Bentley University Falcons‘ undrafted sophomore center Matt Gosiewski(12) had a 3 point game with a pair of goals in the opening round playoff matchup vs. Air Force University Falcons in a 6-3 win to advance.
The big 6’4″ 210 lbs. forward took an interesting route from his Connecticut home to committing to a college team.
He started in the USHL, then moved onto a campaign in the BCHL, only to return and finally sign with Wanatchee Wild up north juniors for his best production ever (28-23 in 50 games) in his fourth season and has continued pace in two years of college.
His 2020/2021 numbers were on pace to eclipse what he posted as a rookie.
No doubt the junior is going to be looked to as a leader next season and may even be given the ‘C’.
Minnesota Wild‘s 1st round pick in the 2019 draft (#12 overall) Boston College‘s 2nd year left wing Matt Boldy(12) signs his 3-year entry level deal after finishing up another solid campaign for his school team.
The 6’2″ 194 lbs. forward scored a new best 11 goals and 20 assists in a third less games than he played as a rookie.
Before committing he would come off a pair of runs for the USNTDP club, where on different levels he played in a season total of 100 games twice.
The just 4 days shy of his 2oth birthday is a full-on impact player that will certainly be up with the big club sooner than later.
Boston College‘s Alex Newhook(18) leaves school after 1.5 seasons, including a heartbreaking ouster in the 2021 NCAA Division 1 Tournament after a COVID inflicted session, which included only 12 games but a solid 7 goals and 9 assists performance to easily cement Colorado Avalanche‘s desire to pull him in now on a 3-year entry level deal.
The former high-scoring BCHL Victoria Grizzlies‘ forward will report to affiliate Colorado Eagles to get the wheels in motion, though could be summoned for some time with the big club this season ,but if not, will put up a fight to make the team out of camp for 2021/2022.
Andrew Garby(2) takes 3 strong seasons guiding the blue line for Fairbanks Ice Dogs and commits to Army West Point Black Knights.
Although not exactly lighting up the score sheet, he still may come alive more playing NCAA Division 1 Atlantic Hockey than he was able to produce in the NAHL, although he did gather 16 assists in 44 games as a rookie and the small blue liner at 5’9″ 170 lbs. has a monster overall +42 rating.
Future Harvard University Crimson freshman defenseman Matt Fusco(6) was faced with a season of no season at his high school Dexter Southfield School, so signed on to play with close by tier 3 junior team East Coast Wizards before committing to his school after what was an outstanding third season to put him on the top school’s radar.
Ready to go for the 2021/2022 campaign with only the limited junior experience of 10 EHL games grabbing 3 goals and 3 assists, his decent 6′ 185 lbs. frame may be just right at the ripe of age of 18 to put on a sweater and will join on year older brother John on the blue line.
His Dad and Uncle also played at the school, so it’s absolutely all-in-the-family.
He’s going to be a good player to watch in ECAC.
Congratulations of 2021 EHL Champions Boston Jr. Rangers.
They needed to work hard for the title, coming back from 2 down and pushing it to overtime, where they ended it at the 13:00 minute mark on a Johnny Malandruccolo (SUNY Fredonia) game-winning tally.
In this crazy of season of catching whatever hockey you can, we were fortunate enough to see this outstanding team of future DIII commits play 14 times.
From the photo: 6’5″ 215 lbs. forward Jack Schlifke(16) jumps 5’10” 165 lbs. starting goaltender Nathan Mueller(30) after the team won the game to head to the league’s Frozen Final.
Congratulations to captain Connor Bizal (Buffalo State) for being awarded the tournament’s MVP.
We are re-releasing this post from 11/21-19. It was on our old site Circling The Wagon but seems very right to see again now.
New York Rangers‘ 3rd round pick in the 2016 draft (#66 overall) rookie defenseman Adam Fox(23) made the opening night roster but it took 8 games for him to connect with his first point, an assist, and then he potted a 1st NHL goal two games later and is currently on a 5-game point streak, getting a first multi-point effort in his last outing to bring him to 3 goals and 5 assists with a +2 rating in 16 games.
The 5’11” 181 lbs. blue liner, who plays at a much bigger size signed a three-year entry level deal after leaving his last year of college at Harvard University.
He was a Hobey Baker Award Finalist in his last season after grabbing 39 assists.
The 21-year old had a 50 assist campaign playing for the US National U18 Team and the Jericho, NY native looks to be carving out a nice spot in the much larger Manhattan.
Sacred Heart senior goaltender Josh Benson(30) picked up a 1st shutout of the season (6th overall) with the 4-0 win over Bentley University Falcons (2/4).
The 6′ 190 lbs. net minder had a career year in 2019/2020 and looks to improve on that as he considers his next step to potentially becoming an unrestricted free agent to signing a contract with a pro team.
Boston College Eagles‘ undrafted junior center, captain Marc McLaughlin(25) had the game-winner in a recent 6-2 drubbing over Northeastern University Huskies.
He’s looking good at getting those, as he’s credited with 5 game-winning tallies, along with 3 shorthanders, a power play and an overall 10 goals and 14 assists in 23 NCAA games with a +16 rating heading into tournament action.
No doubt the 6′ 205 lbs. North Billerica, MA native gets some looks as an unrestricted free agent once his college career is up.
Air Force Academy Falcons 6’3″ 2nd year forward Willie Reim(23) scored the overtime game-winner at Bentley Arena to give the visiting team the win after losing 6-3 on the previous evening.
The 2nd year skater put up 6 goals and 6 assists in 14 games in this weirdo season.
He tied his marks in a third less games he set as a freshman.
The North Oaks, MN native took an interesting turn after local hockey high school to join West Kelowna Warriors of the BCHL for two seasons with a solid second campaign (24-34 in 57) before school.
Undrafted, the 22-year old will be interesting to watch.
