Kate Broderick ’22 (foreground) at the Pink the Rink game in October 2021 (Photo: Northwood School/Facebook).
Northwood hosted the annual fundraiser ‘Pink the Rink’ recently to raise money for cancer research. The CARE Community Service club did a ‘Pink Out’ on Saturday, September 23, where spectators dressed in pink to support the fight against Breast Cancer. To promote this cause, the school’s Varsity and Prep teams used pink accessories or taped their sticks with pink. The hockey games attracted many spectators to support the club’s worthy cause. In addition to raising over $500 in donations at the games, both hockey teams wrapped up the weekend with two wins apiece.
“We raised just under $600 within the community and had a great turn out of students in pink!” said Kate Broderick ’22, the event organizer and co-leader of CARE. Broderick said the funds raised will be split and donated to the Susan G. Komen fund and American Cancer Society. “I wanted to do this as something fun students could dress up for and I chose breast cancer as our charity because of the many relatives and friends I know who beat breast cancer,” Broderick added.
Fans at the Pink the Rink charity game in October 2021. From left to right: Kate Broderick ’22, MJ Prince ’22, and Hillary Larsen ’22. (Photo: Northwood School/Facebook)
The boys hockey teams had a rare, four home game series at the Lake Placid Olympic Center. To kick start the weekend, the Varsity team went head to head with the New Jersey Hitmen 16Us Saturday and won 5-2. Nicholas Bennett ‘22 completed a hat trick in scoring the team’s first three goals. Teammates Roman Winicki ’22 and Landon Cole ’23 each scored one. Goaltender Ben Norton ‘22 had 17 saves in net.
The following morning, Varsity continued their streak with a win 3-2 against NJ Hitmen 16U. Bennett dominated the game by scoring another hat trick to lead his team to victory. Goaltender Jacob Jaslow ’23 made an impressive 32 saves in the win.
The prep team had a successful game on Saturday as well, winning 4-1 against the NJ Hitmen’s 18U team. Olivier Beaulieu ‘23 scored a hat trick and his teammate Bill Zonnon ‘24 scored as well. Goalie Johann Tremblay-Kau ‘22 made five saves.
Finally, on Sunday the Prep team dominated with a convincing 9-0 win against the New Jersey Hitmen’s 18U team. Carson Hall ‘22 led all goal scorers with four. James Schneid ‘23 (2), Billy Batten ‘23 (1) , Michael Urgo ‘22 (1) and Connor Santay ‘22 (1) rounded out the scoring. Jan Korec ’22, the goalie, backstopped the team with 8 saves.
