Colorado College Tigers came for a visit east for the 1st time in at least a couple of years and downed ranked Boston College Eagles 5-3 in a game the visiting team would not quit on.
Sophomore forward Matthew Gleason got the game-winning tally and added an assist in the win.
The 5’8″ 170 lbs. wing has career high marks this season with 5 goals and 8 assists in 18 NCAA Division 1 games.
Undrafted, the 20-year old was a huge scorer at Cretin-Durham Hall HS, posting a remarkable, almost 3-points per game in his senior year as team captain (35-38 in 25 USHS-MN games).
He will need to continue to power some scoring, but looks to play some pro hockey after college is complete.
Boston Bruins‘ 1st round pick in the 2019 draft (#30 overall) center John Beecher(45) gets a first look from fans at the recent development camp.
The Elmira, NY native has spent the last couple of seasons with the USNTDP but will head to University Of Michigan.
There’s little doubt watching the 6’3″ 209 lbs. forward at the final day’s scrimmage that he competes hard and possesses the ability to score.
He’s only 18-years old and only lasts through 3 years of college hockey before signing his NHL entry level contract.
By his 2nd season, he would turn into a full-blown upper league skater, but maybe wouldn’t catch on the net, as much as anticipated.
He gets dealt to Calgary Flames, where in 29 games he scores 2 goals and 4 assists.
For 2026/2027, he’s an unrestricted free agent and signs a 1-year 2-way deal with Florida Panthers.
Florida Panthers‘ 5th year center Mike Sgarbossa(48) maybe had to question if he would see another chance to crack an NHL roster after an early season trade from Anaheim Ducks, where he spent the last pair of years, mostly with affiliate San Diego Gulls but also appeared in a career high 9 big league to start the current calendar.
The small-ish hard skating forward recorded a career high two assists before being dealt, then reassigned to the minors joining new farm squad Springfield Thunderbirds.
The 24-year old was really starting to make it pop after entering the new surroundings scoring 4 goals and 8 assists in 14 AHL contests and really seeming to control the play a lot better.
It’s paid off as he’s received a recall and already appeared in another 7 games pushing his new high up to 16 games skating lots of minutes but still looking to grab more points and his first goal.
He’s set to become a restricted free agent one more time and it would be a likely bet that they look to keep him around.
For his 14th professional year playing hockey, he decides to take a look elsewhere and signs with HC Lugano of NL for 2 years, where he will do extremely well in Switzerland.
11th year center Matt Anderson(29) switches up SHL clubs in 2017/2018 signing for a season with Skelleftea AIK after two 18 goal campaigns for Djurgardens IF.
After a pair of big league games recording an assist with his only NHL contract team New Jersey Devils, he left North America pro hockey for the KHL.
He did decently for Spartak Moskva in his first run overseas scoring 11 goals and 9 assists, then took it up a notch splitting 2014/2015 with Medvescak Zagreb and Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk striking for 15 goals and 20 assists in 63 games.
At 34 years old he shows little signs of slowing down.
