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For every vision of the Super 8 trophy that danced in the heads of Weymouth players Saturday night, there was something completely different going on in the minds of BC High's competitors.

It was the same old routine, actually.

The Eagles were thinking of defenseman Mike Vasilchuk commanding the blue line and orchestrating another power play, of goaltender Joe Cannata stifling another potent offense, and of their ready-to-attack offense and maddening defense meshing to create the ultimate Massachusetts high school hockey package.

That Super 8 trophy? It would come in due time.

"Nothing to change here," BC High coach Joe McCabe said. "We just had to keep going after teams."

The team the Eagles were up against yesterday was Weymouth, the feel-good, storybook program of the season. The Eagles needed a period to find their rhythm and fell behind, 1-0. But they proceeded to shut down the Wildcats in every facet of the game, dominating the final 30 minutes en route to a 6-1 Super 8 championship victory at TD Banknorth Garden.

The Eagles (19-4-2) repeated as Division 1A champions, claiming their fourth trophy in the tournament's 17-year history. They will share the spotlight in BC High's hallways with the BC High basketball team, which won the MIAA Division 1 boys' basketball title Saturday.

"They deserve to be state champions," McCabe said of his squad. "They played a great game tonight, and they played great coming down the stretch. We just beat five great teams in the tournament."

Weymouth (23-2), which had beaten four straight Catholic schools on the way to Causeway St. and was bidding to become the first public school to win the Super 8 title , went ahead on Mike Wilson's goal less than 10 minutes in and exited after the first period with a lead and confidence.

But BC High's offense came to life in the second period, as the Eagles scored three convincing goals.

Left alone near the blue line, Vasilchuk fired a slap shot past Weymouth netminder Chris Daugherty with 8:51 left. Two minutes later, Bryan Kelly finished off Jeff Sullivan's rush and scored from the slot.

"As soon as we had that first goal, and then the second, we never looked back," Vasilchuk said.

Bob Stenbeck put BC High ahead by two goals when he caught Daugherty away from the crease and potted a crossing pass from in front.

What stood out more than BC High's impressive offense in the period was the lack of Weymouth opportunities. The team was limited to two shots in the period, and 12 in the game.

"All year and in this tournament, they've come back," Cannata said. "So we wanted to make sure we kept them in check the whole game."

The Wildcats had a period to catch up but the Eagles, who flew past four straight Super 8 opponents and entered the tournament on a 7-0-1 tear, wouldn't let them.

"BC High was better than us," said Weymouth coach Bob Donovan, who coached his final game. "And they may be better than us totally anyways. Once they got a couple of goals up, they were able to buzz us and take chances. We couldn't overcome that."

The Eagles, who allowed just four goals in five Super 8 games, and only 23 in 20 regular-season games, smothered Weymouth's attack.

Luke Heller pushed the game out of reach 5:20 into the third period, standing near Daugherty at the crease and smacking in a rebound of Ryan Mullin's shot for the 4-1 lead.

Brian Sullivan made it a four-goal lead with 7:56 left, flipping in a backhander. Jeff Sullivan scored the final goal on another rebound, after Heller's power play shot with 5:22 remaining.

"There was a little more pressure on us to repeat," McCabe said. "But the kids were doing such a great job. We threw a great game at [Weymouth]. We knew we'd have to play our best. And we turned it on in the second and third period."