Bucky Greer ’26 warms up on the ice before the Andover Jamboree.
Boys Hockey (1–3) played the Andover Jamboree this weekend, taking on a demanding three-game week. The team opened with a narrow 3-4 overtime loss against Pomfret on Saturday before responding with a decisive 4-1 win on Sunday, its first win of the season. The momentum was short-lived, though, as the team fell 5-2 on Wednesday against Thayer Academy. Throughout the stretch, Boys Hockey was anchored by strong goaltending from Edouard Lord ’26 and saw several players record their first goals of the year.
Boys Hockey hosted Pomfret in what would be a closely contested game, as the team looked for its first win of the season. With just four minutes and 40 seconds left, Andover led by two goals. However, after a five-minute penalty was called against the team, Pomfret would be able to capitalize with 3 goals, including the last-second game-winner in overtime. Despite this, there were a number of breakout showings, Nolan Roberts ’28 highlighted one of these great performances.
“Michael Barrett [’28] is the second youngest player on the team… and he got his first goal at that game versus Pomfret. He’s been working so hard for that goal, and it was an important goal too, because it brought us up 2-0. It really set the tone early in the game,” said Roberts.
Jack Cannon ’29 was another breakout star against Pomfret, with a goal in his second-ever game on the team. Senji Kimura ’29 explained the play that led up to Cannon’s first goal.
“One of the best plays was made by Russell Louis [’27] sliding across to Jack Cannon and Jack putting it in low blocker,” said Kimura.
The second game of the Jamboree for Boys Hockey was a Sunday home game against Proctor Academy. A goal and two assists from new forward Jason Faith ’26 PG combined with 32 saves from goalkeeper Lord guided the team to its first victory of the season, finishing 4-1. Roberts reflected on Edouard’s player of the game performance.
“He’s been our best player in the first three games. Without him we would be losing every game and, Edouard is so consistent. He’s been a brick wall, and we’re so lucky to have him,” said Roberts.
Among those who recorded their first Andover goals was Roberts, who found the back of the net in the game against Proctor. Roberts described the play, highlighting the puck movement and teamwork that set up the opportunity.
“It was my first goal for Andover. We were on the penalty kill, and Zachary Fedele [’26] made a good play, bringing the puck up and getting it out of our zone. Then, Faith got a pass from him, and it was a two-on-one opportunity. The puck got on net, and it was scrambling for a bit, then I found a rebound in front and just hit it home,” said Roberts.
In the Wednesday game at Thayer Academy (Thayer), the team fell in a hard-fought match. Despite this loss, Boys Hockey played a strong game. Nate Kreppner ’27 spoke about the team’s offensive performance.
“We had a lot of offensive zone time, a lot more than [Thayer]. We controlled below the goal line in their zone really well, and we were able to activate our [defense] and get a lot of shots on net, but their goalie played pretty well today and was able to shut down a lot of our offensive chances. Overall, from our far blue line in, we dominated, but they capitalized on some breaks a few times,” said Kreppner.
Boys Hockey will look to bounce back at home on Saturday against New Hampton School.
