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Co-op Hockey Squad Drops First Contest

The East Haven-Old Lyme-Old Saybrook-Clinton-Valley Regional-East Hampton ice hockey team squared off against New Milford in its season opener last week. The Yellowjackets took a 3-2 road loss to the Green Wave at the Canterbury School on Dec. 18.

Old Lyme senior Alec Speirs and Valley Regional junior Cormac Kline scored the goals for the Yellowjackets in the defeat. New Milford scored a goal in the first period to take an early lead, and then the two sides traded goals in the second. Kline netted the first goal on an assist from Old Saybrook junior Cory Benni in the second period.

The teams traded goals once more in the third period. East Hampton sophomore Josh Berg assisted on Speirs’s goal during the frame. East Haven senior Logan Hamilton made 50 saves between the pipes for the Yellowjackets in the game.

—PJ Foti