Massachusetts Midgets Selects
CATCHING UP WITH BRIAN GIBBONS
Date:06/18/2018 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
Herning, Denmark- The 2017-18 season proved an eventful one for New Jersey Devils forward Brian Gibbons. After toiling in mostly in the American Hockey League since his graduation from Boston College in 2011, the Braintree, MA, native enjoyed his first full NHL season. Upon the conclusion of the season, he packed his bags and flew out to Denmark for his first appearance with the US National Team s...
CATCHING UP WITH…COLIN WHITE
Date:06/02/2018 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
Herning, Denmark- Having played for the US National Development Program and later winning two medals at the IIHF World Under-20 Championships, Colin White is no stranger to wearing the red, white, and blue. Therefore, when the Ottawa Senators’ season ended and he received an invitation to join Team USA in Denmark for the IIHF World Championships, White accepted with no reservations. ...
THREE WHALERS NAMED TO NTDP
Date:05/27/2018 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
The Massachusetts Selects Hockey League and Cape Cod Whalers are proud to announce the selection of Matt Beniers, Brett Berard, and Drew Commesso to join the 2018-19 US Under-17 Team. All three players were members of the Cape Cod Whalers 16-and-under team last season. Beniers, a native of Hingham, MA, led the Whalers in scoring with seven goals and five assists (12 point...
WHALERS FALL IN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Date:04/10/2018 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
West Chester, PA- Despite third-period goals from Jack Rathbone and Jay O’Brien, the Cape Cod Whalers fell 5-2 to Selects Academy in the 2018 USA Hockey 18-and-under Tier 1 National Championship Game. Selects Academy got on the board first and took a 1-0 lead into the locker rooms after the opening frame. Another goal late in the second put the Whalers down by two with only twenty m...
WHALERS ADVANCE TO 18U NATIONAL FINALS
Date:04/10/2018 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
West Chester, PA- The Cape Cod Whalers emerged with a 5-2 victory over CarShield AAA Hockey to punch their ticket to the 2018 USA Hockey 18-and-under Tier 1 National Championship game. Although the Whalers finished third in Mass Select League play, they were one of four teams from the league to advance to the State Tournament, which they won in thrilling fashion over the Little Bruins. The Wha...
SENATORS FALL IN NATIONAL SEMIFINALS
Date:04/10/2018 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
West Chester, PA- The Eastern Mass Senators fell to Selects Academy in the semifinal round of the 2018 USA Hockey 18-and-under Tier 1 National Championships to conclude a season for the ages. Despite winning the Mass Selects League title, the Senators fell in the semifinals of the Massachusetts State Tournament. However, thanks to a stellar record against the some of the top 18U teams in the coun...
2018 USA Hockey Olympian Ryan Donato
Date:02/10/2018 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
2018 USA Hockey Olympian Ryan Donato 4 years with The Cape Cod Whalers ...
2018 USA Hockey Olympian Chris Bourque
Date:02/10/2018 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
2018 USA Hockey Olympian Chris Bourque Boston Jr. Bruins ...
2018 USA Hockey Olympian Noah Welch
Date:02/10/2018 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
2018 USA Hockey Olympian Noah Welch Eastern Mass Senators 495 Stars ...
2018 USA Hockey Olympian Broc Little
Date:02/10/2018 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
2018 USA Hockey Olympian Broc Little Boston Jr. Bruins 18U , 2006 USA Hockey National Champion ...
MASS SELECTS ALUMNI HEADLINE US OLYMPIC TEAM
Date:02/10/2018 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
The 2018 Winter Olympic Games are set to being in PyeongChang, South Korea on February 9, and when the teams hit the ice, four alumni of the Massachusetts Selects League will be wearing the red, white, and blue. Ryan Donato, currently a junior at Harvard University, played for the Cape Cod Whalers 16U team during the 2011-12 season and the 18U team from 2012 to 2014. The Boston Bruins sec...
WHALERS WIN 18U STATE TITLE
Date:11/13/2017 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
Marlborough, MA- Jack Rathbone scored twice and James O’Brien picked up two assists to lead the Cape Cod Whalers to a 4-3 win over the Little Bruins in the 2017 Massachusetts State 18U Tier-I Championship game. The victory gives the Whalers the Massachusetts regional entry into the 2018 USA Hockey National Tournament. Jack Studley drew first blood for the Little Bruins when he knocked in Ky...
