Terriers announce 9-man recruit class; right-wing Chabot added

Terriers today announced a nine-man freshman class for the 2016-17 season, which includes a goalie, two defensemen and six forwards.  The class is led by four players from the NTDP U18s: forwards Kieffer Bellows and Clayton Keller; defenseman Chad Krys; and goalie Jake Oettinger. Also incoming are the BCHL’s top blueliner, Dante Fabbro, prep forwards Johnny McDermott and Patrick Harper and USHL forward Patrick Curry.

Head Coach David Quinn:  “This is a class of quality & quantity. Every guy in this group brings something to our team that will help us compete for titles."

 ● GoTerriers.com report (to come)
 ● Boston Hockey Blog report

 ● Twitter links: Krys, Fabbro, Bellows, Chabot, Curry, Keller, Harper, McDermott, Oettinger     

 ●  BU Men's Hockey Twitter feed

 ●  Video: Keller, Bellows, Fabbro, 

A new name among the forward recruits is right-wing Gabe Chabot from the Rochester Jr. Americans of the USPHL Premier league. The 5-9, 175 native of St. Albert’s, Alberta, who led the Junior Americans in scoring last season with 50 points (19G, 31A) in 44 games, is a converted defenseman who was moved up front last season and blossomed as a right wing. He added three goals in three playoff games.

Chabot, who earned a spot in the USPHL Premier all-star game, previously played for the Portland Junior Pirates in both the Elite and Premier divisions. His father is Frédéric Chabot, a longtime minor league goalie who was drafted by the Devils in 1988 and reached the NHL, playing about 40 games for Montreal, Philadelphia and Los Angeles .

● Elite Prospects card

● Junior Americans report

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