Patrick Donnelly, Author at New England Hockey Journal

Handing out the 2025 boys and girls prep hockey awards

What a season it was in New England boys and girls prep hockey. Roughly three months ago, Cushing edged Dexter Southfield for…

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Shorthanded icing, automatic offside headline pending USA Hockey rule changes

It would be hard to miss the collective groans from parents and coaches. One team would be pressing hard offensively. The puck…

RinkWise podcast: Eric Boguniecki on development and life in hockey

Eric Boguniecki has done it all in hockey. After playing prep school hockey at Westminster, the New Haven, Conn., native played four…

Mass. native Dan Muse named head coach of Pittsburgh Penguins

It didn't take long for the Pittsburgh Penguins to look back to Massachusetts to find their next head coach. Pittsburgh announced on…

How Brandy Fisher-Bailey plans to continue high standard at Cushing

It's a new era at Cushing. The Penguins promoted Brandy Fisher-Bailey to head coach. She'll succeed Valerie Bono-Bunker (Woburn, Mass.), who is retiring after…

Why Taylor Senecal’s move home could pay dividends for Vermont girls hockey

Kelly McManus Souza still remembers the first time she saw Taylor Senecal play. McManus Souza, Berwick’s head coach of and director and…

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46 Mass., New England players make USA Hockey girls National 15 Camp

There will hardly be a shortage of local representation at USA Hockey's girls National 15 Camp this summer. The camp, which will…

36 Mass., New England skaters make USA Hockey National 16/17 Camp

USA Hockey's girls National 16/17 Camp roster is here. The camp will feature 170 total players across the 2008 and 2009 birth…

5 Mass. skaters make preliminary USA Hockey U18 Women’s National Team Festival roster

There's already a fair amount of local representation heading to USA Hockey's Girls Under-18 Women's National Team Festival. The festival will take…

13 Mass., New England skaters make USA Hockey girls U19 Training Camp

USA Hockey's National U19 camp roster is out. The camp includes 38 players from the 2006 and 2007 birth years and will…