Hockey Falls in NEPSIHA Tourney Semifinals

Brunswick’s hockey season came to an end on Saturday, as third-seeded Loomis Chaffee ousted the second-seeded Bruins in the semifinals of the NEPSIHA Martin/Earl Large School Tournament in Hartong Rink, 5-2. The loss finishes the season for the Bruins (21-8-2), while the Pelicans advance to the tourney finals at Trinity College on Sunday.

 

Brunswick’s John Burdett netted the first goal of the game on a blast from the blue line in the first period. Burdett’s tally was the defenseman’s first-ever goal as a Bruin.

 

Later in the opening frame, with Brunswick on a power-play, Loomis Chaffee netted a shorthanded goal to knot the contest a 1-1 with just under two minutes remaining.

 

The Pelicans took command of the contest with a trio of second period goals, including the final marker with 1.1 seconds left in the period.

 

Trailing 4-1 in the third period, the Bruins closed the gap on a 6-on-4 power-play, as Beanie Richter’s tally made it a two-goal contest with under three minutes left in the game.

 

Less than a minute later, with Brunswick goalie Alexander Rohlf pulled for an extra skater, Loomis Chaffee potted an empty-net goal to give the visitors a three-goal advantage (5-2) with 2:02 remaining in the contest.

 

Saturday was the final Brunswick hockey contest for eight seniors: Jude Brower, Shayan Farjam, Will Forrest, Henry Foster, Jack Griffin, Connor Sullivan, Harry Tavlarios and Jakub Teply.

 

  

#3 Loomis  1 3 1 = 5

#2 Bruins   1 0 1 = 2

 

1st

(B) John Burdett (Gary Claps, AJ Cerbone) 12:35

(L) Cody Hoban SHG 16:07

2nd

(L) Alex Krause (Anthony Cipollone, Luke Steele) 8:51

(L) Mathieu Schneider (Isaac Joshi, Ben Ritter) 14:08

(L) Luke Steele (Anthony Cipollone, Alex Krause) 17:59

3rd

(B) Beanie Richter (Jude Brower, Matthew McGroarty) 6X4 15:20

(L) Rory Andriole (Oliver Flynn) ENG 15:58

 

Goaltending

(L) Kyle Chauvette (54:00) 38/40 (2 GA)

(B) Alexander Rohlf (53:00) 28/32 (4 GA)