Senior assistant David Farrance has signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Nashville Predators, who drafted him in the third round of the 2017 entry draft. A two-time Hobey Baker Top Ten Finalist and 2020 First Team All-American, he scored 16 points in his shortened senior season after leading all D1 defensemen in points (43), goals (14) and power-play goals (9) a season ago. His 1.26 pointer per game led all NCAA defensemen and was the highest recorded by a Hockey East blueliner in the past 25 years.
In Nashville, he'll join his former Terrier teammate, Dante Fabbro, and will be coached by another Terrier, Head Coach John Hynes, who says Farrance will immediately be added to the team's taxi squad while he acclimates to the pro game.
● NHL.com report and Farrance comments
● SBNation report
● Boston Hockey Blog Farrance introduced in Nashville.
WTBU Sports is reporting that senior captain Logan Cockerill will take advantage of the extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA due to COVID-19 and return to BU next season. Assistant captain Max Kaufman and redshirt junior Ty Amonte also are expected to return in 2021-22.
Juniors Jack DeBoer and Jake Wise and senior Jake Witkowski have entered the transfer portal.
● WTBU Sports report
Looking back
Charlie McAvoy, Matt Grzelcyk and Charlie Coyle all had a hand in the Bruins' 5-4 comeback win
over New Jersey in a shootout. With Boston trailing, 4-2 in the third
period, McAvoy scored his fourth goal midway through the period and then
Grzeylcyk notched his third at the 16 minute mark. Coyle scored the
first of two Bs goals in the shootout.
tw-align-centerCleaning it up.#NHLBruins | @CMcAvoy44 pic.twitter.com/7lCX6hlPMm
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) March 31, 2021
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— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) March 31, 2021
Women's Team
For a third consecutive year, Jesse Compher, this year's team co-captain and leading scorer, has been named to the Team USA roster for the IIHF World Championships this May in Nova Scotia. She won a gold medal in the 2019 tournament, while last year's event was cancelled due to Covid-19.
● GoTerriers.com report
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— BU Women's Hockey (@TerrierWHockey) March 28, 2021
📸 @michelle_jay3 pic.twitter.com/zwws8LL7Wa
Congratulations to Former Terriers Sammy Davis (‘20), Kaleigh Fratkin (‘14), Victoria Hanson (‘17), Mary Parker (‘17) and GM Karilyn Pilch (‘09) on winning the 2021 Isobel Cup with the Boston Pride.
● SportsNet.ca report
