Hall-Southington Hockey Player Suffers Devastating Injury

WEST HARTFORD, CT — The state hockey community is rallying around Hall-Southington senior captain Drew Booth after he underwent six hours of surgery for a devastating facial injury sustained during a showdown with town rival Conard over the weekend. Booth, a senior at Hall High School, took a hard hit against Conard and suffered broken eye sockets and a broken nose, according to the Hall-South Hockey Twitter account.

“This was a lot more serious than it looked,” reads a Tweet from Hall-South Hockey. “Wish him luck and hope the surgery goes perfect.”

Hall-Southington was back in action for its regular-season finale against Sheehan on Monday, the same day Booth was scheduled for the six-hour neurosurgery. Hall-Southington coach Brian Cannon told the Meriden Record-Journal before Monday night’s game that Booth was out of surgery, but he had no information on how it went.

A hashtag, #Prayfor9, has spread on social media in Booth’s honor with teams around the state showing support.

In a Wednesday morning update, West Hartford Athletic Director Jason Siegal told We-Ha.com that Booth’s prognosis is “very good” but he is expected to have a long and hard road to recovery.

A GoFundMe account has also been launched to help raise money for Booth’s college funds. More than $6,000 has been raised in the first few days of the campaign. You can visit it here.

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