If you got out to watch an Amesbury/Whittier hockey game this season — heck, over the past four years even — then you probably noticed something right away.

Highlights: Alessy was the definition of an impact underclassman. He was the go-to playmaker for the Gaels, delivering 16 goals and 24 assists. ... Alessy netted the Game 2 winner in the CHSHL finals against Chaminade, giving Iona Prep its first championship since 2008 and was named a CHSHL all-star.

As is tradition, Saturday is absolutely loaded with NHL games. Hope you got a good night's sleep! With 13 games on the schedule, it's best to go game-by-game to preview what's at stake for each team -- some in the playoff races, some who are jockeying for draft lottery position.

For NHL playoff goals, which do not count toward the record, Gretzky has the most (122). Ovechkin has 72. Gretzky also had another 56 in the World Hockey Association regular season and playoffs, while Ovechkin has 57 from his time in the KHL, Russia’s top league.

The Wisconsin Hockey Coaches Association released its boys all-state teams in coordination with the end of the high school hockey season over the past couple weeks. Brookfield Stars senior Connor Hillig was named the WHCA player of the year, while Stevens Point head coach Matt Pohlkamp was named coach of the year.

The team includes three players from Proctor/Hermantown and North Shore as well as Minnesota’s 2025 Ms. Hockey and All-Area Player of the Year, Mercury Bischoff.

The Pittsburgh Penguins snapped the Dallas Stars winning streak at seven games with a 5-3 win on Saturday afternoon.

DeSmith has won eight of his last nine starts. Stars: Dallas took care of business in back-to-back games in Seattle, improving to a 10-1-1 all-time record against the Kraken. Kraken: Seattle ...

For the first time in franchise history, a defenceman will finish the season as the Canucks’ leading scorer, as Quinn Hughes has far outpaced every forward on the team. Brock Boeser is the closest behind Hughes, and he has 24 fewer points, which is absolutely wild and makes the captain’s scoring pace all the more impressive.

The stars began to align all too well for the Michigan State University hockey team. In 2007, the Spartans claimed their first national championship since 1986, defeating Boston College 3-1 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. The team overcame Boston ...

Under new coach Mike Petroske, a St. Cloud girls hockey team had its best conference ... against Hutchinson and Alexandria, scoring all of the Stars’ goals in the games. Hess scored her ...