North Shore

Strong Defensive Play Leads This Club

ByGary Demopoulos - HNIB

Opportunistic scoring and strong defensive play with be the hallmark of this summer’s North Shore entry, which is hoping to challenge for a playoff berth.

North Shore will be coached by Malden Catholic mentor Chris Kuchar, who for certain will have his club ready to go.

Veteran presence and strong offensive skill will come from the tandem of Conor Donovan, a North Shore returner, and Drew Olivieri. The pair, teammates for years with Swampscott HS, will both be with the Worcester Railers Jr. Hockey Club in the Eastern Hockey League this winter.

Senior JasonCooke is back and looks ahead to a fourth varsi-

PIERCE BLAESER EVAN FOSKETT JASON COOKE COLE BLAESER BRADY FERREIRA

CONOR DONOVAN DREW OLIVIERI OWEN CHRISTOPHER KEVIN DEMICHAELIS CULLEN DOLAN

JONATHAN KEEFE BRENDAN DONNELLY TOMMY TAVENNER SETH ROBINSON OWEN SPENCE

NORTH SHORE

# FORWARDS 2021-2022 TEAM/TOWN YR HT WT DOB SHOT

37 Cole Blaeser St. John ' s Prep/Boxford, MA 38 Pierce Blaeser St. John ' s Prep/Boxford, MA JR 5'11" 170 4/6/05 Left SR 5'10" 170 7/11/03 Left

39 Owen Christopher Brooks School/Andover, MA JR 6'00" 195 3/10/04 Left

40 Jason Cooke Tewksbury HS/Tewksbury, MA

SR 6'2" 185 2/20/04 Right 41 Kevin DeMichaelis Andover HS/Andover, MA SR 5'7" 155 10/28/03 Right 42 Cullen Dolan North Andover HS/North Andover, MA SR 5'9" 140 5/14/04 Right 43 Conor Donovan Worcester Railers JHC/Nahant, MA PG 5'3" 140 10/18/01 Left 44 Brady Ferreira Salem HS/Salem, NH SR 5'11" 160 1/16/04 Right 45 Evan Foskett Malden Catholic/Haverhill, MA SR 5'10'' 160 11/17/03 Right 46 Zachary Gruber The Rivers School/Chestnut Hill, MA SR 5'9" 160 12/27/03 Left 47 Jonthan Keefe Governors Academy/Ipswich, MA JR 5'11" 205 6/2/04 Right 48 Drew Olivieri Worcester Railers JHC/Swampscott, MA PG 6'0" 165 5/21/02 Left

# DEFENSE 2021-2022 TEAM/TOWN

YR HT WT DOB SHOT

32 Caden Connors Tewksbury HS/Tewksbury, MA SR 6'1" 180 12/30/03 Left 33 Brendan Donnelly North Andover HS/North Andover, MA SR 6'2" 160 3/23/04 Left 34 Seth Robinson Avon Old Farms/Haverhill, MA SR 5'10" 180 9/13/02 Right 35 Owen Spence Avon Old Farms/Newburyport, MA PG 5'8" 175 9/18/02 Right 36 Thomas Tavenner Pingree School/Andover, MA SR 5'9" 155 1/22/03 Left

# GOALIES 2021-2022 TEAM/TOWN YR HT WT DOB CATCH 1 Dylan Lowe Boston Hockey Academy/Woburn, MA JR 5'10" 160 10/23/03 Left 29 Brendan Zinck Malden Catholic/Melrose, MA JR 5'11" 160 10/4/04 Left

Coach: Chris Kuchar - Malden Catholic

ty season with Tewksbury HS, where he is one of the Redmen’s top scorers. Senior Evan Foskett fit right in this past winter for coach Kuchar at Malden Catholic, where he will be a key performer again this winter.

Brothers Pierce Blaeser and Cole Blaeser, both juniors, are ready for big campaigns this winter for St. John’s Prep. Senior Zach Gruber from Rivers School will be a driving force.

Also returning to the fold for North is slick senior Brady Ferreira, who toiled this past winter over the border for nearby Salem HS (NH), where he helped lead the Blue Devils to the D1 statetitlegame.BrooksjuniorOwenChristopherwillbeaforce up front; he played on the Tri-State entry last summer at HNIB.

NorthAndover’s Cullen Dolan, a senior, will have an impact up front. The same goes for both senior Kevin DeMichaelis, a stalwart at Andover HS, and rugged junior Jonathan Keefe out of Governor’sAcademy via Ipswich.

North Shore should have one of the deepest blue line groups, definitely a team strength.

Senior Seth Robinson, a Haverhill native, joined the blue line crew atAvon Old Farms last season and fit right in. He will be a key for the Winged Beavers again this winter. Joining Robinson at Avon will be post-grad Owen Spence, coming off a standout career at Newburyport HS.

SeniorTommyTavennerisaveteranpresenceontheblueline at Pingree and another North Shore returner. Tewksbury HS standoutCadenConnors,asenior,blossomedintooneofthetop rearguards in Mass. HS hockey this past winter.

Joining the group from the recent Mass. HS Festival is senior veteran Brendan Donnelly out of NorthAndover.

The goaltending duties will fall on junior Dylan Lowe, headed for the Boston Hockey Academy for the upcoming season, and junior Brendan Zinck, who looks to be the starter this winter at Malden Catholic. Colors: Gold/Black/White