ANDOVER – Sisters Caroline and Maggie Averill have been teammates since they were toddlers.
“Both our parents played hockey, so it was a pretty early age. They would build a rink in our backyard, we got out there when we were like two or three,” Caroline said.
Hockey is in their blood, and they have always bled red, white, and blue. “We always had the USA jerseys and would put those on in the backyard rink,” Caroline said.
The two grew up with a homemade rink in their backyard, and now they have come up the ranks together.
Caroline is now a sophomore forward, at Phillips Academy in Andover. Maggie, is a freshman forward for the school.
There is no sibling rivalry between the two. They both believe that one another is the better hockey player. The sisters share nothing but respect for what each of them brings to the ice.
“I just feel like watching you. Your work ethic is like admirable, in the gym, on the ice, just everywhere,” Caroline said.
“I feel the same for her,” Maggie said.
“The thing that’s really cool to me is. It’s obvious to me they do it because they love it,” Head Coach Martha Fenton said.
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