Hobey Hat Trick; Player of the Month; Spencer Penrose finalist

Photo by Michelle Jay

Freshman Jack Eichel, the nation’s leading scorer and the assist leader, was named to the Hobey Hat Trick of three finalists for the 2015 Hobey Baker Award. The other finalists are Harvard forward Jimmy Vesey and North Dakota goalie Zane McIntyre. The winner will be announced on April 10 at Matthews Arena in Boston.

● USCHO report

● NCAA report

● Hockey East report 
● BU’s Jack Eichel page

►Former Head coach Jack Parker talked with WGR Radio in Buffalo about Eichel

Senior Evan Rodrigues was named Hockey East's Warrior Player of the Month for March, the second time he's been selected for that honor in the past three months. Rodrigues tallied 12 points (4G, 8A) in six games and earned Most Outstanding Player honors in the NCAA Northeast Regional. Eichel, who also had 12 points in March, was named Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Month, earning the award for the fourth time in six months. Matt O’Connor was runner-up for Stop It Goaltender of the Month.

►Terrier head coach David Quinn is one of eight finalists for the Spencer  Penrose Award for Division 1 Coach of the Year. All four Frozen Four head coaches are finalists. 

►Quinn talked about the Frozen Four and BU’s season on Boston Herald Radio (audio) .

►NCAA Frozen Four Central  

►College Hockey Inc. Links and Active Career Leaders 

►NHL.com preview of Frozen Four 

►Brandon Hickey is one of four Calgary Flames prospects playing in the Frozen Four.  The Leduc, Alberta, native talked with Calgary Herald about his first season at BU.

►CHN’s Adam Wodon: Between the Lines—Thoughts on Regionals

A few of our readers have provided links to extended highlight reels of BU's two wins in the Northeast Regional: 3-2 over Yale and 3-2 over Minnesota Duluth. Each is about 10 minutes long.

       

Looking ahead

 2016 recruit Kieffer Bellows continues to find the net for the Sioux Falls Stampede, setting a USHL mark with his 30th goal earlier this week.

Forward @BellowsKieffer of the @sfstampede has scored the most goals by a 16-year-old in #USHL Tier 1 era pic.twitter.com/0UUVm4yKpI
— USHL (@USHL) April 2, 2015