Rangers Ice Hockey Team Features Veterans, Youth

The Westborough High School varsity ice hockey team is a mix of veterans and youth.

Behind the bench as well as on the ice.

Head coach Chet Hallice has returned to guide the team. He was the head coach from 1992 to 2001. Chris Atchue and Jim Brown are the assistant coaches.

Shortly before the season started, Hallice said that "We have some speed. We have some youth mixed in with some veteran players. We're just trying to figure out which combination works out the best."

The Rangers were 3-0 entering Thursday's game against Algonquin.

Westborough is off until Monday, when it plays Fitchburg at the Wallace Civic Center.

The Rangers' captains are senior forward Scott Erickson and senior defenseman John Kinsman. The assistant captain is senior center Kevin Blackney.

Erickson and Blackney are among the Rangers' top three forwards, and Kinsman among the team's top defensemen, Hallice said.

The Rangers' goalies are senior Max Silverman, junior Jared Ward, sophomore Jeffrey Bernard and freshman Jonathan Ashton.

Hallice said he prefers to play "high tempo, aggressive" hockey.

"To build a perfect team, I like speed. I like grinders," he said.

"Scoring can go in a drought. Hard work never goes in a drought."

The roster is:

Seniors: Ben Czech, Scott Erickson (captain), Robert MacElhaney, Kevin Blackney (assistant captain), Brian James Bernard, Jackson Venditti, John Kinsman (captain) and Max Silverman.

Juniors: Samuel Kruse, Evan Leva, Keegan Barrett, Stephen Falvey, Jed Stone, Gavin Wilsker and Jared Ward.

Sophomores: Trey Howes, Maxwell McGourty, Nicholas Meaney, Jacob Uhlman, Jeffrey Bernard and Dylan Kehoe.