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Sun. 1/31/16 -- Most recent update: Fri. 2/5/16 12:15 pm

Prep Composite, Week of Feb. 1, 2016

Mon. Feb. 1
Rye Country Day @ Harvey, 4:00 pm
Portledge @ Princeton Day, 4:15 pm
Hotchkiss @ Trinity-Pawling, 4:30 pm
Salisbury @ Brunswick, 5:00 pm
Westminster @ Williston-Northampton, 5:00 pm
Brooks @ Dexter, 6:00 pm
Deerfield @ Choate, 6:00 pm
Fairfield Prep @ Malden Catholic, 7:00 pm

Tues. Feb. 2
Don Bosco Prep @ Delbarton, 4:45 pm

Wed. Feb. 3
Cushing @ Tilton, 2:00 pm
Westminster @ Avon Old Farms, 2:30 pm
Canterbury @ Berkshire, 2:30 pm
Taft @ Kent, 2:30 pm
Gunnery @ Millbrook, 2:30 pm
Hoosac @ Winchendon, 3:00 pm
Proctor @ Brewster Academy, 3:00 pm
BB&N @ Pingree, 3:30 pm
Kents Hill @ Berwick, 3:45 pm
Forman School @ Harvey, 3:45 pm
Trinity-Pawling @ Salisbury, 3:45 pm
Deerfield @ Andover, 4:00 pm
North Yarmouth Academy @ Hebron, 4:00 pm
Noble & Greenough @ Thayer, 4:00 pm
Choate @ Hotchkiss, 4:00 pm
Worcester Academy @ Portsmouth Abbey, 4:30 pm
New Hampton @ Stanstead College, 4:30 pm
St. Andrew's College @ Upper Canada College, 4:30 pm
Northfield - Mt. Hermon @ Kimball Union, 4:30 pm
Milton @ St. Sebastian's, 4:30 pm
Williston-Northampton @ Loomis-Chaffee, 4:30 pm
Pomfret @ Dexter, 4:45 pm
Holderness @ Exeter, 4:45 pm
Kingswood-Oxford @ Rye Country Day, 4:45 pm
St. Paul's @ Governor's, 4:45 pm
Groton @ Rivers, 5:00 pm
St. George's @ Middlesex, 5:00 pm
Roxbury Latin @ St. Mark's, 5:00 pm
Lawrence Academy @ Belmont Hill, 5:00 pm
LaSalle College Prep @ Lawrenceville, 5:30 pm
Rice Memorial @ Vermont Academy, 6:00 pm
Springfield Cathedral @ BC High, 6:00 pm
Tabor @ Moses Brown, 6:15 pm
Austin Prep @ St. John's Prep, 8:00 pm
Andover HS @ Central Catholic, 8:00 pm

Fri. Feb. 5
St. Andrew's College @ Appleby College, 3:00 pm
King School @ Harvey, 3:45 pm
New Hampton @ Winchendon, 4:00 pm
Proctor @ Bishop's College School, 4:00 pm
Vermont Academy @ Cushing, 4:15 pm
Brunswick @ Albany Academy, 4:30 pm
Kents Hill @ Kimball Union, 4:30 pm -- canceled
Hebron @ Lawrence Academy, 4:30 pm -- canceled
Rye H.S. @ Rye Country Day, 4:45 pm
Andover @ Belmont Hill, 5:00 pm -- canceled
Pingree @ St. Mark's, 5:00 pm -- canceled
Thayer @ BB&N, 5:00 pm -- canceled
Nichols vs. Upper Canada College, 5:15 pm -- at Appleby College
Hotchkiss @ Lawrenceville, 5:30 pm
Don Bosco Prep @ Seton Hall Prep, 6:45 pm

Sat. Feb. 6
Hingham HS @ Springfield Cathedral, 12:00 pm
Mount Saint Charles @ Malden Catholic, 1:00 pm
Kingswood-Oxford @ Moses Brown, 1:15 pm
Vermont Academy @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 1:30 pm -- ppd to either Feb. 25 or 26
Arlington Catholic @ St. John's Prep, 2:00 pm
St. Sebastian's @ Tabor, 2:30 pm -- Travis Roy Cup
New England Wolves vs. Seacoast College Prep, 2:30 pm -- at Plymouth State
Belmont Hill @ Rivers, 3:00 pm
Winchendon @ Albany Academy, 3:00 pm
North Yarmouth Academy @ Worcester Academy, 3:00 pm
Kimball Union @ Holderness, 3:00 pm
Proctor @ Ulysse Prep, 3:00 pm
BB&N @ Lawrence Academy, 3:00 pm
Dexter @ Andover, 3:15 pm
Berwick @ St. George's, 4:00 pm
Pingree @ Kents Hill, 4:00 pm
Roxbury Latin @ Milton, 4:00 pm
Middlesex @ Brooks, 4:00 pm -- new start time is 3:30 pm
Archbishop Williams @ Austin Prep, 4:00 pm
St. Andrew's College @ Ridley College, 4:15 pm
St. Mark's @ Groton, 4:30 pm
Exeter @ Tilton, 5:00 pm
St. Paul's @ Noble & Greenough, 5:15 pm
Governor's @ Thayer, 5:30 pm
Chelmsford HS @ Central Catholic, 6:00 pm
Notre Dame HS (NJ) @ Hill School, 6:00 pm
St. Michael's College School @ Nichols, 6:30 pm
Bridgton Academy @ Lawrenceville, 6:45 pm

Sun. Feb. 7
Nichols vs. St. Andrew's College, 10:00 am -- at Ridley College
Bridgton Academy @ Hill School, 11:00 am
New Hampton @ Brunswick, 12:30 pm
Seacoast College Prep @ Boston Advantage U18, 12:30 pm
Ulysse Prep @ Stanstead College, 1:00 pm
Académie Saint-Louis @ Kents Hill, 2:30 pm

Mon. Feb. 8
Académie Saint-Louis @ North Yarmouth Academy, 3:30 pm
Fieldston Prep @ Rye Country Day, 4:45 pm
Hun School @ Portledge, 5:30 pm
Worcester Academy @ Pomfret, 6:00 pm
Malden Catholic @ Bishop Guertin HS, 7:45 pm
Melrose HS @ Austin Prep, 8:00 pm 

Mon. 1/25/16
JSPR Explained
Last Friday, we shared with you an explanation of the RPI and how those numbers are calculated. The RPI however, is merely the first step in considering which teams are selected for the Stuart/Corkery, i.e. the ‘Elite Eight” tournament, which is designed to showcase the top eight NEPSIHA teams, regardless of school size.

