 6:30 p.m. BOYS' ICE HOCKEY: Thursday, Dec. 13, Winthrop 1, Mansfield 1; Next game: Wednesday, Dec. 19: King Philip, 5:20 p.m. Mansfield vs. King Philip, Tuesday, Dec. 19 (Foxboro Sports Center), 5:20 p.m. WRESTLING: Wednesday, Dec. 12, Stoughton 39, Mansfield 27, Saturday, Dec. 15, at Duxbury, 9 a.m. GIRLS' ICE HOCKEY: Wednesday, Dec. 12 St. Joseph…
The two teams battled it out, but Mansfield came out on top 3-1.
Mansfield High boys' varsity ice hockey team beat Nauset, 3-1 Wednesday. Nauset started early, making Mansfield take the defensive during the first period. “I thought our defensemen played really well,” Mansfield head coach Rick Anastos said. During that time, Mansfield only took shots on the goal when they had a power play, but with Nauset’s aggressive strategy and three penalties, the Hornets had four and a half minutes to get their shots to the net. “We have enough skill that we won the game,” Anastos said. Mansfield first scored during the second period when Erik Foley scored his first of the night assisted by William Kelleher with six minutes to go in the period. But as the Hornets began playing more aggressively, their penalties …
