| | | | Skill Development Session III Registration - Sat., January 28 | | | | | |
posted 01/27/2012 Online registration for Skill Development session III for the 2011/12 season is open. Session III commences on Saturday, January 28. Please click on Register Now on this page to initiate the registration process for the third session. If you have not registered for a prior skill development session for the 2011/12 season, please arrive at the William Chase Arena in Natick at 11:30 AM on Saturday, January 28 to check in with the Comets registrar.
IMPORTANT: Please see the section on this website titled 'Skill Development' for more information about the Skill Development program including session start and end dates, tuition, and session date exceptions.
Should you have any questions about the Comets registration process, please e-mail the Comets Registrar at
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| | | | Five Comets Teams To Participate In Mass. State Tournament | | | | | |
posted 01/25/2012 Congratulations to the Comets teams going to the Mass. state finals tournament in March. The teams are youth Bantam A and Pee Wee B and girls teams U10, U12, and U14A. Good luck to all the teams.
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| | | | U12 Girls Win Mass. District Playoff Game - Head To States Next | | | | | |
posted 01/17/2012 On Monday, January 16 in a Mass. state playoff game, the Comets U12 girls team defeated Acton Boxboro/Concord Carlisle 3-1 to claim the Mass. district 8 girls U12 championship. Two goals from forward Mikayla Quigley and solid goaltending from Alyssa Cimino helped the girls prevail and head next to the Mass. state tournament the weekend of March 23.
The U12 girls join two other Comets girls teams heading to the state tournament in March; U10 and U14A.
Comets U12 Team - Mass. District 8 Champions
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| | | | Comets U10 Team Wins Bill Chase Girls Tournament | | | | | |
posted 01/16/2012 The Comets U10 girls team went undefeated in the Bill Chase Girls Tournament and walked away with the championship trophy the weekend of January 13.
The final game was intense in front of a pressure packed large audience at our William Chase arena. U10 tournament MVP Lauren Jackson put the Comets up 1-0 early in the first with a nifty Patrice Bergeron style deke on a breakaway. Falmouth never let up, creating several scoring chances, but Comets U10 veteran Ali Joseph wasn't letting anything get past her in goal. Falmouth really put the pressure on during a power play midway through the third period but the Comets line of Fookson-Cushing-Gallenberger did a fantastic job on the penalty kill, bolstered by defenseman Emily Batchelor.
The Comets clung to a 1-0 lead until late in the third when Nicole Maxwell scored with 1:26 remaining on a beautiful tape-to-tape pass from Erin Quirk. An empty net goal secured the 3-0 shutout win and the Comets U10 celebrated.
Thank you to all of the U10 teams for participating; Falmouth, Newton, and Acton-Boxborough/Concord/Carlisle. Also, thank you to all of the parents for volunteering their time over the weekend and tournament coordinator Bill Jackson for putting in all the extra hours inside and outside the rink. Great job Bill!
Comets U10 Team - Bill Chase Girls Tournament Champions
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| | | | Bantam A Team Wins The Starhawks 3 On 3 Christmas Tournament | | | | | |
posted 01/10/2012 The Comets Bantam A team defeated the competition to win the Starhawks 3 on 3 Christmas Classic held in Marlboro over the Christmas break. The Comets outscored their opponents 18-2 during the tournament. With a couple of shut out wins and a couple of one goal games, the boys had a great time! Thank you to the Starhawks Youth Hockey Association for hosting the tournament.
Comets Bantam A Team - Starhawks 3 On 3 Christmas Classic Champions
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| | | | Comets Mourn Loss Of Hockey Family Member | | | | | |
posted 01/08/2012
The Comets program, our families and friends mourn the loss of one of our hockey family members - Justin Bailey. You may have heard of Justin’s recent unexpected passing from natural causes.
Justin was a senior at Natick High School. Justin was also a close member of the Natick hockey family as he played with the Comets as a youth up through high school and most recently was a member of the Natick High School varsity team this season.
As a Natick community and hockey family, we express our condolences to the Bailey family, relatives, and friends. Justin will be missed and remembered by the many coaches, players and families who shared time with him on and off the ice. Please join us in remembering Justin, his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers.
In memory of Justin, all Comets travel team players will wear helmet stickers with the letters and number 'JB17'. Justin wore jersey number 17 with the Natick High School team this season.
