01945 Summer 2024
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SUMMER <strong>2024</strong> | 35<br />
By Mark Aboyoun<br />
Magazine Staff<br />
BOSTON — To be the best, you<br />
have to beat the best. With the top<br />
three seeds standing in its way this<br />
postseason, the No. 6 Marblehead<br />
hockey team said, “Bring it on.”<br />
The Headers – who began the winter<br />
0-6, then 2-8 – defied all odds, leaving<br />
TD Garden with the Division 3 state<br />
championship after a 1-0 win against<br />
top-seeded Nauset on May 17.<br />
For a rowdy Marblehead fan section,<br />
the Headers couldn’t have gotten off to<br />
a better start. Kyle Hart showed off his<br />
speed, getting past a Nauset defender<br />
before wrapping around the net and<br />
finding teammate Avin Rodovsky for<br />
an easy finish with 4:41 remaining in<br />
the first period.<br />
It served as the game-winning goal.<br />
“It was a nice goal. Even when we’re<br />
not in sync, a kid like Kyle Hart doesn’t<br />
need momentum. He just needs a little<br />
bit of space and he created the chance,”<br />
second-year Marblehead coach Mark<br />
Marfione said.<br />
Nauset steamrolled its way to the<br />
championship game with an 18-2<br />
aggregate score against its opponents.<br />
The Headers, and Marfione, knew what<br />
was in store.<br />
“We knew they had a lot of structure<br />
and, even on film, we felt like no team<br />
really challenged their structure,”<br />
he said. “We felt we were on a level<br />
they haven’t seen all year, but I’ll give<br />
them credit. They were better than we<br />
CHAMPS, continued on page 36<br />
Senior captain Hogan Sedky<br />
lets out some emotion as he<br />
lifts the championship trophy.<br />
Headers' fans nearly bring<br />
down the boards at TD Garden.<br />
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