Former Terrier captain, two-time first-team All-American, 1998 Hobey Baker Award winner, and all-time
BU goal-scoring leader Chris Drury was inducted into the U.S. Hockey
Hall of Fame last night at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel. Former
Terrier Assistant Coach, Hartford Whalers' assistant GM and now “Dean of New England Scouts” Bob Crocker received
the Lester Patrick Trophy for outstanding service to hockey in the United
States.
Drury, the only player to have won the Hobey Baker Award
and the Calder Trophy as NHL rookie of the year, played 12 seasons with four
NHL teams (Colorado, Calgary, Buffalo, Rangers), winning the Stanley Cup with
the Avalanche in 2001. He was introduced by former BU coach Jack Parker in a video highlighting Drury's career. In his remarks, Drury paid tribute to many of his Terrier teammates and his coaches, as well as many others who supported his career, noting "The bonds you make in this game are second to none.
To no
one's surprise, Drury delivered an incredible acceptance speech,
including a touching moment to honor friend and teammate Travis Roy.
—
BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) December
18, 2015
Crocker related anecdotes from his long career that made
him a part of two NCAA championships at BU, three NHL Stanley Cups (Kings
twice, Rangers) and a Calder Cup (Harford) and continues at age 87 as a Kings’
scout.
● USA Hockey report
and video; Drury
profile
● NHL.com remarks from Drury, Crocker
and other honorees
● Buffalo Sabres feature
on Drury
● USA Hockey Honorees
at Bruins game
Among former Terrier players, coaches and manager at the
event: Jack Parker, David Quinn, Brian Durocher, Steve Greeley, Travis Roy, Dennis
O'Connell, Mike O'Connell, Bill
Berglund, Chris Henes, Larry Abbott, Steve Dolloff, John Danby, Tim Regan, John
Grady, Peter Yetten, Joe Robillard, Don Cahoon, and Bob Murray.
►We’ve added a link to the list of VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS
in the sidebar to the first episode BU Terriers All Access,
the new must-watch news program dedicated to BU hockey that appears on NESN and
online.
U.S. Junior National Team
Training camp continued at BU with a morning skate at
Walter Brown Arena followed by a 7 p.m. game tonight against UMass at the Mullins
Center. If you subscribe to TerrierTV, you can watch a live stream of the game
for free on UMass All
Access.
● USA Hockey: Day 2
highlights (video); WJC Notebook
● SB Nation: Day
2 highlights ; New
England connections, UMass exhibition plans
Ron
Wilson: "I knew Clayton Keller was good from what Danton Cole told me
but didn't know he was this good. Very
impressed."
— Mike Morreale (@mikemorrealeNHL)
December
17, 2015
Looking ahead
2016 recruit Kieffer Bellows is this week’s top draft prospect profile
on NHL.com. The left wing from Edina,
Minnesota has 24 goals in 27 games for the NTDP U18s, after scoring 33 goals last season
for USHL Clark Cup Champion Sioux Falls. David Gregory of NHL Central Scouting:
"I think he's going to be the finisher and the sniper. He can play on the wing and if you have someone that can get him the puck, he's very adept at getting open for shooting lanes. He can distribute, but there are not many people that can shoot it like him and finish like him.”
►Earlier NHL.com prospect profiles have included Charlie McAvoy and 2016
recruit Dante Fabbro.
TheDraftAnalyst.com’s recap of the NTDP U18s’ 4-1 win
against Princeton last weekend includes very positive
analyses of Bellows and fellow 2016 recruit Keller.
2017 recruit Brady Tkachuk (photo) assisted on two goals in the
NTDP U17s’ 8-3 win
against host team Slovakia in the Four Nations Tournament. David Farrance
(2017) and Logan Cockerill (2018) each recorded one assist.
Hockey
Canada looks at the path that Fabbro (photo) and his Penticton Vees teammate Tyler
Jost are taking to the NHL draft, where both are projected to be first-round
selections. Meanwhile, NorthumberlandToday.com
caught up with Fabbro at the World
Junior A Challenge in Ontario where his Canada West squad will meet Russia
for the tournament championship on Saturday.
Looking back
Former BU assistant coach and Northeastern head coach Ben
Smith has been named to the IIHF Hall
of Fame Class of 2016. An All-American at Harvard in the 1960s, Smith was a
four-time U.S. Olympic women’s ice hockey coach and led the team to its
first-ever gold medal in 1998.
Matt Nieto’s fourth goal of the season pulled San Jose
even with Toronto in the third period and the Sharks went on to win in
overtime, 5-4
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