ALL SELECT FINAL - LITTLE BRUINS, WHALERS TO MEET IN 18U FINAL
Date:11/12/2017 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
Marlborough, MA- The Little Bruins and Cape Cod Whalers won their semifinal contests to advance to the 2017 18U Tier I Massachusetts State Championship Game. The Little Bruins jumped out in front when Gunnar Fontaine scored from Sam Colangelo and Liam Devlin with 10:17 remaining in the first period. The score held until the Militia tied it up with 10:50 remaining in regulation. The Brui...
WHALERS FALL IN 16U SEMIFINALS
Date:11/12/2017 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
Marlborough, MA- The Cape Cod Whalers received goals from Joseph Kramer and Peter Kramer, but fell to the Neponset Valley River Rats in the 16U Semifinals of the 2017 Massachusetts Tier I State Championships. The loss ends the Whalers’ streak of three consecutive state titles. The Whalers fell behind early in the first period, but Joseph Kramer tied the game with two minutes left in the ope...
WHALERS WORK OT TO ADVANCE TO 15U STATE FINAL
Date:11/12/2017 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
WHALERS WORK OT TO ADVANCE TO 15U STATE FINAL Marlborough, MA- Manning Morris scored 3:06 into overtime to push the Cape Cod Whalers over the Neponset Valley River Rats and into the 15U Championship game in the 2017 Massachusetts State Tournament. Kevin McCarthy gave the Whalers an early lead when he took a pass at the point from Alex Laracy and fired it home just 1:24 into the c...
BRUINS RALLY TO TIE WHALERS
Date:11/07/2017 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
Foxboro, MA- Matt Toporowski scored with 2:29 remaining to force a 3-3 tie between the Boston Jr. Bruins and the Cape Cod Whalers in Massachusetts Select League 18U action. The Bruins opened the scoring eight minutes into the game when Johnny McElaney sent Christian Hayes skating down the left wing. Hayes fired the puck just inside the right post to give the Bruins the early lead. With 4:31 on the...
WHALERS KNOCK OFF BRUINS
Date:11/07/2017 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
Foxboro, MA- Kevin MacKay scored twice and Matt Beniers notched a goal and two assists to lead the Cape Cod Whalers to a 6-1 victory over the Boston Jr. Bruins in Massachusetts Selects League 16U play. Goaltenders Drew Commesso and Luke Streckenbach kept the game scoreless for the first half of the opening period until Brendan Dumas sent a cross-ice pass to Terrence Concannon, who buried ...
LITTLE BRUINS PUNCH TICKET TO STATE TOURNAMENT
Date:11/07/2017 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
Foxboro, MA- Gunnar Fontaine and Sam Colangelo each scored a pair of goals to lead the Little Bruins to a 6-2 victory over the South Shore Kings and punch their ticket to next weekend’s Massachusetts State 18U Tournament. Fontaine gave the Bruins the lead when he took a cross-ice pass from Braden Doyle and sent it back-door into the net with 10:44 to go in the opening period. ...
LITTLE BRUINS CLAIM 16U BEANTOWN FALL TITLE
Date:10/30/2017 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
Marlboro, MA- A goal by Frankie Ireland off of Carson Whitman’s rebound was all it took for the Little Bruins to knock off the Cape Cod Whalers in the final game of the 2017 Beantown Fall Classic. Ireland’s strike, along with Whitman’s late empty-net goal, put the cap on an impressive weekend in which the Little Bruins went 7-0. The Little Bruins started off the...
LITTLE BRUINS HOLD OF JR. BRUINS
Date:10/25/2017 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
South Boston, MA- Connor Berry scored a goal and recorded two assists, but the Boston Jr. Bruins fell to the Little Bruins in a hard-fought Mass Select League 18U battle on Sunday afternoon. Gunnar Fontaine drew first blood for the Little Bruins when Devin Tongue sent him in on a breakaway while killing a penalty midway through the first period. Powers made it 2-0 when he flew do...
LITTLE BRUINS PREVAIL OVER BOSTON JR. BRUINS
Date:10/25/2017 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
South Boston, MA- Ryan Doo and Frankie Ireland scored each scored a pair of goals to lead the Little Bruins over the Boston Junior Bruins 6-2 in Mass Select League 16U action on Sunday afternoon. Ireland led off the scoring for the Little Bruins with a power play goal when he took a pass from Cameron Lowe in the slot and fired it home barely four minutes into the game. Colin Graf also rec...
