Wed. 11/17/21
Changing of the Guard, Exeter Style
Exeter hosts Hoosac today, and it's the first NEPSIHA game of the season. It is also, since the pandemic made a total hash of last season, the first official NEPSIHA game in 20 months.
Today's game will also mark the first time Exeter has had a new head coach in 30 years, as Tim Mitropoulos, an eight-year assistant at the school, takes over the head position from Dana Barbin. Barbin, with 500 plus wins under his belt, has downsized himself, becoming an assistant coach, the same post he took on when he was hired at Exeter in 1987. Back then, Barbin was 29, a former UNH forward who went on to play pro in Denmark. (While there, Barbin became a player/coach and later coached the Danish National Team for two seasons. Denmark was also where he met his future wife, Marianne.) At Exeter he served under Bill Dennehy for several seasons before taking over as head coach -- at which time Dennehy became Barbin's long-time assistant. Now, 500-plus wins later, Barbin's closing out his Exeter career just where he started, as an assistant. Round and round. Seems to be an Exeter tradition.
Mitropoulos came to Exeter as a PG the fall of 2009, having played four years for John Messuri at Winchester (Mass.) High School. After Exeter, Mitropoulos played four years at Tufts. He graduated in 2014, and while mulling over possibly going to grad school, received a call from Barbin telling him that a position was open at Exeter. That was eight years ago. Now, Mitropoulos, who is also head coach of the Exeter baseball team, is bench boss of the hockey team.
He was asked if he was nervous.
"It's more a feeling of being nervous and excited at the same time," Mitropoulos said. "It hasn't fully sunk in yet. Probably won't until game time. Dana will still be on the bench. We'll be talking the whole game, like always."
"We're just changing titles," Mitropoulos said. "He set a high standard and I want to keep that going. It's a great opportunity for me, to be able to do what coach Barbin has been doing for the last 30 plus years. I want to be able to do for students what he did for me."
"Both Dana and Bill have been huge mentors," he said.
Mitropoulos says "the excitment and energy around the team has been outstanding."
Co-captains are forward Kurt Gurkan, a Yale commit, and senior D Manan Mendiratta, an Irvine, Calif. native who played youth hockey with the Anaheim Jr. Ducks and was a new 11th grader last season. Michael Salvatore, a current 11th grader from Newburyport, Mass. and the Boston Jr. Bruins organization, will be in net.
On the bench, Mitropoulos will benefit from the coaching staff's familiarity with each other. In addition to Barbin, Brandon Hew, a defenseman at Hotchkiss who went on to become a captain at Amherst, will work with the D, while Jake "Shakey" Evans, a UNH backstop in the '70s, will be working with the goalies.
If you're going -- or even if you're not -- puck drop will be at 5:00 pm.
Sun. 11/28/21
Girls' Prep Composite, Week of Nov. 29, 2021
Mon. Nov. 29, 2021
