3/7/08- ECAC post season awards:

NAHA Grad, perennial camp counselor, Brooke Beazer, Clarkson University, Defensive Forward of the Year

3/6/08- NAHA grads have big impact as freshmen at Amherst College:

...from Amherst on the All-NESCAC First Team is freshman Courtney Hanlon (Fullerton, CA). Currently second among conference rookies and fourth overall in scoring, the first-year forward has a team-leading 30 points with 12 goals and 18 assists while seeing action in all 25 of the Jeffs’ games. Hanlon and company posted a 12-0-4 record in NESCAC play this season en route to a second-place finish in the standings, a program best. Hanlon was tabbed the NESCAC Player of the Week earlier this season for recording three goals and an assist during a perfect 2-0 weekend for the Lord Jeffs.

...Rounding out the Amherst All-NESCAC honorees is first-year Randi Zukas (Glen Head, NY). Zukas has contributed one goal and 12 assists on defense, placing her tied for fifth in the conference in defenseman scoring and eighth in first-year scoring.

2/18/08- NAHA Red wins third consecutive NAPHA Championship with a 3-1 victory over NSA.

The North American Hockey Academy captured their third straight NAPHA championship on Monday, February 18th with a 3-1 decision over the National Sports Academy.

NAHA opened up the scoring about midway through the first period when Lauren Jones took a pass from Rose Giarrusso in the neutral zone and cut to the middle before firing a wrist shot that beat NSA goaltender Carly Dominick-Sobel to the glove side. NSA tied the game 1:42 into the second period on a goal by Linda Eckardt. Jamie Goldsmith and Sydney Williams assisted on the goal that was created by a steal behind the NAHA net.

NAHA then scored 2 goals late in the 2nd period to give the Winterhawks some breathing room. Jones scored her second of the game to give NAHA the lead again off a cycle low in NSA's end. Giarrusso reveresed the puck to Melissa Bizzari who found Jones alone on the short side of the net uncovered. Julie Ingratta scored an insurance goal 2 minutes later on the powerplay with a great pass from Nona Letuligasenoa. The Winterhawks were using the top of the umbrella for much of their offense on their powerplays early and caught NSA leaning that way when Letuligasenoa fired a pass to Ingratta uncovered on a backdoor play.

NAHA could not put NSA away in the third with Dominick-Sobel coming up big time after time. NSA was also kept at bay with NAHA keeper Kortney Roy making a number of big stops. The game itself was fast and furious throughout with both teams playing wide-open looking to pressure their opponent into mistakes. The level and style of play was a great showcase for the league.

To get to the finals NSA beat the Northwood School 5-1 and NAHA topped the Nichols School 3-2 in overtime on a goal by Jill Cardella.

2/3/08- For the past several years, the folks at NAHA had been contemplating starting a league for competitive female athletes with similar philosophies to NAHA, as well as an event that mirrored the boy's Memorial Cup for juniors in Canada. During the summer of '07 NAHA and the Pride were in conversations about many things, and the result was the birth of the Junior Women's Hockey League. This weekend the JWHL had its first league playoff in Surrey BC, and it was a huge success, and bodes well for the JWHL becoming the pioneers in bringing girl's hockey for this level to new heights!!

2008 Junior Women's Hockey League (JWHL) Playoff Weekend

Location: Surrey, British Columbia
Day 1: NAHA goes 2-0, with wins over Pacific Steelers and Washington Pride
Day 2: NAHA wins over Warner School to move on to the Gold Medal game
Finals: NAHA 3-1 win over host Pacific Steelers
2008 JWHL Champion: NAHA White

