Back-to-back USA Hockey National Champ

by Mike McPartlin, Headmaster, Bridgedale Academy

This week Bridgedale Academy 10th grader Jacob Perreault won his second consecutive USA Hockey National Championship.

Jacob's Chicago Mission U16s defeated Team Wisconsin U16s in the Finals on Tuesday in Philadelphia, PA.

His team went a perfect 6-and-0 in the tournament, also beating powerhouses like Little Caesars, Boston Jr. Eagles and Oakland Jr. Grizzlies on their way to the title.

Jacob is a 2002 birth year player and was a key player on last year's Mission Bantam Major team that won the 2017 Bantam National Championship.

"As great a hockey player as we know Jacob is and was when he enrolled, we  believe he has really blossomed this year at Bridgedale,” said Bridgedale Headmaster Mike McPartlin. "All our younger student-athletes look up to Jacob and over the course of the school year he embraced this role and became a quiet leader at our school."

“During the first half of this school year Jacob was able to spend time working 1-on-1 with Theo Di Pauli, himself a great role model,” added McPartlin. “We could see the positive impact this had on Jacob, personally and academically. But Theo has been gone since January and Jacob has continued to blossom in his absence. We're all very proud of him.”

Congratulations to Jacob (and his parents Yanic and July) on his outstanding achievement.

Bridgedale Academy is an all-boys school for athletes, a prep school for serious youth hockey players. We will offer grades 5 through 8 in the 2018-19 school year. In addition to our winning combination of sports and academics, we focus on leadership training. We use a classical academic curriculum and our graduates go on to attend some of the most prestigious high schools in the midwest, including Lake Forest Academy, Culver Military Academy, Shattuck St. Mary’s, Northwood School, Benet Academy, Fenwick Prep, St. Ignatius Prep, Latin School and Providence Catholic. We pride ourselves on being the top youth hockey prep school in the nation. Eleven (11) of our former or current students have already received their NCAA Division 1 college hockey commitments. Three (3) of our former students competed for USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program and will begin their college playing careers in 2018-19, two at Notre Dame and one at Michigan.