Boys' Ice Hockey
Boys' Ice Hockey
Hill School ice hockey has been a part of New England Prep School hockey for more than 55 years. As an independent Division I prep program and associate member of the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC), The Hill plays against some of the top talent from New England and the Mid-Atlantic.
Our varsity team typically plays 30+ games each season, and well over half of those are against NEPSAC opponents. Locally, The Hill is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Hockey League, which also includes Lawrenceville, Princeton Day School, Wyoming Seminary, The Hun School, LaSalle College High School, and Portledge School. The Blues practice and play their home games on campus at Hall/Eccleston Arena, a multi-million dollar indoor facility that holds nearly 500 spectators and features state of the art locker rooms for all players.
In addition to the varsity team, the boys hockey program also features a junior varsity team. The JV schedule consists of 16-18 games against a combination of JV and appropriately competitive varsity-level prep and public school teams from throughout the region. Between practices and games, the JV team typically is on the ice six days per-week throughout the season. Please contact head JV coach Chris Bala '97 P'25 at cbala@thehill.org with any questions about The Hill JV program.
To learn more about the Hill boys hockey program, please fill out the Online Inquiry Form below and/or contact head coach Sean O'Brien P'24 '25 at sobrien@thehill.org.
- V Schedule & Results
- JV Schedule & Results
- Coaching Staff
- Inquiry Form
- Hockey Beyond The Hill
- Team Highlights
- News
- V Prior Seasons
- JV Prior Seasons
V Schedule & Results
| Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Details | Result | Score | |
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Pittsburgh Pens Elite 18U
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | Details | Loss | 5-3 | |
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Pittsburgh Pens Elite 18u
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | Details | Loss | 2-1 (OT) | |
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Dexter
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Dexter Southfield School | Details | Tie | 3-3 | |
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vs.
Deerfield Academy
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | Details | Tie | 4-4 | |
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Seacoast Performance Academy 18U
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | Details | Win | 2-1 | |
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Seacoast Performance Academy 18U
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | Details | Win | 3-2 | |
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The Lawrenceville School
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | Details | Win | 7-4 | |
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vs.
Cushing Academy
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Cushing Academy | Details | Tie | 3-3 | |
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vs.
Winchendon
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Winchendon School | Details | Win | 4-1 | |
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vs.
South Kent School
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South Kent School | Details | Loss | 1-4 | |
JV Schedule & Results
| Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Details | Result | Score | |
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vs.
La Salle College High School
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | View Recap | Loss | 2-4 | |
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vs.
Upland Country Day
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | View Recap | Win | 1-0 | |
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vs.
The Lawrenceville School
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | View Recap | Loss | 1-8 | |
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vs.
Germantown Academy
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | View Recap | Loss | 2-5 | |
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vs.
The Hun School of Princeton
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Ice Land Skating Center | View Recap | Win | 10-3 | |
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vs.
Episcopal Academy
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PNY Arena | Details | |||
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Pope Francis HS
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | Details | |||
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Malvern Prep
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Ice Line | Details | |||
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LaSalle College High School
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | View Recap | Tie | 3-3 | |
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vs.
Owen J. Roberts
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | Details | |||
Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Sean O'Brien P'24 '25 | sobrien@thehill.org
Sean O’Brien takes over the Hill boys’ hockey program for the 2021-22 season following a four-year tenure as the Director of Hockey Operations at Harvard University. Coach O’Brien played collegiately at New England College, where he topped 100 career points and served as team captain for his senior season prior to playing professionally in Europe for a season. After his playing career, Coach O’Brien spent four seasons as a scout for the Florida Panthers and then then returned to New England as a co-founder of the Portland Jr. Pirates hockey club, a Tier III Junior A program. From 2003 until 2010, O’Brien served as a coach and General Manager in the organization and sent more than 100 Jr. Pirates alumni to play college hockey. In 2011, he became Vice President of Legacy Global Sports, LLC and Director of the Selects Academy boys’ program, overseeing the organizations ascension to one of the top AAA youth hockey clubs in the United States at the U16 and U18 levels. He also managed Legacy’s NHL Player Agency Division; 10 players who graduated from the program between 2013 and 2018 have since been drafted. He remained with Selects Academy until moving on to Harvard.
