Eli Friedman, Mid-Fairfield Jr. Rangers and Brunswick Academy (center) is a Yale University recruit. (Dave Arnold/NEHJ)
There were a handful of 2005-born players from New York and New Jersey that had a positive impact on their respective prep school hockey teams in the 2021-22 season.
Even if it's a light birth year when it comes to impact players from the region in the NEPSAC, there is one clear-cut top performer in Brunswick center Eli Friedman, a Yale commit from Rye, N.Y.
Below is a look — from Eli Friedman to Ethan Fehrenbaker — at the top three forwards, two defenseman, and one goaltender from New York or New Jersey among '05s who skated for a NEPSAC team in 2021-22.
