BOSTON — If you’re going to go over 20 minutes in the second half without scoring a goal, you’d better have a top-notch defense capable of picking up the slack.
Such was the case for the Needham Rockets, a team which weathered a lengthy scoring drought in the second half by limiting its mistakes on the back end in an 8-5 win over the Longmeadow Lancers on Saturday afternoon to capture a Division 1 state championship.
