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By Mark Aboyoun
Magazine Staff
BOSTON — To be the best, you
have to beat the best. With the top
three seeds standing in its way this
postseason, the No. 6 Marblehead
hockey team said, “Bring it on.”
The Headers – who began the winter
0-6, then 2-8 – defied all odds, leaving
TD Garden with the Division 3 state
championship after a 1-0 win against
top-seeded Nauset on May 17.
For a rowdy Marblehead fan section,
the Headers couldn’t have gotten off to
a better start. Kyle Hart showed off his
speed, getting past a Nauset defender
before wrapping around the net and
finding teammate Avin Rodovsky for
an easy finish with 4:41 remaining in
the first period.
It served as the game-winning goal.
“It was a nice goal. Even when we’re
not in sync, a kid like Kyle Hart doesn’t
need momentum. He just needs a little
bit of space and he created the chance,”
second-year Marblehead coach Mark
Marfione said.
Nauset steamrolled its way to the
championship game with an 18-2
aggregate score against its opponents.
The Headers, and Marfione, knew what
was in store.
“We knew they had a lot of structure
and, even on film, we felt like no team
really challenged their structure,”
he said. “We felt we were on a level
they haven’t seen all year, but I’ll give
them credit. They were better than we
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Senior captain Hogan Sedky
lets out some emotion as he
lifts the championship trophy.
Headers' fans nearly bring
down the boards at TD Garden.
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