WYH Pee Wee Sachems on a Roll

Winchester Sachems Pee Wee C1 Hockey Team:

• Front Row (L to R) George Shegog, Jack Dobbins, Cam Cassidy, and Josh Wang
• Back Row (L to R) Coach Dobbins, Owen Gilgun, Alden Martin, Liam McAnena, Derek Kimball, Khalil Porecha, Nick Manuel and Coach Porecha
• Not shown: Boomer Fitzgerald, PJ Fortin, Coach Fitzgerald and Coach Fortin.

Story courtesy of John Dobbins:

Capping an 8 game win streak, the WYH Pee Wee C1 Sachems stormed into Waterville Valley, NH last weekend to capture the coveted 2015 Deep Freeze Championship. Behind the rock solid goaltending of Cam Cassidy and chilling defense of Nick Manuel, Khalil Porecha and Jack Dobbins, the Sachems unleashed an avalanche of goals from forwards Josh Wang, Alden Martin, Derek Kimball, Liam McAnena, George Shegog and Owen Gilgun.

Blanking Hopkington in the opener 9-0, then burying Waltham 10-2 and later South Shore 7-1, the Sachems battled back from an early deficit against Wellesley in the championship game to win 5-3, with 4 goals by leading scorer Martin.

This comes on the heels of the Sachems’ superb play in the Pee Wee 3 State Tournament qualifying round. The C1s won their bracket and will represent District 9 in the Massachusetts State Tournament in Framingham March 12-14.

Asked about the current win streak, Asst. Coach Nick Porecha, 45, explained, ”we made some adjustments a few weeks back to tighten our play in the neutral zone and help with transitions and it’s really paying off.” When told Coach Porecha’s comments, Team Captain Derek Kimball, 12, emphatically agreed, saying, “we’re definitely passing better!”