High School Hockey

Two great high school hockey stories this month.

The first is Hingham (Massachusetts) High School's recent Super 8 Championship, a 1-0 thriller over Catholic Memorial before a huge crowd at the Boston Garden. Always great to see a public high school beat a Catholic Conference team in the final. Only the second time a public high school has won this championship. A great memorial and tribute to Garrett Reagan, the former Hingham coach for 26 years who built this fine program and passed away suddenly in 2008. Kudo's to the coaches and players at Hingham High!

The second high school hockey story is about a game that was never played. In 1989 two New Jersey teams were slated to play in the State Final Hockey Championship - The Delbarton School versus St. Joseph Regional High School. Ranked 1 and 2 respectively, anticipation was high as the teams had not faced each other during the course of the season. Both teams had lots of talent, many went on and had great college careers, in fact one player, Ken Blum, was drafted by the Minnesota North Stars. During the course of the 1989 season both squads frequently played in front of capacity crowds. Unfortunately, the excitement came to a screeching halt when an outbreak of measles at Delbarton forced the administration to cancel the game. It was never played.

For years this decision weighed heavily on players who have since wondered whether they could have been champions. But here's the good news. On April 3, 34 of the original 42 players and both coaches have agreed to play the game. After 20 years, players are coming from Massachusetts, Maine, California, Texas, Pennsylvania and Minnesota to play the game. In fact, these guys ranging in age from 38-40, have been practicing at 5 AM with their old coaches then going to work. The NHL has donated jersey for both teams and partial proceeds from the game go to Hockey Fights Cancer.

For additional details check out the following article at:
http://www.maxpreps.com/news/7uxKQDLcEd-UswAcxJTdpg/greatest-hockey-game-never-played-frozen-in-new-jersey.htm