The Thirds hockey team began practicing as a full team in mid-November, and we improved not only as individual hockey players but also as a team. Practice consists of a short warm-up drill, then we dive into more specific drills. Our captain is Stokes B. ’25 and the role of assistant captain alternates among Teddy C. ’25, Julien B. ’25, Minsung K. ’25, and Jaewon L. ’25. Our first game was scheduled in mid-December against Holy Name. The game was intense, but we lost 7-6. Despite the loss, we kept a positive attitude looking ahead to our next game In our second game, we grabbed our first win, winning 6-3 against Franklin County. After returning from winter break, we have been practicing drills to generate more opportunities. Our first two games were scheduled against the Western Mass Wizards and Rumsey Hall.

In the game against the Western Mass Wizards, we were leading 2-1 during the first two periods. However, our team started to fall apart during the last period, and we lost the game 2-5. We picked ourselves up for our next game, at Rumsey Hall. As we expected, they were a tough opponent. We scored in the first period, and had to stop Rumsey from scoring. Although Rumsey had some close opportunities, our goalies, Derek K. ’27 and Julien B., were able to block all the shots and prevent them from catching up. The players gave full effort, and I believe that was the key factor in getting another win.

We look forward to the remaining games of the season and our improvement. The Thirds hockey team this year consists of Julien B. ’25, Sequoia B. ’25, Stokes B. ’25, Teddy C. ’25, Andersen C. ’27, Finn C. ’28, Chris D. ’27, Joey H. ’26, Derek K. ’27, Minsung K. ’25, Travis K. ’28, Jaewon L. ’25, Sungbin L. ’27, Dominic M. ’28, Geonhee P. ’27, Harvey S.s ’27, Fischer W. ’28, and Adam X. ’28.