Wed. 11/29/23
Prep Highlights:
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Fionn Keon Leads Lions Past Hoosac
Gunn's LoGuercio Picks Up Where He Left Off
Nobles' MacAusland Brothers Too Much for Pomfret
Salisbury & Taft Play Another 3-2 Game
Cushing's Bilic Blanks Dexter, 4-0
Mustangs' Caulfield Keeps Lions at Bay
Canterbury 3 @ Millbrook 3 (OT) -- The Saints and Mustangs kicked things off today with a 3-3 tug of war. Post-grad Duncan Stewart's powerplay goal gave Canterbury a 3-1 lead more than halfway through the second period. Host Millbrook didn't quit, though, and drew within one when junior Mason Walker (2g,1a) scored his second goal with 38 seconds left in the second. In the opening minutes of the third, Millbrook junior newcomer David Ambuhl notched his first prep score to level the tally. The remaining 14 minutes of regulation -- plus a five-minute OT -- weren't enough to decide a winner. Canterbury junior Maxim Pitts (34/37) and Millbrook senior Tyler Spokane (28/31) were both solid in goal.
Frederick Gunn 4 @ Hotchkiss 1 -- In a game closer than the score indicates, Mitchell McCusker shined in his first game as Gunn's full-time netminder. After splitting time with Ryan Crowshaw last season, the senior stopped 37 of the 38 Hotchkiss shots he faced in the opener, enabling the Highlanders to pull away with two late ENGs. Gunn senior Alex LoGuercio scored twice. (Spanning back to last year's Small School title tilt, LoGuercio has four goals in his last two games.) Hotchkiss senior Brennan Cail scored the Bearcats' lone goal.
@ New Hampton 4, Winchendon 2 -- The host Huskies scored twice in the first and twice in the third to prevail in their debut. NHS junior Connor Pierson -- who totaled seven goals last season -- scored twice. In net, post-grad Alex Lafreniere (21/23) earned the win.
Holderness 10 @ Hebron 1 -- Hebron scored first, but the visitors responded with 10 unanswered goals to cruise the rest of the way. Holderness junior classmates Eli Chiliki (2g,2a) and Jacob Duval (4a) led the way, but 13 different Bulls had their names etched onto the scoresheet.
@ Portsmouth Abbey 8, BB&N 0 -- Freshman forward Connor Nolan (1g,3a) paced The Abbey with four points and senior goalie Patty McDevitt was flawless in net. Ten different skaters notched at least a point for the victors.
@ Kent 8, Hoosac 1 -- Fionn Keon (great name!) got a taste of prep hockey in sporadic NEPSIHA matchups during his career at St. Andrew's College in Canada. Now a post-grad at Kent, Keon announced his arrival on the prep scene in a major way with a four-point debut in the Lions' drubbing of Hoosac. Senior forward Jack Roberts tacked on two goals and a helper, and senior netminder Aidan Hopewell (19/20) was solid in net. Senior Zack Robert notched the only goal for the Owls.
Noble & Greenough 5 @ Pomfret 1 -- Brothers Billy and Ted MacAusland combined for three goals, including a shorthander each, to lead Nobles to a road win at Pomfret. Senior goalie Tyler Bloomfield, who's got big shoes to fill this season replacing Thatcher Bernstein (now with USHL's Dubuque), stopped 26 of 27 for the win. Junior Luke Corrigan scored the Griffins' lone goal.
St. Sebastian's 7 @ Rivers 3 -- Sebs' senior Nolan Flynn notched a hat trick, joining brothers Teddy and Casey Mutryn as four-point scorers for the Arrows. The visitors led 3-2 at the second intermission but pulled away for good with a four-goal final frame. Carter Meyer, an eighth-grader, paced Rivers with a goal and an assist. Senior Pelle Russo was the winner in net.
Brewster Academy 6 @ Vermont Academy 4 -- In a high-scoring, back-and-forth battle, Brewster senior Mason Meltzer led all scorers with a hat trick. In all, seven different skaters turned in a multi-point performance. Sophomore Levi Jones (1g,2a) led the Wildcats' charge. Brewster freshman JR Bonia (23/27) picked up the win in his prep debut. VA senior James Mikos (24/30) is charged with the loss.
Salisbury 3 @ Taft 2 -- Last season, Taft and Salisbury played to three different 3-2 decisions, including the Rhinos' Large School Championship win in OT. In that sense, it's only fitting that they opened the new campaign with, well, a 3-2 game. The Crimson Knights scored twice in the final 33 seconds of the second period, with senior Jared Rothman's goal standing up as the game-winner. Between the pipes, Sarum junior Nick Hussar (29/31) was the winner, while Taft's Brady Morris (31/34) took a tough-luck loss.
