The Bishop Hendricken boys hockey team fell to No. 2 Mount St. Charles in two games in the Division I Semifinals last weekend, ending the Hawks’ season.

The Mounties would cruise to a 5-1 Game 1 victory at the Adelard Arena in Woonsocket.

Alex Pratt led Mount with two goals in the win while Nathan Palumbo scored Hendricken’s lone goal in the second period. Goalies Zach Marzano and Drew Carr combined for 22 saves in net for Hendricken.

The Hawks would make it much more interesting in Game 2, taking a 2-0 lead in the second period and into the third on goals from Palumbo and Owen Leahy.

However, Mount would surge back for a pair of goals in the third to send the game to overtime, and would get the game-winner 4:39 into the extra period to punch its ticket to the Division I Finals against La Salle.

“It’s always disappointing not getting into the finals. That’s the goal every year. But the boys worked hard, but we came up short. We outworked them, outshot them, but we just couldn’t finish. Both teams played well, we just couldn’t finish. That’s also a testament to Mount, we couldn’t seal the deal,” said Hendricken coach Mike Soscia.

Soscia felt that the Hawks squandered too many chances to make Game 1 competitive, which could have changed the entire complexion of the series.

“One or two goals in high school hockey is nothing. It’s all about getting to those dirty areas, sacrificing your body, but we just couldn’t always get to those areas. We had plenty of opportunities in Game 1, we hit the cross bar, missed the open net, things could have been so much different if those went in the net,” said Soscia.

The defending champion Hawks had a new look this year after graduating a large senior class from last year and introducing Soscia as the team’s coach.

Soscia was proud of his team’s effort in the postseason, especially considering its lack of big-game experience.

“You can describe our season as growing pains. We lost 16 seniors. Our senior captain Cam Adamec led by example both on and off the ice, so did our other seniors Will Healey, Ryan Mitchell. Almost all of our players had minimal ice time in the past few years, we were asking a lot of kids that had little to no varsity experience, especially against a team like Mount that had 12 seniors. We pushed them as well as we could,” said Soscia. “(The seniors) meant a lot. Not one of my seniors complained about ice time over the past three years, and then when it was their turn, they stepped up. They were great leaders for the younger kids, and we can say that it’s because of them that helped with the growing pains.”