Devon Prep will join the Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference for the 2026-27 hockey season.

“We are pleased to announce the addition of the Devon Preparatory School to the APAC,” said APAC Chairman Steve Mackell. “Devon Prep brings a strong hockey program and excellent academic reputation to our league. We are excited to add them as our newest member and look forward to the competitive matchups they will bring to the ice starting in the 2026-27 season.”

“Devon Prep is humbled to join the APAC,” said Tide coach Matt Fabrizio. “We look forward to upholding the values and traditions established by some of the best hockey programs in the entire state.”

The Tide is entering its fifth season of varsity hockey. Fabrizio has been the head coach from the start.

“For a hockey program to take off, you really need buy in from the entire school,” he said. “I just happened to be the lucky guy that was in the school that was ready for it.

“The administration has been incredibly supportive. Our athletic encouraged us to start it.”

The 2026-27 will be the APAC’s ninth. The four founding members, Holy Ghost Prep, La Salle College High School, Malvern Prep, and St. Joseph’s Prep, launched the conference at the start of the 2018-19 season.

This year’s conference schedule will include 10 regular season games. All si teams will qualify for the Founders Cup playoffs; the top two finishers will get byes into the semifinals.

The Hun School became the conference’s fifth member school for the 2021-22 season.  The member schools are comitted to creating an environment where their student-athletes can thrive academically and athletically.