Hotchkiss hockey hands South Kent first loss of year in overtime thriller

Hotchkiss hockey hands South Kent first loss of year in overtime thriller

Matthew Wallace battles Max Bjorkman for the puck.

Lans Christensen

By Lans Christensen

KENT — Saturday, Sept. 27, South Kent School 18U hockey hosted The Hotchkiss School’s varsity squad in a memorable exhibition match in which Hotchkiss won in an overtime shootout.

Leading up to the game, South Kent was undefeated with eight consecutive wins to start the 2025-26 season and a cumulative goal differential of 55-6, per the team wesbite. The Hotchkiss Bearcats traveled down from Lakeville to start their preseason with a non-league game.

It would be hard to put together two more equally competitive squads inside South Kent’s Stockdale Arena.

The first period was nonstop action at both ends of the ice but ended without any scoring.

About seven minutes into the second period, Hotchkiss’s Ryan Murray scored, followed a minute later by his teammate Austin Groves.

In response, South Kent quickly evened the score with a pair of goals and the second period ended with a 2-2 tie.

Murray scored again in the third for Hotchkiss and then South Kent’s Andrew Mohesky managed a goal in the final minutes to end regulation with a 3-3 tie.

A four-minute overtime yielded no score. The game ended with a shootout: one player at a time against the opposing goalkeeper.

Back and forth, the first four attackers from each team were unsuccessful. Then Jake Doherty of Hotchkiss managed to put one in the net, ending the game in dramatic fashion.

Jake Doherty ended the shootout with a goal for Hotchkiss to win the game against South Kent School 18U hockey Saturday, Sept. 27.Lans Christensen

Latest News

Meet the Candidates: Salisbury

Get to know your candidates ahead of the 2025 municipal election. In Salisbury, Curtis Rand (D) is running unopposed for his 11th term as first selectman. There are three candidates for selectman. Below, each candidate offered information about themselves and their goals for the town.


Keep ReadingShow less
Fire claims old factory in Torrington
Stephanie Januszewski

Crews battled raging flames in the early hours of Sunday, Sept. 28, when an abandoned factory on High Street in Torrington caught fire. At 1 a.m. ladder trucks were deployed around the brick building to contain the fire, an effort which persisted well into daybreak. By 8 a.m., crews had still not entered the building due to unsafe conditions. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire was unknown. Multiple departments responded from as far as Plainville and residents reported the smell of smoke from miles away. High Street remained closed on Monday with rubble in the road. The building once housed the Hendey Machine Company, which was among the largest employers in Torrington prior to the firm’s closure in the 1950s.

Horses heal: Time Out Foundation partners with Healing Hoofbeats in Lakeville

Corinne Kalser, MD, left, talks about the benefits of animals as therapy partners, as Renee Bouffard, LCSW, of Healing Hoofbeats of CT, on right, watches Harry Potter, a young horse at Time Out.In the background, Finnegan, lead horse at Time Out comes to see what’s going on.

L. Tomaino
“Horses and other livestock maintain their wild instincts. They sense what we are feeling and that makes them amazing therapy partners.”
— Renee Bouffard, LCSW

In 2008, Time Out Foundation became an official rescue and therapeutic riding facility, fulfilling a lifelong dream of founder, Corinne Kalser, M.D.With her husband, David McArthur, LCSW, and the rest of their staff, they offer a haven for children and adults through gentle, relaxed therapies centered around animals — rescued horses, dogs, cats, and goats — on their 35-acre farm in Lakeville.

To ensure the foundation continues, Kalser is partnering with Healing Hoofbeats of CT, an organization with a similar philosophy of care.

Keep ReadingShow less
A peaceful end at East Mountain House

The living room is light, airy, and quiet, with works from local artists on the walls...and no television.

Patrick L. Sullivan

Craig Davis and Keavy Bedell have opened East Mountain House in Lakeville. It is an end-of-life facility — a home, really — that can accomodate up to two guests at a time. The first guest arrived in mid-September.

The house, at 14 Bostwick St., is the one Davis shared with his wife Sandy Dennis, who died in 2020. Davis said her spirit lives on in the house itself and in the approach taken for the guests.

Keep ReadingShow less