5 Things You Need to Know Today: Feb. 26

1. The Framingham High girls ice hockey team suffered a tough playoff loss Tuesday afternoon to Billerica High, to end their season. The game was tied 0-0 after regulation. After two-overtime sessions, the score was still tied 0-0 at Loring Arena. 

MIAA rules then call for a shootout. Flyer Cassie McKinnon got a shot past the Billerica goalie Amanda Burns in the first round of the shout out. Billerica scored on its opportunity. The shootout continued until the ninth round when a seventh grader got one past Framingham goalie Ashley Castriotta, who had more than 30 saves in the loss. 

The Flyers end their season at 7-5-7. Billerica moves on to the next round of the MIAA Division 1 playoffs and will play #1 ranked Acton-Boxborough.

Framingham Patch will have a slideshow from the Flyers final game later today from Cummings Photography.

2. Acting Massachusetts Governor William Francis Galvin has ordered that the United States flag and the Commonwealth flag be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise until sunset today, February 26, 2014, in honor of PV2 Miguel Angel Verdejopolonco, U.S. Army, of Peabody who died February 18, 2014.

3. The Framingham High School boys hockey team is seeded #13 in the MIAA Division 1 South hockey tourney, and will travel Gallo Arena in Bourne  tonight to play the Marshfield Rams, who are the defending Division 1 South champions, at 8. The Framingham Flyers were 11-10-1 during the regular season.

4. Framingham Board of Health is scheduled to meet tonight at 7 in the Nevins Conference room in the Memorial Building to discuss its fiscal year 2014 budget and to review its proposed fiscal year 2015 budget.

5. Selectman Laurie Lee, who is running for re-election, will host a campaign rally tonight at Ken's Steakhouse from 5 to 8 p.m.

In case you missed it: The Dennis Moran Most Valuable Person award is presented to a Framingham High School Girls player, who epitomizes everything that Coach Dennis Moran represented. And this year the award went to goalie Ashley Castriotta.