Catching Up with the Terriers

New England Hockey Journal examines three Bruins prospects including Terrier sophomore defenseman Matt Grzelcyk, who earned Hockey East All-Rookie team honors last season.

Looking ahead

OverTheBoards.net’s review of the top forwards at the Beantown Summer Classic includes strong assessments of BU 2015 or 2016 recruit Bobo Carpenter and prospect Ryan Donato, who reportedly has been offered by the Terriers.

2014 recruit Jonathan MacLeod has been named to the roster of USA Hockey’s 2^nd annual All-American Prospects Game, set for Sept. 26 in Pittsburgh. MacLeod, who played for the NTDP U17s last season and now moves up to the U18s along with fellow recruit Jack Eichel, is one of 28 players rostered for the prospects game who appear on NHL Central Scouting’s Futures List for the 2014 draft.  A hard-hitting defensive blueliner, the 6-1 MacLeod played two seasons ago for Kimball Union as a teammate of current BU freshmen Doyle Somerby and Nick Roberto, helping the Wildcats earn the 2012 NEPSAC Simmons/Piatelli Championship.

We’ve added new recruiting page to our list of links in the sidebar. It’s College Hockey News’ “Recruit Watch.”

Looking back

NHL.com talks with former BU captain Kevin Shattenkirk about his opportunity to make the 2014 U.S. Olympic team, as evaluation camp continues in Lake Placid.

College Hockey Inc. has posted a list of all former college hockey players now on NHL coaching or administrative staffs or coaching in the AHL. The list includes 15 ex-Terriers, more than any other school, according to an @TerrierHockey tweet. Here they are:

Joe Sacco, ass’t coach Buffalo; Ron Anderson, Dir. Player Recruitment, Chicago; Bob Crocker, Amateur Scout, LA; Mark Mullen, Collegiate Scout, LA; Jack Ferriera, Special Assistant to GM, LA; Freddy Meyer, AHL Assistant Coach, LA; Chris Kelleher, Professional Scout, Minnesota; Paul Fenton, Assistant General Manager, Nashville; Jeff Kealty, Chief Amateur Scout, Nashville; Scott Lachance, Scout, New Jersey; Chris O’Sullivan, Scout, New York Islanders; Steve Stirling, AHL Assistant Coach, Ottawa; John Hynes, AHL Head Coach, Pittsburgh; John Lilley, Amateur Scout, Toronto; Mike Sullivan, Assistant Coach, Vancouver.

Women’s Team

The Terriers have announced their 2013-2014 schedule of 34 regular-season games and one exhibition game. In addition to three games against each Hockey East rival and the annual Beanpot Tournament, BU will host a pair of games against Minnesota-Duluth and will travel to Vail, Colorado to face off against St. Cloud State and Wisconsin.

Five current and former Terriers are included on Canada’s 2014 Olympic Centralization roster: defensement Catherine Ward and Tara Watchorn and forwards Jennifer Wakefield, Jenelle Kohanchuk and Marie-Philip Poulin. All five, along with current senior Louise Warren and sophomore Sarah Lefort participated in the recent Team Canada National Women’s Program Red-White Series.

Three recently graduated Terriers, Jill Cardella, Alissa Fromkin and Shannon Mahoney were drafted by the Boston Blades in the 2013 Canadian Women’s Hockey League Draft.

Looking ahead

Toni Ann Miano, a 2014 BU recruit, was a member of the  2013 U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team that participated in the 2013 Women's Under-18 Series vs. Canada, Aug. 22-25 in Lake Placid., N.Y.  She’s a defenseman from The Bronx, N.Y. Terrier assistant coach Katie Lachappelle was an assistant on the Team USA coaching staff.