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Brownies clip Bombers

Westfield's Conner Sullivan (5) squares off against Agawam's Zack Circosta (17). (Photo by Chris Putz)

Westfield’s Conner Sullivan (5) squares off against Agawam’s Zack Circosta (17). (Photo by Chris Putz)

WEST SPRINGFIELD – Forces collided when two area defending state high school hockey powers met in an early season holiday matchup. One team left one gift richer.
Brian Scoville came off the bench to score a late game-winning power play goal for Agawam to lift the Brownies to a 1-0 win over the Westfield Bombers Thursday night at the Olympia in West Springfield.
Scoville wristed the shot from just inside the blue line to the opposite corner of the net with 3:24 remaining in regulation. Cam Rivest and Zack Circosta assisted on the play.
Westfield was whistled for a cross-checking penalty 32 seconds before the game’s only goal determined the outcome. It was the Bombers’ fourth penalty of the evening.
Westfield’s only power play opportunity came midway through the third period. Agawam successfully killed it.
Agawam maintained a nearly 2-to-1 shots against ratio several times throughout the game.
“They had three lines that kept coming at us,” Westfield coach C.B. “Moose” Matthews said, “and their defense was strong.”
Early on, Westfield nearly caught Agawam sleeping on a late line change. The Bombers moved the puck past mid-ice as the Brownies hustled to catch up to the play – two players managed to get back and break up the play in the nick of time.
It was one of Westfield’s few chances.
The Bombers, who opened the season with narrow victories over South Hadley and Longmeadow, fell to 2-1.
“Agawam has a good team,” coach Matthews said of the defending Division 3A champion Brownies. “We knew they were going to be our (top) competition … We have a lot of work.”

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