Boston Junior Whalers Elite Hockey Club

Congratulations to all 73 of our Boston Lady Whalers, past and present, on being selected by the staff at USA Hockey, and named to their 2025 National Development Camp circuit‼️

We are extremely proud of these young athletes on this incredible milestone in each of their individual journeys, as they work their way up through the hockey ranks 🇺🇸

For those players not selected this year, we are excited to watch that fuel you for this coming season, and find your name on these lists a year from now 🐳🐳🐳

Congratulations again to all 73 of our BLW athletes, as well as their families, seeing their hard work pay off with this admirable accomplishment. We’ll be following along throughout July & August! Good luck ladies!! 🇺🇸

Congratulations to BJW alums: ‘02 F Matty Beniers, ‘97 F Tage Thompson & ‘96 G Joey Daccord for being selected to represent their country as members of the United States Men’s National Team at the 2025 IIHF World Championship in Stockholm, Sweden‼️‼️

Pool Play begins tomorrow, 5/9, as the United States squares off with Denmark at 8:20 PM EST on NHL Network 📺

Good luck to Matty, Tage, Joey & the rest of the United States Men’s National Team 🇺🇸🐳

Congratulations to lifelong BJW ‘02 F Riley Duran (Woburn, MA) on making his NHL debut with his hometown Boston Bruins this past weekend 🐳🐳

2025 marks our program’s 15-Year Anniversary 🚨 Over the next month, we’ll be sharing lots of memories!

Kicking us off, we’re throwing it back to almost 10 years ago, when our BJW 2000 Elites were crowned back to back Junior Chowder Cup Champions 🐳🏆

Congratulations to our 9 Boston Lady Whalers whom were named to the United States Under-18 Team, and helped lead Team USA to a Silver Medal at the 2025 IIHF U18 Women's World Championships this past month in Vaanta, Finland 🐳🇺🇸

Jane Daley | Medfield, MA | Shattuck St. Mary's School

Christina Scalese | W Boylston, MA | Groton School (Princeton)

Mary Derrenbacher | Raleigh, NC | Shattuck St. Mary's School

Maggie Averill | Wayland, MA | Phillips Andover Academy

Sloane Hartmertz | Phoenixville, PA | Shattuck St. Mary's School (University of Minnesota)

Emma Cerruti | Norwell, MA | Shattuck St. Mary's School (University of Wisconsin)

Kylie Amelkovich | Glen Elyn, IL | Shattuck St. Mary's School (Penn State University)

Caroline Averill | Wayland, MA | Phillips Andover Academy (Princeton)

Emilia Biotti | Cambridge, MA | BB&N School (Harvard)

Great job ladies!! 🐳🇺🇸🐳🇺🇸🐳🇺🇸

The Boston Lady Whalers Elite Hockey Club is very proud to share that nine (9) members of our program have been selected to represent the United States of America, being named to the 2025 United States Under-18 National Team 🇺🇸

Congratulations to Kylie Amelkovich (Glen Ellyn, IL), Caroline Averill (Wayland, MA), Maggie Averill (Wayland, MA), Emilia Biotti (Cambridge, MA), Emma Cerruti (Norwell, MA), Jane Daley (Medfield, MA), Mary Derrenbacher (Raleigh, NC), Sloane Hartmetz (Phoenixville, PA) & Christina Scalese (West Boylston, MA), and their families on this incredible milestone.

Press release highlighting each player & their journeys ⬇️⬇️ https://home.bostonladywhalers.com/news_article/show/1324914

After going 3-0 in the Round Robin, the U.S. defeated Slovakia 9-1 in the Quarter Finals on Thursday morning. They will face Sweden tomorrow morning in the semi-finals🐳🐳🐳:

1/11/25 | 8:00 AM EST USA vs Sweden 📺 NHL Network

Go USA 🇺🇸

Congratulations to BJW ‘08 F Jude Herron on his commitment to the University of Maine 🐳

Herron recently made the jump mid-season, taking his talents from the South Kent School U18's directly to the Quebec League. In his first five games as a member of the QMJHL’s Charlottetown Islanders, Jude has buried two goals and added an assist.

Congrats to Jude and his family on this tremendous milestone in his hockey journey. Coach Barr is getting himself a heck of a hockey player and an exceptional young man and leader.

The 2024 NCAA Division I Frozen Four begins this afternoon in St Paul, MN when Boston University takes on the University of Denver at 5:00 PM EST on ESPN2, and followed by Boston College vs the University of Michigan at 8:30 PM EST

We would like to wish the best of luck to all of the players chasing the NCAA Division I National Championship, and to our 11 Boston Junior Whalers alumni who will be playing:

Boston College -

2003 F Timmy Delay
2005 F Ryan Leonard (Washington Capitals)
2000 F Jack Malone
2002 F Will Traeger

Boston University -

2003 D Mick Frechette
1998 G Nick Howard
2004 F Devin Kaplan (Philadelphia Flyers)
2003 F Jeremy Wilmer

University of Denver -

2002 F Tristan Broz (Pittsburgh Penguins)
2005 F Alex Weiermair

University of Michigan -

2002 F Mark Estapa

After 3 days of action at the USA Hockey Girls Tier I National Tournament down in Florida, we weren’t surprised to find some familiar faces atop the 16U & 19U scoring leaderboards.

In the 16U Division, BLW ‘08 D Maggie Averill is tied with her sister, BLW ‘07 F Caroline Averill, with 6pts each. Caroline has tallied 5G 1A 6P, and Maggie has buried 4 goals of her own, adding 2 assists. The Averill sisters are rising underclassmen at a Phillips Andover Academy, and will have their choice of school when the time comes to make those decisions.

In the 19U Division, lifelong BLW ‘06 F Alanna Devlin is in sole possession of the point lead with 7 total through 3 games. Fun fact, Alanna was actually the first player ever to wear a Lady Whalers uniform, dating back to the inaugural U10 tournament that the 05’s & 06’s played in 9 (!!) years ago this week 😳 Alanna heads to The Heights of Boston College this Fall, where she’ll be expected to step right in and contribute as a true freshman.

All three girls were named to the United States Under-18 National Team that took home a Gold Medal in Switzerland this past January.

As the USA Hockey National Championship Playoffs begin today at the Tier I 14U, 16U & 19U levels, the Lady Whalers would like to wish all of our athletes the best of luck & remind you to leave it all out there 🐳🐳

Congratulations to Boston Junior Whalers 2005-born forward, Charlie Cerrato, on his commitment to Penn State University for the Fall of 2024 🐳🐳

Cerrato is a native of Fallston, Maryland, and played the past two seasons as a member of the United States Under-17 & Under-18 National Development Teams out of Ann Arbor, MI. Charlie is currently lighting up the USHL for the Youngstown Phantoms, helping pace them to a playoff run.

Charlie is also a highly regarded prospect listed on the NHL Central Scouting Report for the 2024 NHL Draft this coming June. Read more about Charlie's journey from suburban Maryland, to wearing the red, white, and blue, and beyond below ⬇️⬇️

https://home.bostonjuniorwhalers.com/news_article/show/1304465

Congratulations to longtime BJW '07 F CJ Watroba on his commitment to Merrimack College! Read more about CJ's journey below ⬇️⬇️

https://home.bostonjuniorwhalers.com/news_article/show/1293764

Congratulations to our 21 Boston Junior Whalers current & former players who were invited to, and participated in various different 2023 NHL Development Camps this past week!

Read more about it blow ⬇️⬇️

https://home.bostonjuniorwhalers.com/news_article/show/1278961