ALYSE MUTTI
By STEPHEN MARTELLUCCI
PEABODY — Six members of the Peabody-Lynnfield-North Reading co-op girls’ hockey team received postseason honors voted on by the Northeastern Hockey League coaches.
Ava Buckley was named the league’s MVP as the junior forward had 39 points with 17 goals and 22 assists. She was an NHL All-Star last year.
The other NHL All-Conference player is junior goalie Alyse Mutti who made the team for the second year in a row. The North Reading resident went 16-4 this year and posted eight shutouts.
MIA LAVA
Mia Lava made the NHL All-Star team for the first time in her career. The junior forward finished the 2023-2024 campaign with nine goals and 10 assists for 19 points.
Shirley Whitmore also made the All-Star team for the first time. The junior winger had 19 points with 11 goals and eight assists.
Lava and Whitmore are both from North Reading.
Buckley’s twin sister, Leah, made the NHL All-Star team for the second year in a row. The defenseman had eight points with one goal and seven assists.
SHIRLEY WHITMORE
Catie Kampersal is an NHL All-Star for the second consecutive year. The co-captain had 23 points with 14 goals and nine assists.
It was a memorable season for the Tanners who won the NHL title this year going 15-1. In the MIAA Division 1 state tournament they finished 18-5 overall after losing to Notre Dame of Hingham, 2-0, in the quarterfinals.
Along with Kampersal, the Tanners will lose three more seniors to graduation: Yasmine Giacalone (forward), Jewel Mahnfeldt (forward) and North Reading’s Addi Mikulski (forward).