East Coast Wizards @ Southfield, 6:00 pm (S)
Tues. Nov. 30, 2021
East Coast Wizards @ Winchendon, 5:00 pm (S)
Wed. Dec. 1, 2021
Westminster @ St. Mark's, 3:00 pm (S)
St. Paul's @ Brewster Academy, 3:00 pm
Brooks @ Cushing, 3:00 pm
Frederick Gunn School @ Berkshire, 3:00 pm (S)
Thayer @ Milton, 3:15 pm
Governor's @ North Yarmouth Academy, 3:30 pm
Millbrook @ Taft, 3:30 pm
Pomfret @ St. George's, 3:30 pm
Northfield Mt. Hermon @ Loomis Chaffee, 3:30 pm
Portledge @ Morristown Beard, 3:45 pm
Natick @ BB&N, 4:00 pm (S)
Worcester Academy @ Tilton, 5:00 pm
Noble & Greenough @ New Hampton, 5:00 pm
TBA @ Lawrence Academy, 5:45 pm (S)
Middlesex @ Rivers, 6:00 pm (S)
Princeton Tiger Lilies @ Lawrenceville, 6:00 pm (S)
Fri. Dec. 3, 2021
Kents Hill @ Middlesex, 4:00 pm
Kimball Union @ Rivers, 4:30 pm
Portledge @ Millbrook, 4:30 pm
Cushing @ Winchendon, 5:00 pm
Southfield @ BB&N, 6:00 pm
Tilton @ Proctor, 6:00 pm
Berwick @ Holderness, 6:00 pm
The Hill School @ Northfield Mt. Hermon, 7:30 pm
Sat. Dec. 4, 2021
Winsor vs. North Yarmouth Academy, 12:00 pm -- at Pingree School Tournament
Kents Hill @ Brooks, 1:00 pm
Beverly HS vs. Pingree, 1:20 pm -- -- at Pingree School Tournament
North Yarmouth Academy vs. Masconomet HS, 2:40 pm -- at Pingree School Tournament
Berkshire @ Kent, 3:00 pm
Thayer @ Southfield, 3:00 pm
St. Mark's @ Deerfield, 3:30 pm
Andover @ Andover HS, 3:30 pm (S)
BB&N @ Pomfret, 4:00 pm
Loomis Chaffee @ Noble & Greenough, 4:00 pm
Canterbury @ Greenwich, 4:00 pm
Northfield Mt. Hermon @ Hotchkiss, 4:15 pm
Groton @ Kimball Union, 4:30 pm
Milton @ New Hampton, 4:30 pm
Cushing @ Tabor, 4:30 pm
Holderness @ Tilton, 4:30 pm
St. Paul's @ Williston Northampton, 5:00 pm
Brewster Academy @ Winchendon, 5:00 pm
Lawrenceville @ Taft, 5:00 pm
Portsmouth Abbey @ Worcester Academy, 5:15 pm
Vermont Academy @ Proctor, 5:30 pm
Lawrence Academy @ Choate, 5:30 pm
Millbrook @ Hoosac, 6:30 pm
The Hill School @ Westminster, 7:00 pm
Sun. Dec. 5, 2021
Pingree Tournament Finals -- 9:00 am, 10:20 am, 11:40 am
Choate @ Lawrenceville, 11:00 am
The Hill School @ Kent, 12:30 pm
Pomfret @ Canterbury, 1:00 pm
Mon. Dec. 6
Proctor @ New Hampton, 4:30 pm
Berkshire @ Hotchkiss, 4:45 pm
Taft @ Frederick Gunn School, 5:00 pm
Greenwich @ New Canaan HS, 6:00 pm (S)
Fri. 11/26/20
Exeter Tournament Schedule
-- At Phillips Exeter Academy
Sat.-Sun. December 11-12, 2021
Saturday, December 11, 2021
G1 -- 10:30 am -- Brewster vs. Exeter
G2 -- 11:30 am -- Greenwich Country Day vs. Vermont Academy
G3 -- 12:30 pm -- Hill vs. Rice Prep
G4 -- 2:30 pm -- Proctor vs. KUA
G5 -- 5:00 pm -- Losers of G1 & G2
G6 -- 6:00 pm -- Winners of G1 & G2
G7 -- 7:00 pm -- Losers of G3 & G4
G8 -- 8:00 pm -- Winners of G3 & G4
Sunday, December 12, 2021
G9 -- 10:30 am -- Losers of G5 & G7
G10 -- 11:30 am -- Winners of G5 & G7
G11 -- 12:30 pm -- Losers of G6 & G8
G12 -- 1:30 pm -- Winners of G6 & G8
Sun. 11/21/21
Prep Girls' Composite Schedule, Week of Nov. 22, 2021
No games scheduled. Enjoy your Thanksgiving!
Wed. 11/17/21
Prep Girls' Weekly Composite Schedule
(It's Been a While!)
