Massachusetts hockey will have quite a showing at this week's Women's U18 National Festival, which begins Monday and runs through Aug. 12 at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, N.Y. Ten players from Massachusetts, along with one from Vermont, will fight for spots on the 2023-24 U.S. Women's National Team, which will play during the...
Massachusetts hockey will have quite a showing at this week's Women's U18 National Festival, which begins Monday and runs through Aug. 12 at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Ten players from Massachusetts, along with one from Vermont, will fight for spots on the 2023-24 U.S. Women's National Team, which will play during the Rivalry Series in November and December.
Players will also battle for spots on the U18 and Collegiate Women's Select Team rosters for the U18 & Collegiate Series that will take place Aug. 16-19 in Lake Placid.
Seven of the 10 Massachusetts natives are forwards: Alanna Devlin (Marshfield, Mass.), Caroline Averill (Wayland, Mass.), Hannah Weyerhaeuser (Cambridge, Mass.), Kassidy Carmichael (Westford, Mass.), Kennedy Walker (Middleton, Mass.), Morgan McGathey (Braintree, Mass.) and Quinn Taylor (Centerville, Mass.).
The Massachusetts defenders in attendance will be Madelyn Murphy (Dorchester, Mass.), Margaret Averill (Wayland, Mass.) and Molly Boyle (Scituate, Mass.).
Defender Taylor Senecal will be the lone non-Massachusetts native from New England at the festival, as she's from Essex Junction, Vt. Senecal, an '07, had a strong season for North American Hockey Academy's 16U team this winter, scoring nine goals and adding 14 assists in 35 games.
