August 1 is the date this class has been building toward. It's the first day college programs can open direct contact with the 2010s, and for a group that has already been through two USA Hockey national camps, an NTDP selection cycle, a USHL Phase I draft, and a QMJHL draft, the file on most of these players is already thick.

This is the forward group — the companion to our Top 15 Defensemen board. Fifteen Massachusetts forwards, ranked on what they actually did rather than what they might become: 2025-26 production, both national camps, NTDP selection, and where they landed in the two junior drafts.

Two numbers frame it. Jack Queally and Sam Lee were both selected to the National Team Development Program, which is the highest credential available to an American player at this age and the reason their National 16 Camp cells are blank — NTDP players don't attend. And Thomas Egan scored 32 points at Austin Prep without a single camp invitation, festival, or draft selection to his name, the third-highest forward total in the class and the loudest gap on this board between what a player did and what the system noticed.

How this is built. Every player here is a 2010-born Massachusetts forward who played a 2025-26 Massachusetts varsity season with confirmed production — NEPSAC prep or MIAA. Incoming players with no varsity record, and players whose totals can't be verified, are not eligible; they'll be ranked once they've played. The order weights six things: 2025-26 production, the National 15 Camp in 2025, the National 16 Camp in 2026, NTDP selection, USHL Phase I draft standing, and QMJHL draft standing. Unlike the defense board, production carries real weight here — a forward's job is to score, and a points column measures that far better than it measures a defenseman.

The Board

# Player School
26-27
2025-26
G-A-P
Nat 15 Camp
2025 G-A-P
Nat 16 Camp
2026 G-A-P
NTDP
2026
USHL
2026
QMJHL
2026
1Jack QueallyUSA Hockey NTDP16-21—370-4—4NTDPHalifax
2Carter FeltRivers20-14—341-2—30-2—2Cedar RapidsRimouski
3Sam LeeUSA Hockey NTDP15-16—310-3—3NTDPMoncton
4Jamie CallaGovernor's Academy11-7—186-2—83-3—6Sioux FallsHalifax
5Colin WalshRivers35-19—54 MIAA3-3—6Chicago SteelNewfoundland
6Drew ShortBelmont Hill8-18—263-1—4Gatineau
7Michael BarrettPhillips Andover10-13—231-1—20-1—1MadisonQuebec
8Robert DekleineBelmont Hill9-11—203-1—41-2—3Sioux CityCharlottetown
9Jameson NeedhamSt. Sebastian's12-8—200-3—3WaterlooBlainville
10Thomas EganAustin Prep13-19—32
11Drew GallucciHolderness12-15—27
12Owen FrickMaster's Academy Intl5-7—120-3—3OmahaCape Breton
13Blake WilichoskiCedar Rapids USHL7-11—182-1—3Cedar RapidsChicoutimi
14Liam CarlinWinchendon3-14—171-1—2
15Austin WuDexter Southfield8-6—141-0—10-0—0Tri-City
2 NTDP  ·  10 at Nat 15 Camp  ·  10 at Nat 16 Camp  ·  only 5 at both  ·  College column added as commitments land

One more column is coming. Starting August 1, we'll add a College column to the right side of this board and fill it in as commitments are announced. The board stays live through the season — same fifteen names, same credentials, destinations filled in one at a time. That's the point of publishing it now: it's the baseline before anybody signs.

Five In, Five Out

Ten Massachusetts forwards went to the National 15 Camp in 2025. Ten went to the National 16 Camp in 2026. Only five are the same players.

Calla, Felt, Barrett, Dekleine, and Wu went to both. Walsh, Short, Frick, Needham, and Carlin broke in this year. Queally, Lee, Wilichoski, Owen Lundin, and Ethan Machado didn't return — though in Queally's and Lee's case that's because the NTDP took them, which is a promotion, not a cut.

Strip those two out and the honest turnover is three forwards replaced by five. The blue line saw half its group change in twelve months; the forward group was steadier. Either way, a camp invite at fifteen was not a guarantee of one at sixteen, and college staffs reading this board should weigh it accordingly.

The Fifteen

In board order — where each player stands, what backs it up, and what the numbers don't say.

