Merrimack's Powell earns D2 Player of the Year honors

The high school boys and girls hockey teams from Manchester Central, Merrimack, Berlin and Lebanon may have come  up short of a championship, but each one got a bit of a consolation.

All four teams featured their respective division's Player of the Year, as selected by the New Hampshire High School Hockey Coaches Association.

Central's Austin Sprague (Division I), Merrimack's Connor Powell (D2) and Berlin's Connor Jewett (D3) were named Player of the Year, while Lebanon's Chrissy Drake was the Girls Player of the Year. The three boys teams all lost in the division final, while Drake's Raiders fell in the semifinals.

Division I

Player of the Year: Austin Sprague, Manchester Central.

Coach of the Year: Andrew Leach, St. Thomas.

First team: Austin Sprague, senior, Manchester Central; Dominic Corsetto, senior, Pinkerton; Jake Pappalardo, sophomore, Salem; Connor Donahue, junior, Bishop Guertin; Colin Williamson, senior, Manchester Memorial; Ryan Slatky, senior, Trinity.

Second team: Eric Coburn, junior, Londonderry; Glenn Wiswell, junior, St. Thomas; Brendan Sullivan, junior, Manchester Memorial; John Dunn, senior, Londonderry; Brady McNulty, senior, Manchester Memorial; Nick Phair, senior, Salem.

Honorable mention: Jacob Boylan, senior, Manchester Memorial; Kyle Valliere, senior, Trinity; Cody Soucy, sophomore, Salem; Mike Yukica, senior, Hanover; Paul Antkowiak, sophomore, Salem; James Montgomery, senior, Hanover.

Division II

Player of the Year: Connor Powell, Merrimack.

Coach of the Year: Andrew Trimble, Kingswood.

First team: Connor Powell, junior, Merrimack; Brent Phillips, junior, Spaulding; Dom Valluzzi, senior, Merrimack; Cullen Willey, senior, Bedford; Nate Corriveau, junior, Bow; Brett Glendye, senior, Merrimack.

Second team: Chris O’Hara, senior, Bedford; Chris Pollini, junior, Kingswood; Kurt Mitchel, senior, Bedford; Jason Fortin, sophomore, Merrimack; Drew Pepin, senior, Spaulding; Brennan Young, senior, Oyster River.

Honorable mention: Josh Roy, junior, Merrimack; Ryan Sullivan, senior, Winnacunnet; Chris Fournier, senior, Bow; Brian Chick, senior, Spaulding; Mark Feeney, junior, Merrimack; Connor Simpson, sophomore, Bow.

Division III

Player of the Year: Connor Jewett, Berlin.

Coach of the Year: Kevin Campbell, Moultonborough-InterLakes.

First team: Connor Jewett, junior, Berlin; Connor Todd, senior, Kennett; Tim Casey, senior, Moultonborough-InterLakes; Jeff O’Neil, senior, Berlin; Simon Campbell, senior, Moultonborough-InterLakes, Connor McDonald, junior, John Stark-Hopkinton.

Second team: Mike Hayden, junior, Souhegan; Simon Hunter, senior, John Stark-Hopkingon; Justin Vien, freshman, Berlin; Brendan Dix, senior, Souhegan; Hunton Goss, senior, John Stark-Hopkinton; Ryan Peterson, senior, Souhegan.

Honorable mention: Joe Nutting, freshman, Souhegan; Keith Galli, senior, John Stark-Hopkinton; Jeremy D’Amour, senior, Belmont-Gilford; Daryl Cahill, junior, Belmont-Gilford; Dane Rivera, junior, Kennett; Brenden Williams, sophomore, Berlin.

Girls

Player of the Year: Chrissy Drake, Lebanon.

Coach of the Year: Tanya Rosenberg, Berlin/Gorham.

First team: Matti Hartman, freshman, Hanover; Chrissy Drake, senior, Lebanon; Brianna Bermingham, sophomore, Bishop Guertin; Caroline Howell, junior, Hanover; Sandra Strogen, junior, Oyster River; Julia Pelletier, freshman, Bishop Guertin.

Second team: Annie Mullen, junior, Concord; Amelia Gage, senior, Lebanon; Sarah Wagner, sophomore, Hanover; Carly Perreault, junior, Berlin/Gorham; Michaela Schones, junior, Lebanon; Chelsea Caron, freshman, Berlin/Gorham.

Honorable mention: Hannah Herz-Kahn, junior, Oyster River; Gabby Dodier, junior, St. Thomas-Dover; Abby Angelosanto, senior, Exeter; Shayna Murphy, junior, St. Thomas-Dover; Meg Ficarra, senior, Concord; Katie Fenton, sophomore, Hanover.