By Leighton Geraghty – Contributor

As the school headed into reading week, the Bishops Men’s Hockey team traveled down to Brockton, Massachusetts for a three game road trip. The weekend prior, they were in Montreal for a double header against RSEQ Division 2 power house, the Concordia Stingers, for an out of conference matchup. The team saw their first two losses of the season to Concordia and were hit with an early injury bug. Knowing they needed to bounce back from the weekend in Montreal, they set their focus on their next game against conference opponents Stonehill. 

Still feeling the effects of the losses to Concordia, the Men’s Hockey team traveled down with the intent of sending a message to the rest of the AAU. The boys described the road trip as being a business trip and had one thought in mind: win, win, win. The weekend started off Friday October 18th against Stonehill College. From the get go, Bishops came out strong, dominating all the way to the final whistle. Coming away victorious 14-2. Veteran Nolan Shane was named player of the game as he finished every hit and found the back of the net. The following day the team decided to go sightseeing and visited Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots. After a day of team bonding, they were back in action yet again against Stonehill. Although the start was not as pretty as they had hoped, Bishops still came away victorious this time with an 8-2 win. Star forward Nico Deichman returned to the lineup after being sidelined with an upper body injury and tallied a hatrick to his name in the game. ​​

Sunday marked the final day of the road trip as the Bishops traveled further south to Cape Cod to face off against rivals Mass Maritimes Academy. Both teams continued from their opening weekend festivities as the game was rock and roll from the start. Two minutes into the game, the referee went down with an injury after pulling his hamstring. Needless to say, there was no love lost between the teams as physicality continued to be the storyline of the game. Bishops got on the board early and often in the first period. They finished the period off 4-0 as Freshman defenceman Nathan Gagnon had a goal and an assist in the period. MMA bounced back to start the second period off as they brought the game within two. The third period saw both teams going back and forth until Cody Morton scored for Bishops and put the game out of reach. The final score was 7-2 for Bishops. The team now heads into an off-week as they prepare to face off against Anna Maria College November 8th and 9th.