18U Little Bruins

Tryouts for the Little Bruins take place following USA Hockey Nationals. Tryouts take place at the New England Sports Center in Marlboro, MA.

There are always openings at every position for our team. We averaged 4-5 openings at forward, 3-4 openings at defense, and at least one goaltender (although there are years we need to fill two spots). The bottom line with our team is if you are a good enough player we will find a spot for you in our program regardless of how many openings we have.

The team offers a weekly practice for those players that can attend. There are players at boarding prep schools that cannot attend.

Our anticipated schedule will be between 25-33 games. The number of games we play will, in part, be determined by how many playoff games we participate in during tournament weekends.

The Little Bruins season begins in late August (the week prior to Labor Day weekend) with our training camp. The Little Bruins first game(s) will be over Labor Day weekend at NESC. The Little Bruins season ends in mid November prior to high school and prep school tryouts.

The Little Bruins travel is limited to games in Mass, RI, CT and NH.

We set up our schedule so that players do not miss school.