The boys in green started their 2024-2025 season travelling to nearby Westfield, MA to have the traditional early season scrimmage between the two programs. This scrimmage has gone on for years and in the opinion of the coaches, it has been a great opportunity to see where the teams stand this early in the season. We want to thank Westfield for providing the ice and the post-game pizzas and water. Players gobbled down the food as we raced back to campus for the semi-formal dance in the dining hall.

This scrimmage saw equal playing time with our 13 forwards, 7 defensemen, and 2 goalies. We saw good chemistry with this group throughout the entire scrimmage. The final score would be 4-1 in favor of Big Green. All four lines contributed, each tallying one of the team’s total goal output. All seven defensemen were on the ice for a goal as well. We were pleased with the balance and excited to start our regular season games this week with contests against Eaglebrook and then Choate.

Highlights on the afternoon were the play in net from Drake Esquer (2 periods) and Sawyer Johnson (1 period). Lots of new faces on the roster and some returners have made us a deep roster heading into these first games. Tripp Woytowicz, Blake Donnellan, Griffin Cepiel, and Cooper Brozek are a few of the returning players we’ll look to for positive leadership. The team returns 9 players from last year’s roster while adding 13 new faces. We’ve had a good first week and the team is just getting to know one another. This upcoming week will present some challenges, but with hard work, and a growing belief in one another, look for continued improvement as a team.

A good start to the season and it was nice to see the team play their best team defense later in the game when we need to take charge of the momentum. Here we go!!