Middlesex

Is Another Playoff Run In The Cards?

ByGary Demopoulos - HNIB

With three straight trips to the championship game, the Middlesex entry in the HNIB Showcase is on a solid run, a run that definitely could continue this year.

Overseeing the squad once again is John Messuri, the crafty head coach at Arlington HS who for sure will have his club ready.

Leading the club offensively will be Brendan Fennell, a talented three-sport star from Melrose who will take a PG year at prep power Avon Old Farms.

Hard-working seniors from Messuri’s Spy Ponders are Matt Alesse and Michael Dunning, both returning from last sum-

BRENDAN FENNELL RYAN GILBERT MATT ALESSE MAX TONG JAKE DONOVAN

MIKE DUNNING DREW FECTEAU MICHAEL DUFTON FRANK DETRAGLIA BEN MORGAN

BRADEN CURRAN TREVOR MAHONEY BRENDAN FLYNN ZACH MICCICHE ALEC O’CONNOR

MIDDLESEX

# FORWARDS 2021-2022 TEAM/TOWN

38 Matt Alesse Arlington HS/Arlington, MA 39 Braedan Curran Central Catholic/Newburyport, MA 40 Frank Detraglia Lincoln Sudbury/Sudbury, MA 41 Jake Donovan Reading HS/Reading, MA 42 Michael Dufton Reading HS/Reading, MA 43 Michael Dunning Arlington HS/Arlington, MA 44 Drew Fecteau Arlington HS/Arlington, MA 45 Brendan Fennell Avon Old Farms/Melrose, MA 46 Ryan Gilbert Arlington HS/Arlington, MA 47 Jake Russell Arlington HS/Arlington, MA 48 Max Tong Winchester HS/Winchester, MA 49 Ben Morgan Chelmsford HS/Chelmsford, MA

# DEFENSE 2021-2022 TEAM/TOWN

32 Liam Doherty Winchester HS/Winchester, MA 33 Brendan Flynn Arlington HS/Arlington, MA 34 Trevor Mahoney Winchester HS/Winchester, MA 35 Zachary Micciche Reading HS/Salisbury, MA 36 Alec O'Connor Tabor Academy/Winchester, MA 37 Larry Parece Woburn HS/Woburn, MA

YR HT WT DOB SHOT

SR 5'10" 165 9/5/03 Right JR 5'9" 175 5/11/05 Right JR 5'9" 170 7/18/05 Right SR 5'9" 160 4/5/04 Right SR 5'7" 145 10/16/03 Left SR 5'11" 165 1/7/03 Right JR 5'11" 170 6/14/04 Left SR 5'10" 185 8/19/02 Left JR 6'0" 185 7/3/04 Right JR 5'8" 170 2/11/04 Right JR 6'0" 160 9/13/05 Left JR 5’11’ 140 10/27/04 Right

YR HT WT DOB SHOT SR 6'2" 195 7/22/04 Left SR 6'0" 180 3/24/03 Left SR 6'1" 170 10/23/03 Left SR 5'10" 180 11/19/03 Right JR 6'1" 195 5/21/04 Left JR 5'8" 160 12/10/04 Right

# GOALIES 2021-2022 TEAM/TOWN

1 Jake Davies Arlington HS/Arlington, MA 29 Franklin Zessis Reading HS/Reading, MA

Coach: John Messuri - Arlington HS

mer’s squad.

Also back and ready to contribute even more to the scoresheet are Reading’s senior duo of Jake Donovan and Michael Dufton.

Rising junior Drew Fecteau of Arlington will be an added plus. Yet another Spy Ponder product is junior standout Jake Russell.

Junior Max Tong was a key part of the success at Winchester this past season and also skated with Middlesex last summer. Junior Braeden Curran helped lead Central Catholic to a Merrimack Valley Conference title this past winter.

Junior Frankie DeTraglia will be looked on for a much bigger role this winter with Lincoln-Sudbury. The same holds true for junior Ben Morgan at Chelmsford HS. Another member of the deep forward group fromArlington is junior Ryan Gilbert.

Defensively, Middlesex will have veteran senior Brendan Flynn from Arlington and fellow senior Zach Micciche, a captain-to-be for the Rockets this winter.

Winchester is well-represented by the likes of senior Liam Doherty and junior Trevor Mahoney, both regulars on the blue line last season.

Another guy who excelled at Winchester last year was Alec O’Connor, a junior who brings this talents to TaborAcademy. Woburn HS had a banner season and junior rearguard Larry Parece contributed in a big way.

In goal, Reading senior Franklin Zessis is back for his second goaround with Middlesex, joined in the rotation by Arlington junior standout

Jake Davies.

YR HT WT DOB CATCH JR 5'9" 155 2/11/04 Left SR 5'10" 180 12/9/03 Left

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