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Varsity firsts: Vote for the High School Boys Hockey Player of the Week

Chris McDaniel
The Patriot Ledger

Weymouth High's Jack Browning has been voted the High School Boys Hockey Player of the Week.

The senior collected over 20,000 votes to earn the honor. Browning scored the overtime winner as the Wildcats defeat Walpole in the season opener.

And this week's candidates are...

Nicholas Harris, Soph., Abington: Harris recorded a shutout in a 4-0 win over Rockland.

James Joyce, Sr., Middleboro: Joyce scored two goals and added an assist in a 3-2 win over Taunton.

Middleboro/Carver/Wareham's James Joyce scores the first goal of the game on Stoughton/Brockton goalie Sean McGowan at the Bridgewater Ice Arena on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023.

Brayden Bates, Soph, East Bridgewater/West Bridgewater: Bates made 40 saves in a 2-0 shutout win over Upper Cape Tech.

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WEB goalie Brayden Bates makes the save during a game versus Abington on Thursday, March 2, 2023.

Chris Stone, Sr., Silver Lake: Stone recorded his first varsity shutout in a 4-0 win over Rockland.

Chris Stone got the start in net for Silver Lake.

Garrett Sager, Soph., Stoughton/Brockton: Sager scored four goals in a 6-3 win over Holliston.

Ben Sylvester, Sr., Archbishop Williams: Sylvester scored a pair of goals in a 5-1 win over Braintree.

Williams forward Ben Sylvester reacts to his second period goal. Archbishop Williams host Lincoln Sudbury in MIAA boys hockey action at the Canton Sportsplex on Wednesday March 1, 2023

Cooper Larouco, Soph., Rockland: Larouco scored a hat trick in a 5-1 win over Mashpee/Monomoy.

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Rockland's Cooper Larouco skates past Abington's Matthew Grafton during a game on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023.

Nick Sturdevant, Sr., Southeastern/Bristol-Plymouth: Sturdevant scored the winning goal 47 seconds into overtime to lift his team to a 5-4 win over South Shore Tech.

Diman/Durfee/Westport’s Evan Camara controls the puck while being chased by Southeastern/Bristol-Plymouth’s Nick Sturdevant on Wednesday, Feb. 8.

Nolan Petrucelli + Joe Perniola, Norwell: Both Clippers had two goals and an assist in a 6-2 win over Cohasset/Hull.

BOSTON 03/19/23 Harley Ellis of Sandwich and Nolan Petrucelli of Norwell collide as Ellis passes the puck in MIAA Division 4 final hockey

Landon Grothe + Matt Lawson + Shaun Teehan, Oliver Ames: All three Tigers had two-goal games in a 9-2 win over Wakefield.

Oliver Ames' Shaun Teehan goes in on Silver Lake goalie Strummer Beals and makes the shot count in the 1st period on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, in Brockton.

Jake Adams + Wyatt Iantosca, Srs., + Jack Resnick, Soph., Hopkinton: Adams and Resnick each recorded hat tricks in a 7-4 win over Westwood. Iantosca was named to the All-Tournament team for the Daily News Cup after helping lead the Hillers to the final.

Roman Belli, Sr., Marlborough: This goaltender pitched his first shutout of the season in a 3-0 win over Hopkinton in the final of the Daily News Cup to claim Wes Tuttle MVP honors of the tournament.

Marlborough goalie Roman Belli stops a shot from Wachusett's Stone Lane in the Borough's Cup at North Star Ice Sports on Saturday December 16, 2023.

Robert Geltman, Sr., Framingham: Geltman made 57 saves for the Flyers in a 3-2 overtime loss to Franklin in the consolation game of the Pat Serio Cup at Loring Arena.

Robert Geltman Golf Framingham High School Daily News All Stars Dec. 11, 2022

Chauncey Guenard, Sr., Marlborough: This defenseman scored a nifty breakaway goal in a semifinal win over Hudson in the Daily News Cup before potting the game-winner in the final against Hopkinton (3-0 win over the Hillers) to help the Panthers claim their eighth Daily News Cup title.

Hopkinton’s Wyatt Iantosca (19) tries to turn on Marlborough’s Chauncey Guenard (right) during the Daily News Cup championships at the New England Sports Center in Marlborough.

Hunter Hourihan, Jr., Dover-Sherborn/Weston: The D-S junior had two goals and an assist in a 5-3 win over Norton before Christmas and then was one of five goal-scorers in a 5-2 win at Watertown on Dec. 30.

Sam Hubbard, Jr., + Jeff Tavares, Sr., Natick: Hubbard scored two goals, one of them shorthanded, in a tough 4-3 loss to Andover. In a 3-0 win over East Greenwich (R.I.) earlier in the week in the Malden Catholic Serino Tournament consolation game, Hubbard also had two goals while Tavares made 23 saves to earn the shutout.

Natick’s #7 Sam Hubbard brings the puck up ice on Shrewsbury’s #2 Jack Alarie in Saturday night’s hockey game at Chase Arena in Natick.

Paddy Maxwell + Aidan Reilly + Brody Sharpe, Jrs., Wellesley: The defenseman Maxwell scored a pair of goals and assisted on another as the Raiders defeated host Falmouth, 5-4, to win the Ray Kenney Christmas Classic title at Falmouth Ice Arena. The forward Reilly scored two goals in the 5-3 win over Plymouth South in the tourney semifinals. In a 6-5 win over rival Needham just before Christmas, Sharpe notched the hat trick with an assist.

Terrell Messam, Soph., Westborough: This goaltender mustered 20 saves to post his first shutout of the season with a 4-0 win over Longmeadow prior to making 23 saves in the Rangers’ 7-2 victory over Minnechaug.

Votes are unlimited. Voting closes on Thursday, Jan. 11 at noon. Emailed votes will not be counted. Send future nominations to cmcdaniel@wickedlocal.com.