December 2022
USHR's
HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT GUIDE
2022-23
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39th Annual Avon Old Farms Christmas Classic
At Avon Old Farms except, where noted, Trinity College.
Thurs.-Sat. Dec. 15-17, 2022
Pierpont Division: Trinity-Pawling, Gunn School, Berkshire, Loomis Chaffee.
Trautman Division: Avon Old Farms, St. Paul's, Tabor, Kent.
Thurs. Dec. 15, 2022
1:00 pm -- Gunn School vs. Berkshire
3:00 pm -- Loomis Chaffee vs. Trinity-Pawling
5:00 pm -- Tabor vs. Avon
7:00 pm -- Kent vs. St. Paul's
Fri. Dec. 16, 2022
9:00 am -- Trinity-Pawling vs. Gunn School (@ Trinity College rink)
9:00 am -- Berkshire vs. Loomis Chaffee
11:00 am -- St. Paul's vs. Tabor (@ Trinity College rink)
11:00 am -- Kent vs. Avon
(Lunch break)
3:00 pm -- Berkshire vs. Trinity-Pawling
5:00 pm -- Loomis Chaffee vs. Gunn School
7:00 pm -- Tabor vs. Kent
9:00 pm -- St. Paul's vs. Avon
Sat. Dec. 17, 2022
8:30 am -- 4th Place Pierpont vs. 4th Place Trautman
10:30 am -- 3rd Place Pierpont vs. 3rd Place Trautman
(Lunch break)
1:30 pm -- 2nd Place Pierpont vs. 2nd Place Trautman
3:30 pm -- Championship -- 1st Place Pierpont vs. 1st Place Trautman
All games are to consist of two 25-minute halves except for the championship game, which will consist of three 18-minute periods.
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48th Annual Groton/Lawrence Holiday Tournament
Thursday, December 15th - Saturday December 17th, 2022
At the Groton School (Groton, Mass.) & Lawrence Academy (Groton, Mass.)
Jonathan Choate Division: Groton School, Dexter School, Proctor Academy, Thayer Academy.
Robert Kullen Division: Lawrence Academy, Cushing Academy, Holderness School, Pomfret School,
Thursday, December 15th, 2022
Game 1 -- 4:30 pm -- Thayer vs. Groton (at Groton, O'Brien Rink)
Game 2 --5:30 pm -- Holderness vs. Pomfret (at Groton, Pratt Rink)
Game 3 -- 6:30 pm -- Proctor vs. Dexter (at Groton, O'Brien Rink)
Game 4 -- 7:30 pm -- Cushing vs. Lawrence (at LA, Grant Rink)
Friday, December 16th, 2022
Game 5 -- 3:00 pm -- Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 1 (at Groton, O’Brien Rink)
Game 6 -- 4:00 pm -- Loser of Game 2 vs. Loser of Game 4 (at LA, Grant Rink)
Game 7 -- 5:00 pm -- Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 1 (at Groton, O’Brien Rink)
Game 8 -- 6:00 pm -- Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 4 (at LA, Grant Rink)
Saturday, December 17th, 2022
7th Place -- 9:15 am -- Loser of Game 6 vs. Loser of Game 5 (at Groton, Pratt Rink)
5th Place -- 9:30 am -- Winner of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 5 (at Groton, O’Brien Rink)
3rd Place -- 9:30 am -- Loser of Game 8 vs. Loser of Game 7 (at LA, Grant Rink)
1st Place -- 11:30 am -- Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8 (at LA, Grant Rink)
Teams listed second wear dark/home jerseys.
*** 57th Annual Flood-Marr Tournament
At Noble & Greenough School (Fri. Dec. 16 and Sun. Dec. 18); at Milton Academy (Sat. Dec. 17).
Harding Division: Milton, Deerfield, Andover, Salisbury.
Owen Division: Nobles, Hotchkiss, KUA, Westminster.
Each game consists of three 15-minute periods.
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2022 Kevin Mutch Christmas Tournament
@ St. Sebastian’s School; Neeedham, Mass.
