The Boston Americans U16 Tier I Girls Are State Champions — and Now Headed to USA Hockey Nationals!

Congratulations to our U16 Tier I Americans on a tremendous State Championship victory over the nation’s top-ranked team, Lovell Academy—an Elite 9 program. The championship game was nothing short of dramatic, and the Americans showed relentless determination from start to finish.

After falling behind 2–0, Frances Ames put the Americans on the board with a short-handed goal late in the second period. Trailing 2–1 entering the third, Mia MacDonald evened the score less than three minutes into the period. Lovell regained the lead on a power play with just four minutes remaining, but the Americans refused to quit. In the final seconds, with Lovell pinning the puck along the boards, Catherine McCool battled it loose, drove to the net, and scored on a deflection to tie the game with 7.2 seconds left.

Goalie Marie Lee stood tall through overtime to send the game to a shootout. In the top of the sixth round, Maddy Call delivered the lone shootout goal, and Lee shut the door to secure the State Championship—ending Lovell’s bid for a repeat title.

With their State Championship win, the Americans have earned an automatic berth to USA Hockey Nationals in Amherst, NY, March 24–29.

The team cruised through pool play with a 4–0 record, opening the tournament with a dominant 6–0 win over the Mass Spitfires. They followed with a hard-fought 5–3 victory against the Valley Jr. Warriors after entering the third period tied 3–3. On Saturday, they added two more big wins—2–1 over the East Coast Wizards and 5–2 over the Boston Jr. Eagles.
In the semifinals, they defeated the North American Hockey Academy 4–1.

The Boston Americans now hold a 25-3-2 record and sit at #5 in the nation.

 What is CPC? 

The Collegiate Prospect Combine (CPC) was created out of a dire need for more focus on training and player development and less time traveling across New England to play in non-competitive league games.

The Collegiate Prospect Combine will provide a select group of elite female hockey players the opportunity to develop and hone their skills throughout the Fall by training with and competing against the very best NCAA Division I prospects in the Northeast. The Combine is focused on teaching individual skills concepts with a 10 week progressive development model, which has been specifically designed by our renowned coaching staff including Scott Pellerin and Seth Goodrich. 

“This model is not for everyone,” said Goodrich “the program is designed for the driven player, who is focused on their own advancement and believe in a process to get to where they want to be as a player 1-2-3 years out. All of our players have extremely busy academic and fall sport schedules, therefore it is important for their fall hockey training to be focused and condensed in one location and limit travel so they can train with a purpose.”