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Playing its best game of the season, the Witches got a goal and four assists from senior defenseman and captain Chris Smith in hammering Rockport, 8-0, Saturday night at the Talbot Rink in Gloucester.

When summing up Rockport's 2007-2008 hockey season, one word comes to mind: Snake-bitten.

Coming into last night's game against Pope John, the Vikings had three one-goal losses to go with three ties. And it seems that every time Rockport has a big scoring chance, they catch a tough break and are unable to score.

Of all the positions to play in hockey, goalie may be the most unenviable.

For starters, your job is to get in front of a rock hard puck traveling at times close to 80 mph. Secondly, you have to lug around heavy equipment that hinders your movement towards the puck.

It's safe to say that the Rockport boys hockey team has found its offense.

After scoring just one goal in their two previous games, the Vikings erupted for a 9-1 victory over Nashoba Tech on Saturday night. With the victory, Rockport boosted its record to 4-6-3 on the season.

It was the same old story for the Rockport hockey team in yesterday's game against Trinity Catholic.

The Vikings got a solid effort all-around with good defense and goaltending, but could not seem to find their offense in a 2-0 loss at the Dorothy Talbot Rink.

Rockport boys hockey captain Chris Ferrante Jr. came off the ice after his team's 1-1 tie against Minuteman last Wednesday in a very positive mood.

He may have been a bit disappointed in the outcome of the game, but the senior has had a very upbeat attitude this season, and for good reason.

Rockport hockey coach Mike Greel was a little nervous after the first period against underdog Lynn Tech last night. The Vikings were facing a squad that they had previously beaten 8-0 and found themselves up just 1-0 after the first period.

The Rockport hockey team got some good news and some bad news last night.

The good news was that the Vikings snapped its three game winless streak with a 1-1 tie against Minuteman yesterday at the Dorothy Talbot Rink.

Salem High hockey coach Brian Addesa is still looking for his team to put a 45-minute effort together. He'll surely take the dominating effort his Witches provided in the first and third periods last night en route to a 3-2 win over Rockport at Salem State College's Rockett Arena.

Coming off their first loss of the season, the Crusaders (3-1-1) offense exploded for seven goals at Talbot Rink in Gloucester to down Rockport, 7-4.

Junior forward Mark Sparaco scored a hat trick and had two assists while junior forward Dale Crispin (1 goal, 3 assists), junior defenseman James Gattuso (2 assists) and senior forward Jordan Mizioch (1 goal, 1 assist) were other offensive standouts.