LATE GOAL FORCES DEADLOCK IN 16U ALL-STAR GAME
Date:10/09/2017 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
LATE GOAL FORCES DEADLOCK IN 16U ALL-STAR GAME Allston, MA- Riley Duran scored with 3:55 remaining in the final period to force a 2-2 tie in the 2017 Massachusetts Select League 16U All-Star Game. Team American jumped out to an early lead when Anthony Messuri sent a pass from behind the net and it deflected off an opponent past National goalie Drew Commesso at 5:19. With 5:25 to...
TEAM NATIONAL WINS 18U ALL-STAR GAME
Date:10/09/2017 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
TEAM NATIONAL WINS 18U ALL-STAR GAME Allston, MA- Jack Studley and Kyle Penney each scored a pair of goals to lead Team National to a 7-3 win over Team American in the Massachusetts Select League 18U All-Star Game. Studley gave Team National the early lead when he took a pass from Gunnar Fontaine and ripped it past American goaltender Sean Dynan 4:26 into the contest. Jay O’Brien tied the...
TEAM NATIONAL TAKES 15U ALL-STAR GAME
Date:10/09/2017 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
Allston, MA- Tom Rooney scored two goals and added an assist to lead Team National to a 7-1 win over Team American in the Massachusetts Select League 15U All-Star Game. The game started off as a goaltending duel, as Jack Byrne and Nate Brennan kept the teams off the board throughout the first period. Rooney broke the tie 5:30 into the second frame when he took a pass from...
Mass Selects Columbus Day Showcase
Date:10/06/2017 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
Mass Selects Columbus Day Showcase Oct. 6-9 , 2017 Northstar, Westboro, MA, Warrior Arena, Boston MA, Harvard Bright-Landry Arena, Boston, MA The Mass Selects Annual Columbus Day Showcase will ...
Whalers’ Commesso commits to Boston University
Date:10/05/2017 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
Boston, MA- The Cape Cod Whalers and Massachusetts Select Hockey League are proud to announce the commitment of 16-and-under goaltender Drew Commesso to Boston University. He is slated to arrive on Agganis Way in the fall of 2020. “There were many reasons I wanted to play [at Boston University,]” he stated. “The team has an amazing tradition, it’s a great school academical...
Whalers 18U takes one from the Bulldogs
Date:10/05/2017 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
Quincy, MA- The Cape Cod Whalers received four goals from four different players to knock off the Boston Bulldogs 4-1 in 18-and-under action on Sunday afternoon. Both teams flew out of the gate, creating plenty of chances to break the game open, but goaltenders Luke Garrity and Matt Lane proved equal to the task and the first period ended in a scoreless tie. “[The Bulldogs]...
Bruins 18U score late to tie Whalers
Date:09/30/2017 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
Dorchester, MA- Kyle Penney scored an extra attacker goal with 14.9 seconds remaining to help the Boston Jr. Bruins erase a two-goal deficit to tie the Cape Cod Whalers in Mass Select 18U division play on Saturday. Jay O’Brien put the Whalers on the board midway through the first period when he skated down the left side and cut to the slot before shooting the puck past Bruins goalie Sean Dy...
Whalers 16U team picks up shutout win over Bruins
Date:09/30/2017 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
Dorchester, MA- Matt Beniers scored a goal and two assists to lead the Cape Cod Whalers to a 5-0 win over the Boston Jr. Bruins in Mass Select League 16 action on Saturday. Cody Sealy opened the scoring with 8:14 remaining in the first period when took a pass from Brendan Dumas at the foot of the slot and redirected it past Bruins goalie Luke Strickenbach. Max Andrade also assisted on the...
Kelly, Bruins knock off Senators
Date:09/14/2017 Source:Massachusetts Midgets Selects
Burlington MA 9/10/2017 16U Eastern Mass Senators-Bos Jr Bruins Mike Klein Kelly, Bruins knock off Senators Burlington, MA- Bruins Liam Kelly and Joe Noone each scored a goal and added an assist to lead the Boston Jr. Bruins 16U team over the Eastern Mass Senators on Sunday afternoon. The Bruins came out flying in the opening frame, but Senators goaltender Aidan Kelly...
