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# Hollis/Brookline hockey rallies for win over Con-Val
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/hollisbrookline-hockey-rallies-for-win-over-con-val/
- Published: 2011-12-15T22:52:37.000Z
- Updated: 2011-12-15T22:52:37.000Z
- Description: HUDSON – Interesting things can happen in season openers. Like one hockey team outshooting the other 14-1 in a period, but trailing on the scoreboard.
- Author: Joe Marchilena
- Tags: Division II, Winter Sports, boys hockey, Brookline, Con-Val, Division III, Hollis, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44

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HUDSON – Interesting things can happen in season openers.

Like one hockey team outshooting the other 14-1 in a period, but trailing on the scoreboard.

That’s what the Hollis/Brookline High School boys hockey team faced after two periods of play Wednesday night against Con-Val. The Cavaliers peppered Cougars goalie Parker Wheeler with 14 shots in the middle frame, but it was Con-Val that scored on its lone attempt of the period and led going into the third.

H/B regrouped in the locker room and scored three times in the third to pull out a 4-2 win over Con-Val at Cyclones Arena in Hudson in the Division III opener for both teams.

“We were getting shots, just not quality shots,” H/B coach Bob Field said of the second period. “We really need to get the goalie to move. We were doing give-and-goes down the stretch and moving the puck better. That’s when we were getting better opportunities. That weak-side guy was standing alone and we weren’t hitting him.”

Kyle Berman tied the game for the Cavs (1-0) just 3:26 into the third period, and Jake Kobylarz added the game-winner at 10:24 off assists from Tim Birch and Ian McNamara. Ian Rowe added an empty-net goal with 13 seconds to play while Dan Ash scored in the first period for H/B.

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Con-Val got goals from Ryder Thompson and Mason Ellis, while Wheeler made 33 saves for the Cougars (0-1).

“We have a really good goalie and we try to keep as many shots to the outside as possible,” Con-Val coach Pete McLaughlin said. “We try to play a disciplined game and we do whatever we can to be opportunistic. At the end of our season, if you take a look at our record, we’ll have won or lost a lot of 4-3 or 3-2 games. That’s because of Parker Wheeler.”

Wheeler’s teammates gave him a lead just two minutes into the game, taking advantage of H/B’s sloppy play to go up 1-0 on Thompson’s goal. That lead stood for most of the period until Ash tied the game at 13:07.

“We came out very sloppy,” Field said. “We made a lot of mistakes. We weren’t playing well. We were throwing the puck away, we weren’t forechecking the way we were supposed to.

“In the second period, we regrouped a little bit. We were winning more face-offs. That really turned things around. We showed a lot of character and we come on strong in the third period.”

The Cavs were aided by their ability to continuously use three lines throughout the game. That allowed H/B to keep its legs fresh while wearing down the Cougars.

“We ran out of steam,” McLaughlin said. “We’ve got to work on our conditioning. At the end of the game, we lost a little discipline in our systems and I think their third goal resulted from that. I can’t fault the effort. They worked hard. The first game is always interesting because you just don’t know what you have and how it’s going to work. It’s apparent that I’ve got a hard-working group of kids.”

Both teams return to the ice Saturday, when H/B travels to face Moultonborough-Inter-Lakes, and Con-Val plays at Belmont-Gilford.