Marblehead Youth Hockey Squirt One Team Takes Championship

The following report was provided by Scott Garfield:

The Squirt One's ran the table in the White South Division of the Valley Hockey League (VHL) during an annual playoff tournament last weekend.

The Headers took down the East Coast Wizards in the quarter finals 2-0 on Friday night. Saturday morning the team then beat Newburyport 3-2 in a shoot-out in the Semi's. In their second game of the day on Saturday they faced the Concord (NH) Capitals.

Once again, the team came out on top 2-1 and won their National bracket championship game. The next and last challenge of the season was to face a strong Reading Rockets team (winner of the American bracket) for the overall White South Championship at the Haverhill Forum Sunday afternoon. The One's played another tight scoring game and took down the Rockets 2-1 for the Championship.

"This is a special group of kids, who gave it everything they had all season long, not just at tournament time," Marblehead Youth Hockey president Bruce Woodfin said. "It was a pleasure to see their development individually and as a team throughout the season. They had a high level of success all season as they won the regular season White South National crown, The VHL playoffs and the Larry Fournier Memorial Tournament."

The team finished the season with a strong 26-10-9 record.