Just over a week remains in the girls prep regular season.
It's been a mad dash to the postseason, and plenty of teams and players had clutch performances in a week that saw several head-to-head matchups among top teams.
Among the highlights from the last week, you had Olivia Ferebee standing on her head in Williston Northampton's overtime win at Phillips Andover. Elsewhere, a pair of skaters at Lawrence Academy showed out with four-point outings in an upset of Thayer. Meanwhile, Thayer's Morgan McGathey (Braintree, Mass.) continued to etch her name into the record books.
As for the rest of the region? Here are the top girls prep performers from Feb. 12-18.
A friendly reminder: attending every NEPSAC girls prep hockey game in New England is impossible, so we rely on reports from coaches, parents and social media accounts to select the performers in a given week. If you have a nominee, please email me at patrick.donnelly@hockeyjournal.com.
Let’s dive in.
Faith Steiner
Austin Prep, Class of 2025, F, right shot, 5-5
Hometown: Burlington, Mass.
NCAA: SUNY Plattsburgh
Steiner is coming off back-to-back three-point outings for AP. After being held off the scoresheet in a 7-1 loss to Andover, she came out firing with a goal and two assists in a 4-0 win over Holderness. She capped it off with a hand in all three goals in a 3-1 win over Portsmouth Abbey, posting a goal and two helpers.
Alex Hebert
Austin Prep, Class of 2026, G, catches left, 5-8
Hometown: Reading, Mass.
Hebert was busy across the 2-1-0 week for AP. She turned aside 46 shots in the loss to Andover before bouncing back with a 30-save shutout against Holderness. The junior followed it up with 29 saves against Portsmouth Abbey, making for a .929 save percentage on the week.
Julia Echavarria
Berkshire, 4/21/2007, G, catches left, 5-5
Hometown: Newtown, Conn.
NCAA: Hobart
Echavarria had a .958 save percentage in a two-win week for Berkshire. She made 19 saves in a 3-1 win over Pomfret, but her best came in an upset of Deerfield. She made 27 saves for the 3-1 win.
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Katie Collins
Brewster, 8/15/2006, F, right shot, 5-8
Hometown: Westfield, Mass.
NCAA: Western New England
Collins finished with eight points in three games for Brewster last week. She assisted all three goals in a 3-2 win over Proctor before scoring their lone goal in an 8-1 loss to New Hampton. She capped it off with a hat trick and an assist in a 7-1 win over Proctor.
Lexi Davies
Brewster, 6/7/2007, F, right shot, 5-5
Hometown: Lancaster, Mass.
The senior was also a major factor in Brewster's offensive output last week, putting up six points in three games. She had a goal and an assist versus Proctor before adding a helper on Collins' goal against New Hampton. Davies also had three assists in the rematch with Proctor.
Megan Tremblay
Brewster, 2008, D, left shot, 5-8
Hometown: Mascouche, QC
NCAA: Assumption
Tremblay also had points in each of Brewster's three games last week, finishing with five. She had two goals in the win over Proctor before adding an assist in the loss to New Hampton. The blue-liner followed it up with her 21st goal of the season and an assist in the second win over Proctor.
Brady Wierl
Deerfield, 01/2007, F, left shot, 5-5
Hometown: South Salem, NY
Wierl came out firing with four points in Deerfield's 6-0 shutout of Westminster on Wednesday. The junior posted a goal and added three assists.
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Emily Krauss
Frederick Gunn, Class of 2025, G, catches left
Hometown: Milford, Conn.
Krauss got the nod in two of three games for Gunn over the last week, finishing with a .968 save percentage. She made 23 saves in a 1-1 draw with Milbrook before making 37 saves in a 4-1 win at Taft.
Gabriella Cohen
Hoosac, 2007, G, catches left, 5-3
Hometown: Indian Trail, NC
Cohen was phenomenal between the pipes in Hoosac's 4-3 overtime loss to Canterbury on Monday. The junior faced over 60 shots, making 62 saves to help her team have a shot to win in overtime. After falling behind, 3-0, in the first, Cohen turned it on. It took a last-second 2-on-0 to beat her in overtime.
Geena Cookinham
Lawrence Academy, 2005, F, right shot, 5-5
Hometown: Gilmanton Iron Works, NH
NCAA: Norwich
The senior helped author a major upset of Thayer in the Spartans' 8-6 win on Saturday. She posted four points, finishing with two goals and two assists.
Ava Glab
Lawrence Academy, 01/2006, F, left shot
Hometown: Nanuet, NY
Glab also had a big hand in the Spartans playing spoiler against Thayer. The senior had four points of her own, finishing with a goal and adding three assists.
Annie Schwarz
Loomis Chaffee, 2/2008, F, left shot, 5-5
Hometown: Fairfield, Conn
NCAA: Yale
Schwarz finished with four points in two games last week as she continued her career season. She had a goal and an assist in a 4-1 top-10 win at Cushing before adding two helpers in a 3-2 overtime win at Choate.
