The Huskies went 2-0 over the weekend, playing some excellent ice hockey Saturday and Sunday. The prep team hosted Ontario Hockey Academy for their first game in Saranac Lake, then traveled to Massena, for a neutral location matchup.

Junior Alex Ray (22) has a scoring chance in a recent game vs Rice at the Olympic Center.

Going into the first game, the Huskies were looking to continue with their winning ways. The Huskies came to play as soon as the puck dropped against a very physical OHA team.

In game one, the Huskies had a bit of a slow start, but gained the 2-0 advantage with Wyatt Friedlander (2019) in the net. The game winner from Jack Pensa (2018, Forward) was the icebreaker and Zach Ellsworth (2019, Defense) then netted the second goal of the game to make sure the Huskies had the win safely secured.

The Huskies celebrated the victory for a short time period after the game, but quickly had to focus on the rematch the following afternoon.

In game two, the Huskies had a bit of a slower start than game one. Going into the first intermission, OHA and the Huskies were tied 1-1. At that point, Coach Silengo gave his team a stern talking to, and it was just complete dominance for the Huskies for the rest of the game. Northwood came out on top with 4-2 after John Biechler (2019, Forward) scored the empty netter to seal the deal. Wyatt Friedlander (2019) was in net. The rest of the goals came from Alexander Ray (2019, Forward), Cisco DelliQuadri (2020, Forward), and Tristan Allard (2020, Forward). All four players played a crucial role in the success for the Huskies, but it was an all around effort from everyone.

The Huskies came out of the weekend with two big wins because of Wyatt Friedlander’s stellar and consistent performance throughout the weekend.

“Overall, the team played well. We all worked for each other and worked against adversity,” said sophomore Scott Herman, the youngest defenseman on the team. “Once I got my first point, whether it was a goal or assist, I felt like I was getting used to the high level competition,” said Herman. “Since I come from Florida, playing with my age group, then moving to a new state, school, and playing against kids almost 3 years older than me makes me feel accomplished that I already have 2 points. Especially because people and coaches from Florida have told me that I should not be playing u18, and should be playing u15 or u16. By getting my first Northwood points this weekend, I feel like I have proven those people wrong, and that I will adjust to playing U18 AAA hockey.”

The next challenger for the Prep Team is Rice Academy November 4th and 5th, a rematch from Family Weekend. The Huskies are going to try and perform better than they did last time they battled the Knights when they split a weekend with them with a win and a shootout loss.

(October 26-29, 2017) The Huskies made the trip to Marlborough, Massachusetts to compete in the Beantown Invitational Tournament. With three games in the round robin, the Huskies looked to advance to the playoffs and they did just that.

The boys started the tournament by playing a fast Jr. Bruins team. The Huskies came out with the win 3-2, with goals by Sean Bunting (2019, Forward) and Tommy Bannister (2020, Forward), who netted two. Bannister said about the game, “It was a good first game for us. We wanted to start the weekend with a win under our belt, and we completed that goal.” [Read more…]

The Girls Hockey team traveled to Detroit to compete against 31 other elite girls hockey programs from North America and went undefeated in the Two Nations College Prep Showcase. The girls placed second out of 32 teams, going 5-0 on the weekend, sweeping teams from across Canada and The States.

The Huskies celebrate a win in Detroit.

Friday morning the Huskies faced off against Gilmour Academy, a familiar league opponent. The girl’s started the weekend strong with Keeley Rose (Forward, 2018) scoring quickly in the first. In the second, after a Gilmour goal tied it up, Nikki Kendrick (Forward, 2018) netted one to take back the lead at 2-1. Kendrick struck again in the third to raise the total to 3-1. With a few minutes left, Miranda Bookman (Forward, 2020) finished the game by pushing the lead to 4-1. Ashley Davis (Goalie, 2017 PG) stopped 22 of 23 shots. [Read more…]

The Huskies went 2-0 over the weekend, playing some excellent ice hockey Saturday and Sunday. The Northwood Junior team hosted Quebec-based Stanstead College for their first two home seasons games of the season.

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The Huskies took on the Buffalo Bisons at home, posting a 1-1-1 record this past weekend. The girls were challenged in all aspects of the game as the Bisons provided the strongest competition for the Huskies to date.

Moe Tsukimoto ‘18, Keeley Rose ‘18, and Kylie Kroes ’18 go through the handshake line after scoring in the 3rd game

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The Northwood Junior Team traveled to Salem, New Hampshire for the final weekend of games in the New England Fall Prep League. The Huskies had their first undefeated weekend, going 3-0 beating 3 tough teams.

The Junior Team huddling before a game in Salem, New Hampshire in the fall of 2017.

The first game was anything but easy. They played NEFPHL U19-Selects, whom they lost to the previous week and beat earlier this fall. The series between the Huskies and the Selects was tied at one. This would be the tiebreaker, and it turned out to be the hardest game. The game started off with the Huskies flying and scoring the first goal. It was a nail-biter finish, but the Huskies edged out the Selects winning 6-3. Goals came from Matt Shanklin (2019, Forward), Tommy Bannister (2020, Forward), Santeri Hartikainen (2018, Forward), Sam DiBitetto (2018, Forward), Cameron Plourde (2019, Forward) and Patrick Callahan (2018, Forward). This is was just the start the Huskies needed to begin a big weekend. Rico Dimatteo ‘19 also shined in net, making some big saves in key times for the Huskies. Nate Boak described it as a “great team win. We wanted to start off the weekend strong and we did just that.” [Read more…]

The Huskies traveled North to Port Hope, ON this past weekend to compete in their first NAPHA (North American Prep Hockey Association) league weekend. They swept the weekend going 2-0 against Trinity College School.

Hanna Rose ’18 scores from the point (Photo: provoded)

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The Mirror staffer Sarah Bennett ’19 is a member of Northwood School’s Alpine Ski Team, and she kept this journal of her training camp.

The skiers left school at around noon for Boston’s Logan Airport with three vans and one truck. It took us around five and a half hours to get to Boston. Our first flight to Switzerland took seven hours. Our luggage stayed in Switzerland while we departed for Munich, Germany. We waited approximately two hours at the Munich airport to solve the luggage problem. The whole team left for Austria on the bus while Ms. Fagan and Coach Haggerty took one for the team and stayed behind to wait for our luggage. We arrived at the hotel at around 6:30pm local time and ate dinner at 7:00. The luggage finally arrived at 9:00pm [Read more…]