Fall Schedule Announced

The Nichols Boys Hockey program has taken a giant step forward in its attempt to enhance its hockey experience with the creation of the Fall Development Program. With a focus on skill development, Nichols has created a fall program that will certainly be the model of many programs in the future. Practices will be held Monday from 6:15pm-7:30pm, and Wednesday 6:30am-7:30am with the first practice starting Wednesday September 9. The fall game schedule has been finalized. The program is offered to any player enrolled at Nichols, and the top 20 players available will play in games.

Sept. 20 9:00pm @West Seneca U-18 (Leisure Rinks)

Sept. 27 5:45pm Rochester Amerks U-18 (Dann Arena)

Oct. 11 5:45pm West Seneca U-18 (Dann Arena)

Oct. 18 5:45pm Amherst U-18 (Dann Arena)

Oct. 22 8:50pm @Amherst U-18 (Pepsi Center)

Oct. 25 3:15pm @Monroe U-18 (Lakeshore)

Oct. 31 7:30pm Monroe U-18 (Dann Arena)

Coaching Staff Changes

During the summer months, the Nichols Hockey program has gone through some changes in its coaching staff. While Jamie Printz and Scott Hurd remain with the Prep team, Nichols is excited to announce the addition of two coaches to the Prep and some re-organization to the Fed. Wayne Clarke, an RPI graduate and Toronto Maple Leafs draft pick, has agreed to return to the Prep team on a limited basis, and Adam Bellows, a Nichols alum and Clarkson graduate, will also lend his services to the squad. Adam Holler will be taking over as head coach of the Federation team, and Darcy Brewer will be his assistant coach.

Summer Conditioning Has Been Sent

Players should have received their summer hockey packet. If you have not received one, email Coach Printz at jprintz@nicholsschool.org.

Five Nichols Players Selected to NY Development Team

Five Nichols players have been selected by USA Hockey to participate on the NY development team set for St. Cloud. MN. Each district in USA Hockey designates its best players for their age to move forwards and compete for a spot on the National team for their age group. This summer each of these players will be competing with the best players in the country.

Andrew Poturalski, a freshman forward on the junior prep team, was selected as an alternate on the 94 team. Former Nichols student CJ Lampasso has also been selected as a forward for the 94 team.

Current Nichols 8th grader Mason Evans, a defenseman will be competing in the 95 age bracket. Two incoming students were also selected. Eigth graders Wilson Vershay, a defensman, and Nicholas Smith, a forward, will be traveling to St. Cloud with the 95 group.

Good luck this summer!

Coaching Staff Finalized

The 2009-2010 coaching staff has been finalized with the addition of 4 coaches. Any program would be hard pressed to find a more knowledgable and experienced coaching staff than the one at Nichols School.


Scott Hurd, former assistant at St. Francis HS, will be joining the Nichols staff this season. Coach Hurd has been a prominent figure in the Western NY hockey scene for many years, and he will be an integral part of the advancement of Nichols Hockey. Hurd's knowledge of players and player development will be invaluable.


Darcy Brewer returns to the staff for his third year at Nichols School. Before Nichols, Coach Brewer spent time as a coach at the Landon School in Bethesda, MD. His prevous experience with the players will be relied upon as the program ventures in a new direction.


Wayne Clarke, an assistant coach last season, will be working only in the fall. A 1992 draft pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs and RPI graduate, Coach Clarke brings a great deal of knowledge and perspective to the fall program. He will have a key role in developing the young players.


David Smith will round out the fall staff. In addition to his role as monitor for the health and wellness of NHL officials, Coach Smith has spent many hours training elite hockey players around the globe. He will be a tremendous addition as the fall program ventures to develop more talented hockey players.

Fall Program Announced for 2009

Beginning in early September all boys hockey players in grades 9-12 will be eligible to take part in the Nichols fall hockey program. The fall program will practice twice a week and play approximately 8-12 games in September and October. The focus in the fall will be on skill development, skating and system implementation. We believe the best way to develop young talent is to have a high practice to game ratio. The fall practices/games will be scheduled in conjunction with Nichols fallsport schedules with the intent that many of our kids will continue to play more than one sport at Nichols, which is in keeping with our school philosophy which values multisport student-athletes.

Boys Hockey Announces New Head Coach

Nichols School is excited to announce that Jamie Printz has been named the new Head Boys Prep Hockey Coach. Coach Printz has spent the last ten years as the Head Coach at Bridgton Academy in Maine. During his tenure at Bridgton, he has elevated the program to Junior A status and has sent over 120 players to play at the collegiate level. Prior to coaching at Bridgton, Printz held the position of Assistant Men's Hockey Coach at the University of Southern Maine in the ECAC East conference. In his five years atUSM, he was recruiting coordinator, strength coach and oversaw the development of the defense and goalies. Printz also played his college hockey at USM where he was a four year varsity starter at goaltender and currently holds records for most wins in a career and most shutouts in a season and career. Coach Printz will also be teaching Mathematics in the Upper School, and he and his family plan to move to Buffalo in August. He will be a great addition to the Nichols hockey program and to the Nichols community.