#2
Terriers head to Denver today for their two-game series with the #10 Pioneers
at Magness Arena. Game times are 9:30 p.m. ET Friday and 9:00 p.m. ET Saturday.
The games can be viewed on DirecTV (681, Friday; 681-1, Saturday) & Dish
Network (413, Friday; 453, Saturday). The Terrier Sports Radio Network also will air the contests.
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DenverPioneers.com preview
Last practice before we ✈️to the Rocky Mountains for a weekend series with @DU_Hockey. #GoBU pic.twitter.com/mpOejFguvH— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) October 12, 2016
.@TerrierHockey coach David Quinn tells us what he really thinks about his guys.. In a lovable way. @BUAthletics @collegehockey @hockey_east pic.twitter.com/Ytq2RmX1aL— American Sports Net (@LiveOnASN) October 12, 2016
Colgate
didn’t produce a highlights video for last Saturday’s game, so our friend, Bart
Rhett, stepped into the breech and put one together.
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BU-Colgate video
highlights
Freshman
Kieffer Bellows sat down with The Trentonian to discuss his personal and team
goals for this season.
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Trentonian report
Looking
ahead
On
Wednesday, BU received a commitment for 2017 from standout Finnish defenseman
Kasper Kotkansalo, who was a member of the gold-medal winning team at last spring’s
IIHF World U18 Championships. After four seasons with the Espoo Blues
organization in Finland, the 6’2”, 190 lb., left-shot defenseman is skating for Sioux Falls in the USHL this
season, along with 2018 recruit Matthew Quercia.
Kotkansalo
is the second defenseman in BU’s 2017 recruit class, joining USNTDP U18 blueliner David Farrance. When he was
selected in the second
round (25th overall) of the 2016 USHL draft, Finnish Junior
Hockey.com’s Marco Bombino wrote:
Kotkansalo could be a really good get for Sioux Falls for next season, a steady two-way defenseman from Blues U20 who started to produce more points as the season progressed. He’s not flashy in any way, but he can do plenty of things well. His first pass and positioning is good, he gets shots on net through traffic and he can push forwards to the outside. His stride isn’t the prettiest, but he’s got adequate mobility and good balance on his skates.
Kotkansalo and BU freshman Kieffer Bellows in the 2016 World U18 semifinal
The Helsinki native, who represented his country in the
2015-16 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, had a 4-15-19 scoring line with 36
penalty minutes in 48 games for the Blues U20. In the World U18s, Kotkansalo recorded four assists in six games.
He spoke to USHL.com about his
decision to play in North America this season:
“The reason why I’m going there is because you prepare to go to play college hockey. I know it’s a very tough league. It’s definitely a better league than in Finland, and that’s why I’m going there, to get tough games.
“I think I’m an all-around defenseman, maybe a little bit of offensive upside. Obviously, I like to make big hits, but they don’t come so often. I can do that and make good passes.
Kotkansalo
was given a C rating on NHL Central Scouting’s recent Players
to Watch list. The FinnProspects.com
site ranks Kotkansalo as the #11 Finnish player for the 2017 draft.
The
Blues organization in Finland also sent recent graduate Ahti Oksanen
and former All-American defenseman, NHLer and European Super Cup Champion Peter Ahola to
BU. Both players skated for Terrier squads that won the Hockey East
championship and reached the NCAA Championship game: Oksanen in 2015 and Ahola
in 1991.
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Elite Prospects page
● USHL.com feature
story on Kotkansalo
►The
Hockey Analyst reviewed the U18s’ game with
Harvard with capsules on each player, including BU 2017 recruits Logan
Cockerill, David Farrance and Brady Tkachuk.
Looking
back
Two Terriers have scored on @NHL opening night! First, it was Shatty scoring the Blues' first goal (in addition to 2 assists) in 5-2 win! https://t.co/rjj8rCXhd4— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) October 13, 2016
... and then Chiasson scored the Flames' first goal in his Calgary debut! #ProudToBU https://t.co/Y9k1gqCntr— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) October 13, 2016
Ahti
Oksanen and former Terrier captain Garrett Noonan, who were in the New York
Rangers training camp have been loaned by the Rangers’ AHL affiliate, Hartford,
to the ECHL
Greenville Swamp Rabbits. Both are signed to AHL contracts.
The Framingham Tab reviews the hockey playing and coaching career of Carl Corazzini, former Terrier captain, Hockey East All-Star, NHLer and now coach of the defending Massachusetts prep champion, St. Mark's School.
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