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Age: 17

Current team: Pinkerton Academy

His story:

JJ started skating at the tender age of 4 holding onto 2 plastic milk crates taped together. He started as a mite defenseman for the Salem, NH Youth Hockey playing for the Saints. JJ always wanted to play goalie so his Dad went out and purchased a set of gear for him and work with him in the driveway. During one of his mite games the starting goalie never showed up and JJ was asked to play - The rest is History. The following season he moved up to the Manchester, NH Flames organization as a goalie from his 2nd year mites to 1st year bantams. After bantams JJ played for Casey Kesselring's NH Avalanche as a midget and is currently a midget major. JJ is a Junior at Pinkerton Academy and has been on the varsity hockey team since he was a freshman. His freshman year JJ saw the ice for about 10 minutes and prevailed with a shutout. His sophomore year he shared his goalie duties with another goalies due to a bout with the flu. His junior year was something to talk about registering a record of 14-4-1 with a GAA of 1.79 and a 93.7% save average. He played a major role in getting his team to the NHIAA State Division I Finals played at the Verizon Wireless Arena on March 15th were he recorded 33 saves in a 3-0 victory over Hanover NH.

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