University Of Maine Black Bears‘ portal transfer graduate student from 4-years at Merrimack College Crusaders, defenseman Dominic Dockery(44) decides after 17 NCAA Division 1 games to turn pro, signing for the remainder of 2021/2022 with Wheeling Nailers.
He’s already played his first ECHL game, a crushing 7-1 defeat of a good club, where he unfortunately left with a -2 rating.
The 6’2″ 185 lbs. forward has never really been much of a point guy on the back end, but there is occasional glimmers of offense through juniors, even 13 assists in 60 USHL games with Youngstown Phantoms before he hit college.
At just 24-years old, the Lockport, NY native will likely take to the pro game pretty well and contribute.
He’s actually traded late to Indy Fuel for 3 games, putting up an assist after notching 5 helpers in 29 earlier in the frame.
For his 2nd outing in 2022/2023, he inks with Wichita Thunder, another good city for him to help out.
Through an almost full slate of games as a rookie, 71, he scores 2 goals and 8 assists, which is definitely worthy of another look in a Thunder uniform.
He is comfortable in a Thunder jersey, so will return a 3rd season after scoring 9 assists and needs to repair a better +/- with hopefully a team that competes for the playoffs a little better in 2024/2025.