Timmy Driscoll ’12 and Captain Eddie Ellis ’13 each contributed four goals last week in Andover Boys Hockey’s wins over Loomis Chaffee and Deerfield Academy.
Andover stunned Loomis with three goals in the first five minutes of the game last Saturday. Ellis started by as- sisting Driscoll in putting Andover up 1-0. Shortly after, Michael Lata ’14 scored two goals in the same shift, both off passes from Peter Nelson ’12.
Andover kept its pace in the second period, tallying three more goals. Larken Kemp ’13 scored two for An- dover, one assisted by Taylor Perkins ’12 and the other as- sisted by Luca Tresham ’13. Assisted by David Belluche ’14, Driscoll scored another to earn a hat trick and put Andover up 6.
Loomis ended Andover’s shutout late in the second period, but still trailed An- dover 6-1 at the beginning of the third.
Shorthanded early in the third period, Andover gave up another two goals to Loomis. However, Andover soon answered, drawing a power play which allowed Ellis to add the seventh and final goal of the game.
Head Coach Dean Boyland said, “We were pleased with the start but gave up a
couple of shorthanded goals later in the game. We still need to get better at limiting our turnovers in all three zones. Overall, it was a good effort, especially from a cou- ple of our younger players.”
Andover’s momentum carried into its 5-2 victory over Deerfield on Wednes- day. Andover was caught on its heels early in the game when, 13 seconds into the first period, Deerfield tipped the puck into the right side of the net to leave Andover behind 1-0. How- ever, Andover immediately refocused and responded fiercely.
Minutes after Deerfield’s goal, Andover drew a power play. Connor Light ’13 capi- talized on the advantage, aimed a slap shot at the low right of the net and tied the game 1-1.
With six minutes left in the period, Jason Nawrocki ’13 scored a breakaway goal that hit the crossbar and cruised over the line to put Andover up 2-1.
Both teams continued to battle head-to-head in the second period but ultimately went scoreless.
In the third period, Ellis assisted Driscoll in scoring a shorthanded goal to height- en Andover’s advantage to 3-1. With nine minutes left in the third, the dynamic duo struck again, as Ellis assist- ed Driscoll with Andover’s fourth goal of the game.
Andover took three penalties in the last three min- utes of the game, putting itself at a five-on-three dis- advantage. Goalkeeper Ross Bendetson ’13 stood on his head while all defensemen blocked shots left and right. Deerfield pulled its goalie to raise its power play and was finally able to find the back of Andover’s net. With less than a minute to play, Driscoll scored an empty netter to end the game in a 5-2 win for Andover.
Andover will travel to face Belmont Hill tonight at 5 p.m.