So how are the teams selected? 

This article explains the math behind the rankings. And here we go:

Once the RPI numbers are calculated, the top 16 teams based on RPI – referred to henceforth as "teams under consideration" or “TUC” for short -- are then shuttled into what is known as the JSPR Ranking. This system, analogous to the Pairwise Ranking used by the NCAA to determine seeding for the Men’s Div. I hockey tournament, provides a second level of evaluating teams based on four criteria, which we will get to shortly. This first step is necessary, in that it affords a deeper comparison of the top RPI teams. Only 16 teams are put into the JSPR system and analyzed because 16 teams presents a large enough sample size to determine the top eight teams overall. It would be extremely time consuming -- and with no corresponding benefit -- to evaluate all NEPSIHA teams under the JSPR system because if a team fails to crack the top 16 in RPI, there is virtually no chance that it would crack the top eight in the JSPR system. It would lack a sufficient number of wins against the top teams. 

So how does the system work? Essentially, the JSPR Ranking is a means of doing a virtual comparison between any two given teams. The ideal, of course, would be to have one large tournament in which each of the top 16 teams play each other but, as that is not going to happen, the JSPR system fills the breach by utilizing statistical data to determine which team, on paper, would win any theoretical matchup. It would, of course, be ideal to set up a computer simulation, knowing the strengths and weaknesses of every player on each team, or maybe even design a computer game simulation. Since that is not possible, we can only look at the numbers to which we have ready access. The JSPR does this well, using four categories in which to compare any two teams, and, in the process, determining which would win these simulated games. This is the heart of the system, and the means by which the 16 Teams Under Consideration are arrived at and, from that, the Elite 8 is derived.

The four categories that are included in the JSPR are:

1. Head-to-head result(s), i.e., if the teams have actually played each other on ice. 

2. Comparing two teams' RPI, i.e., how do they stand against all other NEPSIHA teams, so that the RPI is still a critical component of the JSPR Rankings.

3. Record against mutual opponents, i.e., if two teams have played the same opponents on the ice, how have each fared.

4. Record against Teams Under Consideration, i.e., how have the two teams played against other top 16 teams as determined by the RPI.

The easiest way to show how JSPR works is to do a comparison based on some data. Because we've been using a variation on the same article for several years here, we're going to be comparing Kimball Union and Berkshire. When this article was first drafted, those two teams were, respectively, the first place and third place teams in the RPI.

In that year, KUA and Berkshire did not play each other head to head, so neither team won the first comparison on ice. But at the time, KUA had the higher RPI so they won that comparison and got one (1) point. However, at that same time, Berkshire had a better record against mutual opponents. Because of that, they won that comparison and earned one (1) point. And finally, KUA had a better record against Teams Under Consideration and thus earned a point in that category as well.  So, when this virtual comparison between KUA and Berkshire was done, KUA came out on top in two categories while Berkshire was ahead in only one. So KUA was declared the winner.

Here's how it looked:

Since an even number of categories are being compared, there is always a chance that the two teams in question will end up tied in our simulation. In such a case, the first tiebreaker is the head-to-head record (the best indicator of the comparative strength of the two teams), the second is RPI (the most all-encompassing category), the third is record against mutual opponents, and the fourth is record against Teams Under Consideration. In the above example, this process is then carried out for KUA against each of the other 14 teams, and they are awarded their ‘JSPR points.' In the end the ‘winner' of each virtual comparison is shown in table form, as follows:

Each team is therefore involved in 15 comparisons and, once the table is completed, the total number of ‘wins' for each team is added up. The team with the most 'matchup points' garners the top seed in the tournament, the team with the second highest amount of points gets the second seed, and so on. In the case of  teams winding up tied in points in the final table, the winner of the individual JSPR comparison gets the higher seed. And that's it. When these computations are complete, the top eight teams in the JSPR are ranked -- regardless of school size -- for the Elite 8 Tournament. At that point, the remaining NEPSIHA teams (including the eight that were looked at in the JSPR but did not get into the Elite 8 tournament, i.e teams that finished in the #9-16 JSPR slots) are compared solely by RPI and school size. The top remaining large schools in RPI are selected to play in the Martin/Earl ‘Large School Tournament,’ while the top remaining small schools in RPI are selected to play in the Piatelli/Simmons ‘Small School Tournament.’ 

There is one final wrinkle. In seeding the three 'tournaments within a tournament,' just as in the past, the top four seeds are considered home seeds and the bottom four will be the visitors. In the past, #1 played #8, and #2 played #7 etc. and if the travel distance was over 2 hours and 45 minutes the affected teams would play their quarterfinal matchups at a neutral site. In 2013, though, the tournament committee was given the power to shift the seeds so that more games will be played regionally at home sites. In other words, the #1 seed could be assigned to play the #7 seed rather than the #8 if,  by doing so, the need for a neutral site game could be eliminated. That becomes a moot point once the tournament gets past the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, the highest remaining seeds will play the lowest remaining seeds, as they always have.

In summary, the RPI portion of the playoff calculation system starts by taking the results on-ice -- the best means of determining which teams have attained the best results from the most difficult head-to-head schedules. Next, the best teams are compared to each other via the JSPR, which rewards teams for winning games on-ice against the best teams in the New England prep ranks. In the end, the greater number of games that any given team wins against the best teams in the league, the better off they will be. That is the very heart of the system. It may seem complex, but we feel that, just like the NCAA system, it works. NEPSIHA has shown itself to be open-minded and always amenable to tweaks that will put an even finer point on the calculations. There have been several refinements since... well, last century. 

Please keep in mind that the RPI and JSPR rankings USHR publishes are totally fluid and updated in real time, so changes can appear sudden and quixotic, though as the season moves along and the sample pool grows increasingly larger, the moves are less drastic. It's fun to watch, as there's a huge ripple effect and, while games between top teams can have an immediate -- and significant -- affect on the rankings so, too, can games that might appear less earth-shaking, i.e games that might lift a team from below .500 to .500 or above. The more games that are left to be played, the greater the potential volatility in the rankings. When the final accounting is made, the most-deserving teams will have reached the playoffs and, with three tournaments, a greater number of teams will experience the joy of making the playoffs.

