Via HockomockSports.com and Twitter, we share the results of the fall sports competition for Franklin High School on Tuesday, December 27, 2022. We also provide the link to the full set of Hockomock League results below.
Boys Hockey = Franklin, 7 @ Malden Catholic, 2 – Final
– Franklin had six different players find the back of the net as the Panthers used an offensive explosion to take down Malden Catholic. Anthony Lampasona had a pair of goals while Carter Balducci, Dan Daley, Jack Wernig, Logan Marchand, and Ryan Sicchio each scored once in the win.
1st period Recap:
Boys came out with a hard forecheck setting the tone early as usual. The first 8 minutes of the game a lot of back-and-forth up tempo play until at 8:10 left in the first Franklin takes a penalty resulting in a penalty shot. But Colby Wagner would come up huge and stones the shot for Malden Catholic firing up Franklin. A minute later Tommy Balducci wins a neutral zone faceoff and finds Carter Baldacci who takes off down ice for the snipe from the top of the circle. Franklin's relentless hard pressure from Ben Jarosz and Dylan McEvoy would continue all period. And with 3:13 Left in the period Dan Daley would find Ben Paterson who then slides it to Anthony Lampasona in the slot and puts it home. Franklin would end the period up 2-0
2nd Period Recap:
Franklin would start the period fending off the last .38 seconds of a penalty. After successfully killing off the penalty Franklin goes on the attack again however with 12:17 left in the second Malden Catholic finds the back of the net. And with the game 2-1 in favor of Franklin, Franklin buckles down with some hard defensive shifts from Liam O'Rielly and Aidan Kuykendall. With 8:11 left in the second Logan Marchand snaps a pass to Ben Paterson below the net, Ben Paterson makes a no look pass to Dan Daley who buries it. A minute later carter Balducci takes off on a 2 on 1 then slides it to Jack Wernig who buries it for his first varsity goal to make it 4-1 Franklin. As play would ensue Franklin would find the next yet again on a PP goal when Vinnie Pasquarosa finds Dan Daley who bumps it to Anthony Lampasona for his second of the night. Couple in a hard shift from Zack Langevin, Mike Gates, Pat Daley,nd Carmine Iannuzzi that would finish off the period. Colby Wagner had another strong period in net fending off 17 shots thus far. Franklin up 5-1
3rd Period Recap:
Malden Catholic would find the net in the first .20 seconds of the 3rd off a shot from the blue line. And just went Malden Catholic gained some momentum a minute later Ben Paterson would find Logan Marchand, who unloads one from the point that finds the back of the net deflating the sail of Malden Catholic. A few minutes later Franklin would find themselves on the PK when Ben Jarosz applies the heavy forecheck separating the defenseman from the puck and hits Ryan Sicchio for the one time in the slot for the shorty. With about 3:45 to go in the game Sam Jette, Mike Gates and Nick Weber would bring some heavy hitting play and strong defense by carmine Iannuzzi and James Donovan causing much frustration to Malden Catholic. Franklin would wrap it up with a 7-2 win and player of the game would go to Carter Balducci. Solid team win hopefully giving Franklin a much-deserved boost in the power rankings.
Franklin takes on St Mary's tomorrow night 12/28 @ Malden Valley Forum puck drops @7PM"
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