Merrimack senior Conor Dunn was named the Division II All-State Player of the Year. (Telegraph file photo by TOM KING)

There was no doubt as the high school season went on that the key to Merrimack High School’s hockey success was senior defenseman Conor Dunn.

The other coaches around Division II definitely agreed. Dunn was named the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey Division II All-State Player of the Year, topping the list of locals who earned honors in three boys divisions and the one girls hockey division. Dunn was a superb two-way player this year who became even more of a go-to player once teammate Eliot Medlock’s season was cut short. He had 20 goals and 17 assists for 37 points.

Locally, there weren’t a plethora of players on the teams selected by the coaches around the state. Dunn was the only Tomahawk player selected, despite the fact they were the top seed going into the tournament. Alvirne-Milford goalie Trent Scarbro was Division II’s First Team goalie while Admirals forward Bryce Larco and defenseman Cade Bouchard were Honorable Mentions.

In Division I, there were three Honorable Mentions: Nashua North-Souhegan forward Chase McBride, and Bishop Guertin defenseman Caleb Yeung and goalie Ethan Casey.

In Division III, Pembroke-Campbell had four players on the team but the only Campbell player was senior defenseman Patrick Chamberlain on Honorable Mention.

As for the Girls All-State team, there was just one local: Bishop Guertin senior defenseman Gracie Menicci was a First Teamer.

Here are the complete All-State Teams:

DIVISION I

FIRST TEAM: Cam Keaveney, forward, Exeter; Owen Carey, forward, Londonderry; Nate Crowley, forward, Windham; Andrew Rudd, defense, Hanover; Casey Kramer, defense, Windham; Ben Breen, goalie, Windham.

SECOND TEAM – Dawson Fancher, forward, Concord; Wyatt Seelig, forward, Hanover; Max Condon, forward, Salem; Matt Wallace, defense, Exeter; Jack Shoemaker, defense, Concord; Trenton Hill, goalie, Keene.

HONORABLE MENTION – Mike Maloney, forward, Londonderry; Owen Webber, forward, Bow; Chase McBride, forward, North-Souhegan; Brodie O’Neill, defense, Bow; Caleb Yeung, defense, Bishop Guertin; Ethan Casey, goalie, Bishop Guertin.

Player of the Year: Cam Keaveney, Exeter. Coach of the Year: Shawn Dunn, Windham.

DIVISION II

FIRST TEAM – Jackson Estes, forward, St. Thomas; Ryan Dube, forward, Spaulding; Brady Thompson, forward, Winnacunnet; Conor Dunn, defense, Merrimack; Cam Minor, defense, Oyster River; Trent Scarbro, goalie, Alvirne-Milford.

SECOND TEAM – Caleb Marasca, forward, Dover; Talon Beyor, forward, Oyster River; Sam Chapman, forward, Goffstown; Drew Marelli, defense, Winnacunnet; Jack Clary, defense,Lebanon-Stevens-Mascoma; Owen Helton, goalie, Winnacunnet.

HONORABLE MENTION – Owen Culcasi, forward, Dover; Mason Ballard, forward, Lebanon-Stevens-Mascoma; Bryce Larco, forward, Alvirne-Milford; Patrick Slover, defense, Portsmouth-Newmarket; Cade Bouchard,defense, Alvirne-Milford; Will Clark, goalie, Portsmouth-Newmarket.

Player of the Year: Conor Dunn, Merriack. Coach of the Year: Jamie Ferullo, Spaulding.

DIVISION III

FIRST TEAM – Kolin Melanson, goalie, Berlin-Gorham; Robbie Murphy, defense, Kennett; Boyd Poulin, defense, Berlin-Gorham; Cameron Plumb, forward, Pembroke-Campbell; Evan Guertin, forward, Belmont-Gilford; Cameron Pake, forward, Berlin-Gorham.

SECOND TEAM – Liam Cripps, goalie, Pembroke-Campbell; Brady Poulin, defense, Berlin-Gorham; Nate Cloos, defense, Kingswood; Casey Fuller, forward, Pembroke-Campbell; Adam Lopashanski, forward, Kennett; Jack Swanson, forward, Kearsarge-Plymouth.

HONORABLE MENTION – Carson McGreevy, goalie, Belmont-Gilford; Brennan Johnson, defense, Kearsarge-Plymouth; Patrick Chamberlain, defense, Pembroke-Campbell; Austin Emerson, forward, Kingswood; Adam Ribeiro, forward, Belmont-Gilford; Dillon Boucher, forward, Berlin-Gorham.

Player of the Year: Kolin Melanson, Berlin-Gorham. Coach of the Year: Justin Garzia, Kearsarge-Plymouth.

GIRLS DIVISION

Riley Dunn, forward, Pinkerton; Maeve Lee, forward, Hanover; Lilyan Blood, forward, Hanover; Ava Bartoli, defense, Berlin-Gorham-Kennett; Gracie Menicci, defense, Bishop Guertin; Maddie Beyor, goalie, Pinkerton.

SECOND TEAM – Emily Gosselin, forward, Pinkerton; Kira Jakobs, forward, Oyster River-Portsmouth; Cassidy Libby, forward, Kingswood-Prospect Mountain; Megan Rinko, defense, Oyster River-Portsmouth; Meghan Schmidt, defense, Bishop Brady-Trinity-Londonderry; Eleanor Edson, goalie, Hanover.

HONORABLE MENTION: Madison Mann, forward, Exeter; Eliza Farwell, forward, Oyster River-Portsmouth; Nora Bradley, forward, Hanover; Hannah Gardner, defense, Hanover; Olivia Pollard, defense, Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge; Olivia O’Neil, goalie, Berlin-Gorham-Kennett.

Player of the Year: Ava Bartoli, Berlin-Gorham-Kennett; Coach of the Year: Aaron House, Kingswood.

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