Saturday, March 20, 2010

Portsmouth High School boys hockey wins Division II title; Rogers loses in D-III championship series

Portsmouth beat Cumberland 3-1 on Saturday to sweep their Division II best-of-three championship series at Providence College's Schneider Arena.
Aaron Towers and Ben Peckham scored in a 16-second span in the second period for a 2-0 Patriots lead.
The Clippers closed within 2-1 early in the third period before Cam Harrigan's empty-net goal with less than a minute remaining sealed the championship for Portsmouth.
Mt. Hope of Bristol beat Rogers 8-5 here earlier in the day in the opening game of the Division III best-of-three championship series.
Conner Gunning and Luke Leys scored two goals each for Rogers. Kraig Paquette added the Vikings’ other goal.
Game 2 is scheduled here for Sunday afternoon at 1.

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