Fri.-Sun. Dec. 16-18, 2022
Friday, December 16th, 2022
Game 1 – 2:00 pm -- St. Sebastian’s vs. Albany Academy
Game 2 – 4:00 pm -- Williston-Northampton vs. Winchendon
Game 3 -- 6:00 pm -- Northwood vs. Rivers
Game 4 – 8:00 pm -- St. Andrew’s College vs. Brunswick
Saturday, December 17th, 2022
Game 5 -- 11:00 am -- Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
Game 6 -- 1:00 pm -- Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4
Game 7 -- 3:00 pm -- Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
Game 8 -- 5:00 pm -- Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4
Sunday, December 18th, 2022
Game 9 -- 9:00 am -- Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6
Game 10 -- 11:00 am -- Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 (Consolation)
Game 11 -- 1:00 pm -- Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8 (Third Place Game)
Game 12 -- 3:00 pm -- Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 (Championship Game)
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2022 Brooks/Pingree Xmas Tournament
Fri.-Sat. December 16-17, 2022
Co-hosted by:
The Brooks School (North Andover, Mass.)
The Pingree School (South Hamilton, Mass.)
Games at Brooks School:
Friday, December 16th, 2022
4:15 PM: Brooks vs. Berwick
6:15 PM: Millbrook vs. Tilton
Saturday, December 17th, 2022
9:00 AM: Brooks vs. Millbrook
11:00 AM: Tilton vs. Berwick
5:00 PM: Berwick vs. Millbrook
7:00 PM: Brooks vs. Tilton
Games at Pingree School:
Friday, December 16th, 2022
4:15 PM: Pingree School vs. New Hampton
6:15 PM: North Yarmouth Academy vs. Hebron
Saturday, December 17th, 2022
9:00 AM: Pingree vs. Hebron
11:00 AM: New Hampton vs. North Yarmouth Academy
5:00 PM: Pingree vs. North Yarmouth Academy
7:00 PM: Hebron vs. New Hampton
Playoffs - Sunday, December 18th, 2022
There will be 9:00 AM and 11:30 AM games at both Brooks and Pingree. The championship game will be held at Brooks, the third-place game at Pingree, and additional consolation games at each. The only exception would be if Pingree were to make the championship game and Brooks did not. In that scenario, the championship game would be moved to Pingree and the third-place game moved to Brooks.
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74th Lawrenceville Invitational Tournament
At the Lawrenceville School; Lawrenceville, NJ. (except as noted)
Fri.-Sun. Dec. 16-18, 2022
Schonheiter Division: Lawrenceville, Nichols, Northfield Mt. Hermon, Upper Canada College
Bernard Division: Belmont Hill, Choate, Stanstead College, Taft
Fri. Dec. 16, 2022
9:00 am -- Nichols vs. NMH
11:00 am -- Lawrenceville vs. Upper Canada College
2:00 pm -- Taft vs. Belmont Hill
4:00 pm -- Stanstead vs. Choate
Sat. Dec. 17, 2022
9:30 am -- Choate vs. Taft
9:30 am -- Belmont Hill vs. Stanstead (@ Baker Rink; Princeton, NJ)
11:30 am -- Nichols vs. Lawrenceville
11:30 am -- NMH vs. Upper Canada College (@ Baker Rink; Princeton, NJ)
2:30 pm -- Stanstead vs. Taft
4:30 pm -- Choate vs. Belmont Hill
6:30 pm -- Lawrenceville vs. NMH
8:30 pm -- Upper Canada College vs. Nichols
Sun. Dec. 18, 2022
8:00 am -- 4th vs. 4th
10:00 am -- 3rd vs. 3rd
12:00 pm -- 2nd vs. 2nd
2:15 pm -- Championship Game -- 1st vs. 1st
Home teams listed first.
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2022 Barber Memorial Tournament
At St. Mark's School (Southborough, Mass.) and Middlesex School (Concord, Mass.)
Fri.-Sat. Dec. 16-17, 2022
Participants: Canterbury School, Hill School, Kents Hill, Middlesex, Portsmouth Abbey, St. Mark's, Vermont Academy, Worcester Academy.