Wed. Nov, 17, 2021
Hoosac @ Winchendon, 3:30 pm (S)
Cheverus HS @ Kents Hill, 5:00 pm (S)
Thurs. Nov. 18, 2021
Mid-Fairfield @ Choate, 5:30 pm (S)
Fri. Nov. 19, 2021
Worcester Academy @ The Hill School, 2:00 pm (S)
Governor's @ Exeter, 3:30 pm (S)
Northwood School @ Millbrook, 4:30 pm (S)
Frederick Gunn School @ Taft, 4:30 pm (S)
Kents Hill @ Tilton, 5:00 pm
Nichols @ The Hill School, 7:00 pm
Sat. Nov. 20, 2021
Nichols vs. Worcester Academy, 9:00 am -- @ The Hill School
North Yarmouth Academy @ Tilton, 12:00 pm
Wed. 11/17/21
2021 Dexter Southfield Holiday Tournament Schedule
At Dexter Southfield School
20 Newton St.; Brookline, Mass. (except as noted)
Fri.-Sat. December 17-19, 2021
Friday, December 17, 2021
12:00 pm -- Dexter vs. Brooks
2:00 pm -- KUA vs. Rivers
4:00 pm -- Middlesex vs. Hill
6:00 pm -- Thayer vs. Berwick
Saturday, December 18, 2021
8:00 am -- Brooks vs. Middlesex
10:00 am -- Dexter Southfield vs. Hill
10:00 am -- Rivers vs. Thayer (@ The Rivers School)
12:00 pm -- Berwick vs. KUA
2:00 pm -- Hill vs. Brooks
4:00 pm -- Dexter vs. Middlesex
6:00 pm -- Rivers vs. Berwick
8:00 pm -- KUA vs. Thayer
Sunday, December 19, 2021
9:00 am -- 4th Pool A vs. 4th Pool B
11:00 am -- 3rd Pool A vs. 3rd Pool B
1:00 pm -- 2nd Pool A vs. 2nd Pool B
3:00 pm -- 1st Pool A vs. 1st Pool B
Tues. 11/16/21
Pingree Tournament Schedule
At the Pingree School; S. Hamilton, Mass.
Sat.-Sun. December 7-8, 2021
Group A: Beverly HS, Marblehead HS, Pingree School
Group B: Masconomet HS, Winsor School, North Yarmouth Academy
Saturday, December 7, 2021
8:00 am -- Beverly HS vs. Marblehead HS
9:20 am -- Masconomet HS vs. Winsor
10:40 am -- Marblehead HS vs. Pingree
12:00 pm -- Winsor vs. North Yarmouth Academy
1:20 pm -- Pingree vs. Beverly HS
2:40 pm -- North Yarmouth Academy vs. Masconomet HS
Sunday, Decenber 8, 2021
9:00 am -- Group B 3rd vs. Group A 3rd
10:20 am -- Group B 2nd vs. Group A 2nd
11:40 am -- Group B 1st vs. Group A 1st
Tues. 11/16/21
2021 Governor’s Academy Jamboree Schedule
At The Governor’s Academy, Byfield, Mass.
Friday, December 17th & Saturday, December 18th
Participants: The Governor’s Academy, Canterbury School, Holderness School, Kents Hill School.
Fri. Dec. 17, 2021
4:00 pm -- Governor's vs. Holderness
5:45 pm -- Kents Hill vs. Canterbury
Sat. Dec. 18, 2021
9:00 am -- Holderness vs. Kents Hill
10:45 am -- Governor's vs. Canterbury
3:00 pm -- Canterbury vs. Holderness
4:45 pm -- Governor's vs. Kents Hill
Sat. 11/13/21
2021 E.G. Watkins Girls' Invitational Schedule
Edward G. Watkins
Girls’ Invitational Hockey Tournament
At Cushing Academy; Ashburnham, Mass.
Thurs.-Sat. December 16, 17, 18, 2021
Fisher Division: Berkshire School, Cushing Academy, Northwood School, Winchendon School.
Iorio Division: Culver Girls Academy, Deerfield Academy, New Hampton School, Worcester Academy.
Thursday, December 16, 2021
2:30 pm - Cushing vs. Winchendon
4:20 pm - Berkshire vs. Northwood
6:10 pm - Deerfield vs. Worcester
8:00 pm - New Hampton vs. Culver
Friday, December 17, 2021
8:00 am - Cushing vs. Northwood
9:50 am - Winchendon vs. Berkshire
11:40 am - Culver vs. Deerfield
1:30 pm - Worcester vs. New Hampton
3:20 pm - Winchendon vs. Northwood
5:10 pm - Cushing vs. Berkshire
7:00 pm - Deerfield vs. New Hampton
8:50 pm - Culver vs. Worcester
Saturday, December 18, 2021
8:00 am - Fisher 4 vs. Iorio 4
10:00 am - Fisher 3 vs. Iorio 3
12:00 pm - Fisher 2 vs. Iorio 2
2:00 pm - Fisher 1 vs. Iorio 1
Notes:
Hospitality Room open for coaches during all games.
