Coach
David Quinn officially announced BU’s 2013 recruit class featuring six forwards
and four defensemen today. The group includes nine freshmen and one transfer.
The transfer is 6-6, right-shot
defenseman J.D. Carrabino, who played three games for Clarkson last season
after red-shirting in 2011-12. He’ll practice with the team this season and
have two years of eligibility beginning in fall 2014.
Blueline
help for the coming season comes from:
●
Doyle Somerby a 6-6
left-shot and 2012 Islander 5th round
draft choice, who captained Kimball Union last season—earning NEPSIHA
all-star honors—before playing ten games in the USHL with Muskegon.
A shutdown defenseman, he also led KUA blueliners in scoring this past season
with a 3-18-21 line. As a junior he helped the Wildcats to a prep
championship. 2012
interview.
●
Dalton MacAfee, a 6-1, right-shot from St. Sebastian’s and the Cape Cod
Whalers, whose father and grandfather were standout receivers in the NFL. U.S.
Hockey Report called him “a highly-mobile, puck-moving defenseman who is also
very good in his own end,” and named him to its list of top New England seniors
last year. Video
●
TJ Ryan, 6-0 right shot from the South Shore Kings and Newton North, where he
was a five-time captain (hockey, golf, lacrosse) and was recognized as the
school’s top athlete. His father, Tom, provides analysis on BU hockey
broadcasts and shared the captaincy of the 1987-88 Terriers with Quinn.
New
firepower up front consists of:
●
Robbie Baillargeon, a 6-0, right-shot center, who spent the past two season in
the USHL, scoring 89 points, after two campaigns
at Cushing Academy, where has was USHR Prep Forward of the Year in 2010-11. A
#5 draft pick of Ottawa in 2012.
●
Brendan Collier, a 5-9 left wing who played for the EJHL Valley Jr. Warriors
last season after two standout seasons at Malden Catholic, leading the Lancers
to back-to-back state
titles.
Named ESPN Boston's Mr. Hockey after scoring 65 points in 2011-12. Collier grew
up playing with close friend Matt Grzelcyk in the Middlesex Islanders
organization and later the N.E. Nordiques summer tournament program. A
#7 pick by Carolina in 2012.
●Nick
Roberto, a 5-9 right wing, from Kimball
Union, where his 23-25-48 scoring line earned him 2012-2013 USHR Prep
Forward of the Year honors. Teamed with Somerby and 2014 recruit Jonathan
MacLeod on KUA’s 2012 NEPSIHA championship team. Previously was a teammate of Collier at
Malden Catholic. Roberto, who committed to BU this past Spring after decommitting
from Maine, was MVP of the Flood Marr Tournament (photo)
●Kevin
Duane, a 6-5
right wing, who split time between the USHL and EJHL last season, scoring
13 goals and 15 assists in 25 games for the Jr. Bruins. Had two seasons as a top scorer at The Brunswick
School, including 29-24-53 in 2011-12.
●
Tommy Kelley, a 5-11 left wing and teammate of MacAfee at St. Seb’s, where he
was the top goal scorer last season and was Danny O’Regan’s linemate the
previous year. 14-16-30 line in 2012-13 and 19-15-34 in 2011-12. Was a top forward
in the Fall Prep League; scored a pair, including the GWG, in the Fall Prep
all-star game. Also played for the N.E. Nordiques summer team. Video
●
Dillon Lawrence, a 6-3 left-shot center, who played for the
AAA Major Midget Toronto Nationals, with a 15-21-36 scoring line in 33
regular-season games and 3-4-7 in ten playoff games. Played in last season’s
GTHL Midget All-Star game and was his team’s recipient of the 2013 Gretzky
Award for combined academics and on-ice performance.
►OverTheBoards.com
recently revealed its recruit class
rankings
and pegged the Terriers’ class at #5 in the nation. OTB recently posted its analysis of BU’s current
recruit class as well as several other verbals in the pipeline.
Looking ahead
2014 recruits goalie Shane Starrett and right wing J.J. Piccinich participated in the inaugural USHL Atlantic Challenge in New Jersey this past weekend, skating for Sioux Falls and Youngstown respectively. The event was heavily attend by college coaches, including BU associate head coach Steve Greeley and former Terrier captain Joe Pereira, now an assistant at UConn, along with numerous NHL scouts.
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