With the game tied 0-0 in the second period, two quick goals by Cushing Academy put the Wildcats on their heels before ultimately falling 4-0 to the visitors on Saturday night in Meriden. Goalie Cam Ingram took the loss, stopping 29 of 32 shots (the fourth goal being an empty-netter). Next up, the Wildcats host the Lakes Region playoffs as the number-one seed on Friday and Saturday.

Josh Phillips scored three straight goals in a four-minute span of the second period to help lift KUA to a 7-1 win and a number-one seed in the Lakes Region playoffs. Xander Boutilier, Christopher Saint-Phard, Dawson Wood, and Carter Cowan also scored for KUA, while Boutilier (3), Wood, Cowan, Phillips, Anthony Leech (2), Lucas Hannay, Jackson Kimelman, Aiden Bean, Christian Toma, Jack Ross, and Conal Mulkerrin all added assists. Goalie Catcher Davis was solid in net, turning aside 23 of 24 shots for the win.

The KUA senior class had quite a night in beating Holderness 3-0 on Saturday in Meriden. Josh Phillips opened the scoring a minute into the second period with shorthanded goal assisted by fellow senior Xander Boutilier. Midway through the second, Phillips set up classmate Jackson Kimelman who scored from the slot to extend the lead. Chris Saint-Phard picked up his first of two assists on the night on the play. In the third, senior defenseman Anthony Leech scored to extend the lead to 3-0, which senior goalie Cam Ingram made stand as he kicked out 23 shots for the shutout win.