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USA TODAY High School Sports Awards unveils Boys Hockey Player of the Year nominees

High school stars on the ice from the 2023-24 season

The top boys hockey players from across the country have been unveiled, with these 25 athletes making up the 2023-24 ALL-USA HSSA roster.

Each will now have the chance at being named the USA TODAY High School Sports Awards Boys Hockey Player of the Year in August.

Ahead of the highly anticipated awards show, here is the ALL-USA HSSA Boys Hockey Team.

A huge congratulations to each of these talented athletes …

Hunter Bauer, G, Minnetonka High School (Minnesota) — SR

Brent Beswick, F, Northern Highlands High School (New Jersey) — JR

Owen Buesgens, D, Chanhassen High School (Minnesota) — SR

Hagen Burrows, F, Minnetonka High School (Minnesota) — SR

Dylan Byrne, D, Memorial High School (Wisconsin) — SR

Griffin Crain, D, Bishop Hendricken High School (Rhode Island) — SR

Cam Duffany, F, Brighton High School (Michigan) — SR

Brady Esenwine, F, Saint Ignatius High School (Ohio) — SR

Wyatt Farrell, F, La Crescent-Hokah High School (Minnesota) — SR

Tanner Fearman, F, Queensbury High School (New York) — SR

Jackson Froysland, F, Byron Center High School (Michigan) — SR

Vincent Greene, F, Amery High School (Wisconsin) — SR

Kam Hendrickson, G, Chanhassen High School (Minnesota) — SR

Austin Lamer, D, Tomahawk High School (Wisconsin) — JR

Joey Mugaas, D, Orono High School (Minnesota) — SR

Jackson Nevers, F, Edina High School (Minnesota) — SR

Carson Pilgrim, F, Warroad High School (Minnesota) — SR

Cade Pratt, F, Byron Center High School (Michigan) — SR

Harper Searles, F, Centennial High School (Minnesota) — JR

John Stout, D, Minnetonka High School (Minnesota) — SR

Jake Struck, F, Olentangy Liberty High School (Ohio) — JR

Noah Urness, F, Roseau High School (Minnesota) — SR

Sam Wade, F, University School (Ohio) — SR

Louie Wehmann, F, Providence Academy (Minnesota) — SR

Rowan White, G, Edgewood High School (Wisconsin) — SR

From the HSSA

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New York planning accelerated decision on fate of winter high school sports

A decision on the fate of winter high school sports in New York could be coming sooner than originally expected.

According to syracuse.com, the New York Public High School Athletic Association has set Nov. 30 as the date when winter sports such as basketball, hockey and wrestling can begin practice. This decision comes after a timetable for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision whether to allow high-risk high school sports this winter emerged.

Cuomo has said that he will make his decision on winter high school sports “before Dec. 31.” However, that does little for the outlook of winter high school sports in New York, as competition is usually underway well before the end of December. The uncertainty surrounding Cuomo’s timetable for a decision is why the NYSPHSAA elected to push high-risk fall sports cheerleading, football and volleyball to March.

State budget director Robert Mujica said Cuomo will “likely” address winter sports at some point in November on a conference call Wednesday.

“That obviously is beneficial to us because we were under the impression we wouldn’t get any new information until Dec. 31,” NYSPHSAA spokesperson Chris Watson said. “I think the timeline that was announced today is a good timeline for us to get some things figured out. What will happen next is we will wait and see what we can get from state officials. To know that athletics is on their radar is a good sign for us.”

‘We have to work extra hard:’ New Jersey girl is co-captain of boys ice hockey team

When Carlie Van Tassel was in kindergarten, she saw Martin Brodeur on TV. She was hooked. Now, she’s the co-captain of the boys ice hockey team.

When Carlie Van Tassel was in kindergarten, she saw Martin Brodeur playing goal for the New Jersey Devils on television. She was quickly hooked on hockey.

She talked her mother into signing her up for a rec team at Skylands Ice World with boys, hoping to “just stand in the net.” Van Tassel played just one game as a goalie before switching to forward, but her hockey career has never waned.

Van Tassel had skated for hours on the synthetic ice at the Hockey Farm in Oak Ridge before joining a boys club team at age 10. She shifted to all-girls teams when checking became dangerous, going to nationals with the Montclair Blues twice in the past three years.

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But Vernon High School (Sussex County, New Jersey) doesn’t offer girls ice hockey, so Van Tassel is skating with the boys again.

“She’s grown up with these guys,” Vikings coach Ray Zimmerman said. “They all know her. It’s not like, ‘Oh, there’s a girl on the team,’ like she just came out of nowhere. … I don’t really acknowledge it.”

A senior right wing and co-captain, Van Tassel is the only girl on the Vikings hockey team. But when injuries claimed many of her teammates last winter, Van Tassel got more ice time than almost anyone.

Read the rest of the story at the Daily Record.