East Coast

Can New Club Challenge From The Outset?

By Gary Demopoulos - HNIB

Another squad making its debut in the HNIB Boys Major Showcase this summer is the latest version of East Coast. The team should be able to compete right away.

The team was put together and will be coached by Karl Bonawitz, who played prep hockey at CanterburySchool and now coaches with MyEdge Philadelphia.

The squad will be young but talented up front.

Senior Kent Bishop out of Seton Hall Prep will key in the forward ranks with his experience and strong play. Another senior to watch will be Kyle Thornton, who plys his trade in the winter for Morris Knolls HS in New Jersey.

KENT BISHOP BRIAN KRAMER NICK FONSECA NAYAN PAI RICHIE DIFULVIO

KYLE THORNTON JAKE SMITH DOM HALL MIKE BOSCHETTO CONNOR HILL

BRENT RIVARD WYATT FRONTEIRO BRANDON CUCCARO TOMMY MCDONOUGH SETH MURCH

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EAST COAST

# FORWARDS 2021-2022 TEAM/TOWN

YR HT WT DOB SHOT

38 Kent Bishop Seton Hall Prep/Kinnelon, NJ SR 5'11" 175 2/1/64 Left 39 Michael Boschetto Boston Jr. Rangers/Framingham, MA SR 5'9" 170 1/4/03 Left 40 Richie DeFulvio Flyers Elite 16U-Premier/Burlington Twp, NJ SO 5'11" 145 1/12/05 Right 41 Nick Fonseca Igloo Jaguars/Medford, NJ JR 5'4" 140 12/25/04 Right 42 Domenic Hall Boston Jr. Rangers/Billerica, MA PG 5'10" 150 5/15/03 Right 43 Connor Hill Tampa Bay Jr. Lightning/Clearwater, FL JR 5'8" 130 12/17/04 Right 44 Brian Kramer Governor Livingston HS/Berkeley Hts, NJ JR 5'8" 160 11/18/04 Right 45 Nayan Pai Colorado Rampage/Redwood City, CA SO 5'9" 145 8/25/05 Left 46 Jake Smith St. Augustine Prep/Medford, NJ SR 5'11" 166 3/19/04 Left 47 Kyle Thornton Morris Knolls HS/Boonton, NJ SR 6'2" 177 8/27/04 Right

# DEFENSE 2021-2022 TEAM/TOWN YR HT WT DOB SHOT 32 Nicholas Calandra Seacoast Performance Acad./Auburn, NH SR 5'11" 174 3/25/04 Right 33 Brandon Cuccaro Gov. Livingston HS/New Providence, NJ JR 5'9" 166 4/20/05 Left 34 Wyatt Frontiero Tampa Bay Jr. Lightning/Clearwater, FL JR 6'0" 170 8/21/04 Right 35 Tommy McDonough Seacoast Performance Acad./Madbury, NH SR 5'8" 155 2/26/04 Left 36 Seth Murch Seacoast Performance Acad./Lee, NH JR 6'0" 170 6/14/04 Left 37 Brent Rivard Flyers Elite 16U-Premier/Northfield, NJ JR 5'10" 155 2/1/05 Right

# GOALIES 2021-2022 TEAM/TOWN

YR HT WT DOB CATCH

1 Nolan Bonawitz Igloo Jaguars/Haddonfield, NJ JR 6'0" 175 6/3/04 Left 29 Colby Boyce Kimball Union Academy/White River Jct., VT JR 6'0" 183 11/20/04 Left

Coach: Karl Bonawitz - MyEdge Philadelphia Colors: Black/Red/White

Junior flash Nick Fonseca, a native of Medford, NJ, will be a key fixture in the Igloo Jaguars lineup this coming season. Brian Kramer, another junior, hopes to open some eyes out of NJ’s Governor Livingston HS. Connor Hill travels up to HNIB from the south, where he plays for the Tampa Bay Junior Lightning.

A pair of sophomores ready to show what they can do are Nayan Pai, a native of Redwood City, CA who will lace them up with the Colorado Rampage U16 again this winter, and Richie DiFulvio of the Flyers Elite Program. Senior Jake Smith of St. Augustine Prep looks to get on the score sheet.

A pair of local post-grads that will bolster the offensive attack are Dom Hall and Michael Boschetto, both headed for the Boston Jr. Rangers program in the EHL.

On defense, Seacoast Performance Academy is well-represented by a trio of its top rearguards in senior Tommy McDonough (Madbury, NH), senior Nicholas Calandra (Auburn, NH) and junior Seth Murch (Lee, NH). All will have huge net-front presence.

Junior Brent Rivard is a key on the blue line for the Flyers Elite. Fellow junior Brandon Cuccaro is depending on for solid play at Governor Livingston HS.

Another Tampa Bay Jr. Lightning product on defense is junior Wyatt Frontiero.

Goaltending should be a strongpoint. Junior Colby Boyce stops puck for New England prep power Kimball Union. Junior Nolan Bonawitz will be tough to beat; he plans to be with the Igloo Jaguars this coming season.