1/16/08-Courtney Hanlon Named NESCAC Player of the Week

AMHERST, MA – Amherst College first-year forward Courtney Hanlon (Fullerton, CA) was tabbed the NESCAC Women’s Ice Hockey Player of the Week for recording three goals and an assist during a perfect 2-0 weekend for the Lord Jeffs. Hanlon becomes the second member of her team to earn the Player of the Week nod this season. Friday evening against Colby College, Hanlon scored both Amherst goals in a 2-1 win over the White Mules. Saturday afternoon, she assisted on what proved to be the game-winner before scoring a shorthanded goal in the third period of a 4-0 win over Bowdoin College.
The pair of victories pushed the Jeffs’ winning streak to seven games, a stretch during which Amherst has outscored opponents 35-4. Hanlon has recorded at least one point in each of the past seven games to bring her season totals to eight goals and 11 assists for 19 points. While her 11 assists are the most among Amherst players and third most in the NESCAC, her 19 points are second on the team and second among all first-years in the conference.

1/16/08- Congratulations to USA Hockey U18 Assistant Captain Brooke Ammerman for the 'Player of the Game' Award in the Gold Medal Game.

1/16/08- NAHA has a huge impact at the first World U18 Women's Championship game, won by Team USA!! The first goal of the Gold Medal Game was scored by Meagan Mangene, assisted by Brooke Ammerman:

1/13/08- Congratulations to NAHA players Mary Restuccia, Meagan Mangene, Kasey Boucher and Brooke Ammerman (assistant captain), all who played for the first U18 US National Team in either August or at the World Championships in Calgary.

Meagan Mangene scored the first ever goal for the US against Russia:

11/19/07- Shannon Coffey (Malden, Mass. and NAHA '07) has been named ECAC East Rookie of the Week

10/24/07 -For several year's we've had a great relationship with many families from Alaska, a place we love to visit each summer for our hockey camps- recently Doyle Woody from the Anchorage Daily News wrote:

'...Meanwhile, Teal Bishop has an Anchorage teammate at Ohio State in junior Whitney Miller of Anchorage. Both attended the North American Hockey Academy in Stowe, Vt., before moving on to play in the women’s WCHA.

Curiosity about the Academy led to a deluge of info about it and its myriad Alaska connections.

The North American Hockey Academy is a hockey hotbed for Alaskans. Academy director and head coach Bill Driscoll e-mailed us back -- and the man replied quicker than a Joe Sakic wrist shot -- to say six Alaskans are currently playing at the Academy...' (for more)

10/6/07 - Early success by last year's graduating class ECAC Rookie of the Week:

9/12/07 -NAHA's Meagan Mangene was featured in the USA Hockey Magazine's September article on Hockey Training for Different Age Groups. Meagan is a full year participant at NAHA and was selected to the All-Tournament Team from this year's Labor Day Tournament by a panel of coaches

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8/21/07 -USA Hockey has selected Brooke Ammerman and Mary Restuccia to the USA U18 team which will compete against Canada at the end of the month, and then in the first ever U18 World Championships in Canada in January. Valerie Stoul will be headed to the Russia U18 camp in November! Brooke Ammerman was selected as the Assistant Captain for Team USA for the Canada series.

7/26/07 -USA Hockey Summer Development Camps are in full swing with many NAHA players and future players at the camps. Megan Mangene caught the photographer's eye and was the 'cover girl' on the USA Hockey website!

6/16/07 -

Congratulations to Brooke Ammerman and Mary Restuccia, named to the first-ever USA Hockey National U18 team. The team will compete in Ottawa in August and at the first U18 World Championships in Canada in January!!

6/27/07 -Congratulations Mikka Nordby and Kyla Sanders, members of the 2007 University of Wisconsin NCAA National Championship Badgers, who visited the White House!

6/20/07 -Congratulations Nicole!

Goguen was the recipient of both the Unsung Hero Award and the Norma O’Dowd Award for Sportsmanship. Garland and Goguen led a defense that ranked third in the nation with a 1.51 goals against average and fifth in penalty kill percentage (.894).

