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Patrick Donnelly

Patrick Donnelly is a writer for New England Hockey Journal, where he covers boys and girls amateur hockey across the region, with a focus on girls prep hockey, prospect rankings and college recruiting. He also co-hosts the RinkWise podcast and contributes to other Seamans Media brands, including New England Soccer Journal. Patrick joined Seamans Media in October 2023 after a year split between Boston Sports Journal, where he was the Bruins beat reporter, and NCAA.com, where he led coverage of men's and women's college hockey, including the 2023 Men's Frozen Four. He also covered the Bruins for NHL.com during the 2021-22 season. A 2022 graduate of Boston University, he covered Terriers men's and women's hockey for four seasons with WTBU Sports and the Daily Free Press.

Kevin Mutch Christmas Tournament: Full preview and schedule for 2025

The annual Kevin Mutch Christmas Tournament begins this week. It always features one of the more interesting fields of the prep holiday…

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Harrington Invitational: Full preview and schedule for 2025

The Harrington Invitational is usually one of the top girls prep holiday tournaments to take in. That remains the case for the…

Girls prep rankings: Plenty of shuffling ahead of holiday tournaments

Not much changed in our first in-season girls prep rankings last week.  That certainly wasn't the case this week.  For the second…

Patsy K. Odden Invitational: Full preview and schedule for 2025

The Patsy K. Odden Invitational is always one of the highlights of the girls prep holiday tournament slate. The 42nd iteration of…

Top girls prep performers from the first week of the season

Girls prep hockey is back, and so is our weekly round-up of top performers. Last season, we took a look at some…

12 standouts, takeaways from No. 8 Tabor’s OT win over No. 9 Rivers

MARION, Mass. — Dawson Styles wasn't going to be denied. With less than two minutes left in overtime, Rivers went to bank the…
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Girls prep rankings: A new No. 1 takes over after opening week

Well, that didn't take long. Once Nora Shea (Braintree, Mass.) put Nobles ahead against Loomis Chaffee on Saturday, and insurance goals from her and Rachel…

11 standouts, takeaways from No. 4 Nobles’ win over No. 1 Loomis Chaffee

DEDHAM, Mass. — Nora Shea picked her spot. Nobles had survived a lopsided second period and was tied, 1-1, with Loomis Chaffee midway…

5 takeaways from Governor’s and No. 9 Phillips Exeter’s tie

BYFIELD, Mass. — Brooke Carlson finally got rewarded. Governor's top center had created scoring chances throughout the night against Phillips Exeter. When Gov's…

9 standout 16U defenders from 2025 Mass. state tournament

MARLBORO, Mass. — The fall hockey season is officially behind us. Over the weekend, Mass. Hockey crowned its 16U and 19U girls…