Governor's Teams

  

 

New England Tournament Championships (Division II): 
2022 Semifinalists
2014 Quarterfinalists  
2013 Semifinalists
2011 Champions
2010 Champions
2009 Champions
2008 Champions
2005 Semifinalists
2004 Quarterfinalists

The Girls’ Varsity Ice Hockey program seeks to cultivate a high level of play, a strong team culture of cohesion and compassion, and personalized skill development to complement each player’s aspirations. With a combined sixty-eight years of hockey coaching, Coach Barcomb and Coach Ceglarski emphasize a philosophy of playing with equal parts discipline and desire, heart and hustle. 

The team practices and competes on campus in the Whiston•Bragdon Arena, a state-of-the-art rink featuring NHL-sized ice, five spacious locker rooms, a classroom for film breakdown, an athletic training center, skate-sharpening technology, and a warming space for fans. With a common goal of learning from mistakes to improve from every skate, team practices are fast-paced and finish with small-sided games that ignite a competitive edge in all players. Throughout the season, captains organize school-wide themes for each home game including Pajama Night and Jersey Night to amplify the student cheering section on winter weekends. The team also organizes an annual “Pink at the Rink” community service event in collaboration with Boys Varsity Hockey, and during the 2022-2023 event, they raised over $6,000 for the Jimmy Fund. 
  
Competing in the highly-regarded ISL, the team’s schedule contains twenty-five to thirty games across New England. During their annual Holiday Tournament, Govs hosts top programs from Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Maine to provide players with college coach exposure and preparation for league play. Govs compete against Middlesex for the Lynda Fitzgerald/Patty Kasmaier Cup to recognize the groundwork they laid for female athletic and academic success in the NEPSAC. In 2023, Govs hockey played at Frozen Fenway in downtown Boston, providing players and fans with an experience of a lifetime inside historic Fenway Park. 

Several Govs players have continued their hockey career at the collegiate level; programs include Boston College, Brown, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut College, Dartmouth, Hobart William Smith, Holy Cross, Northeastern, Plymouth State, Rensselaer, Sacred Heart, St. Anselm's, St. Lawrence, Trinity, UMass Boston, Union, University of New Hampshire, and the University of Southern Maine. 

For more information, please reach out to Head Coach Claudia Asano Barcomb.

Alums in Action: 

Reese Pascucci '23 - Sacred Heart University
Anna Tardiff '23 - Hobart William Smith
Maura Fiorenza ’22 - Dartmouth College 
Kelly Harty ’22 - University of New Hampshire 
Lily Shannon ’22 - Northeastern University 
Devon Galizio ’22 - Connecticut College 
Averill McCorkle ’21  - Colgate University
Lauren Fraser ’21 - Colgate University 
Alex Carpenter ’11 - USA National Team
Kate Leary ’11 - Assistant Women’s Ice Hockey Coach Merrimack College