Brunswick Earns Road Win at Hotchkiss

Brunswick stretched its unbeaten streak to 14 games with a 6-3 victory against the hosts from Hotchkiss in Lakeville, Conn., on Monday evening. 

It's always tough to play the Bearcats on the road on a Monday and Brunswick had to dig in and gut this one out after trailing 2-1 after 18 minutes. Senior Charlie Vincent scored the first goal of the contest but Hotchkiss answered with two before the intermission.

The turning point certainly came early in the second, when the Bearcats had a nearly two-minute five-on-three power play but came up empty. The trio of seniors Jake Minella and Carter Hall (who broke his stick early in the shift but still found a way to be effective), along with junior d-man Blake Stant, was key for 'Wick on the kill – as was senior goaltender Will Baker. 

Then the Bruins got to work, tying the game after a great forecheck by the line of senior Ryan Wachtel and juniors Oliver Czaja and Tucker Spiess, with Spiess ultimately pushing a rebound across the goal line. 

Senior co-captain Sean Gibbons –a West Point commit – gave his team the lead before the end of the frame on a well-executed o-zone face-off and snipe from the half wall to the far top corner. 3-2 Bruins. 

The teams traded tallies to open the third before Brunswick put things away with two in the final eight minutes – one more from Gibbons and one from Wachtel, who ended up with four points (and four PIMs) on the night. Maybe we'll call it the prep-school version of the Gordie Howe Hat Trick. 

Not to be forgotten, senior Brendan Giles popped his 17th of the season to climb within one of the NEPSAC lead. 

Millbrook next on Wednesday at Hartong.