We hope all this makes sense. We know it's a little complex mathematically, so if anything is fuzzy please let us know, as we are always tinkering with this explanation, trying to make it more easily understandable.

Sun. 1/24/16 Last updated: Fri. 1/29/16

Prep Composite, Week of Jan. 25, 2016

Mon. Jan. 25
Avon Old Farms @ Westminster, 4:15 pm
Albany Academy @ Pomfret, 4:15 pm -- makeup of Jan. 23rd
St. George's @ Portsmouth Abbey, 4:30 pm
St. Paul's @ Holderness, 4:30 pm
Brunswick @ Hill, 4:45 pm
King-Low @ Rye Country Day, 4:45 pm
Millbrook @ Canterbury, 5:00 pm
Salisbury @ Kent, 5:00 pm -- makeup of Jan. 23rd
Portledge @ Princeton Day School, 5:00 pm
Malden Catholic @ Newburyport HS, 6:00 pm

Tues. Jan. 26
Don Bosco Prep @ St. Augustine, 4:00 pm
Kents Hill @ Hebron, 4:15 pm
Bergen Catholic @ Delbarton, 4:45 pm

Wed. Jan. 27
New Hampton @ Tilton, 2:30 pm
Avon Old Farms @ Loomis-Chaffee, 2:30 pm
Cushing @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 2:30 pm
Berkshire @ Hotchkiss, 2:30 pm
Kent @ Taft, 2:30 pm
Kingswood-Oxford @ Pomfret, 3:00 pm
Kents Hill @ North Yarmouth Academy, 3:00 pm
Gunnery @ Salisbury, 3:00 pm
Moses Brown @ Worcester Academy, 3:15 pm
Groton @ BB&N, 3:30 pm
Lawrenceville @ Portledge, 3:45 pm
Holderness @ Brewster Academy, 3:45 pm
St. Luke's @ Harvey, 3:45 pm
Hoosac @ Vermont Academy, 4:00 pm
Thayer @ St. Paul's, 4:00 pm
Trinity-Pawling @ Choate, 4:00 pm
Winchendon @ Andover, 4:15 pm
Wyoming Seminary @ Hill School, 4:15 pm
Dexter @ St. George's, 4:30 pm
Kimball Union @ Exeter, 4:30 pm
Williston-Northampton @ Millbrook, 4:30 pm
Noble & Greenough @ St. Sebastian's, 4:30 pm
Pingree @ Portsmouth Abbey, 4:30 pm
Belmont Hill @ Brooks, 4:45 pm
Governor's @ Lawrence Academy, 4:45 pm
Roxbury Latin @ Rivers, 5:00 pm
St. Mark's @ Middlesex, 5:00 pm
Berwick @ Proctor, 5:00 pm
St. Michael's College School @ Nichols, 5:00 pm
Deerfield @ Westminster, 5:30 pm
Matignon @ Austin Prep, 6:00 pm
Springfield Cathedral @ St John's-Shrewsbury, 7:00 pm
Catholic Memorial @ Malden Catholic, 7:00 pm
Xaverian @ St. John's Prep, 8:00 pm
Westford Academy @ Central Catholic, 8:00 pm

Thurs. Jan. 28
Proctor @ Tabor, 4:45 pm
Delbarton @ Lawrenceville, 5:30 pm
Bridgton Academy @ Rothesay Netherwood, 7:00 pm

Fri. Jan. 29
MacPherson Tournament (Day 1 of 3)
At St. Andrew's College; Aurora, Ontario, Canada

St. Sebastian's @ Thayer, 4:00 pm -- 5:30 pm at Boch Ice Center
Brunswick @ Loomis-Chaffee, 4:30 pm
Pingree @ Groton, 5:00 pm
Noble & Greenough @ Rivers, 5:00 pm
Cushing @ Exeter, 5:00 pm
Hoosac @ Lawrenceville, 5:00 pm
Vermont Academy @ Gunnery, 5:00 pm
St. Paul's @ Lawrence Academy, 5:30 pm
Berwick @ Hebron, 5:45 pm
Tilton @ Kimball Union, 6:00 pm -- moved to a 4:45 pm start
Holderness @ New Hampton, 6:00 pm
Governor's @ BB&N, 6:00 pm
Blyth Academy @ Nichols, 7:00 pm

Sat. Jan. 30
MacPherson Tournament (Day 2 of 3)
At St. Andrew's College; Aurora, Ontario, Canada

Norwood HS @ Springfield Cathedral, 12:00 pm
Williston-Northampton @ Brunswick, 1:30 pm
Groton @ Roxbury Latin, 2:00 pm
Berwick @ Tabor, 2:00 pm
Moses Brown @ Kingswood-Oxford, 2:00 pm
Vermont Academy @ Millbrook, 2:00 pm
Dexter @ St. Mark's, 2:00 pm
Brooks @ Governor's, 2:00 pm
Brewster @ New Hampton, 2:30 pm
Berkshire @ Salisbury, 3:00 pm
Taft @ Trinity-Pawling, 3:00 pm
Hebron @ Winchendon, 3:00 pm
Hoosac @ Portsmouth Abbey, 3:30 pm
Rivers @ Middlesex, 4:00 pm
Belmont Hill @ Cushing, 4:00 pm
Kent @ Westminster, 4:00 pm
Andover @ Loomis-Chaffee, 4:15 pm
Canterbury @ Pomfret, 4:15 pm
Tilton @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 4:30 pm
Gunnery @ Hill, 4:30 pm
Pingree @ North Yarmouth Academy, 5:00 pm
Exeter @ St. Sebastian's, 5:30 pm
Rye Country Day @ Worcester Academy, 6:00 pm
Hotchkiss @ Deerfield, 6:00 pm
Choate @ Avon Old Farms, 7:00 pm
Central Catholic @ Billerica HS, 7:00 pm
St. John's Prep @ Archbishop Williams, 7:45 pm
Austin Prep @ St. Mary's-Lynn, 8:15 pm

Sun. Jan. 31
MacPherson Tournament (Day 3 of 3)
At St. Andrew's College; Aurora, Ontario, Canada

Canterbury @ Winchendon, 1:00 pm
Malden Catholic @ BC High, 2:00 pm
Don Bosco Prep @ Bergen Catholic, 7:00 pm

Mon. Feb. 1
Rye Country Day @ Harvey, 4:00 pm
Hotchkiss @ Trinity-Pawling, 4:30 pm
Salisbury @ Brunswick, 5:00 pm
Westminster @ Williston-Northampton, 5:00 pm
St. Joseph Met. @ Portledge, 5:30 pm
Brooks @ Dexter, 6:00 pm
Deerfield @ Choate, 6:00 pm
Fairfield Prep @ Malden Catholic, 7:00 pm 

Fri. 1/22/16

RPI Rankings: Check 'Em Out

We’re three weeks into January. Over 900 NEPSIHA games have been played, with most teams having played an average of 14-16 games. In other words, the sample size is plenty large enough for the numbers to have meaning.