The Comets
Justin Bailey
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| | | | Comets Celebrate 60th Anniversary In 2012 | | | | | |
posted 01/06/2012
 In 2012, the Natick Comets celebrates its 60th anniversary as a youth hockey organization. The Comets program was established in 1952 and has been providing a positive youth hockey, learning, social, and sportsmanship experience for Comets participants for 60 years.
In 1952 one man with twelve kids and a vision changed youth hockey for Natick and almost every town in New England. Comets founder Bill Chase dedicated fifty years of his life to hockey and invited all those who wished to become part of the Natick Comets family. Bill’s vision of youth hockey was not restricted to kids from Natick. To this day, it includes kids and parents from neighboring communities. It’s not an exaggeration when people refer to Bill Chase as the “Father of Youth Hockey”.
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| | | | Player And Team Photos Available For Pick Up At Chase Arena | | | | | |
posted 01/05/2012 Comets player and team photos taken by Paradise Photo and Video can be picked up at the Paradise Photo and Video store at the address noted below. The dates to pick up the photos at the William Chase Arena have passed.
Paradise Photo & Video
28 Washington Street, Natick, MA 01760
508.655.9288
www.paradisepv.com
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| | | | Comets Pee Wee C Team Wins Jingle Bell Skate Tournament | | | | | |
posted 12/31/2011 The Comets Pee Wee C team plowed through the competition to win the championship at the Jingle Bell Skate Tournament held in Marlboro over the new year weekend. The Comets squad went undefeated during the tournament, winning all 5 games they played, and defeated 4 different teams en route to the tournament title. The team outscored their opponents by a 31-6 margin during the tournament with the entire roster contributing on the stat sheet. Goalie Tim Foley posted two shutouts in the playoff games as the team beat Franklin 6-0 in the semifinal and finished off the Central CT Capitals 2-0 for the championship victory.
Comets Pee Wee C Team - Jingle Bell Skate Tournament Champions
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| | | | Comets U10 And U12 Girls Skate At TD Garden - Meet Brad Marchand | | | | | |
posted 12/31/2011 In December, the Comets U10 and U12 girls had the opportunity to skate at the TD Garden, home of the Boston Bruins. The girls played an intra-squad game for 50 minutes and had the opportunity to meet Bruins forward Brad Marchand. Brad was generous to entertain questions from the girls and gave two girls birthday hugs.
Comets U10 and U12 Girls
Bruins Forward Brad Marchand
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| | | | Comets Host Bruins PASS Event | | | | | |
posted 12/27/2011 In December, the Comets organization was pleased to host the Bruins Partnership to Assist Skaters and Shooters (PASS) clinic series at the William Chase Arena in Natick. The PASS event featured a two-hour clinic conducted by a Boston Bruins former player. The clinic focused on individual skill development through teaching basic hockey fundamentals and playing small area games.
PASS Clinic Attendees
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| | | | Comets Pee Wee A Team Wins Hoffman Tournament | | | | | |
posted 12/06/2011
The Natick Comets youth Pee Wee A team participated in the 23rd annual Hoffman Pee Wee Tournament over the weekend of December 2, 3 and 4 at Natick's William Chase Arena. The tournament began with a win Friday night over Needham 5-2. The Comets team continued on Saturday with a 5-1 win over KP Walpole and ended Saturday night with a 4-4 tie against their state playdown rivals SMS. With David Hoffman, founder of the tournament in attendance, the Comets PeeWee A team pulled out a win and claimed the tournament championship against SMS by a score of 3-2.
Comets Pee Wee A Team - Hoffman Tournament Champions
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| | | | Comets U12 Girls Thanksgiving Tournament Action | | | | | |
posted 11/30/2011
The weekend of November 25 the Comets U12 girls participated in the Walpole Thanksgiving tournament in the U12 division. The tournament featured teams from throughout New England and included a team from Canada.
The Comets girls opened the tournament on Friday versus host the Walpole Express. The game started off as a close affair with the Comets girls behind with a 2-1 score in favor of Walpole. The Comets girls took the lead in the second period and proceeded to score 4 goals in the third period to come away with a 7-3 victory.
Saturday's hockey action for the Comets girls saw two great games. The first game of the Saturday doubleheader was against the Winthrop Vikings, a team that is in a division higher than the U12 Comets during the regular season in the Middlesex Yankee Conference Girls League (MYCGL). In what was expected to be a close, physical and high intensity game, all these adjectives proved to be true. The game play was very physical with lots of body contact and the intensity and pace of the game rivaled NHL playoff hockey. Comets goalie Alyssa Cimino had a terrific game in net and only allowed 1 goal in the game. The Comets and Vikings skated to a 1-1 tie in the game. The Winthrop team raised the Comets girls level of play and forced the girls to play all out with great intensity and physical play for the entire game.
