STATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
MASON WHITNEY
Fairfield Prep, Forward, Senior Stats: Whitney scored seven points in a win against Immaculate and had one hat trick this season. Sored 14 goals and added 13 assists leading Fairfield Prep with 27 points in just 13 games. Finished his career with 49 goals and 39 assists. … The captain led Fairfield Prep to a 11- 1- 1 record and a No. 1 ranking at the end of the season.
Honors: Two- time New Haven Register/ GameTimeCT First- team All- State selection. Two- time SCC/ SWC Division I Player of the Year. Two- time CHSCA All- State selection.
Off the ice: A member of the Cum Laude Society
Up Next: Will play hockey and lacrosse at the Taft School.
TIERNAN CURLEY
Fairfield Prep, Forward, Junior
Stats: Finished behind Whitney with 23 points on the season. Scored 11 goals and added 12 assists. Led Fairfield Prep with two hat- tricks this season and had a six- point performance against Immaculate. Scored 20 goals and has 20 assists throughout his career.
Off the ice: He is a 4.0 student and a member of the National Honor Society. Member of the Stock Market and Irish Club and volunteers with Storm Hockey.
SAM ERICKSON
Darien, Forward, Senior
Stats: Scored seven goals and added seven assists leading the Blue Wave to the FCIAC semifinals. Finished his career with 29 goals and 35 assists for 64 points.
Honors: All- FCIAC Division I first team. All- State CHSCA first team selection.
Off the ice: Also plays lacrosse.
Up next: Will play hockey and lacrosse at the Taft School and then will play lacrosse for Army at West Point.
ZACH SCHROEDER
Notre Dame- West Haven, Defense, Senior
Stats: A mainstay on the blue line for the Green Knights, scored two goals and added 12 assists. Finished career with eight goals and 32 assists.
Honors: Two- time New Haven Register/ GameTimeCT All- State first team. All- State CHSCA first team.
Off the ice: Member of the National Honor Society and the National Spanish Honor Society.
WILL STEWART
Ridgefield, Forward, Senior
Stats: Scored nine goals and added eight assists for 17 points in just 12 games for the Tigers.
Honors: All- FCIAC Division I first team. All- State CHSCA first team selection. Named the Hobey Baker award recipient for character and sportsmanship for Ridgefield.
Off the ice: A National Honor Society member, an environmental sustainability club member, also plays golf and teaches hockey development classes.
JOHN D’ERRICO
Notre Dame- West Haven, Forward, Senior
Stats: The senior winger scored 12 goals and dished out 15 assists for 27 points in the Green Knights’ 14 games this season helping lead NDWH to the SCC/ SWC Division I co championship. finished his career with 31 goals and 33 assists.
Honors: All- SCC/ SWC Division I first team. Named to the CHSCA second team.
Off the ice: A member of the National Honor Society. spikeball club. Also plays baseball.
TOMMY MARTIN
Fairfield Prep, Goalie, Senior
Stats: First- year starting goaliewent 9- 1- 1 with a 0.99 goals- against- average and a .905 save percentage and posted five shutouts in just 11 starts.
Honors: All- SCC/ SWC Division I second team. CHSCA second team selection.
Off the ice: Mentor for Southern CTStorm hockey.
Up next: Will play hockey at Vermont Academy.
CONNOR SMITH
Notre Dame- West Haven, Goalie, Senior
Stats: Went 11- 1- 1 with a 1.69 goals- against- average and had a .940 save percentage. Finished his career with a 2.10 goals- againstaverage and a .927 save percentage.
Honors: Two- time All- SCC/ SWC Division I first team. Two- time first team All- State CHSCA.
Off the ice: Plays goalie for the lacrosse team.
Up next: Will play men’s lacrosse at Sacred Heart University.
SAM SWANSON
Fairfield co- op, Defense, Senior
Stats: The lockdown defenseman led an experienced Fairfield co- op team to the No. 3 ranking — the highest in program history. Scored six goals and added five assists this season.
Honors: All- FCIAC Division I first team. All- State CHSCA first team selection.
Off the ice: FCIAC Scholar Athlete is a member of the National Honor Society.
Up next: Plans to attend Bentley University or the College of Holy Cross and hopes to play club hockey.
RHYS DAVIES
Fairfield co- op, Forward, Senior
Stats: Scored 12 goals and had 13 assists for the Fairfield co- op team, leading them to the FCIAC tournament semifinals. Finished his career with 45 goals and 49 assists.
Honors: Twotime All- FCIAC Division I First Team. All- State CHSCA first team selection.
SHANE METTLER
New Canaan, Defense, Sophomore
Stats: Manned the blue line for the FCIAC champions. Was a mainstay on both the power play and penalty kill units. Scored four goals and added eight assists.
Honors: All- FCIAC Division I second team.
Off the ice: Academic High Honors every semester, plays tennis for the high school team and USTA. Also a part of the New Canaan congregational church youth group.
Up next: Will play hockey and tennis at Taft School.
MATT STEIN
Darien, Defense, Senior Stats: The senior was an old school lock down defender for the Blue Wave. Scored two goals and added six assists helping lead the Blue Wave to the FCIAC semifinals. Was on the top power play and penalty kill units for his team.
Honors: All- FCIAC Division I first team.
Off the ice: Storm Hockey mentor, Harlem Lacrosse mentor, part of the Youth Asset team and also plays lacrosse.
Up next: Will play lacrosse at Colby College.
COACH OF THE YEAR CARL LAROUCHE
Fairfield Co- op Stats: Led Fairfield co- op to a
7- 0- 1 start, the program’s best start since becoming a Division I program in 2017. The team was ranked as high as the No. 3 team in the state poll and clinched the No. 2 seed in the FCIAC Division I tournament.