While prep school hockey gets much of the media attention in New England, there are a couple of good full-season midget hockey teams that compete in the region.
The best full-season midget hockey teams in New England are Selects Academy at South Kent, Boston Advantage, Junior Bruins, and New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs.
Selects Academy, which pulls from all over the continent and across the pond in Europe, is the most competitive of the region’s full-season midget hockey teams. Many of the other teams in the region, such as the Boston Advantage and NH Jr. Monarchs, struggle when going up against the upper echelon of the Tier 1 Elite Hockey League.
New England Hockey Journal has gotten a chance to see many of the teams and players that play full-season midget hockey in New England numerous times over the course of the 2018-19 season.
Below is New England Hockey Journal’s Full-Season Midget All-Uncommitted Teams:
First Team
Cam MacDonald
Selects Academy 15U, 5/4/03, C, Left Shot, 6-2/180
There’s not much else to be said about how good Cam MacDonald is. He’s an elite, 200-foot center who can score. He has size, he can skate, and he plays the game with a physical presence. He’s a sure-fire top-five pick in the 2019 QMJHL Draft.
Ryan Greene
Selects Academy 15U, 10/21/03, C, Right Shot, 5-11/155
Greene gets buried behind MacDonald when talking about top full-season midget players in New England as he centers the second line for Jon Hutcheon’s team. While Greene doesn’t have the offensive skill set that MacDonald does, he’s a smart, two-way center who college programs should be coveting if he doesn’t go the major junior route.
Chris Delaney
Junior Bruins, 9/25/04, LW, Left Shot, 5-4/120
Delaney is the only ’04 to make this list as he plays up on Topher Bevis’ team. Delaney, from Hopkinton, Mass., is on the smaller side, but he’s an elite play maker who is quick and crafty. He thinks the game well offensively and he should begin to get college interest soon if he hasn’t already.
Eli Barnett
Selects Academy 15U, 9/16/03, D, Right Shot, 6-5/200
Barnett is a big, rangy, shutdown defender who skates well. He makes a decent first pass and has a ton of upside with his raw ability. This is a defenseman who will generate a lot of buzz heading into the QMJHL Draft.
Brendan Fitzgerald
Islanders HC, 3/6/03, D, Left Shot, 5-10/145
Fitzgerald has battled some injuries over the last couple of seasons, but he’s a smart, puck-moving defenseman. The North Reading, Mass., native has very good vision and makes good decisions with the puck on his stick. He’s not afraid to throw his weight around. He’s certainly a top five ’03 defenseman in Massachusetts.
Alexander Mickanin
Selects Academy 15U, 8/11/03, G, Catches Left, 6-1/190
Another Hopkinton, Mass., native to make the list, Mickanin is a very good goaltender with prototypical size of what organizations are now coveting. He’s technically sound and while he doesn’t face much rubber, he makes saves look easy.
Second Team
Senna Peeters
Selects Academy 16U, 6/14/02, C/RW, Right Shot, 5-11/168
Peeters is in his first season in North America. He's a good skater who sees the ice well and can be a productive play-maker. He's not as elite as some of the other Selects Academy players, but's a prospect nonetheless.
Copeland Fricker
Selects Academy 15U, 8/2/03, RW, Right Shot, 5-7/150
Fricker is a hard-working forward who compliments his more skilled linemates. From Texas, he's a bantam pick in the WHL Draft, and also had upside as a future college players if he chooses to go that route.
Nick Ring
Boston Advantage, 10/26/03, C, Right Shot, 5-8/140
Ring centers a top six line for Tim Lovell’s Advantage 16U team. The Hingham, Mass., native is a fairly cerebral, smart two-way forward. As a late ’03, there’s some potential for him to blossom into a more skilled, high-end forward in this age group.
Carson Whitman
Boston Advantage, 5/28/02, C, Right Shot, 5-10/165
Whitman is a shifty skater who can cut in and out of traffic. He’s on the smaller side, but the Holden, Mass., native shows flashes of skill during games with the Advantage. He’s a player to keep an eye on over the next few years.
Colin Oppelt
Boston Advantage 16U, 6/21/02, D, Left Shot, 6-1/151
Oppelt’s skating has gotten better over the last year and he’s becoming more of that rangy defender that he looked like he could develop into. The Franklin, Mass., native has good size and made a couple of nice plays in viewings of the Boston Advantage this season.
Jack Pascucci
NH Jr. Monarchs, 2/15/02, D, Right Shot, 6-2/170
From North Andover, Mass., Pascucci had a solid showing at January’s USPHL All-Star Game at Merrimack College. He has good size and is an above average skater. There’s some potential and he’d be a nice add for a prep school program for next season.
Cam Miranda
Selects Academy 15s, 3/13/03, D, Right Shot, 5-11/145
The Mendon, Mass., native does a good job of moving pucks up ice and looking to push the pace. He’s not overly dynamic, but he sees the ice well and is physically mature, which allows him to be tough to knock off pucks.
Connor Bradford
Boston Advantage 16U, 8/23/02, G, Catches Left, 6-1/218
Bradford is one of the more competitive goaltenders in the state. While he’s not on the same level of Drew Commesso who is with the NTDP, he’s a solid goaltender in his own right. From Kingston, Mass., Bradford isn’t the most technically sound goaltender, but he makes the saves.
