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Sophomore Anders Gundersen had a huge day, scoring three goals (all on the power play) and dishing out two assists as visiting Marblehead went to the Connery Rink in Lynn and hammered the Lynn Jets, 7-2.

When Salem forward Chris Dunston got into second half foul trouble, Tommy Doyle needed to find a solution.

The Witches are undersized to begin with, but going small against a Lynn Classical team that features a pair of athletic big men in Jarrell Byrd and Tony Johnson just wasn't an option. So Doyle, on a hunch, went with 5-foot-11 widebody Danny Byors, hoping the junior could provide a little rebounding and toughness in the post.

Danvers High hockey coach Kevin Brown has taught his team not to rest their laurels on the achievements of their forebearers.

Translation: just because the previous 19 Falcon editions had qualified for postseason play, this year's club had to make it on its own.

Salem's Stan Goodwin hasn't seen much time between the pipes throughout his hockey career. In fact, the sophomore just moved to the position fulltime at the start of this season. That didn't stop him from taking control last night at Rockett Arena, as he stopped 10 shots in relief of Cody Grondin to lead the Witches over Lynn, 2-1, and earn his first varsity win.

If Danvers High's Danielle Sherry was extremely nervous in her quest for 1,000 career points last night, she didn't show it on the court.

Sherry needed eight points for 1,000. She ended up scoring eight of the Falcons' first 10 points and finished with 22 as Danvers topped Lynn Classical, 47-38. Danvers has won six of its last seven to improve to 8-4.

Deadlocked after two periods, the Bishop Fenwick hockey team needed a lift in the third period of last night's game.

Enter Chris Renzulli.

The sophomore netted his first goal of the season, lifting the Crusaders to a 2-1 victory over the Lynn Jets.

The Fishermen (7-4) picked up a nice win led by senior Jill Lukegord's game-high 15 points. Freshman guard Hannah Cain notched 12 points in the win and sophomore center Mary Unis added nine.

"It was an excellent team effort, they shared the basketball," said Gloucester head coach Jon Flanagan. "They were much more focused defensively and rebounded better in the second half." Gloucester is off until next Friday when it goes to Lynn English.

For much of last night's game, the shots were not falling for St. John's Prep senior Ryan O'Connell.

Needing 18 points to reach 1,000 for his career, O'Connell was forcing shots that weren't falling early on. But with the contest on the line, the Bowdoin College-bound senior from Ipswich delivered.

During the first half of the hockey season, it has been Gloucester's offense that has carried them to victory. The Fishermen have averaged close to five goals and over 35 shots on goal per game en route to an unbeaten record. In Saturday night's contest against Lynn, however, it was the defense's turn to shine.

Someone should have called the cops because there was a robbery committed at the McVann-O'Keefe Rink late Saturday afternoon.

Armed with a stick and glove, the robber was wearing a white jersey with brown trim, was about 5-foot-6 and was wearing a helmet-type mask.