This year, just like last year, the RPI results are calculated in real time -- just click the RPI link in the navigation menu at any time to see the latest results.

Sun. 1/17/16 -- Last update: Sat. 1/23 1:55 pm

Prep Composite, Week of Jan. 18, 2016

Mon. Jan. 18
Austin Prep @ Bishop Fenwick, 12:00 pm
Malden Catholic @ Central Catholic, 2:45 pm
Worcester Academy @ Moses Brown, 4:00 pm
Gunnery @ Trinity-Pawling, 4:30 pm
Hotchkiss @ Berkshire, 4:45 pm
Salisbury @ Choate, 5:00 pm

Tues. Jan. 19
CBA @ Delbarton, 4:45 pm

Wed. Jan. 20
Exeter @ Tabor, 2:30 pm
Kent @ Hotchkiss, 2:30 pm
Taft @ Loomis-Chaffee, 2:45 pm
Westminster @ Canterbury, 3:00 pm
Hebron @ Bridgton Academy, 3:30 pm
Middlesex @ Roxbury Latin, 3:30 pm
Groton @ Proctor, 4:00 pm
Avon Old Farms @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 4:00 pm
Hoosac @ Albany Academy, 4:00 pm
Thayer @ Cushing, 4:00 pm
Portsmouth Abbey @ Pingree, 4:00 pm
St. George's @ BB&N, 4:30 pm
Lawrenceville @ Wyoming Seminary, 4:30 pm
Choate @ Berkshire, 4:30 pm
Moses Brown @ Pomfret, 4:30 pm
Vermont Academy @ Williston-Northampton, 4:30 pm
Millbrook @ Gunnery, 4:30 pm
Noble & Greenough @ St. Paul's, 4:30 pm
Deerfield @ Kimball Union, 4:30 pm
Salisbury @ Trinity-Pawling, 4:30 pm
Bishop's College School @ Stanstead College, 4:30 pm new start time is 7:30 pm
Belmont Hill @ St. Mark's, 4:45 pm
Bridgton Academy @ North Yarmouth Academy, 4:45 pm
St George's @ BB&N, 4:45 pm
Portledge @ Rye Country Day, 4:45 pm
Brewster Academy @ Tilton, 5:00 pm
Brooks @ Rivers, 5:00 pm
Worcester Academy @ Kingswood-Oxford, 5:00 pm
Holderness @ Governor's, 5:00 pm
New Hampton @ Berwick, 5:00 pm
Kents Hill @ Dexter, 5:00 pm
Milton @ Lawrence Academy, 5:00 pm
St. Sebastian's @ Andover, 5:15 pm
Appleby College @ Nichols, 5:30 pm
St. John's Prep @ Catholic Memorial, 7:00 pm
Acton-Boxborough HS @ Central Catholic, 7:45 pm

Thurs. Jan. 21
Delbarton @ Pope John, 7:00 pm

Fri. Jan. 22
Bridgton Academy @ Rice Memorial, 3:00 pm
Roxbury Latin @ Pingree, 3:30 pm
Academie Saint-Louis @ Tilton, 4:00 pm
Vermont Academy @ New Hampton, 4:00 pm
Catholic Memorial @ Thayer, 4:00 pm (S)
North Yarmouth Academy @ Berwick, 4:15 pm
Hoosac @ Millbrook, 5:00 pm -- moved up from Sat. 1/23
Hebron @ Proctor, 5:00 pm
St. Mark's @ BB&N, 5:15 pm
Kimball Union @ Brewster Academy, 5:45 pm
Lawrence Academy @ Noble & Greenough, 6:00 pm
Lawrenceville @ Trinity-Pawling, 7:00 pm  -- cancelled
Nichols @ Upper Canada College, 7:30 pm

Sat. Jan. 23
Lawrenceville @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 1:00 pm - cancelled
St. John's Prep @ Malden Catholic, 1:00 pm
St. George's @ St. Mark's, 2:30 pm -- cancelled
Avon Old Farms @ Berkshire, 2:30 pm
Brunswick @ Hill School, 2:30 pm -- postponed to Mon. 1/25 at 4:45 pm
Loomis-Chaffee @ Westminster, 2:30 pm
Harvey @ Forman School, 2:30 pm -- moved up to Fri. 1/22
Academie Saint-Louis @ Kimball Union Academy JV, 2:30 pm
Moses Brown @ Rye Country Day, 2:45 pm -- cancelled
BB&N @ Rivers, 3:00 pm
Kingswood-Oxford @ Berwick, 3:00 pm
Winchendon @ Kents Hill, 3:00 pm
Worcester Academy @ North Yarmouth Academy, 3:15 pm
Middlesex @ Groton, 3:30 pm
Tabor @ Milton, 3:30 pm -- new start time: 1:30 pm -- cancelled
Proctor @ Lawrence Academy, 3:30 pm
St. Paul's @ Belmont Hill, 3:30 pm
Bridgton Academy @ Rice Memorial, 4:00 pm
Brooks @ Holderness, 4:00 pm
Springfield Cathedral @ St. Andrew's College, 4:00 pm
Canterbury @ Taft, 4:00 pm -- cancelled
Tilton @ Hebron, 4:30 pm
Portsmouth Abbey @ Vermont Academy, 4:30 pm -- cancelled
Governor's @ St. Sebastian's, 4:30 pm
Stanstead College @ Kimball Union, 4:30 pm
Salisbury @ Kent, 4:45 pm -- new start time: 3:30 pm  -- cancelled
New Hampton @ Brewster Academy, 4:45 pm
Pomfret @ Albany Academy, 5:00 pm -- cancelled
Noble & Greenough @ Andover, 5:30 pm
Exeter vs. Hotchkiss, 5:30 pm -- will be played at Hotchkiss. 6:00 pm start.
Hoosac @ Millbrook, 6:00 pm  -- moved up to Fri. 1/22 at 5:00 pm
Hingham HS @ Central Catholic, 6:15 pm
Gunnery @ Williston-Northampton, 6:30 pm -- cancelled
Deerfield @ Choate, 5:00 pm -- postponed to Mon. 2/1 at 6:00 pm
Austin Prep @ Archbishop Williams, 7:30 pm