Assistant Coaches:
Ben Bala '16
Kyle Drury
Inquiry Form
Hockey Beyond The Hill
Hill graduates who currently are playing hockey at a higher level:
Brandon Spaulding '22 - College of the Holy Cross
Gabe Shipper '20 - Twin City Thunder (USPHL NCDC)
Brock Weimer '20 - Espanola Express (Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League)
CJ Duvall '19 - Hobart College
Ryan Long '19 - Penn State University (ACHA)
Jay Luce '19 - University of Delaware (ACHA)
Wade Ashford '19 - Penn State University (ACHA)
* Tyler Paquette '19 - Penn State University (departed Hill early for USHL)
David Hill '18 - University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
Dalton Jerzak '18 - SUNY Fredonia
Max Lesnikov '17 - Penn State University (ACHA)
Brandon Picard '17 - Concordia University - Wisconsin
Andrew Troy '16 - Trinity College
Max Novak '10 - South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
View a comprehensive list of alumni who have continued their hockey careers beyond Hill. If you or a former teammate are not on this list but should be included, please contact Maddie Csernica (mcsernica@thehill.org) and she will revise the list.
Team Highlights
News
The Hill School is pleased to announce the boys’ ice hockey program as a founding member of the Two Nations Prep Hockey League (TNPHL) effective for the 2022-2023 season.
Congratulations to the following Hill student-athletes, who were chosen by their coaches and teammates as the winter athletics special award winners for the 2021-2022 season.
Sean O’Brien, Harvard’s Director of Hockey Operations, will succeed Chris Bala ’97 as The Hill School’s head boys’ hockey coach.
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Fourteen Hill School student-athletes were recognized by the Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) for outstanding performance in the classroom and in the playing facilities during the winter 2019-2020 season.
V Prior Seasons
2019-20
| Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Details | Result | Score | Status | |
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vs.
Blue White
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | Details | ||||
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vs.
Georgetown Prep
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | View Recap | Other | |||
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vs.
Canterbury/Taft
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Taft School | View Recap | Other | |||
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vs.
St. Sebastian
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St. Sebastian's | View Recap | Other | |||
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vs.
Nobles
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Nobles | View Recap | Other | |||
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vs.
Belmont Hill
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Belmont Hill | View Recap | Other | |||
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vs.
St. Johns High School (DC)
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | View Recap | Win | 6-3 | ||
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vs.
Lawrenceville
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Lawrenceville | View Recap | Loss | 1-3 | ||
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vs.
Cushing Academy
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Cushing Academy | View Recap | Loss | 1-8 | ||
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vs.
Winchendon
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Winchendon School | View Recap | Loss | 3-4 | ||
JV Prior Seasons
2019-20
| Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Details | Result | Score | Status | |
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vs.
Malvern
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Ice Line | View Recap | Win | 6-4 | ||
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vs.
La Salle College High School
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Hatfield Ice Arena | View Recap | Loss | 1-3 | ||
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vs.
Episcopal Academy
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View Recap | Win | 2-0 | |||
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vs.
Delaware Prep Ice Hockey
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View Recap | Loss | 3-5 | |||
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vs.
Lawrenceville
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View Recap | Win | 8-1 | |||
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vs.
Episcopal Academy
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View Recap | Tie | 2-2 | |||
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vs.
Centre Ice, Delaware Prep Ice Hockey
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View Recap | Loss | 0-7 | |||
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vs.
Hun School
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The Hill School | View Recap | Win | 7-4 | ||
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vs.
Upland Country Day
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View Recap | Win | 5-3 | |||
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vs.
La Salle College High School
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View Recap | Loss | 0-2 | |||
2021-22
| Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Details | Result | Score | Status | |
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vs.
La Salle College High School
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | View Recap | Loss | 2-4 | ||
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vs.
Upland Country Day
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | View Recap | Win | 1-0 | ||
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vs.
The Lawrenceville School
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | View Recap | Loss | 1-8 | ||
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vs.
Germantown Academy
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | View Recap | Loss | 2-5 | ||
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vs.
The Hun School of Princeton
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Ice Land Skating Center | View Recap | Win | 10-3 | ||
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vs.
Episcopal Academy
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PNY Arena | Details | CANCELLED | |||
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Pope Francis HS
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | Details | ||||
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vs.
Malvern Prep
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Ice Line | Details | CANCELLED | |||
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LaSalle College High School
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | View Recap | Tie | 3-3 | ||
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vs.
Owen J. Roberts
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Hall/Eccleston Arena | Details | CANCELLED | |||