Ice Hockey - Boys Varsity (Prep Team)

Wyoming Seminary's hockey program is an associate member of the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC). The team is also a member of the Mid-Atlantic Hockey League (MAHL), along with Lawrenceville, Hill School, Princeton Day School, Hun School of Princeton, La Salle College High School, and Portledge School. Sem claimed the MAHL Championship in both 2014 and 2018. The program is dedicated to developing student-athletes to their full potential, on the ice and in the classroom. Designed around the academic calendar, Sem’s hockey schedule exposes our student-athletes to the best competition while maintaining the academic integrity of the school.

Sem's hockey program played its first competitive season in 1992-93. The prep team now plays an approximately 35 game schedule with 4-5 tournaments/showcases per season against prep schools from across the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and New England. Some of the tournaments the program has participated in include: Middlesex/St. Mark's William Barber Memorial Tournament, Northwood Holiday Tournament in Lake Placid, Albany Academy Rider Cup, Trinity-Pawling Empire Cup, Phillips Exeter Invitational, Shady Side Academy Thanksgiving Classic, the St. Francis Tournament in Buffalo, and St. George's School's Howard Invitational.

Seminary student-athletes have gone on to play in the NHL, AHL, ECHL, OHL, QMJHL, USHL, NAHL, USPHL, EHL, BCHL, OJHL, CCHL, and various professional leagues across Europe and Asia as well as Division I, Division III, U Sports and ACHA programs including, but not limited to, Boston University, Bentley, Harvard, Alaska (Anchorage), American International, Norwich, Hamilton, Skidmore, New England College, St. Michaels, Hobart, Lebanon Valley, Elmira, Southern New Hampshire University, SUNY Fredonia, SUNY Cortland, SUNY Geneseo, Worcester State, Neumann, Penn State, Arizona, Drexel, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, Castleton State, Curry College, University of New Hampshire, Quinnipiac University, Sacred Heart University, University of Vermont and Middlebury.

Eric Tangradi ’08 was the first Sem player to play in the NHL for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Tangradi went on to the OHL after Sem to captain the Belleville Bulls before being drafted by the Anaheim Ducks in 2007, and won the 2017 AHL Playoff Championship Calder Trophy with the Grand Rapids Griffins. Tangradi represented Team USA in the 2009 World Junior Championships. He is currently playing for Barys Nur-Sultan (KHL).

Dennis Packard ‘00 played for the U.S. National Team Development Program during his senior year before matriculating to Harvard University. Packard was drafted by the Boston Bruins in 2001, and went on to play over 300 games as a professional, primarily in the AHL, before retiring in 2010. Arpad Mihaly ‘01, a former member of the Romanian National Team alongside fellow Sem alumnus Zoltan Pal ‘99, has played over 1,000 games as a professional across numerous leagues in North America and Europe.

Justin Lyle - Head Coach & Director of Hockey Operations

For more information about the ice hockey program at Wyoming Seminary, contact Coach Lyle at jlyle@wyomingseminary.org.

Ryan Furtak - Assistant Coach

Sébastien Caron - Assistant Coach/Goaltenders Coach

David Shultz - Strength and Conditioning Coach

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