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Holt Conference Awards
Player of the Year Nick Hubbard – G – The Pingree School All League ForwardsParker Murch – Berwick AcademyAndy Blais – Hebron AcademyRyan Kavanagh – The Pingree SchoolNoah Jimbo –…
NE Prep Playoff Seedings
Below are the playoff seedings for the NE Prep Tournaments. Times TBA, and first and second-round games will be played at the higher seeds unless noted. The three final games…
Phillips Exeter at Phillips Andover
Andover, MA -Perhaps the biggest rivalry game in New England Prep is always intense and physical. Saturday was no different, with both teams taking the body and laying some punishing…
Exeter at Winchendon
Winchendon, MA -Philips Exeter Academy traveled to the Winchendon School on Wednesday to battle with the Wapiti on their home ice. Both teams came out fast and furious in the…
Holt Conference Playoffs
All games are on Wednesday, February 24 #7 Hebron Academy at #2 Pingree School TBD #6 Worcester Academy at Berwick Academy TBD #5 North Yarmouth Academy at Kents Hill 4:00…
NZ Prep Poll & Playoff Outlook
As the calender moves to the second half of February, playoffs become the main focus for teams across the league. Here we’ll walk through where teams stand today, what games…
NZ Prep Poll: Week #9
The New England Prep School league enters the regular season’s final month as teams fight for playoff positioning. The past two weeks have seen a shift in the prep poll…
#5 Cushing at St. Mark’s
Southborough, MA -St. Mark’s Lions hosted Cushing Academy, one of only three 20-win teams in New England Prep Hockey, at 5 pm on Friday. The first period was all Cushing….
NZ Prep Poll: Week #7
The New England Prep calendar is getting into the last quarter of the season with eyes on playoffs heading into February. Avon Old Farms remains the top team in the…
#10 Nobles at Rivers
Weston, MA – The Rivers School Red Wings hosted #10 Noble & Greenough Bulldogs in a 5:00 game on Friday. Playoff possibilities for both schools were at stake, with both…
NZ Prep Poll Week #6
NZ Prep returns week #6 with an updated prep poll seeing several new teams enter the Top 10. Since our last poll we have seen every team in the poll…
#9 Lawrence at Nobles
It was a Friday night matchup of ISL Keller division foes. The Bulldogs of Noble and Greenough hosted the Spartans of Lawrence Academy. Kolin Belliveau started between the pipes for…
Exeter Cruises Past Tabor
Marion, MA – Phillips Exeter Big Red took the long bus to Tabor Academy for tonight’s prep school matchup. Both teams came out Flying putting pucks on the net early and…
#2 Holderness Hosts St. Paul’s Pelicans
Holderness, NH -On Wednesday afternoon, the #2 Holderness School Bulls hosted St. Paul’s in a Lake’s Region battle. Right-catching Blake Truchon got the start for the Pelicans in the net…
NZ Prep Poll: Week #4
Aside from a few New Years tournaments, the boys returned to school from break this week and had their first games in return. There wasn’t a ton of change from…
Belmont Hill at Milton Academy
Milton, MA– NZ’s 8th-ranked NE Prep team, the Belmont Hill School, traveled south to take on rival Milton Academy Mustangs in an important ISL Keller matchup. Jason Thibodeau started in…
NZ Prep Poll: Week #3
Prep hockey heads into Christmas break after the majority of teams played in holiday tournaments this past week. Neutral Zone had scouts in attendance for nearly all the holiday tournaments…
Prep Holiday Tournaments
Email Brian Murphy at bmurphy@neutralzone.net with any mistakes or events to add. Rider Cup Albany Academy Avon Old Farms Christmas Classic Mutch Cup St. Sebastian’s Groton Lawrence Christmas Tournament Belmont…
#3 Pelicans and Wild Boars in a Wild One
NOTE: Our scout could not stand up in the stands (injury) and may have mistaken who scored a couple of goals. We waited for a box score to confirm, but…
NZ Prep Poll: Week #2
This is the poll leading into the Holiday Tournaments throughout New England which are the best early indication for where the teams stand. Week two saw a lot of undefeated…