USA Hockey NTDP
25-26 16-21—37Nat 15 Camp 4NTDP 2026QMJHL Halifax

The leading scorer in the 2010 Massachusetts class and the only forward here who's already gone. Thirty-seven points at St. Sebastian's — 16 goals and 21 assists, meaning he was both the finisher and the setup man on his line. He had four assists at the National 15 Camp in 2025, and this year he was selected to the USA National Team Development Program, which is why his National 16 Camp cell is blank. NTDP players don't attend. Halifax holds his Q rights. He will not play club hockey this fall or return to St. Sebastian's for 2026-27 — he's in Plymouth full time. For college programs the pitch is simple: he's already inside the highest-development environment American hockey has, and everyone knows exactly where to find him.

Neponset Valley River Rats · Rivers School
25-26 20-14—34Nat 15 Camp 3Nat 16 Camp 2USHL Cedar RapidsQMJHL Rimouski

The only 20-goal scorer in the class. Thirty-four points at Rivers with the goal total leading everyone, and he's one of just five Massachusetts forwards to attend both national camps — three points at the 15, two at the 16. Cedar Rapids took him in the USHL and Rimouski in the Q. He is the most complete non-NTDP forward on this board: he produces at the highest volume, he's been in front of national evaluators two summers running, and both junior leagues committed picks to him. Rivers adds Colin Walsh this fall, which puts the two highest-scoring forwards in the class on the same roster.

USA Hockey NTDP
25-26 15-16—31Nat 15 Camp 3NTDP 2026QMJHL Moncton

Thirty-one points at Belmont Hill, split almost evenly between goals and assists, and the second Massachusetts 2010 forward taken by the NTDP. Three assists at the National 15 Camp. Like Queally, his blank 16 camp cell is a promotion rather than an absence. Moncton drafted him in the Q. Like Queally, he's gone from the Massachusetts landscape entirely for 2026-27 — no club team, no return to Belmont Hill. That school still sends Short and Dekleine to the top eight of this board, but Lee was the engine of it last winter.

Islanders Hockey Club · Governor's Academy
25-26 11-7—18Nat 15 Camp 8Nat 16 Camp 6USHL Sioux FallsQMJHL Halifax

The best camp resume of any Massachusetts forward in this birth year, and it isn't close. Eight points at the National 15 Camp in 2025 — six of them goals, the highest total of any Massachusetts skater there. Six more at the National 16 Camp in 2026, tied for the lead among Massachusetts forwards. Nobody else produced at both. His prep total of 18 is lower than five players ranked below him, and that is the entire argument against him. The counter is that he has scored every single time the sport has put him in a room with the best players in his age group in the country, two years running, and Sioux Falls and Halifax both noticed.

Neponset Valley River Rats · Rivers School
25-26 35-19—54 MIAANat 16 Camp 6USHL Chicago SteelQMJHL Newfoundland

Thirty-five goals and 54 points at Framingham High School, the highest scoring total of any forward at the National 16 Camp. The caveat is real and worth stating plainly: MIAA production doesn't convert one-to-one to NEPSAC prep numbers, and the schedules aren't comparable. What isn't in doubt is what he did once the competition leveled — six points at the camp, tied with Calla for the Massachusetts forward lead. Chicago Steel took him in the USHL and Newfoundland in the Q. He moves to Rivers this fall, joining Carter Felt. This season answers the only open question about him.

Neponset Valley River Rats · Belmont Hill
25-26 8-18—26Nat 16 Camp 4QMJHL Gatineau

Eighteen assists is the second-highest playmaking total among forwards in the class, and he added four points at the National 16 Camp — three of them goals, which is a different look than his prep season suggests. He was not at the 15 camp. He moves from Winchendon to Belmont Hill this fall. Gatineau drafted him in the Q with no USHL club following, and that split is the only thing holding him out of the top five. The camp performance says the scoring is in there.

Neponset Valley River Rats · Phillips Andover
25-26 10-13—23Nat 15 Camp 2Nat 16 Camp 1USHL MadisonQMJHL Quebec

One of five Massachusetts forwards at both national camps, with 23 points at Andover between them. His camp scoring is modest — two points then one — but the invitations are the credential, and holding a spot across two cycles when half the group turned over means the evaluators kept seeing what they liked. Madison and Quebec both drafted him. He's the most durable name on this board in the sense that matters: he keeps getting asked back.