Fri. Dec. 16th, 2022
Game 1 -- Middlesex vs. Portsmouth Abbey, 5:00 pm (@ Middlesex)
Game 2 -- St. Marks vs. Vermont Academy, 5:00 pm (@ St. Mark's)
Game 3 -- Canterbury vs. Kents Hill, 7:00 pm (@ Middlesex)
Game 4 -- The Hill School vs. Worcester Academy, 7:00 pm (@ St. Mark's)
Sat. Dec. 17th, 2022
Game 5 -- Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 3 (@ Middlesex), 8:30 am
Game 6 -- Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 4 (@ St. Mark's), 8:30 am
Game 7 -- Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 3(@ Middlesex), 10:30 am
Game 8 -- Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 4 (@ St. Mark's), 10:30 am
Game 9 -- Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6 (@ Middlesex), 1:30 pm
Game 10 -- Consolation -- Winners of Games 5 & 6 (@ St. Mark's), 1:30 pm
Game 11 -- Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8 (@ Midddlesex), 3:30 pm
Game 12 -- Championship -- Winners of Games 7 & 8 (@ St. Mark's), 3:30 pm
Team listed first will wear colored uniforms.
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2022 Howard Invitational Tournament
At St. George's School; Middletown, RI
Fri.-Sat. Dec. 16-17, 2022
Friday, December 16th, 2022
1:00 pm -- Brewster vs. Wyoming Seminary
1:15 pm -- St. George's vs. BB&N
5:30 pm -- BB&N vs. Brewster
5:45 pm -- Wyoming Seminary vs. St. George's
Saturday, December 17th, 2022
8:30 am -- St. George's vs. Brewster
8:45 am -- Wyoming Seminary vs. BB&N
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Cancelled (snow, a lot)
2022 Nichols-Belmont Hill Tournament
2022 Nichols-Belmont Hill Holiday Tournament
At Buffalo, NY
Wed.-Fri. Dec. 28-30, 2022
Green Division: Nichols, Gilmour Academy, Millbrook School, Académie Saint-Louis.
Blue Division: Belmont Hill, Brewster Academy, Brunswick School, St. Francis School.
Wed. Dec. 28, 2022
9:00 am -- Nichols vs. Gilmour
11:00 am -- Millbrook vs. Académie Saint-Louis
1:00 pm -- Belmont Hill vs. Brewster
3:00 pm -- Brunswick vs. St. Francis
6:00 pm -- Millbrook vs. Nichols
8:00 pm -- Académie Saint-Louis vs. Gilmour
Thurs. Dec. 29, 2022
9:00 am -- Belmont Hill vs. Brunswick
11:00 am -- Brewster vs. St. Francis
1:00 pm -- Gilmour vs. Millbrook
3:00 pm -- Nichols vs. Académie Saint-Louis
6:00 pm -- St. Francis vs. Belmont Hill
8:00 pm -- Brunswick vs. Brewster
Fri. Dec. 30, 2022
8:00 am -- 4th Place Teams
10:00 am -- 3rd Place Teams
12:00 pm -- 2nd Place Teams
2:30 pm -- Championship Game
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2022 North Yarmouth Academy Holiday Faceoff
North Yarmouth Academy Holiday Faceoff
Thurs.-Fri. December 29-30, 2022
Travis Roy Arena – North Yarmouth Academy
Thursday, December 29, 2022
1:00 pm -- Berwick at NYA
3:30 pm -- BB&N vs. Roxbury Latin
Friday, December 30, 2022
9:00 am -- BB&N at NYA
11:00 am -- Roxbury Latin vs. Berwick
3:00 pm -- Berwick vs. BB&N
5:00 pm -- Roxbury Latin vs. NYA (at Bowdoin College)
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Nobles-St. Sebastian's New Year's Showcase
Fri.- Sat. Dec. 30-31, 2022
Hosted by St. Sebastian's (Dec. 30) and Noble & Greenough (Dec. 31)
Friday, December 30, 2022 (At St. Sebastian's)
11:00 am -- Berkshire @ St. Seb's
1:15 pm -- Nobles vs. Williston
Saturday, December 31, 2022 (At Noble & Greenough)
12:00 pm -- Berkshire @ Nobles
2:15 pm -- St. Seb's vs. Williston
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Watkins New Year's Invitational
Edward G. Watkins Boys’ Invitational Hockey Tournament
Thurs.-Sat. December 29-31, 2022
At Cushing Academy; Ashburnham, Mass.