Home team is listed in left-hand column of the schedule.
Tues. 11/9/21
2021 Harrington Tournament Schedule
40th Annual
At the Noble & Greenough School (Fri. Dec. 17 and Sun. Dec. 19); at Milton Academy (Sat. Dec. 18).
Nobles Division: Nobles, Lawrence Academy, St. Mark's, Westminster.
Milton Division: Milton, BB&N, St. Paul's, Williston-Northamton.
Friday, December 17, 2021, Flood Rink, Noble & Greenough School
Game 1 9:30 Lawrence vs. Nobles
Game 2 11:30 St. Mark’s vs. Westminster
Game 3 1:30 Milton vs. St. Paul’s
Game 4 3:30 BB&N vs Williston
Game 5 5:30 Westminster vs. Nobles
Game 6 7:30 St. Mark’s vs. Lawrence
Saturday, December 18, 2021, Roberts Rink, Milton Academy
Game 7 8:30 BB&N vs. Milton
Game 8 10:30 Williston vs. St. Paul’s
Game 9 12:30 Nobles vs. St. Mark’s
Game 10 2:30 Westminster vs Lawrence
Game 11 4:30 Williston vs. Milton
Game 12 6:30 St. Paul’s vs BB&N
Sunday, December 19, 2021, Flood Rink, Noble & Greenough School
Game 13 8:00 7th Place Game - 4th Milton vs. 4th Nobles
Game 14 10:00 5th Place Game 3rd Milton vs. 3rd Nobles
Game 15 12:00 3rd Place Game - 2nd Milton vs. 2nd Nobles
Game 16 2:00 Championship Game - 1st Milton vs. 1st Nobles
The team listed second is the home team and wears dark jerseys.
Tues. 10/26/21
Welcome to 2021-22!
The 2021-22 Girls’ Prep Pages are now officially open.
We couldn’t be happier. In March 2020, several days after the prep championships were completed, the world went dark, quickly, as the mushrooming Covid-19 pandemic reached its tentacles into every corner of our lives – and stayed there, an unwelcome guest if there ever was one.
Thankfully, though not soon enough to salvage last season, vaccines arrived. Between that and masking, we’re in a far better place.
So let’s look at what you might want to know regarding the upcoming season.
All previous seasons’ news, rosters, schedules, and stats have been archived, and new material will start going into this season’s pages shortly.
We will be sending out welcome letters to prep coaches giving them the info to get started. We hope that coaches are more eager about posting their information this season. It can only help raise the profile of your teams and players. For technical assistance please email support@ushr.com
As for the big picture, we’ve done a lot of work on the back end, mostly behind-the-scenes stuff that you probably won’t notice beyond the fact that the site will be running more smoothly than ever.
We also wish to thank our readers for subscribing. Up until a few seasons ago, the USHR Girls' Prep site had been free, and, as a result, we lost money each season. That was a problem. Now, we have another: We need writers, and writers need to be paid, especially those who know their way around the girls’ game. If you are a writer, have a car and a solid understanding of the girls' prep hockey world, and can write with speed and efficiency, please send your resume -- or a letter -- and a writing sample to cwarner@ushr.com. We are also looking for a photographer, or schools willing to supply us with photos.
If coaches have news to share about their program or players, please feel free to let us know at the above email.
We firmly believe there are enough fans of girls’ hockey for us to continue putting additional resources into the ongoing construction of a first-class website devoted solely to the girls prep game.
We will also be posting jamboree and holiday tournament schedules next week. Note: send 'em along, please! The email address is the same as above.
Welcome to the new season. We're glad to be here. We’re glad you’re here. And we thank you for your support.
Chris Warner
Publisher/Editor
US Hockey Report
Cambridge, Mass.
New England Prep Hockey News
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