This afternoon, with a 2-1 win over Belmont (Mass.), the Watertown (Mass.) area hockey staff received its one centesimal straight recreation, a feat which has now solely been achieved on 4 events.
A kind of situations was by Watertown, which as soon as received 124 video games in a row as a part of a national-record 184-game unbeaten streak between 2009 and 2017.
The one different groups which have received 100 video games in a row are Delmar (Del.) and Oklahoma Metropolis Casady Faculty (Okla.). Each of these have fascinating circumstances. A part of Delmar’s streak got here amidst COVID-19 protocols that made all gamers put on masks whereas on the pitch, and enjoying significant video games into December. Casady, for its half, spun its win streak over a span of 14 years, from 1956 to 1969, utilizing long-toed mulberry sticks, a plastic ball with raised edged to seem like a cricket ball, and, importantly, no synthetic turf.
The good Eileen Donahue, in her fortieth season, is aware of that the 100-win mark is secondary within the Raiders’ quest for a 23th state championship. This yr’s Watertown facet is coming off a state championship season which noticed a win within the state remaining over a top quality Sandwich (Mass.) facet.
Each different staff in Watertown’s division within the MIAA hopes they are often the staff to knock the Raiders off their championship-level perch.
Till then, nonetheless, the streak rolls on.
