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Westminster Loses Close One at Taft
Playing in Taft School's Mays rink, a veritable barn, Third Boys’ Hockey put up its best effort of the year. Going down 1-0 early, the Martlets fought back with a highlight reel shot from the neutral zone off the stick of Spencer Kwan '22 that caromed off the Taft goalie's helmet before bouncing its way into the net. After ceding one more on a Taft rebound goal, Westminster’s Willie Noble '20 found one of his own to knot it up at two going into the break. The majority of the second period was all Westminster. Off a great breakout play by Jack Kelly '22, Nic Swahn '22 made a beautiful 2-on-1 pass to Azat Mukhametkulov '19, who buried it for his second on the year. Shortly thereafter, Noble put in his second of the day to put the team up 4-2. Credit the Taft team for continuing to fight and evening out the momentum before capitalizing on a bad Martlet line change. Going into the break the Martlets held a 4-3 advantage, only to have Taft tie it up on an ensuing third period power play. Minutes later Taft slapped in a loose puck in front of the net in what would amount to be the game winner despite multiple Martlet chances in the waning minutes of the third. The penultimate goal was an empty netter. Rich Mugler ’22 was solid in net, making several outstanding saves to keep the team in it. The loss was a bitter one for the Westminster Thirds, and the team will certainly look forward to seeing Taft again later in February, but for now, it'll move onto the CT Chiefs at home Friday.
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