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Hockey notes

The top-ranked Catholic Memorial boys hockey team next faces archrival and second-ranked BC High on Saturday, Feb. 11, in the annual Dr. Edward M. Wright Memorial Game at Harvard's Bright Hockey Center. The puck will drop at 2 p.m. The game, played for its first five years at Boston University, makes the move to Allston this year.

Catholic Memorial's web site noted that CM co-captains Joe (forward) and Mike Devin (defenseman) "have both been rated among the top National Hockey League prospects in North America by the NHL Central Scouting Service. The twin brothers from Scituate, both National Honor Society members, have committed to Cornell University."

In Middlesex League news, the MIAA boys' hockey game of the week is the long-awaited showdown between No. 3 Reading and No. 8 Winchester this Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Reading's Burbank Arena.

The two teams, which have yet to face each other season, sit 1-2 in the ultra-competitive Middlesex League and both have much to prove after the puck is dropped. The Rockets, who lost to league rival Burlington earlier in the season, will wish to move their record to 10-1-3 and claim themselves as the premier team in what is arguably the state's premier public league. The Sachems, who moved to No. 8 after their season-changing 5-1 victory over Burlington on Saturday, still stand, by record, as the best team in the league. Think they want to quiet the Rocket hype down?

Many have said that the Middlesex League will have two Super 8 teams by March. If this does not happen, the winner of this game may prove to be the league's representative in the Super 8.