Prep/HS
MIAA 2023 D4 Mr. Hockey Top 30 Watch List
Posted on April 4, 2023
Here we are, the MIAA season has drawn to a close and the time has come to recognize the top players across the state in the course of the games we’ve watched this season at the D4 level. The players identified as Watch List candidates are all eligible for consideration for our Mr. Hockey Award,…
NE Prep: Elite 8 Playoffs Westminster vs Avon and Belmont Hill vs Avon
Posted on March 8, 2023
Below are two Elite 8 NE Prep Playoff games. The first is Avon Old Farms vs Westminster played on March 1 and the second is Avon Old Farms vs Belmont Hill played on March 4th. Players did well to make these reports and we were in the rink for both games. There are 38 player…
Two Nations Prep Champs Weekend Three Games
Posted on March 2, 2023
Neutral Zone attended the final day of the Two Nations Championship weekend. We reported on UCC vs Albany already. Below are the other three games from February 19th. Bishops College vs Nichols U18; Ridley vs Stanstead and Lawrenceville vs Hill School in the Title Game. Below are 44 players that stood out on this day….
NE Prep: Deerfield vs Kent
Posted on February 27, 2023
Deerfield Academy took to the road to play rival Kent School on February 22nd. Junior Aiden Hopewell started for the Kent Lions in net and senior multi-sport athlete John Tolve for the visitors. Kent came in at 10-10-2 and Deerfield at 9-11-2. It was a very hard fought game with Kent taking a 4-3 win…
2023 Mass HS D2/D3/D4 Top 215
Posted on February 26, 2023
In the first two months of the MIAA season, we focused most of our time on watching every Division 1 team – which we were able to accomplish for the second straight season. For our February report, we looked to match last year’s output and scouted most of the teams that were over .600 across…
Prep: UCC vs Albany Academy
Posted on February 23, 2023
The contest for 7th place in the Two Nations Tourney on February 19th was close game for the majority of the game, yet Albany Academy managed to pull away from just a one goal lead early in the 3rd period. In the end AA scored two more goals in the 3rd period and end the…
NE Prep: Albany vs Hebron
Posted on February 16, 2023
Albany Academy won 10-1 against Hebron Academy at Exeter Academy on February 11th. Albany beat Exeter 2-1 the night before so the neutral site limited travel for both teams on Saturday. It was never close and not an enjoyable game to watch. Marty Magaletta #3 (D, R, 5’11”, 175, Albany Academy, 02/11/2005) – Marty showed…
NE Prep: Avon Old Farms Christmas Tournament Top 95
Posted on February 9, 2023
Before you judge, this report has been delayed because Brian Murphy who covered this event had surgery on his leg the Monday after as a titanium nail in his leg broke. Thus we have Christmas in February. We sent one scout to cover the Avon Christmas Tournament. It is one of the best hockey events…
NE Prep: St. Sebastian’s vs Thayer
Posted on January 31, 2023
Friday night energy in a Keller League match-up. Final was St. Sebastian’s 4 Thayer 3. 20 player evaluations with grades below. Beau Lane #1 (G, L, 6’3″, 176, Thayer Academy, 06/16/2004) – Lane was a steadying influence in the Tiger’s net. He looked quick and confident laterally. There was little doubt that he was Thayer’s…
Mass HS January 2023 Report: Top 260
Posted on January 30, 2023
It is that time of year again: we are now done with two months of MIAA hockey and we’ve been pounding the pavement and pulling down major bandwidth while watching video. For this first report we focused primarily on D1 schools and saw every single one of them at least once. We also saw a…