@ Thayer 2, St. George's 1 -- Thayer scored twice in the first and, thanks to sophomore goalie Tyler Moschella (43/44), that proved to be enough. Junior Brady Kudrick scored what ended up as the game-winner just over 11 minutes in. Ryder Shea, a Maine recruit, kicked out 42 of 44, keeping the Tigers off the board for the final 42 minutes of the game. The Dragons' offense didn't do him many favors, though, save for junior Nathan Walsh's third-period tally.
@ Cushing 4, Dexter Southfield 0 -- Senior Emerson Marshall scored twice, classmate Marko Bilic stopped all 20 shots he faced in net, and Cushing earned its first win of the season. Dexter sophomore Colin Davis was 24/28 in net. The Penguins have won 42 of their 58 games under head coach Paul Pearl.
Avon Old Farms 6 @ Williston Northampton 2 -- In a game that featured more penalties than goals, Avon picked up right where it left off, even with last year's core off to the junior ranks. Senior Lefty Markonidis and junior Michael Munroe each scored twice. Senior center Brendan Tighe, a Brown commit who's appeared in USHL and NTDP games, also found the net in his AOF debut.
@ Roxbury Latin 3, Pingree 2 -- Host Roxbury Latin jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period and never trailed the rest of the way. Junior Cole Oberg (1g,1a) and senior Jake Popeo (2a) led the scoring and senior G Evan Zhang (32/34) picked up the win to start off his third season guarding the Foxes den.
Stanstead College 6 @ Tilton 4 -- Tilton held a 3-2 lead after one period of play, but gave up three straight PPGs to allow the visitors to take control. The Stanstead blue liners -- specifically senior defensemen Raphael Tellier (1g,2a), Karson Kerbes (1g,2a), and Jasmin Tremblay (2g) -- led the point-getters.
@ NMH 4, Académie Saint-Louis 1 -- Sophomore F Easton Gates (2g,1a) led the Hoggers' attack, and junior G Luke Laurino kicked out 29 of 30 shots. NMH, with a win over Brewster before the Thanksgiving break, moves to 2-0 on the young season.
@ Milton 7, St. Mark's 2 -- Senior F Will Cannata (2g,1a), junior forwards Anthony Sergeyev (3a) and Luis Valencia (2g), senior F Ryan Shea (1g,1a), and junior D Dylan Hunt (1g,1a) led the Mustangs, under new head coach Jim Gaudet, to a season-opening win. Junior G Sam Caulfield (38/40) picked up right where he left off from his stellar sophomore campaign.
@ Governor's 6, Proctor 1 -- Senior F Tyson Scanlon (2g), freshman F Robbie Daley (1g,1a), senior D Max Vieira (2a), and sophomore F Ford Sullivan (2a) each notched a pair of points for the Governors. Junior Zach Ericson (37/38) picked up the win in net.
@ Berkshire 5, Albany Academy 1 -- Max Lacombe (2g,1a) notched three points for the Bears, while Duncan Thompson (2g), Jonah Rainisch (1g,1a), Stephen Campbell (2a) and Josh Williams (2a) also figured in the scoring parade. In net, NMH transfer Kyle Bolduc (24/25) earned the win.
Sun. 11/26/23
Girls' Prep Composite Schedule:
Week of Nov. 27 through Dec. 3, 2023
Monday, November 27, 2023
Rye Country Day @ Rockland Rockies, 4:30 pm
Rivers @ Southfield, 5:30 pm (S)
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
No Games
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Loomis Chaffee @ Choate, 2:30 pm (S)
Millbrook @ Taft, 2:30 pm
Berkshire @ Frederick Gunn School, 2:30 pm (S)
Rice @ Williston Northampton, 2:45 pm (S)
Brooks @ Cushing, 3:00 pm (S)
St. Paul's @ Brewster Academy, 3:00 pm
Thayer @ Milton, 3:00 pm (S)
Austin Prep @ Northfield Mt. Hermon, 3:30 pm
Pomfret @ St. George's, 3:30 pm
Portledge @ Greenwich Academy, 3:30 pm
Westminster @ St. Mark's, 3:30 pm
Natick @ BB&N, 3:45 pm
Governor's @ North Yarmouth Academy, 4:00 pm
Tilton @ Holderness, 4:00 pm
Hebron @ Pingree, 4:30 pm (S)
Hoosac @ Hotchkiss, 5:00 pm
Portsmouth Abbey @ Groton, 5:30 pm
Noble & Greenough @ New Hampton, 5:30 pm
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Jr. Wizards @ Worcester Academy, 4:00 pm (S)
Friday, December 1, 2023
Hoosac @ Exeter, 2:00 pm
Kents Hill @ Middlesex, 4:15 pm
Southfield @ BB&N, 4:15 pm
Southfield JV @ Winsor, 4:15 pm (S)
Berwick @ Holderness, 4:30 pm
Portledge @ Millbrook, 4:30 pm
Kimball Union @ Rivers, 5:00 pm
Hotchkiss @ Frederick Gunn School, 5:00 pm
Sacred Heart Greenwich @ Greenwich Country Day, 6:00 pm
