Newburyport High School Hockey Team Skates Into Semi-Finals, To Face Undefeated Wilmington Team On Monday, March 1st At Chelmsford Forum

March 1, 2010

When: Monday, March 1st, 8:00 pm
Where: Chelmsford Forum, 2 Brick Kiln Road, North Billerica, MA

After beating Tewksbury, 6-2, in the 2010 MIAA Boys Ice Hockey North Division 2 Tournament Quarter-Finals game, the Newburyport Clippers (16-4-2) move on to the Semi-Finals to play their biggest game of their year against a familiar foe, the undefeated Wilmington Wildcats (21-0-1).

These two Cape Ann League foes have played each other twice during the regular season, with Wilmington winning both contests. Newburyport gave Wilmington all it could handle in their last meeting, and had a wide advantage in shots on goal and time in the offensive zone, but still came out short on the scoreboard losing to Wilmington, 3-1.

The Newburyport team got better and played much more consistently as the season progressed. They looked strong wrapping up the season in the Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank Annual Ice Hockey Tournament and haved looked solid so far in their two games played in the state Division Two North tournament.

Tonight’s game should be a great one to watch (8:00 pm) at the Chelmsford Forum in North Billerica. Wilmington, the Number 1 seed in Division Two North, has been the model of consistency all season. Their outstanding goal tending, depth in players, speed and size are reasons why they are undefeated.

Newburyport will have to play its “game of the season” tonight to advance on to the finals. We wouldn’t count out the Clippers in this game. They have a good record in “big” games and are familiar with the Wildcats style.

Whatever the outcome, this should be an exciting high school hockey game, featuring two of the best teams in Division Two hockey.

The 5:00 pm game will be broadcast live on WNBP-1450 on the radio and via digital streaming from the WNBP-1450 website.

Good luck, Clippers!