6/15/07 -Congratulations, Sonny, and good luck in your new job at PC!
It was announced that senior Sonny Watrous (Albuquerque N.M.) was named to the HOCKEY EAST All-Academic Squad

6/12/07 -Congratulations, Katy, a freshman at Northeastern:

Northeastern All-Academic Team members: Katy Applin

5/21/07 -Congratulations, Kara!

Kara Leene (Waterbury, Vt.), member of the Colgate University women’s hockey team was named to the 2006-07 American Women’s Hockey Coaches Association (AWHCA) Division I National Scholar-Athlete team.

5/20/07 -Congratulations to sophomore Emily DesMeules who placed in the TOP 20 in the nation on the National French Exam!

5/3/07 - On May 3, NAHA granted high school diplomas to its first graduating class at an evening ceremony and dinner in the main dining room. Graduating with Honors: Shannon Coffey (Maiden, MA - Manhattanville College), Andrea Hirschkorn (Clayton, NC - SUNY Oswego), Katelyn Kurth (High Bridge, NJ - Boston College), and Hannah Milan (Great Barrington, MA - Colgate University)

4/27/07 - Congratulations, Caeleigh

This year's Cornell assistant captain, Caeleigh Beerworth, was given the Team Captains Award named after Diane Dillon, Elizabeth Madden and Digit Murphy of the class of 1983. They received plaques and captains' blankets sponsored by C. Morton Bishop `74, President of Pendleton Woolen Mills.

3/1/07 - Congratulations, Jenny

Jenny Cameron (Cooper City, FL), member of the Wayne State University women’s hockey team, was named to the 2006-07 College Hockey American All-Academic Team for the second time.

2/07 - NAHA featured on National Public Radio - audio link

11/06 - NAHA was featured in an article recently in the NY Times on Winter Sports Academies.

9/20/06 - NAHA launched a full school year program this year, as an option to the partial school year program that we've used since our inception. It gives girls and families looking for an outstanding educational program the option to come to NAHA for the entire school year. Jamie Comrie (Reston VA) and Kirk Jones look over a math assignment.

8/06 - Stowe Reporter Online Article - "Hockey academy steps up intensity"

8/24/06 - NAHA alum Kelli Blankenship was selected from the tryout camp in Lake Placid for USA Hockey's 2006 U-22 Team!!

5/20/06 - NAHA graduate Kara Leene (Waterbury, Vt.) has been named to the 2005-06 American Women’s Hockey Coaches Association (AWHCA) Division I National Scholar-Athlete Team.

2/19/06 -

At the end of a great season there needs to be a great champion and a terrific championship game. The league saw both on Sunday at Trinity College School where NAHA outlasted a tough Ridley squad 3-1 after taking care of Gilmour Academy and NSA in the quarter final and semi final 3-0 and 3-1 respectively. Congratulations to a tremendous inaugural championship team.

1/25/06 - The North American Hockey Academy held their National Honor Society Induction Ceremony on Wednesday, January 25, 2006.  In attendance was former Vermont Governor and United States Ambassador to Switzerland Madeleine M. Kunin.  Governor Kunin spoke on women’s initiatives and opportunities in Vermont, and around the world, and how opportunities for women have changed dramatically over the past 30 years.  She encouraged the female students to do something that will make a difference; vote, work for a candidate, campaign for public office. (More)

11/05 - College placements for the Class of 2006 have begun! See the NAHA Graduates link on the left for information.

10/05 - NAHA grads join the coaching ranks: Christina Dotchin (Colby) is head coach at Proctor Academy and Alex Poitras is with the Sound Shore Warriors organization - Congratulations!!

8/05 - Stowe. VT - USA Hockey and Hockey Canada have announced selections for their National Development Camps prior to this year's Olympic Team Selection, and former NAHA player Juliianne Vasichek has been invited to Lake Placid as one of the 40 players to be evaluated for the 2006 US Olympic Team, and Nicole Goguen is a repeat invitee to the Hockey Canada U22 Evaluation Camp for selection for international tournaments this summer and fall. Congratulations and good luck!!