'It's like a dream': Wins for Littleton, St. Bernard's hockey sets up a showdown in the D4 state final at TD Garden

FRAMINGHAM — As Kevin Lizotte tried to hold back tears inside his team’s locker room at Loring Arena Saturday night, the Littleton boys’ hockey coach held his phone in his hand. After the second-seeded Tigers’ toppled No. 3 Dover-Sherborn/Weston, 5-1, in a Division 4 state semifinal, Lizotte read aloud a text message from former Littleton goaltender Aiden Leduc. It said: “I remember when you first started as head coach you told us you were going to make Littleton into a hockey town, and I think you’ve done it. Congratulations!” For the first time in program history, Littleton hockey is headed to TD Garden to play in a state championship. Congrats are in large order for Lizotte and Co. “This...