Trumbull Eagles Hockey

The Trumbull Eagles opened up the CIAC D2 State Tournament with a 4-1 upset win over the Chesire Rams. Trumbull lost the regular season matchup 3-0 and entered the tournament as the 14th seed. The Rams, the 3 seed, were all over Trumbull early but goaltender, Gabe Deist was awesome early on and stayed strong all game. Defenseman, Tyler Hickey opened up the scoring giving THS a 1-0 lead after one period.

Special teams were key in Trumbull’s win. The Rams could not get anything going on their power play chances thanks to the Eagle penalty killers while Trumbull landed a power play goal from Jake Terlik (1g, 2a) and essentially another from Nick Smagacz as time expired on a Ram infraction. Jacques Roy put the nail in the coffin with an empty netter, punching Trumbull’s ticket to the quarterfinals.

The Eagles will face the Branford Hornets (#6) on Friday 5:00pm at Bennett Rink, West Haven, CT.

GO EAGLES!!!!!!!!!!!

The #14 Trumbull Eagles will take on the the #3 Cheshire Rams Tuesday 03/07/23 at 3:45pm at the Lou Astorino Rink in Hamden. The Eagles finished 9-11-0 on the season while the Rams ended with a 14-6-0 record. The two teams met during the regular season with Cheshire coming out on top 3-0.

Prior to the CIAC State Tournament, the Eagles will participate in the Douglas J Robinson Tournament along with Stamford/Westhill, Staples and Wilton.

Doug Robinson was the head coach of Stamford/Westhill and involved with the program for 23 years. He helped lead them to a state championship in 2001. Doug was also involved in area youth hockey for many years.

Coach Robinson was also a highly decorated police officer and 33 year veteran of the Stamford police department.

Doug lost a three year battle with cancer in August of 2022. The hockey community honors his memory.

Thursday 03/02 4:00pm Trumbull vs Staples (Shelton Upper)
Thursday 03/02 6:30pm Stamford/Westhill vs Wilton (Shelton Lower)

Finals
Saturday 03/04 8:30pm (Shelton Upper)

Senior, Co-Captian, Tyler Hickey is our POW. Hickey is one of the most physical players in the area and leads all Trumbull skaters with an incredible 45 hits. The defenseman also has good speed and stick skills leading all blueliners with 7 points. Nearly every game, Hickey provides the Eagles with their backbone.

Jr, Nik Smagacz nabs his second Player of the Week after scoring two goals in Trumbull’s 4-3 road win over Staples. “Smags” currently leads all Trumbull skaters with 12 goals, 25 points, 90 shots on net and is tied for the lead in assists with 13.