At the close of the 2011-2012 Connecticut high school hockey season, several local players chose to make the jump to prep school hockey. Below is a look at how some of those players are faring in their first season at the varsity prep hockey level:
| PLAYER | POS. | HOMETOWN / CT HS HOCKEY TEAM | CURRENT PREP TEAM | 2012-2013 STATS (through 1/27/13) |
| AJ Unker | F | Westport, CT / Fairfield Prep | Williston-Northampton | 13 games – 8g, 5a, 13pts |
| Alex Esposito | F | West Haven, CT / Notre Dame-West Haven HS | Loomis-Chaffee | 18 games – 12g, 4a, 16pts |
| Brendan Strobel | F | Trumbull, CT / Trumbull HS | St. Thomas More** | 4 games – 1g, 5a, 6pts |
| Christian Blais | F | Sandy Hook, CT / Newtown HS | Loomis-Chaffee | 16 games – 0g, 2a, 2pts |
| Colby Cretella | F | Guilford, CT / Notre Dame-West Haven HS | Exeter | 16 games – 11g, 9a, 20pts |
| Dave Canfarotta | F | Stratford, CT / Notre Dame-Fairfield HS | Trinity-Pawling | 17 games – 3g, 2a, 5pts |
| Drew Mozzer | F | Glastonbury, CT / Glastonbury HS | Cushing Academy | 21 games – 3g, 0a, 3pts |
| Dylan Hart | F | New Canaan, CT / New Canaan HS | New Hampton | 18 games – 2g, 6a, 8pts |
| Ethan Holdaway | F | Glastonbury, CT / Glastonbury HS | Westminster | 17 games – 5g, 6a, 11pts |
| Frank Zumbo | F | Bridgeport, Connecticut / Notre Dame-Fairfield HS | Williston-Northampton | 13 games – 5g, 4a, 9pts |
| Frankie Sullivan | D | Fairfield, CT / Notre Dame-Fairfield HS | Westminster | 16 games – 3g, 7a, 10pts |
| Jack Fitzgerald | F | Guilford, CT / Guilford HS | Westminster | 17 games – 8g, 5a, 13pts |
| Jake Granito | F | New Canaan, CT / New Canaan HS | Millbrook | no stats |
| Jeff Smolicz | D | Berlin, CT / Newington-Berlin Coop | St. Thomas More | 11 games – 3g, 3a, 6pts |
| Jeremy Germain | F | Hamden, CT / Hamden HS | Choate | 18 games – 7g, 5a, 12pts |
| Jon Venter | D | Guilford, CT / Guilford HS | Canterbury | 20 games – 0g, 3a, 3pts |
| Matt Kobyra | F | Wilton, CT / Wilton HS | Hotchkiss | 15 games – 4g, 2a, 6pts |
| Matt Lis | D | Wethersfield, CT / Wethersfield HS | Bridgton Academy | 23 games – 2g, 11a, 13pts |
| Mike Lee | D | Hamden, CT / Hamden HS | Gunnery | 23 games – 1g, 7a, 8pts |
| Mike Troiano | F | West Haven, CT / West Haven HS | Trinity-Pawling | 10 games – 0g, 1a, 1pts |
| Spencer Manchuck | F | New Canaan, CT / New Canaan HS | Northfield-Mount Hermon | 20 games – 2g, 7a, 9pts |
| Stephen Marsico | F | East Haven, CT / East Haven HS | Loomis-Chaffee | 17 games – 1g, 6a, 7pts |
| Tyler Manchuck | F | New Canaan, CT / New Canaan HS | Northfield-Mount Hermon | 18 games – 0g, 2a, 2pts |
| Will Brophy | D | Fairfield, CT / Fairfield Prep | Westminster | 17 games – 1g, 2a, 3pts |
** Brendan Strobel began the 2012-2013 season at Trumbull High School before transferring to St. Thomas More in January 2013.