MARLBORO, Mass. — This summer's Beantown Classic is in the books.
The last three days had some of the best prospects in New England, across the country and even Canada flock to Massachusetts for one of the summer’s biggest girls hockey showcases.
This past weekend, in particular, featured 158 teams across five different divisions — Futures Red 19U, Futures Blue 19U/16U, College Elite, Super Series and Futures 2009 (10).
I spent Saturday and Sunday focused on the Futures Red 19U division, which featured 58 teams. It's safe to say that I couldn’t see everyone play. I set up shop at the trusty New England Sports Center in Marlboro to take in several games on Saturday before catching the quarterfinals, semifinals and championship on Sunday.
There was a lot of high-quality hockey and prospects. In the end, the Wade Warriors shut out Stanstead College, 1-0, to win the title on Sunday.
Plenty of prospects who are already in the collegiate ranks or have commitments in hand showed out, but what about those who've yet to find landing spots or those who still aren't eligible to commit?
Here are 12 uncommitted forwards who impressed. We'll get into uncommitted defenders and goalies in a separate article later this week.
Erin Flaherty
Boston Jr. Eagles/St. Paul’s, 06/2008, F, right shot, 5-5

Hometown: Boston, Mass.
Flaherty was arguably the Jr. Eagles' best player in their game against Northwood on Saturday. She played with high pace and created offense in transition. She tied it for the Eagles with a great rush, entering the zone with a ton of speed and dancing around a defender to create a 2-on-1. Flaherty looked off the pass and rifled a wrister off the low post and in. It followed a similar chance off the opening face-off of the second frame a few shifts earlier. She also came through defensively late, including a big shot block at the left dot with the Eagles scrambling. In the closing seconds, she dove to swipe the puck away from the forward after getting burned, preventing a chance in alone.
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Riley Stocker
CT Polar Bears U19 Major/Williston Northampton, 06/2008, F, left shot, 5-6
Hometown: Verona, N.J.
Stocker and Millbrook's Jillian Smith had it going for the Polar Bears against Moe Hockey 19U on Saturday. Stocker scored on a one-timer in front of the crease, parking herself in open space and burying it off Smith's centering feed from behind the net. Their line went to work off the next face-off, forcing a turnover on the forecheck and creating a goal for Smith in front.
Emily Macaulay
Tropics Black/Lovell Academy, 06/2009, F, left shot, 5-5
Hometown: Queensbury, N.Y.
Macaulay played a strong game in all three zones for the Tropics against Nichols on Saturday. One of her best plays came when she was forced to drop back to defense with her teammates caught up in the play. Macaulay maintained a good gap and anticipated the deke. The puck carrier thought they had more time and space than they did, and Macaulay easily poked the puck away and jumpstarted the rush the other way. Macaulay also cashed in on a rebound earlier in the game, finishing a strong drive to the net off the rush.
Annabelle Lovell
Tropics Black/Lovell Academy, 2/25/2009, F/D, right shot, 5-3

Hometown: Hingham, Mass.
Lovell played her typical, lightning-fast game for the Tropics on Saturday and Sunday. She was tough to handle in transition and set up her share of chances for her teammates. One on Saturday came when she tracked down the puck carrier high in the offensive zone, stripping it and driving back to middle ice, where she set up a Grade-A look for Sydney Stoughton. Lovell later set up Renee Lapointe's goal, flying in with a ton of speed off the rush and working the puck middle, where Lapointe cashed in amid the scramble. On Sunday, Lovell and Stoughton combined against the Boston Lady Whalers on a quick-up. After entering the zone, Stoughton dropped off for Lovell, who cut middle and fired a wrister top-shelf for a pretty goal.
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Maddy Allen
Tropics Black/St. Paul's, 01/2009, F, right shot, 5-8
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Allen was a force for the Tropics against Nichols. She used her size to her advantage in transition, creating space for herself and protecting the puck well. She did a great job of using the full length of her reach to shield pucks from defenders. Allen and Lindsay Pontillo consistently created chances throughout the game. Allen set up Macaulay's goal, toe-dragging to the slot and trying to go upstairs. After it wouldn't go, she and her linemates kept at it before Macaulay jammed it home. Allen and Pontillo combined for another goal off the rush moments later.