Sun. Jan. 24
Springfield Cathedral @ St. Andrew's College, 11:00 am
Northwood Junior vs. Cyclones AJHL, 12:00 pm (at Northeastern) -- cancelled
Academie Saint-Louis @ Hoosac, 12:00 pm
Bridgton Academy @ Stanstead College, 1:00 pm
Moses Brown @ Albany Academy, 1:00 pm -- cancelled
Northfield - Mt. Hermon @ Taft, 2:00 pm
Worcester Academy vs. Hill School, 2:30 pm (at Connecticut College)
Delbarton @ Don Bosco Prep, 6:15 pm

Mon. Jan. 25
Avon Old Farms @ Westminster, 4:15 pm
St. George's @ Portsmouth Abbey, 4:30 pm
St. Paul's @ Holderness, 4:30 pm
King-Low @ Rye Country Day, 4:45 pm
Millbrook @ Canterbury, 5:00 pm
Portledge @ Princeton Day School, 5:00 pm
Malden Catholic @ Newburyport HS, 6:00 pm 

Sun. 1/10/16

Prep Composite, Week of Jan. 11, 2016

Mon. Jan. 11
New Hampton @ Holderness, 4:30 pm
Hun School @ Lawrenceville, 5:00 pm
Brunswick @ Hotchkiss, 5:00 pm
Hebron @ North Yarmouth Academy, 5:15 pm
Millbrook @ Kent, 5:30 pm

Tues. Jan. 12
St. Peter's Prep @ Delbarton, 4:45 pm

Wed. Jan. 13
Trinity-Pawling @ Kent, 2:30 pm
Taft @ Westminster, 2:30 pm
Hotchkiss @ Avon Old Farms, 2:45 pm
Tabor @ Cushing, 3:30 pm
Brewster Academy @ Kents Hill, 3:30 pm
Don Bosco Prep @ Hill School, 3:30 pm
Harvey @ St. Luke's, 3:45 pm
Andover @ Tilton, 4:00 pm
Northfield - Mt. Hermon @ Berkshire, 4:00 pm
Millbrook @ Brunswick, 4:00 pm
Proctor @ New Hampton, 4:00 pm
Governor's @ Exeter, 4:00 pm
Upper Canada College @ St. Andrew's College, 4:00 pm
Roxbury Latin @ Moses Brown, 4:00 pm
Belmont Hill @ Thayer, 4:00 pm
Portsmouth Abbey @ Middlesex, 4:00 pm
Hebron @ Groton, 4:30 pm
St. George's @ Brooks, 4:30 pm
Williston-Northampton @ Worcester Academy, 4:30 pm  3:00 p.m.
Kimball Union @ Vermont Academy, 4:30 pm
Pomfret @ Winchendon, 4:45 pm
Hoosac @ Rye Country Day, 4:45 pm
Lawrenceville @ Princeton Day School, 5:00 pm
Milton @ St. Paul's, 5:00 pm
Deerfield @ Loomis-Chaffee, 5:00 pm
Berwick @ Holderness, 5:15 pm
Noble & Greenough @ Lawrence Academy, 5:15 pm
North Yarmouth Academy @ Pingree, 5:30 pm
Canterbury @ Choate, 5:30 pm
Waltham High @ Central Catholic, 6:00 pm
Portledge @ Wyoming Seminary, 6:15 pm
Austin Prep @ St. John's-Shrewsbury, 7:00 pm
BC High @ Malden Catholic, 7:00 pm
St. Peter Marian @ St. John's Prep, 8:00 pm

Fri. Jan. 15

2016 Northwood Tournament Schedule

Holderness @ Tilton, 3:30 pm
Kents Hill @ Ulysse Prep, 4:15 pm
Rivers @ BB&N, 5:00 pm
Kiski School @ Portsmouth Abbey, 5:00 pm
Delbarton @ Albany Academy, 5:15 pm
St. George's @ Tabor, 5:30 pm
Dexter @ New Hampton, 5:30 pm
Williston-Northampton @ Winchendon, 5:30 pm
Deerfield @ Cushing, 6:00 pm
Pomfret @ Westminster, 6:00 pm
North Yarmouth @ Kingswood-Oxford, 6:00 pm
St. Mark's @ Roxbury Latin, 6:00 pm
Milton @ Brooks, 6:30 pm
Academie Saint-Louis @ Lawrenceville, 7:00 pm
Brewster Academy @ Berwick, 7:00 pm