Tilton @ Proctor, 6:15 pm
Worcester Academy @ Cushing, 7:00 pm
The Hill School @ Northfield Mt. Hermon, 7:30 pm
Saturday, December 2, 2023
Northfield Mt. Hermon @ North Yarmouth Academy, 1:00 pm
Tilton @ Austin Prep, 2:00 pm
Kents Hill @ Brooks, 2:00 pm
Lawrence Academy @ Choate, 2:00 pm
Masconomet High School @ Pingree, 2:00 pm
Berkshire @ Kent, 2:30 pm
Portsmouth Abbey @ Worcester Academy, 2:45 pm
Andover High School @ Andover, 2:45 pm
Loomis Chaffee @ Noble & Greenough, 3:00 pm
Canterbury @ Greenwich Academy, 3:00 pm
Thayer @ Southfield, 3:30 pm
St. Mark's @ Deerfield, 4:00 pm
Brewster Academy @ Governor's, 4:00 pm
Millbrook @ Hoosac, 4:00 pm
Milton @ New Hampton, 4:00 pm
Pomfret @ BB&N, 4:00 pm
Vermont Academy @ Proctor, 4:00 pm
St. George's @ Frederick Gunn School, 4:00 pm
Cushing @ Tabor, 4:00 pm
Groton @ Kimball Union, 5:00 pm
St. Paul's @ Williston Northampton, 5:00 pm
Lawrenceville @ Taft, 5:00 pm
Beverly HS @ Pingree, 5:00 pm
The Hill School @ Westminster, 6:00 pm
Sunday, December 3, 2023
Lawrenceville @ Hotchkiss, 11:00 am
The Hill School @ Kent, 12:30 pm
Pomfret @ Canterbury, 1:00 pm
Note: If any games need to be marked as scrimmages, please let us know at girlsprep@ushr.com
Sun. 11/19/23Large School/Small School Breakdown
Here's the Large School/Small School breakdown for the '23-'24 season. For those of you new to prep hockey, and to USHR, the breakdown plays a role in the post-season seeding. More on that as the weeks pass. Suffice to say, the difference begins to play an increasingly larger role as teams get deeper into their seasons and RPI and JSPR become increasingly meaningful.
The schools in the left-hand column are large; those in the right-hand college are small.
It's also what allows for three separate post-season tournaments -- the Open (i.e., Elite 8). the Large School, and the Small School tournaments.
2023-24 NEPSGIHA Large School/Small School Breakdown
Wed. 11/15/23
Welcome to 2023-24!
The 2023-24 Girls' Prep Pages are now officially open.
All of last season’s news, rosters, schedules, and stats have been archived, and new material will start going into this season’s pages immediately, as coaches begin to upload their teams' schedules.
We want to remind new readers of features we have introduced over the last several seasons. Players’ career prep statistics, for one. If you click on a player’s name on the roster you will see her final stats for all the seasons she has played prep hockey and, of course, running totals for the current season. If you click on a year, say 2020-21, it will show a player's game-by-game statistics. We don't have as much of this info on the girls' side as on the boys' side -- nothing remotely close, actually -- but the girls' game is growing by leaps and bounds, and we can dream, right? It's simply a matter of coaches deciding it's worth their time.
It is also possible to download rosters, schedules, and all statistics pages in PDF form, giving pages a cleaner look when printed out. You may be familiar with them. Many prep schools use them on the rosters you pick up on your way into the rink.
Pretty much all columns are sortable. Just click on the top of the column. This is useful for, among other things, separating scoring and goaltending leaders by school, birth year, position, points, etc.
We’ve also done a lot of work on the back end, mainly behind-the-scenes stuff that you probably won’t notice beyond the fact that the site will run more smoothly than ever. We endeavor to make these improvements each season.
We will also be posting jamboree and holiday tournament schedules. Look for those to start going up over the coming weeks as well. Note to coaches: please send 'em along, to staff@ushr.com
Of course, we will have the news coverage you have come to expect. More, hopefully. We are looking for reliable and unbiased reporters who can help provide more. And skilled photographers who can capture game action. Please contact cwarner@ushr.com
Welcome to the new season. We're glad to be here. We’re glad you’re here. And, as always, we thank you for your support.
Chris Warner
Editor/Publisher
U.S. Hockey Report
Cambridge, Mass.
New England Prep Hockey News
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