Garrett Reagan Hockey Summit
High school hockey not on your radar in early August? Here's a tease:
The 2nd annual Garrett Reagan Hockey Summit, presented by the State Hockey Coaches Association, is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 6 at the New England Sport Center's five-sheet facility in Marlborough, kicking off the high school season in the Bay State.
The event, a smashing success a year ago, will feature 60 boys' and girls' teams, over 1,200 players, mini-games, educational workshops and seminars.
Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli headlines an impressive list of speakers that will be featured in a stadium-style presentation at mid-day in Rink 1. Chiarelli will be joined by legendary Boston University coach Jack Parker, UMass-Dartmouth coach John Rolli, Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna and former US Olympic women's coach Ben Smith.
"There were a lot of positives coming out of last year's inaugural event," said Waltham High boys' coach John Maguire, the president of the State Hockey Coaches Association. "We've gone through it once, we'll tweak a few things. It was certainly a learning curve.
"Our goal this year is to really turn back some money to the Garrett Reagan Scholarship Fund; last year, we broke even."
Reagan, the longtime boys' hockey coach at Hingham High, passed away in June 28, just months after ending his 26-year career on the Harbormen bench.
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- Bob Holmes: A Reading resident (Go Rockets!) and Boston College graduate, Holmes is the Boston Globe High School Sports Editor. We remind you now that his weekly picks are often made in jest so everyone just calm down when he picks against Everett for 11 straight weeks.
- Mike Carraggi: An Everett native (Go Tide!), Mike attends Eastern Nazarene college and is entering his second year with the Globe. He'll focus on Division 1 this fall, which means he'll spend a lot of time in his hometown, which Forsberg thinks is cool because the Tide have that Fried Dough cart.
- Emily Wright: A Hyannis native (Go Barnstable Red Raiders!), Emily is a senior at Emerson College and has been with the Globe since the end of July. She'll cover Division 1A and will be the first intern we've trusted to navigate her way to Dennis-Yarmouth or any other school on the Cape.
- Mike Grossi: A Lexington native (Go Minutemen!), Mike attends Northeastern and has been with the Globe for two months. He'll cover Division 2 and 2A and unsuccessfully lobbied to include Lexington in the preseason Top 20.
- Jonathan Raymond: A native of Benicia, Calif. (a suburb of San Francisco), Jonathan attends Northeastern and has been working at the Globe since the end of June. He will be focusing on Division 3 and is likely woefully underprepared for covering a game in a foot of snow.
- David Carty: A native of West Bridgewater (Go Wildcats!), David is a senior at Emerson College and has been working at the Globe for a year. He'll cover Divisions 3A and 4 because, "small school ball is in my blood."
- The bench: You'll also catch updates from our regional contributors, including Globe North's Julian Benbow and South's Monique Walker. Correspondent Brendan Hall will have updates from the Globe West coverage area and will often try to sneak in Central Mass. news.
