Every year NZ Prep staff but together a list of awards for deserving candidates from across prep school hockey landscape. We’ll do an official First Team, Second Team, Third Team and Prospects team for the younger players but the focus of this article will be to announce candidates for Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Goalie of the Year and Rookie of the Year. These are the finalists in alphabetical order by school name. The winners will be announced a week from today on Monday, February 28th at the conclusion of the regular season.
Coach of the Year
John Gardner, Avon Old Farms
Brian Phinney, Belmont Hill
Alan Thompson, Holderness
Tim Whitehead, KUA
Andrew Will, Salisbury
Player of the Year
Brennan Ali, F, Avon Old Farms
Sam Scopa, G, Belmont Hill
Jaiden Moriello, F, KUA
Chris Romaine, D, Milton Academy
Michael Fisher, D, St. Mark’s
Nolan Joyce, D, St. Sebastian’s
Offensive Player of the Year
Brennan Ali, Avon Old Farms
James Fisher, F, Belmont Hill
Billy Norcross, F, Cushing
Jaiden Moriello, KUA
Tyler Wishart, F, KUA
Oliver Flynn, F, Loomis Chaffee
Ben MacDonald, F, Nobles & Greenough
Ryan Walsh, F, Salisbury
Defensive Player of the Year
Sean Keohane, D, Dexter
Dave Brandes, D, Holderness
Duncan Ramsey, D, KUA
Chris Romaine, D, Milton
Michael Fisher, D, St. Mark’s
Nolan Joyce, D, St. Sebastian’s
CJ Foley, D, Thayer
Goalie of the Year
Conor Callaghan, G, Avon Old Farms
Sam Scopa, G, Belmont Hill
Jake Inzirillo, G, Brooks
Jackson Irving, G, Cushing
Evan Plunkett, G, Holderness
Thatcher Bernstein, G, Nobles & Greenough
Rookie of the Year (must be ’05 birth year or younger)
Joe Connor, F, Avon Old Farms
Teddy Stiga, F, Belmont Hill
Eli Friedman, F, Brunswick
Lucas St. Louis, D, Brunswick
Landan Resendes, F, Cushing
Thatcher Bernstein, G, Nobles & Greenough
Ben Poitras, F, Salisbury
Richard Gallant, F, St. Mark’s
Teddy Mutryn, F, St. Sebastian’s
Gavin Conforth, F, Thayer
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