Fisher Division: Canterbury, Cushing, Lawrence, New Hampton
Iorio Division: Dexter, Governor's, Stanstead, Thayer
Thursday, December 29, 2022
Game 1 - 11:00 am - Lawrence vs. New Hampton
Game 2 - 1:10 pm - Cushing vs. Canterbury
Game 3 - 3:20 pm - Stanstead vs. Governor's
Game 4 - 5:30 pm - Dexter vs. Thayer
Friday, December 30, 2022
Game 5 - 11:00 am - Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2
Game 6 - 1:10 pm - Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4
Game 7 - 3:20 pm - Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2
Game 8 - 5:30 pm -- Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4
Saturday, December 31, 2022
Game 9 - 9:00 am - Loser of Game 5 vs. Loser of Game 6
Game 10 - 11:10 am - Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6
Game 11 - 1:20 pm - Loser of Game 7 vs. Loser of Game 8 (Third Place Game)
Game 12 - 3:30 pm - Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8 (Championship)
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2023 Tabor New Year's Tournament
Joshua H. Weeks Tournament
At Tabor Academy, Marion, Mass. (except as noted)
Mon.-Tues. January 2-3, 2023
Monday, January 2, 2023
Game 1: 9:00 am – St. Paul’s vs. St. George's
Game 2: 9:00 am – Pomfret vs. Milton (at Gallo Arena*)
Game 3: 11:00 am – Tabor vs. Kents Hill
Game 4: 11:00 am – Proctor vs. Winchendon (at Gallo Arena*)
Game 5: 2:00 pm – Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2
Game 6: 4:00 pm – Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4
Game 7: 6:00 pm – Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2
Game 8: 8:00 pm – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Game 9 -- 9:00 am – Loser of Game 5 vs. Loser of Game 6
Game 10 -- 11:00 am – Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6
Game 11 -- 1:00 pm – Loser of Game 7 vs. Loser of Game 8
Game 12 -- 3:00 pm – CHAMPIONSHIP -- Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8
*Asterisk denotes games at Gallo Ice Arena, 231 Sandwich Rd, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532.
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2023 True Hockey Prep Cup
Fri. Jan. 6-Sun. Jan. 8, 2023
At Merrimack College, North Andover, Mass.
Participating Teams: Northwood, Kimball Union, St. Andrew's College, Dexter, Frederick Gunn School, Culver Academy, Nichols, Mount St. Charles.
Fri. Jan. 6, 2023
Game 1 -- Dexter vs. Northwood, 10:00 am (Gallant Arena)
Game 2 -- St. Andrew's College vs. Nichols, 12:00 pm (Lawler Rink)
Game 3 -- Culver vs. Kimball Union, 12:30 pm (Gallant Arena)
Game 4 -- Mount St. Charles vs. Gunn, 2:30 pm (Lawler Rink)
Sat. Jan. 7, 2023
Game 5 -- Winner Game #1vs. Winner Game #2, 12:00 pm (Lawler Rink)
Game 6 -- Winner Game #3 vs. Winner Game #4, 2:30 pm (Lawler Rink)
Game 7 -- Loser Game #1 vs. Loser Game #2, 10:00 am (Gallant Arena)
Game 8 -- Loser Game #3 vs. Loser Game #4, 12:30 am (Gallant Arena)
Sun. Jan. 8, 2023
Game 9 -- Loser Game #7 vs. Loser Game #8, 9:00 am (Gallant Arena)
Game 10 -- Consolation: Winner Game #7 vs. Winner Game #8, 9:45 am (Lawler Rink)
Game 11 -- 3rd Place Game: Loser Game #5 vs. Loser Game #6. 11:30 am (Gallant Arena)
Game 12 -- Championship: Winner Game #5 vs. Winner Game #6, 12:30 pm (Lawler Rink)
Note: As an added bonus, the Merrimack College Men's Team will be home, facing Yale (Friday, 7:00 pm) and Brown (Saturday, 7:00 pm).
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