The Massachusetts 2010 class didn't just produce forwards for the USHL. Seven defensemen — 1 tendered and 6 drafted — were claimed in the Phase I Draft. Combined, they produced 129 points from the blueline during the 2025-2026 Massachusetts prep season. Six of the seven were USA Boys National 15 Team selections. Five made the 1st Team All-Massachusetts.
This is the deepest defensive class Massachusetts has sent to the USHL in the 2010 birth year. Here's every selection.
7 defensemen selected • 129 combined prep points • 6 USA National selections • 5 First Team All-Mass
Tendered
Cotter to Green Bay was the only Massachusetts defenseman tendered. The Gamblers gave up a first-round pick to secure him — the ultimate compliment for a blueliner. At 22 points from St. Marks, he was the #3 scoring defenseman in the entire 2010 class, behind only Fishbone (29) and Ware (25). A USA National 15 selection and 1st Team All-Mass. Green Bay didn't want to risk losing him in the draft, so they locked him in.
Drafted
Fishbone was the top-scoring defenseman in the entire Massachusetts 2010 class at 29 points — and the only non-USA National player on the 1st Team All-Mass. He earned his spot purely on production. From the St. Sebastian's blueline, he quarterbacked the power play and led all defensemen in assists with 23. Sioux Falls got the most productive blueliner in the state.
Ware is one of the most unique defensemen in the class. Twenty-five points — all assists. Zero goals, 25 helpers. He doesn't need to shoot to dominate. From the Belmont Hill blueline, he was the second-highest scoring defenseman in Massachusetts and a USA National 15 selection. Omaha got a defenseman who makes everyone around him better.
Porter and Fishbone to Sioux Falls gives the Stampede a Massachusetts D-pair. Both are Flames players who spent the season skating together at the highest club level. That chemistry doesn't need to be built — it already exists. Anderson's NEPSAC Championship at Cushing adds a winner's pedigree to the Dubuque blueline. Poti's 16 assists from Winchendon and his own NEPSAC Championship ring make him a steal in Round 15.
The numbers tell the story. The 7 Massachusetts defensemen who went to the USHL combined for 129 prep points — an average of 18.4 points per blueliner. Six were USA National 15 selections. Five were 1st Team All-Mass. Two were NEPSAC Champions. This isn't a thin group that got picked for potential — this is a loaded defensive class that produced at the highest level and got recognized for it.
Add these 7 to the NTDP selections (Queally and Lee play forward, but the point stands) and the 12 forwards drafted, and the Massachusetts 2010 class has sent 21 skaters to Tier I programs — not counting Will Torres in goal. The blueline is covered.