9 March, 2023
The #8 Seeded Hopkinton Hillers defeated #17 seeded Norwood Mustangs in their elite 8 matchup at the New England Sports Center in Marlboro 5 to 3. The Hillers improved to 19-4-0 and advances on to the Final 4 to take on #4 Walpole, #17 Norwood ends an incredible season with a record of 14-7-2.
In the first 2 rounds, Hopkinton defeated #25 North Attleboro 9-0 and #24 Westwood 6-3. Norwood took down #16 Marblehead 5-2 and #1 Tewksbury 5-2 before their battle in the Elite 8 round.
Scoring Summary
1st Period
#22 Joe Carrazza - Hillers - 9:06 - 1-0 Hopkinton
#10 Sean Dittmeier - Norwood - 8:38 - 1-1
#7 Dylan Mansur takes the puck end to end and drops it in for Hillers - 4:38 - 2-1 Hopkinton
#7 Dylan Mansur strikes again, assisted by Pavit Mehra - Hillers - 1:13 - 3-1 Hopkinton
2nd Period
#15 Michael Moynihan pulls Norwood within one - 12:44 - 3-2 Hopkinton
3rd Period
#29 TJ Martin ties the game up for Norwood - 7:17 - 3-3
#4 Pavit Mehra assisted by a beauty of a pass by #7 Dylan Mansur - 1:20 - 4-3 Hillers
#22 Joe Carrazza puts the icing on the cake with an empty netter - 0:31 - 5-3 Hillers
#8 Hopkinton Hillers next takes on #4 Walpole in D2 State Semi-Finals... Time, Date, Place TBA
Below, view highlights from the incredible game and interviews with Pavit Mehra, Joe Carrazza, Dylan Mansur and Head Coach, Scott Hayes!
