The Barrington High School boys hockey team won the Cape Ann Savings Bank Holiday Tournament on Tuesday, Dec. 27.

The Eagles opened the tournament with a 6-3 win over the host team, Gloucester, Mass. on Monday, Dec. 26.

The Fisherman opened the scoring midway through the first period, but Barrington sophomore Conner Hayes tied the game on a power play goal at 12:42 into the opening period. Classmates Henry Kelsey and Drake Almeida assisted. The Eagles skated into the first intermission at 1-1. 

The first few minutes of the second period brought fast skating and scoring opportunities for both teams. Eagles’ sophomore goalie Dominic Bruzzi made several key saves keeping the scored tied, and sophomore Cameron Hayes gave Barrington the lead with a goal at 6:58. Conner Hayes and senior Tucker Squires assisted. 

A few moments later the Eagles found themselves shorthanded for two minutes. Regardless, the Eagles generated some offense as sophomore Chase Watts scored a shorthanded goal at 8:38 of the period. Kelsey and sophomore Cody Wood assisted. 

Two minutes later Kelsey added to the Eagles’ lead with Watts and Wood assisting. Kelsey closed the period out with with his second goal of the evening at 14:26. Watts and Almeida assisted. 

The Eagles skated into the second intermission with a commanding 5-1 lead, but the Fishermen responded and quickly closed the gap to 5-3 with just under 10 minutes to play in the final period. 

Bruzzi then turned back the relentless Gloucester attack over the final few minutes and Almeida slipped in an empty net goal in the waning seconds to secure the 6-3 opening round victory. Bruzzi had 30 saves for the game. 

In the tournament finals on Tuesday, Dec. 26, the Eagles traveled back to Gloucester to face the Marblehead Magicians, who dispatched the Beverly Panthers 7-0 in their opening round game. 

The Eagles opened the scoring just 1:59 into the game, as Almeida slid the puck home off a nifty pass from Kelsey. The Eagles went up 2-0 at 3:36 as sophomore Trent Senn scored and junior Adam Gorman and senior Christian Vieira assisted. At 11:39 Cam Hayes put the Eagles up 3-0. Conner Hayes and Cody Wood assisted. The Eagles ended the first period up 3-0. 

At 2:35 of the second period Kelsey tallied the Eagles’ fourth goal of the game with assists from Conner Hayes and Almeida. The Magicians would add one before the period ended as the Eagles went to the locker room up 4-1.

The Magicians weren't giving up without a fight and tightened things up 4-2 at 9:30 into the third period, but Watts responded with another Eagles’ goal at 13:25, an empty-netter assisted by Almeida securing the 2022 Cape Ann Savings Bank Holiday Tournament.

Bruzzi, who turned away 28 shots in the game, was selected as tournament MVP and Henry Kelsey was selected to the all tournament team.

The Eagles next play at Burrillville on Friday, Jan. 6 at 8:30 p.m., and host Mount Saint Charles on Saturday Jan. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Abbey.