Sat. Jan. 16
Kents Hill @ Ulysse Prep, 12:00 pm
Thayer @ Lawrence Academy, 1:00 pm
Xaverian @ Malden Catholic, 1:00 pm
North Yarmouth Academy @ Rye Country Day, 1:15 pm
Milton @ Moses Brown, 1:15 pm
Pomfret @ Millbrook, 1:30 pm
St. Andrew's College @ Shattuck-St. Mary's, 1:30 pm
Northfield - Mt. Hermon @ Holderness, 2:00 pm Canceled due to illness at NMH
Kingswood-Oxford @ Portsmouth Abbey, 2:00 pm
Kent @ Avon Old Farms, 2:30 pm
Hotchkiss @ Loomis-Chaffee, 2:30 pm
Trinity-Pawling @ Deerfield, 2:30 pm
Berkshire @ Williston-Northampton, 3:00 pm
Westminster @ Salisbury, 3:00 pm
Pingree @ Middlesex, 3:00 pm
St. George's @ Groton, 3:30 pm
Belmont Hill @ Governor's, 3:45 pm 1:00 pm
Tilton @ Vermont Academy, 4:00 pm
Rivers @ St. Mark's, 4:00 pm  2:30 pm
Tabor @ Kimball Union, 4:00 pm postponed to Sun. 1/17 at 2:30 pm
Hoosac @ Brunswick, 4:00 pm
Hebron @ New Hampton, 4:00 pm
Proctor @ Noble & Greenough, 4:00 pm
Stanstead College @ Gunnery, 4:00 pm
Andover @ Exeter, 4:30 pm
Albany Academy @ Canterbury, 4:30 pm
Berwick @ Worcester Academy, 4:30 pm
St. John's Prep @ BC High, 5:00 pm
St. Sebastian's @ St. Paul's, 5:00 pm
Catholic Memorial vs. Springfield Cathedral, 5:00 pm (at Barnstable, Mass.)
Roxbury Latin @ Brooks, 5:45 pm
Nichols @ Culver Academy, 6:00 pm
Taft @ Choate, 7:00 pm
Lincoln-Sudbury HS @ Central Catholic, 8:00 pm
Academie Saint-Louis @ Hill School, 8:00 pm
Mount St. Charles @ Austin Prep, 8:00 pm

Sun. Jan. 17
Academie Saint-Louis @ Wyoming Seminary, 10:00 am
St. Andrew's College @ Shattuck-St. Mary's, 10:00 am
Nichols @ Culver Academy, 12:00 pm
Springfield Cathedral vs. TBD, 12:00 or 2:00 pm (at Barnstable, Mass.)
Tabor @ Kimball Union, 2:30 pm
Worcester Academy @ Moses Brown, 3:15 pm
Pittsburgh Selects U18 @ Gilmour Academy, 5:00 pm

Mon. Jan. 18 (MLK Birthday)
Austin Prep @ Bishop Fenwick, 12:00 pm
Malden Catholic @ Central Catholic, 2:45 pm
Worcester Academy @ Moses Brown, 4:00 pm
Gunnery @ Trinity-Pawling, 4:30 pm
Hotchkiss @ Berkshire, 4:45 pm
Salisbury @ Choate, 5:00 pm 

Sun. 1/10/16

Vermont Academy wins Stanstead College Invitational
At Stanstead College; Stanstead, Que., Canada
-- Fri.-Sun. Jan. 8-10, 2016

Red Division: Stanstead College, St. Francis School, Hoosac School, Appelby College.
White Division: Vermont Academy, Rice Memorial, Upper Canada College, Ulysse School. 

Fri. Jan. 8, 2016
Stanstead 8, Hoosac 0
Appleby 3, St. Francis 0
Ulysse 4, Rice 1
Upper Canada College 4, Vermont 0
Appleby 4, Hoosac 3
Stanstead 5, St. Francis 3

Sat. Jan. 9, 2016
Rice 2, Vermont 1
Upper Canada College 4, Ulysse 2
St. Francis 5, Hoosac 2
Appleby 5, Stanstead 1
Upper Canada College 7, Rice 2
Vermont 7, Ulysse 3

Sun. Jan. 10, 2016
Semifinal -- Vermont 5, St. Francis 2
Semifinal -- Upper Canada College 3, Appleby 1
#4 Red vs. #4 White: Rice 5, Hoosac 4 (OT)
#3 Red vs. #3 White: Ulysse 3, Stanstead 2 (OT)
Championship Game: Vermont Academy 2, Upper Canada College 1

Tournament All-Stars:
Jeremy Nadeau-Fortin, Vermont
Konsta Jaakola, Rice
Wiilaim Picotain Mazet, Ulysse
Colby Muise, UCC
Will Lawrence, Stanstead
Tommy Hoogaars, Appleby
Benjamin Viens, Hoosac
Bryan Zurowski, St. Francis

Tournament MVP Defenseman: Cameron Sheehy, UCC
Tournament MVP Goalie: Josh Bolding, Vermont
Tournament MVP Forward: Zack Jackson, UCC
Tournament Unsung Hero: John Kondub, Vermont

Wed. 1/6/16

Brooks Upsets #2 Exeter in OT

-- Win is School's First-Ever Over Exeter

North Andover, Mass. -- With the clock ticking down on overtime, Brooks sophomore Max Rand dug the puck out of the right corner and found junior Niko Price in the slot. Price, who had to spin around to get the shot on net, sent a low backhander past Exeter PG goalie Joey Lazzaro for the game-winner at 4:45 of overtime.

The win, a thrill for the home crowd, was also the first-ever for Brooks against Exeter, which is currently ranked #2.

Brooks was shorthanded going into the game, as all three of their freshmen were on a class trip. A couple of forwards -- Lewis Evans and Turner Cepuritis -- had to move back and play D.

Exeter got on the board first -- just 30 seconds into the game -- on a Devin Moore goal, but over the next four minutes, the hosts would tie it up on goals from Henry Cormier and Paul Capozzi to take a 2-1 lead.

The game would hang there through the remainder of the first, and all of the second. Finally, at 5:30 of the third, Exeter was able to tie it up at 2-2 on a Jordan Haney goal, a high shot from the point that found its way through traffic and beat Brooks junior goaltender Johnny Trotto over this left shoulder.

A key to the game came when Exeter went on a full 5-on-3 power play -- and got nothing. With players on the Brooks bench loudly urging the penalty killers on, players were blocking shots and closing off lanes.

"I am so proud of how hard they competed, and how disciplined they were for all three periods," said Brooks coach Dave Ries afterward.

"We kept our shifts short and protected the middle of the ice," added Ries. "That 5-on-3 penalty kill was a huge boost. The bench was just great. And, as he was all night long, Johnny Trotto was great in net."

Exeter coach Dana Barbin said, "The team that deserved to win this game won it. We weren't ready to play in the first. They won all the battles early. We woke up a little later. I thought both goalies played really well -- there were a lot of point-blank chances."

Asked about his team's full 5-on-3 man advantage in the third, Barbin said, "We let Brooks touch the puck too much. They got it out of the zone three times. On a 5-on-3 you shouldn't get the puck out of the zone even once. We could have won the game right there."

"I tip my hat to Brooks and Dave Ries," Barbin added. "He's worked hard to build that program to what it is today. His team is a reflection of that."