Neponset Valley River Rats · Belmont Hill
25-26 9-11—20Nat 15 Camp 4Nat 16 Camp 3USHL Sioux CityQMJHL Charlottetown

Twenty prep points, four at the National 15 Camp and three at the 16 — the second-best two-camp scoring line among Massachusetts forwards behind Calla. Sioux City and Charlottetown hold his junior rights. Everything about his profile is consistent: he produces at a solid clip everywhere he plays without ever topping a leaderboard. That's a real archetype and college staffs recruit it, but he needs a scoring jump this winter to climb this board.

St. Sebastian's
25-26 12-8—20Nat 16 Camp 3USHL WaterlooQMJHL Blainville-Boisbriand

Twelve goals at St. Sebastian's and three points at the National 16 Camp, all assists — the reverse of his prep profile. He was not at the 15 camp, which makes him one of the five forwards who broke into the process this year. Waterloo and Blainville-Boisbriand both drafted him. His club situation for 2026-27 is still unsettled, which is the one loose end on an otherwise clean rising profile.

Austin Prep
25-26 13-19—32

The most under-credentialed player in the entire 2010 class. Thirty-two points at Austin Prep — the third-highest total of any Massachusetts forward this year, behind only Queally and Felt — with no national camp invitation, no Boys Festival, no Final 40, and no draft selection in either league. Thirteen goals and 19 assists means he did it both ways. There is no version of this board where a player producing at that level sits outside the top ten, credentials or not. If a college staff wants a player nobody else has processed yet, this is the name.

Islanders Hockey Club · Holderness
25-26 12-15—27Boys FestivalFinal 40

Twenty-seven points at Pingree last season, the fifth-highest forward total in the class, and he made both the Boys Festival and the Final 40 this spring before the cut. That's further into the USA Hockey process than anyone else without a camp invitation got. He moves to Holderness this fall. The production is top-five in this class; the credential is one round short. A strong first season at Holderness closes that gap fast.

Minutemen Flames · Master's Academy International
25-26 5-7—12Nat 16 Camp 3USHL OmahaQMJHL Cape Breton

A late addition to the National 16 Camp roster who made it count — three assists once he got there. Twelve prep points at Cushing is the lowest total in the top twelve, and it's the reason he sits here rather than higher. But Omaha and Cape Breton both drafted him, and being called into a national camp on short notice and producing is a data point that doesn't show up in a season total. He joins Master's Academy International this fall alongside Machado and Lundin.

Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
25-26 7-11—18Nat 15 Camp 3USHL Cedar Rapids — confirmedQMJHL Chicoutimi

Eighteen points at Milton and three at the National 15 Camp, two of them goals. He did not get the callback for the 16 camp, and he's the clearest case among forwards of a player the junior leagues valued after USA Hockey moved on — Cedar Rapids and Chicoutimi both drafted him anyway. He's confirmed to Cedar Rapids in the USHL for 2026-27, which makes him the third player across these two boards with his next stop settled and the only non-NTDP forward leaving Massachusetts this fall. When the national program and the junior leagues disagree about a player, this is usually how it resolves: somebody gives him the ice time and finds out. He gets it a year early.

Islanders Hockey Club · Winchendon
25-26 3-14—17Nat 16 Camp 2

Fourteen assists against three goals is the most lopsided distribution profile among forwards in this class. Seventeen points at Winchendon, two more at the National 16 Camp, and no draft selection in either league — the only 16 camp forward in that position. Pure playmakers are harder to evaluate at sixteen than pure scorers, which may be the whole explanation. If the goal total moves at all this winter he jumps significantly.

Minutemen Flames · Dexter Southfield
25-26 8-6—14Nat 15 Camp 1Nat 16 Camp 0USHL Tri-City

One of only five Massachusetts forwards invited to both national camps, and he went pointless at the second one. Fourteen prep points at Dexter. Tri-City drafted him in the USHL with no Q club following. The two invitations are the argument for him and the scoring is the argument against — he's been in every room that matters and hasn't yet produced in one. Sophomore year decides which of those two facts ends up mattering.

Two to the NTDP, ten at each national camp, only five at both. This forward group has been evaluated more thoroughly than any Massachusetts class before it reached August 1 — and one of its three highest scorers still hasn't been looked at once.
Full 2010 class profiles and season stats → stateofhockey.us/season-stats-2627-2010