Opening Shift: How Alex Jefferies is settling into year two at Merrimack
Like every young hockey player in New England, Merrimack’s Alex Jefferies has seen plenty of raucous crowds at Hockey East games. The Lunenburg, Mass., native…
Analysis: Reviewing the past 10 Hockey East All-Rookie teams
Over the past 10 years, just three players have made the Hockey East All-Rookie Team after coming to college hockey straight from prep school. When…
College Confidential: Straight outta preps, Alex Jefferies boosts Merrimack
There is no one-size-fits-all formula that says a player, after prep school, must spend a year (or more) in junior hockey to prepare to play…
New England’s 2020 NHL draft prospects: Forecasting the field
2020 has been a weird year all around, and that includes the ramifications from the coronavirus pertaining to the NHL draft. The 2020 NHL Entry…
Title review: Gunnery hits high note in Small School win
At the beginning of the season, Gunnery’s goal was much higher than winning the NEPSAC Piatelli/Simmons Small School tournament. With high-scoring wing Alex Jefferies returning…
Prep hockey: Salisbury back at top as Elite 8 champion
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Salisbury captured its first NEPSAC Hockey Stuart/Corkery Elite 8 since 2015 with Sunday's 4-0 win over Dexter Southfield at Trinity College's Koeppel…
5 takeaways: Avon Old Farms 9, Gunnery 0
AVON, Conn. -- The thing is, Gunnery isn't a bad hockey team. Led by star winger Alex Jefferies (Lunenberg, Mass.) and surrounded by a pretty…
5 takeaways: Gunnery 1, Millbrook 1
WASHINGTON, Conn. -- On some nights, the hockey gods are determined to make it difficult for you. Both Millbrook and Gunnery felt that pain first-hand…
Top prep school storylines down the stretch
With the teams long back from the Christmas and holiday break, the prep school season is heating up for the stretch drive toward league and…
Breaking down his game: Alex Jefferies
Alex Jefferies shoots a lot of pucks. Not just in games, not just in practice, but all summer long. And, no, before you ask, he…
5 takeaways: Kent 5, Gunnery 4
AVON, Conn. — In this particular instance, one highly acclaimed player wasn't quite enough to win the championship trophy. Barely. Despite the best efforts of…
NHL Central Scouting: New England hockey family ties are plentiful
As is the case in most draft years, New England has a heavy presence on the NHL Central Scouting's pre-draft list. But there's a subsection…
