Congratulations Mite A1 Team on the Valley League Championship!!

Congratulations to the AHC Mites A1 team on winning their VHL Mites Playoff bracket! The team reached the finals with a hard fought win (4-3) over Natick in the quarterfinals and a win (7-2) over Charlestown in the semifinals. The semifinals game was closer than the score would suggest. Thanks to a single shift hatrick by Jack Philbrook (helped by strong work from Luciano Goncalves, Jack Spadafora, and Anderson Dimitri) Arlington broke away near the end of the game setting up a showdown with Dorchester in the championship game.

The Championship game did not disappoint. Trailing by 1 goal in the final shift, Arlington pulled the goalie and with the extra attacker, Teddy Lewis tied the game (4-4) with 26 seconds remaining. Following a scoreless overtime, the game moved to a shootout. Joe Bianco and Teddy Lewis scored for Arlington while Libby Tagupa stood strong in net stopping the final Dorchester shot and securing the win for Arlington! The team showed resilience throughout the playoffs and numerous players played their best hockey of the year in the semifinals and finals! Congratulations Jack "Spads" Spadafora, Teddy Lewis, Libby Tagupa, Joe Bianco, Dylan Lickorish, Rowan McSweeney, Alexis Chaulet, Jack "Brooksy" Philbrook , Jack "Musky" Moscatel, Connor Perrotti, Anderson Dimitri, and Luciano Goncalves!