Berlin boys hockey team ends season 13-7

PLYMOUTH — The No. 4 seeded Berlin High School boys' hockey team was eliminated from the NHIAA Division III Hockey Tournament with a 4-2 defeat at the hands of No. 1, John Stark-Hopkinton, Wednesday night at the Plymouth State Unversity hockey rink before a loud and boisterous crowd. Things started out early and not so good for Berlin as John Stark-Hopkinton scored twice in the first period, one at 1:17 and then later at 6:08, to shock the North Country Fans in attendance. Berlin got "beat deep" too many times and were fortunate to be only down 2-0 after that initial period.

Period 2 started out much like the first one, as again the General Hawks scored at .51 to put them up 3-0, However, shortly after that, the Mountaineers had an excellent opportunity to get on the board but couldn't connect. To make more problems for Berlin, two back-to-back penalties for tripping and slashing gave the Hawks plenty of opportunities to score on a power play but just didn't/couldn't capitalize. At the conclusion of the penalty, Tyler Rousseau came off the team bench and timed it perfect for a breakaway, which he misfired on the first two shots, and kept pressing to almost score on the third try.