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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.

RinkWise podcast: BB&N’s Ed Bourget on development and recruiting

Ed Bourget is a lifer at BB&N. After Bourget (Shrewsbury, Mass.) was a standout at Shrewsbury High, he played prep school hockey…

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Milton’s O’Brien headlines locals selected in PWHL Draft

Shortly after winning a national championship and earning the Patty Kazmaier Award as the top player in women's college hockey, former Wisconsin…

Who won our MIAA boys and girls hockey awards for 2024-25?

The MIAA boys and girls hockey seasons ended in late March, which is now almost three months ago.  Catholic Memorial won a…

Handing out the 2025 boys and girls prep hockey awards

What a season it was in New England boys and girls prep hockey. Roughly three months ago, Cushing edged Dexter Southfield for…

Shorthanded icing, automatic offside headline pending USA Hockey rule changes

It would be hard to miss the collective groans from parents and coaches. One team would be pressing hard offensively. The puck…

RinkWise podcast: Eric Boguniecki on development and life in hockey

Eric Boguniecki has done it all in hockey. After playing prep school hockey at Westminster, the New Haven, Conn., native played four…
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Mass. native Dan Muse named head coach of Pittsburgh Penguins

It didn't take long for the Pittsburgh Penguins to look back to Massachusetts to find their next head coach. Pittsburgh announced on…

How Brandy Fisher-Bailey plans to continue high standard at Cushing

It's a new era at Cushing. The Penguins promoted Brandy Fisher-Bailey to head coach. She'll succeed Valerie Bono-Bunker (Woburn, Mass.), who is retiring after…

Why Taylor Senecal’s move home could pay dividends for Vermont girls hockey

Kelly McManus Souza still remembers the first time she saw Taylor Senecal play. McManus Souza, Berwick’s head coach of and director and…

46 Mass., New England players make USA Hockey girls National 15 Camp

There will hardly be a shortage of local representation at USA Hockey's girls National 15 Camp this summer. The camp, which will…