Westfield’s Joshua Adams, left, tangles with an Agawam defender. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
EASTHAMPTON – The Westfield High School hockey team met its match.
Agawam topped Westfield in late season Division III high school hockey action 3-1 Sunday at the William J. Lossone Hockey Rink on the campus of Williston Academy.
Both teams came away with a tie in their first meeting this season.
“We gave it everything we had,” Westfield head coach C.B. “Moose” Matthews said. “Agawam is a good team – very physical. They can move the puck. We’re going to meet them again. The boys want to want to play them again.”
Agawam skated out to a 2-0 lead behind a pair of goals from Seamus Curran, who found the back of the net less than five minutes into the opening period and late in the second. Cam Rivest assisted on both plays.
Westfield had two power play opportunities in the third period, but it wasn’t until both teams were at full strength that the Bombers finally capitalized.
Just five seconds after squandering its second power play chance of the final period, Westfield finally got on the board. Bombers’ Chris Sullivan scored a wrap-around goal in among a crowd of players near the Agawam net.
Westfield mounted an attack with about a minute remaining and its goalie pulled, but came up empty. Rivest tallied an empty-netter in the final seconds.
On Saturday, Westfield defeated Wachusett 4-2. The Bombers (11-4-3) wrap up the regular season this week in a tournament out on the Cape.
