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USHR 2000 New England Prep Player of the Year |
| Michael Woodford, RW, Cushing
Academy |
Junior |
Westford, Mass. |
| Last season,
Woodford won the USHR's Most Improved Player Award, This season, he went
right through the roof, notching a 34-35-69 line to help lead Cushing to a
30-3 record. Woodford and his linemates, Brian Doherty and Ben Murphy,
accounted for 44% of Cushing's goals.
Recently, Woodford made a verbal commitment to play for the University
of Michigan in the fall of 2001.
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- Previous Winners
- 1998: Jeff Giuliano, St. Paul's School
- 1999: Tony Voce, Lawrence Academy
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USHR 2000 New England Prep Defenseman of the Year |
| Mick Mounsey, D, Avon Old Farms |
Senior |
Concord, NH |
He may still be
Tara Mounsey's baby brother, but on Sunday he made a big name for himself
by leading Avon Old Farms to the 2000 Prep School championship -- and in
his home state, no less. The culmination to Mounsey's senior season came
when, early in OT, Mounsey faked a shot at the blue line, cooly stepped
around his defender, and fired a low shot on net. When the puck deflected
off a Deerfield player, it landed right on the stick of Avon forward Chris
Higgins, who buried it, setting off a wild celebration.
- Mounsey, a native son of New Hampshire, will be skating for UNH this
fall.
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- Previous Winners
- 1998: Peter Metcalf, Cushing Academy
- 1999: Trevor Byrne, Deerfield Academy
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USHR 2000 New England Prep Goaltender of the Year |
| Rick Massey, BB&N |
Senior |
Weymouth, Mass. |
- Every time we saw BB&N this year, it was the Rick Massey show.
While the
team in front of him struggled -- and that's putting it as nicely as
possible -- Massey stole several wins for them and kept
them in a bunch of other games they had no right being in. The game that might have
encapsulated Massey's prep school career was a 1-0 overtime
loss to Andover on Feb. 5. On that day in Cambridge, Massey was a wall,
facing 40 shots and kicking them all out until, with four seconds
remaining in overtime and his team killing a penalty, Andover finally
got one by him for the 1-0 win. (By the way, his counterpart in the
Andover net that afternoon, Theo Novak, picked up the win and the
shutout - but only had to make seven saves!)
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- Previous Winners
- 1998: Dan Lombard, G, Belmont Hill
- 1999: Tim Kelleher, St. Sebastian's
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The Donnie Richardson Award |
| Tim Graham, C, St. Paul's School |
Junior |
North Reading, Mass. |
- Graham, a gritty, 5'7" center who can either make the play or
bury it at high speed, is the winner of this year's Donnie Richardson
Award, named in honor of the former Canterbury forward (class of
1998).
The award honors hockey skill combined with tenacity and toughness, which
Graham personified. The junior had a 29-32-61 scoring line this season
(and seven short-handed goals).
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2000 USHR New England Prep Most Improved Player |
| Ryan Shannon, C, Taft |
Junior |
Darien, Conn. |
Often a player
who has "improved" has actually just taken advantage of an
opportunity placed in front of him. All we know is that when we saw Taft
last season, Shannon didn't get a lot of ice time. This year, in the first
Taft game we saw (this was back in early December), Shannon was the best player on the
ice, as he would be in many, many Taft games this year.
- Shannon, a 5'8", 165 lb. right shot center, is smart,
opportunistic, clever with the puck and has a nose for the net. He put
himself on the map this season while helping lead Taft to a 20-1-3 record.
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- Previous winner
- 1999: Michael Woodford, Cushing
Academy
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2000 USHR New England Prep Rookies of the Year (by class) |
| Colin FitzRandolph, F, Exeter |
Junior |
Canton, NY |
| Jaime Sifers, D, Taft |
Sophomore |
Stratford, Conn. |
| Ben Lovejoy, D, Deerfield Academy |
Freshman |
Canaan, NH |
| Josh Hennessey, F, Milton Academy |
8th Gr. |
Rockland, Mass. |
2000 USHR New England Prep Coach of the Year |
| John Gardner |
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Avon Old Farms |
- John Gardner is
the answer to a good trivia question. At Avon in the mid-80's he coached,
in baseball, Juan Nieves, who went on to throw a no-hitter in the major
leagues as a member of the 1987 Milwaukee Brewers, and Brian Leetch, a
sure-fire NHL future Hall of Famer. We just thought we'd throw that in,
but it also shows that Gardner's been around the block a few times.
It's no surprise, then, that he has a bag of tricks. Still, not many thought that this year's Avon team,
the #4 seed in the West, had much of a chance facing undefeated Taft on
the road in the prep quarterfinals. But, utilizing a masterful game plan,
Avon shut down the offensively-gifted Rhinos. The 3-0 win filled the
Winged Beavers
with confidence, and when they got to Salem last weekend, they knocked off
Lawrence, 2-0, and Deerfield, 3-2 in OT, to take all the marbles. Defense
wins championships, and, as everyone who's coached kids knows, it can be a hard sell. When
the season was on the line, Gardner clearly had the ears of his
team.
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2000 USHR New England Prep 1st All-Star Team |
| Rick Massey, G, BB&N |
Senior |
Weymouth, Mass. |
| Mick Mounsey, D, Avon |
Senior |
Concord, NH |
| Brett Peterson, D, Cushing |
Senior |
Shrewsbury, Mass. |
| Michael Woodford, F, Cushing |
Junior |
Westford, Mass. |
| Tony Voce, F, Lawrence |
Senior |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Tyler Kolarik, F, Deerfield |
Senior |
Abington, PA |
2000 USHR New England Prep 2nd All-Star Team |
| Artie Imbriano, G, Tabor |
Senior |
Stoneham, Mass. |
| Noah Welch, D, St. Sebastian's |
Junior |
Brighton, Mass. |
| Jeff Dwyer, D, Choate |
Senior |
New Canaan, CT |
| Rob Fried, F, Deerfield |
Senior |
Macon, Georgia |
| Ryan Shannon, F, Taft |
Junior |
Darien, Conn. |
| Scott Selig, F, Thayer Academy |
Senior |
Duxbury, Mass. |
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