Charlotte Carlson
Nichols Prep 19U Tier 1, Class of 2027, F, right shot, 5-4
Hometown: Buffalo, N.Y.
Carlson got Nichols on the board against the Tropics with a quick shot that caught Peyton Scott (Hanover, Mass.) by surprise. She entered the zone as the trailer on Madison Olson's rush and was first on the puck when Olson lost the handle. Carlson made no mistake and fired a wrister five-hole through a screen for the goal.
Emerson Webster
Boston Lady Whalers/Pittsburgh Penguins Elite, 02/2008, F, left shot, 5-7
Hometown: Washington, Penn.
Webster was all around it from the start for the Whalers in their loss to the Tropics on Sunday. She created a terrific chance for Mya Polastry (West Springfield, Mass.) off the forecheck early on. Webster cut off Faith Baratta inside the blue line and won the board battle with Kate Glantz (Burlington, Mass.) before the puck worked to Polastry at the left dot. Their line came through again off the next face-off, sending the puck into the middle, where Webster was in a good spot to put a tough backhander on net. She got some more good looks late, taking a skating lane off the rush and putting a heavy wrist shot on net. She stuck with the rebound and got another quality backhand look in tight.
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Mya Polastry
Boston Lady Whalers/Westminster, 3/6/3008, F, left shot, 5-9
Hometown: West Springfield, Mass.
Polastry consistently found herself around the net in the Whalers' loss to the Tropics, and she got her fair share of chances out of it, finding open space and making herself available. She got a great look off Webster's work on the forecheck early on, putting a heavy shot on net from the left dot. Later, she had another high-danger look to the left of the net off a cross-ice feed from Mirella Martinelli (North Providence, R.I.) on the power play. Polastry was rewarded when she got on the board late, cashing in from the high slot after the Whalers won a face-off and funneled the puck to the middle.
Taylor Krohn
Moe Hockey 19U/Northfield High, 3/27/08, F, right shot, 5-7
Hometown: Northfield, Minn.
Krohn created chances for Moe Hockey 19Us against the Polar Bears on Saturday, and she ended up getting rewarded with a greasy goal. She drove into the zone off a turnover in the neutral zone and got a great look with a shot labeled for the top shelf. After Amy Wang fought it off, Krohn stuck with the play as MH dug away at the loose puck in the scramble. It kicked out to her to the right of the crease, and she buried it.
Penelope St-Pierre
Northwood School, 2009, F, left shot
Hometown: Gatineau, QC
St-Pierre scored a fantastic goal for Northwood against the Jr. Eagles on Saturday. As Loelie Lachapelle's rush was broken up, St-Pierre was right there in a perfect spot as the trailer. She picked it up and got into a shooting position with a couple of quick stickhandles before going bar-down to pick the top-right corner. It was a bang-bang finish to the play as she picked up the puck and put a shot on in no time at all.
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Ryan Erster
Northwood School, 2009, F, left shot
Hometown: East Meadow, N.Y.
Erster also had a solid game for Northwood against the Eagles. One of her best plays came late when she set up Sara Martin alone in the slot for a potential go-ahead goal. Erster was first on a turnover along the half-wall. She had her head up as she waited for reinforcements and fended off defensive pressure, using her body to swivel toward the boards before slipping a perfectly-timed pass for Martin driving down the slot. Annabelle Aitken (Winchester, Mass.) robbed the Grade-A look.
Jane Daley
Wade Warriors/Shattuck-St. Mary’s, 3/21/2009, F, left shot, 5-6
Hometown: Medfield, Mass.
Daley made some flat-out ridiculous passes in the championship on Sunday, including a no-look backhand feed to the back post after splitting the defense. That rush started below the dots in her own end, and she sped through everyone before setting up the Grade-A look. She controlled the ice whenever she had the puck, and her ability to change speeds in an instant, either slowing the entire game down or speeding it up, was impressive. Each of her other teammates was either already playing collegiately, headed to the NCAA next season or a committed upperclassman. Daley looked every bit the part with them.