Mon. 1/4/16 -- Update: Saturday's Cushing @ KUA game, formerly a 4:00 pm start, has been moved up to a 2:00 pm face off.  Loomis @ Kent has been changed from a 3:00 pm to a 5:00 pm start.

Prep Composite, Week of Jan. 4, 2016

Wed. Jan. 6
Berkshire @ Millbrook, 2:30 pm
Andover @ Pingree, 3:30 pm
Taft @ Brunswick, 3:30 pm
St. George's @ Roxbury Latin, 3:30 pm
Tilton @ Proctor, 4:00 pm
Holderness @ Vermont Academy, 4:00 pm
North Yarmouth Academy @ Kents Hill, 4:00 pm
Exeter @ Brooks, 4:00 pm
Winchendon @ Thayer, 4:00 pm
Deerfield @ Pomfret, 4:15 pm
St. Mark's @ Berwick, 4:15 pm
Gunnery @ Kent, 4:30 pm
Dexter @ Rivers, 4:30 pm
Princeton Day School @ Hill School, 4:30 pm
Williston-Northampton @ Canterbury, 4:30 pm
Greenwich HS @ Rye Country Day, 4:45 pm
Wyoming Seminary @ Hun School, 5:00 pm
Nichols @ Appleby College, 5:00 pm
St. Sebastian's @ Noble & Greenough, 5:15 pm
Don Bosco Prep @ CBA, 5:15 pm
Malden Catholic @ St. John's Prep, 8:00 pm
Central Catholic @ Arlington Catholic, 8:00 pm

Thurs. Jan. 7
Belmont Hill @ Milton, 4:45 pm
Kimball Union @ New Hampton, 5:00 pm
Springfield Cathedral @ St. Peter Marian HS, 8:00 pm

Fri. Jan. 8
Bridgton Academy vs. Ridley College, 2:00 pm (at St. Lawrence University)
St. Andrew's College @ St. Michael's College School, 3:00 pm
Cushing vs. Westminster, 5:00 pm (at Eaglebrook School)
Worcester Academy @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 5:00 pm
Berwick @ Kents Hill, 5:00 pm
South Kent School Varsity @ Harvey, 5:00 pm
Canterbury @ Gunnery, 5:00 pm
Middlesex @ BB&N, 5:00 pm
Brewster Academy @ Tabor, 5:30 pm
Holderness @ Proctor, 5:30 pm
Malden Catholic @ Catholic Memorial, 6:00 pm
Rivers @ Governor's, 6:15 pm
Pomfret @ Roxbury Latin, 6:00 pm
Albany Academy @ Lawrenceville, 7:00 pm
Rye Country Day @ Kingswood-Oxford, 7:00 pm
Academie Saint-Louis @ Hebron, 8:00 pm

18th Annual Stanstead College Invitational
At Stanstead College; Stanstead, Que., Canada
 9:00 am -- Stanstead vs. Hoosac
11:15 am -- Appleby vs. St. Francis
 1:30 pm -- Rice vs. Ulysse
 3:45 pm -- Vermont vs. Upper Canada
 6:00 pm -- Hoosac vs. Appleby
 8:15 pm -- St. Francis vs. Stanstead

Sat. Jan. 9
Albany Academy @ Princeton Day School, 10:00 am
St. Sebastian's @ Belmont Hill, 12:30 pm
Thayer @ Noble & Greenough, 1:00 pm
Bishop's College School @ Holderness, 1:30 pm
Bridgton Academy vs. Ridley College, 2:00 pm (at St. Lawrence University)
Avon Old Farms @ Taft, 2:00 pm
BB&N @ Middlesex, 2:00 pm
Groton @ Brooks, 2:30 pm
Pomfret @ St. George's, 2:30 pm
Delbarton @ Brunswick, 3:00 pm
Loomis-Chaffee @ Kent, 3:00 pm  5:00 pm
Westminster @ Trinity-Pawling, 3:00 pm
St. Michael's College @ St. Andrew's College, 3:00 pm
Gunnery @ Winchendon, 3:00 pm
Choate @ Andover, 3:15 pm
Williston-Northampton @ Berkshire, 3:15 pm
Tabor @ St. Mark's, 3:30 pm
Appleby College @ Stanstead College, 3:30 pm
Milton @ Tilton, 4:00 pm
Proctor @ Rivers, 4:00 pm  5:00 pm
Cushing @ Kimball Union, 4:00 pm 2:00 pm
Hill School @ Lawrenceville, 4:00 pm
Governor's @ New Hampton, 4:00 pm
Deerfield @ Salisbury, 4:00 pm
Portsmouth Abbey @ Berwick, 4:15 pm
St. John's Prep @ Xaverian, 4:30 pm
St. Paul's @ Exeter, 4:30 pm
Mount St. Charles @ Springfield Cathedral, 5:00 pm
Academie Saint-Louis @ Brewster Academy, 5:15 pm
Kents Hill vs. Seacoast College Prep, 7:00 pm (at University of Southern Maine)
Hotchkiss @ Millbrook, 7:00 pm
Austin Prep @ Billerica High School, 7:00 pm
Central Catholic @ Chelmsford HS, 7:15 pm

18th Annual Stanstead College Invitational (Day 2 of 3)
At Stanstead College; Stanstead, Que., Canada
 9:00 am -- Vermont vs. Rice
11:15 am -- Upper Canada vs. Ulysse
 1:30 pm -- Hoosac vs. St. Francis
 3:45 pm -- Stanstead vs. Appleby
 6:00 pm -- Rice vs. Upper Canada
 8:15 pm -- Ulysse vs. Vermont

Sun. Jan. 10
18th Annual Stanstead College Invitational (Day 3 of 3)
At Stanstead College; Stanstead, Que., Canada
8:00 am -- Semifinal -- #1 Red vs. #2 White
10:00 am -- Semifinal -- #2 Red vs. #1 White
12:00 pm -- #4 Red vs. #4 White
 2:00 pm -- #3 Red vs. #3 White
 4:00 pm -- Championship Game

Pingree @ Rye Country Day, 10:00 am
Hill School vs. Seacoast College Prep, 5:00 pm (at Endicott College)

