IMAGE GALLERY: Rivalry in the Rink

MANCHESTER – For both schools, it was a welcome matchup.

For the top-seeded Merrimack High School ice hockey team, it was a chance at revenge against a neighboring rival who had ruined its otherwise undefeated campaign with back-to-back setbacks to end the regular season.

For No. 3 Bedford, the contest presented an opportunity to earn a second-straight championship against a team the Bulldogs had proven they could beat.

And aside from a tilted second period – in which BHS scored three goals to take a 3-1 lead into the third – the game lived up to the hype.

At the end of 45 hard-fought minutes by both sides, it was Bedford, with a 5-2 victory, that maintained the Division II throne.

Read a detailed recap of the contest here and browse through the images above to see highlight's of Saturday's championship action. Have photos of your own from the game? Upload them above by clicking the "upload photos and videos" button.

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