Natick Boys Fall to Braintree

Natick held Braintree to only two goals in their Bay State Conference matchup on Wednesday night, but that's all the Wamps needed to win their tenth game, putting them at 10-2-2 this season so far and keeping them just ahead of Needham in the league standings.

Dave Fasano scored Braintree's first goal at 6:30 in the first period on an assist by Connor Leslie. At 8:35 in the second period, Leslie set up Tom Mahoney with Braintree's second goal giving the Wamps a 2-0 lead. Natick scored less than a minute later, just seconds into a power play.  hat would end the scoring for the evening for both teams as stellar defense and goal tending prevailed.

In a side note, the hockey team added #17 to their helmets in memory of Justin Bailey, Natick's senior goal tender, who died of natural causes in his home on Jan. 4. One of the parents of a Natick player said that the Braintree team was a "class act" and that the Braintree players are a credit to their school.