Kate Rubinstein
Millbrook, Class of 2027, G, catches left
Hometown: Tenafly, NJ
Rubinstein was sensational in a 1-1 draw with Gunn. The sophomore made 39 saves to help the Mustangs reach overtime, giving them every chance to win.
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Kennedy Walker
New Hampton, 5/25/2006, F, right shot, 5-9
Hometown: Middleton, Mass.
NCAA: Yale
After her 10-game point streak snapped in a 1-1 draw with Cushing on Feb. 5, Walker has come out firing with goals and points in four straight. In three games last week, she had five goals and eight points. The senior had two goals and an assist in each of New Hampton's wins over St. Paul's and Brewster. She finished it off with a goal and an assist in a win over Phillips Exeter.
Trinity Walsh
New Hampton, 7/21/2006, F, left shot, 5-3
Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Like Walker, Walsh also has points in four straight. She had eight points across the three wins last week, scoring in each. She had a goal against SPS before a goal and three assists versus Brewster. Against Exeter, Walsh had a goal and two assists.
Catherine McCool
Nobles, 10/2009, F, left shot, 5-6
Hometown: West Roxbury, Mass.
The freshman had points in each of the Bulldogs' three wins last week, finishing with six. She had two goals and an assist in a 4-0 top-10 win over Groton before adding an assist in another top-10 win over BB&N. She followed it up with a goal and an assist in a 5-1 win over Hill School.
Gretta Hulbig
Nobles, 8/11/2007, F, left shot, 5-7
Hometown: Foxboro, Mass.
NCAA: Yale
Hulbig had five points in three games for Nobles last week. She had three assists in the win against Groton before adding a goal and an assist against Hill.
Maggie Averill
Phillips Andover, 9/9/2008, D, right shot, 5-11
Hometown: Wayland, Mass.
It was all about the Averills in Andover's 7-1 win over AP last Wednesday. Maggie had five points, including a hat trick, while her older sister, Caroline, had four points (three assists).
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Marie Lee
Phillips Andover, 3/6/2010, G, catches left, 5-7
Hometown: Southboro, Mass.
Lee's 18 saves in a 1-0 overtime loss to Andover might not jump off the page, but practically all 18 were high-quality stops. It took a greasy goal in front of the net to beat her, and the young 2010 came through with the potential Save of the Year in the first period.
Sydney Kelm
Pomfret, Class of 2028, G, catches left
Hometown: Erie, Colo.
Kelm had 40-plus saves in both of her starts last week. She turned aside 53 shots in a 1-0 loss to St. Mark's, and she made 42 saves in a 2-0 loss to North Yarmouth Academy. The freshman finished with a .969 save percentage across the two games.
Ellie Beigel
Rivers, Class of 2026, G, catches left, 5-9
Hometown: Natick, Mass.
Biegel was excellent in a pair of wins for the Red Wings, posting a .968 save percentage for the week. She made 25 saves in a 4-1 win at Worcester Academy last Wednesday, and she stood tall with 36 saves in a 3-1 win at St. Mark's on Saturday.
Erin Flaherty
St. Paul’s, 06/2008, F, right shot, 5-5
Hometown: Boston, Mass.
Flaherty had five points in two games for the Big Red last week. The sophomore scored in a narrow, 4-3 loss at New Hampton before adding four points, including a hat trick, in a 5-3 win over Tabor.
Morgan McGathey
Thayer, 8/30/2006, F, right shot, 5-5
Hometown: Braintree, Mass.
NCAA: Harvard
McGathey had back-to-back four-point games for the Tigers last week. She had a hat trick and an assist in a 5-1 win at Governor's before putting up two goals and two assists in an 8-6 loss at Lawrence Academy. She broke Thayer's all-time goals record with her first goal (the 101st of her career) against Gov's.
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Kate Sullivan
Thayer, 1/18/2007, F, left shot, 5-7
Hometown: Hingham, Mass
NCAA: New Hampshire
Sullivan had six points across two games for Thayer, putting up three points in each. She had a goal and two helpers in the win at Gov's before a goal and two assists at Lawrence.
Talia Engel
Vermont Academy, Class of 2027, F, left shot
Hometown: Searsburg, Vt.
Engel had five points across a 2-1-0 week for Vermont Academy. The sophomore assisted both goals in a 2-1 win at Tilton before adding a goal and an assist in a 3-1 win at Hoosac. She also assisted Vermont's lone goal in a 2-1 loss at Holderness.
Olivia Ferebee
Williston Northampton, 1/31/2006, G, catches left, 5-5
Hometown: Lake Placid, NY
NCAA: Cornell
Ferebee was outstanding in a 1-0 overtime shutout of Phillips Andover that could have gone either way. She made 39 saves for the shutout, denying a multitude of Grade-A scoring chances for Andover.
Violet Carroll
Williston Northampton, 5/22/2007, F, right shot, 5-5
Hometown: Milton, Mass.
NCAA: Holy Cross
The Wildcats' leading scorer showed out in a 5-4 win over Choate last Wednesday. Carroll had four points in the win, posting two goals and two assists.