In the second game on Saturday, the Comets girls had to win their game versus the Wellesley Raiders, another team in a higher division in the MYCGL, in order to advance to the championship game on Sunday. The game proved to be just as intense as the Winthrop game. The score was tied 1-1 into the second period before Comets forward Kaitlyn Bradshaw scored two goals to make the score 3-1. Kaitlyn scored one of the goals on a player scrum in front of the net where she pounded in a rebound goal and then proceeded to score another on a breakaway goal to seal the game. The Comets girls won 3-1 and were on their way to the Sunday championship game.
The Sunday championship game proved to be one for ages in the annals of Comets U12 hockey. In the championship game the Comets girls were to face Wellesey again and knew the game would be the toughest test of the season with a tournament championship on the line. From the outset of the game, the intensity level was off the charts and both teams found themselves in a defensive battle with both goalies playing terrific in net. Wellesley struck first with a goal and Natick soon countered as Comets defensewoman Kathryn Elliott weaved through the defense from the neutral zone into the attacking zone and scored on an 'upper shelf' breakaway goal. The defensive battle continued for the remainder of the game and at the end of regulation, the score was tied 1-1. In the overtime period, the defensive intensity did not wane and the score remained 1-1.
With close to 100 parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, Comets U10 girls, and just rink bystanders witnessing a terrific game, the end of overtime moved to a shootout. Each team had 5 players participating in the shootout. After more terrific goaltending in the shootout frame, Wellesley prevailed and won the game 2-1 on a shootout goal. After a hard fought, back and forth, and high energy game, both teams skated off the ice with tremendous respect for one another and had the bond of playing in quite possibly one of the best U12 level hockey games in a long time.
The Comets extend a congratulations to the Wellesley Raiders for the championship win. The Comets girls received the runner up award and came just a shootout away from a tournament victory. Comets girls head coach Bruce Ihloff did a great job in motivating and coaching the girls for success the entire tournament.
The Comets girls team MVP for the tournament was goalie Alyssa Cimino as her play in net allowed the team to reach the finals. Alyssa let up only 6 goals in the 4 games played.
At the conclusion of the tournament, the Comets U12 girls moved to 11-1-1 on the season overall and 9-0-0 in the MYCGL league. On the season the girls have outscored their opponents 62 goals to 10.
Comets U12 Girls Thanksgiving Tournament Team
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| | | | Comets History From December 1970 Magazine Article | | | | | |
posted 11/26/2011 
Recently found was a December 1970 Ice And Blade magazine article about
the Natick Comets. The full article can be read via this link. The article
discusses the origin of the Comets, how the program was structured circa
1970, and mentions the pending construction in 1971 of the West Suburban
Arena in Natick (currently the William L. Chase Arena).
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| | | | Comets Sponsor Pro Ambitions February Vacation Camps | | | | | |
posted 11/25/2011 Comets program sponsor Pro Ambitions is conducting ice hockey camps in February during school vacation weeks. Please click on this link to view the camp information.
Comets players get 10% off the camp tuition. To obtain the 10% discount code to use when signing up for a camp(s), please e-mail Pro Ambitions at
. Pro Ambitions will reply with the code to use.
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| | | | Former Comets Player Only Female On Carnegie Mellon Hockey Team | | | | | |
posted 11/13/2011 
Former Natick Comets player Bryn Loeffler is currently playing as a sophomore with the Carnegie Mellon club ice hockey team and is the sole female on the team. Bryn played six travel team seasons with the Natick Comets and most recently was on the Comets U19 team.
Bryn was chosen as Athlete of the Week for the Carnegie Mellon campus newspaper 'The Tartan'.
The full article on Bryn in the newspaper can be read via this link.
Bryn Loeffler
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| | | | Comets Host Try Hockey For Free Event | | | | | |
posted 10/30/2011 The Comets organization was pleased to host the USA Hockey initiative for boys and girls to come to a local skating/hockey rink and try the game of ice hockey for free. The Comets hosted the Try Hockey for Free event at the William Chase Arena on Saturday, November 5. Comets coaches helped with the event on and off the ice. There was a great turnount of boys and girls ages 4 to 10. Below are photos from the event.
Try Hockey For Free Event Photos
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| | | | Thank You To Comets Donors For Their Support | | | | | |
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