NEW ENGLAND GIRLS HOCKEY LEAGUE
U19 ELITE
CHRIS EITEL
Chris is entering his 12th year coaching overall and has coached at all youth levels during his career. This will be Chris's 8th season with the MassConn Girls durign which time he has coached at the U12, U14, U19 levels.
He has lead his teams to the National Bound Massachusetts State championship tournament in 5 out of 7 seasons with MassConn and
takes great pride in helping his players advance to the next level, with many of those he has coached moving on to play in prep school and college.
Chris is passionate about hockey and strives to bring that passion out of his players through preparation, hard work, and perseverance.
After more than 35 years of playing and coaching the game, he continues to learn and promotes a goal-oriented, positive learning culture where he challenges players to train outside their comfort zone.
U16 ELITE
CHRIS SHUMAN
Chris has been instrumental in the development of young hockey players as a coach since 1995. His coaching experience began under the leadership of Lincoln Flagg and Gary Dineen. Chris played junior hockey for Gary Dineen as well as for Cathedral High School where he was awarded the Eddie Shore award – given to the best defenseman in Western Mass High School hockey. Chris played collegiate hockey for Fairfield University.
He has coached boys’, co-ed and girls’ teams from mites through midgets. Former players have gone on to achieve success at the high school, prep school, junior, college and professional (including the National Hockey League) level. Chris focuses on a long-term developmental approach with a positive perspective. We are appreciative to his wife, Kellye, and his family for their support in his efforts to be a positive role model and influence on his players in their development both on and off the ice.
U14 TIER II
GREG PRAYZNER
Greg is back for his second season coaching our 2009 Girls Team. He is coming off a great season where his team made the finals of the CT Girls Hockey League U12 Championship. They also won the Jay Peak U12 Division at the Green Mountain Invitational. It was a very successful season as they were unbeaten in CT Girls Hockey League Play for the season. This year they have 8 returning players with the additional of the new players it has put them in the upper U14 Tier II American Division of the NEGHL.
Greg played his college hockey at Central CT State University.
We are lucky to have Greg with us in this organization as he brings a huge passion and love for the game.
U12 TIER II HEAD COACH
AMANDA FONTAINE
Amanda is from Northfield, MA and grew up playing goalie for the Springfield Jr Pics. For high school, she went to Northfield Mount Hermon for 4 years where she played for the varsity girls hockey, field hockey and softball teams. Her senior year she was awarded the Peter Leyden Jr Award for Excellence in Athletics.
After NMH, Amanda went on to attend Sacred Heart University for four years earning a Bachelors degree in 2016 in Exercise Science along with playing Division 1 Women’s Ice Hockey. In her four years at SHU she totaled over 2220 playing minutes, 43 games started, and a cumulative .914 save percentage as a goaltender.
After her senior season, Amanda was drafted to the Boston Blades of the CWHL and she signed a 2-year contract with the team.
Post retirement, Amanda has coached for NMH Girls Varsity Hockey, Nichols College (Dudley, MA) as their Goaltending coach and for Plymouth State University (Plymouth,NH) as an Assistant and Goaltending coach.
Amanda is now living and working in South Hadley, Ma. where she is the Superintendent of the Ledges Golf Club.
U12 TIER II CO-HEAD COACH
ALEXIS FAGAN
Alexis Fagan is from Burrillville, RI and grew up playing for the Massachusetts Spitfires. For high school, Alexis went to Proctor Academy in Andover, NH, where she played for two years and served as a Captain her senior year along with also playing field hockey and softball. At Proctor, she was integral member of the special teams, a leading scorer, and earned the “Wright Hockey Coaches Award” in 2015. She then went on to play for Plymouth State University in Plymouth, NH. There, Alexis played for four years earning multiple league-recognized “Player of the Week” accolades. She currently holds the team records for most goals in a season, most points in a season, total career goals, and all-time points scoring. She graduated in 2020, with a degree in Communication and Graphic Design. Alexis is now continuing her education at the University of Vermont.
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