Mon. Jan. 11
New Hampton @ Holderness, 4:30 pm
Hun School @ Lawrenceville, 5:00 pm
Brunswick @ Hotchkiss, 5:00 pm
Hebron @ North Yarmouth Academy, 5:15 pm
Millbrook @ Kent, 5:30 pm 

Mon. 1/4/16

Mon. Jan. 4th, 2016 Tournament Results

Joshua H. Weeks New Years' Tournament (Day 2 of 2)
At Tabor Academy; Marion, Mass.
 9:00 am -- Winchendon 5, Hill 0
11:00 am -- KUA 9, Kents Hill 3
 1:00 pm -- Championship Game -- Tabor 3, Milton 2 (OT)

UNH Showcase (Day 3 of 3)
At UNH's Whittemore Center (Sat. & Sun. Jan. 2-3) and The Rinks at Exeter (Mon. Jan. 4).
Hosted by St. Andrew's College
Bishops College 5, New Hampton 2
Bridgton 3, NE Wolves 0
Northwood 6, Proctor 3

Semifinals: Finland 2, Sweden 1 (at Helsinki, Finland)
Semifinals: Russia 2, USA 1 (at Helsinki, Finland)

Exeter 2, St. Andrew's College 0
Groton 8, Moses Brown 0

Sun. 1/3/16

Sun. Jan. 3rd, 2016 Tournament Results 
Joshua H. Weeks New Years' Tournament (Day 1 of 2)
At Tabor Academy; Marion, Mass.
Tabor 7, Kents Hill 2
KUA 6, Winchendon 2
Milton 6, Hill 3
Winchendon 8, Kents Hill 2
Tabor 4, Hill 0
Milton 4, KUA 1

Monday's Playoff Schedule at Tabor:
 9:00 am -- Hill vs. Winchendon
11:00 am -- KUA vs. Kents Hill
 1:00 pm -- Championship -- Milton vs. Tabor

Nobles-St. Sebastian's New Year's Showcase (Day 2 of 2)
At St. Sebastian's (Sat.); at Nobles (Sun.)
Nobles 4, Berkshire 3
St. Sebastian's 3, Williston 1

Vermont Academy Showcase (Day 2 of 2)
At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY
Brewster 5, Hoosac 4
Vermont 6, Wyoming Seminary 2
Tilton 6, Hoosac 3
Vermont 3, Kingswood-Oxford 1

UNH Showcase (Day 2 of 3)
At UNH's Whittemore Center (Sat. & Sun. Jan. 2-3) and The Rinks at Exeter (Mon. Jan. 4).
Hosted by St. Andrew's College
11:00 am -- Northwood 3, St. Andrew's College 2
1:30 pm -- Proctor 3, Bishops 0
4:00 pm -- NE Wolves vs. Seacoast Prep
6:30 pm -- Bridgton 5, New Hampton 3


Albany Academy 5, North Yarmouth Academy 1
Loomis-Chaffee @ Zurich, Switzerland Junior A, 12:00 pm

Sat. 1/2/16

Sat. Jan. 2nd, 2016 Tournament Results

E.G. Watkins New Year's Tournament Playoff Matchups:
At Cushing Academy; Ashburnham, Mass. 
 9:00 am -- 7th Place Game: Dexter 6, NMH 5 (OT)
11:10 am -- 5th Place Game: Culver 4, Lawrence 1
 1:20 pm -- 3rd Place Game: Thayer 3, Canterbury 2
 3:30 pm -- Championship Game: Gunnery 5, Cushing 0

Tournament MVP:
Cam Donaldson, Sr. F, Gunnery

All-Tournament Team:

Avery Gobbo, PG G, Northfield-Mt. Hermon
Jack Rathbone, Soph. D, Dexter
Nolan Walker, F, Culver
Jamie Swiggett, Jr. D, Lawrence
Kyle Lynch, Sr. F, Canterbury
Michael Royer, Sr. G, Thayer
Ethan Roswell, Sr. D, Cushing
Brent Hill, Sr. F, Cushing
Max Brainin, Sr. F, Cushing
Daniel Haider, Sr. F, Gunnery
Evan Johnson, Sr. F, Gunnery
Trevin Kozlowski, Sr. G, Gunnery

Vermont Academy Showcase (Day 1 of 2)
At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY
11:30 am --  Tilton 4, Kingswood-Oxford 0
1:30 pm -- Wyoming Seminary 8, Brewster 3
3:30 pm -- Vermont 3, Hoosac 2
6:15 pm -- Brewster 4, Kingswood-Oxford 2
8:15 pm -- Tilton 6, Wyoming Seminary 2

Nobles-St. Sebastian's New Year's Showcase (Day 1 of 2)
At St. Sebastian's (Sat.); at Nobles (Sun.)
Berkshire 4, St. Sebastian's 2
Nobles 5, Williston 3

UNH Showcase (Day 1 of 3)
At UNH's Whittemore Center (Sat.-Sun. Jan. 2-3) & The Rinks at Exeter (Mon. Jan. 4).
Hosted by St. Andrew's College
8:15 am -- Seacoast Prep vs. Bishops College
10:45 am -- New Hampton 5, St. Andrew's College 1
1:15 pm -- Proctor 8, Bridgton 4
6:15 pm -- Northwood 9, New England Wolves 0 

Fri. 1/1/16

Fri. Jan. 1st, 2016 Tournament Results

 E.G. Watkins New Year's Tournament (Day 2 of 3)
At Cushing Academy; Ashburnham, Mass.
 9:00 am -- Thayer 5, Culver 2
11:10 am -- Gunnery 3, Dexter 1
 1:20 pm -- Canterbury 4, Lawrence 3
 3:30 pm -- Cushing 5, NMH 1
 5:40 pm -- Gunnery 4, Culver 2
 7:50 pm -- Thayer 3, Dexter 0

Saturday's Watkins Tournament Playoff Matchups:
 9:00 am -- Fisher 4 vs. Iorio 4: NMH vs. Dexter
11:10 am -- Fisher 3 vs. Iorio 3: Lawrence vs. Culver
 1:20 pm -- Fisher 2 vs. Iorio 2: Canterbury vs. Thayer
 3:30- pm -- Fisher 1 vs. Iorio 1: Cushing vs. Gunnery

Fisher Division: Cushing, Canterbury, Lawrence, NMH.
Iorio Division: Culver, Dexter, Gunnery, Thayer.