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A Century of Ice Hockey
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n celebration of 100 years of ice hockey at Loomis Chaffee, graduates from multiple eras gathered at the Savage/Johnson Rink for an alumni game, the unveiling of a special banner marking the century milestone, and victorious girls and boys varsity hockey games against Hotchkiss. Between the girls’ 2-1 overtime win and the boys’ 5-2 victory, more than 35 alumni took the ice for a friendly co-ed game, overseen by retired faculty member and longtime boys varsity hockey coach James “Grim” Wilson. The alumni played to a 4-4 tie.
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After the alumni game, Grim, Director of Athletics Susan Cabot, hockey alumni representatives, and current varsity hockey coaches J.R. Zavisza and Liz Leyden and their teams gathered on the ice for a short ceremony. After a welcome from Sue, Grim shared some hockey memories through the years, and hockey alumni Ray D’Antonio ’53 and Nicole Morganthaler Lugli ’83 unveiled the banner marking a century of hockey at Loomis.
web+ To see more photos of alumni who attended the event, go to www. loomischaffee.org/magazine.
Hockey alumni and longtime coach James Wilson take center ice. Photo: Tom Honan