Friday, July 11, 2025

UPDATED: Bernie's big assist on Parker's HHOF selection; Four named to U.S. WJSS roster; 19 draft picks on 25-26 squad

 As we reported a few weeks ago, Jack Parker has been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto with his induction set for November. He'll become the fourth NCAA coach so honored, joining Ron Mason (Michigan State), Red Berenson (Michigan) and Jerry York (BC). And for many in Terrier Nation and the greater hockey community, the selection was long overdue. 

Bernie Corbett, the longtime Voice of Terrier Hockey, was motivated to make it happen, as described in Andrew Mahoney's piece in the Boston Globe: How BU’s Jack Parker made the Hockey Hall of Fame: A yearlong pursuit by an old friend results in much-deserved nod.

Corbett spent nearly a year assembling information and building a presentation for the Hall of Fame Committee.

Corbett drew inspiration from Dick Bresciani, the late Red Sox publicist who compiled a compelling statistical case for Jim Rice that helped get the outfielder into the Baseball Hall of Fame in his final year on the ballot in 2009. 

The numbers are spectacular. During his 40 years behind the BU bench, Parker's teams won 897 games--the most by a coach at a single D1 hockey school--and claimed three national championships, 21 Beanpot Tournament titles, 11 Hockey East championships and four ECAC titles. He received the Spenser Penrose Award as top collegiate coach three times. His 24 NCAA tournament appearances are a record.

Seventy-three of his players reached the NHL, while 28 competed in the Olympic Games and 52 represented their countries in the World Junior Championships. Forty-three earned ACHA All-American recognition.

Corbett was assisted by Matt Dressens, a former producer for Corbett's "Hockey on Campus" podcasts, who created graphics for the presentation.


Another graphic describes Parker's prolific coaching tree, players who've gone on to coaching professionally, in college and in prep and high schools, as well as those in NHL front-offices and scouting roles. That includes four who became NHL head coaches: Mike Sullivan, Joe Sacco, David Quinn and John Hynes.

And as for that coaching tree? Eight former players have held coaching positions in the pro ranks outside of the NHL, including the AHL, ECHL, BCHL, and WHL. There have been 22 in the college ranks, and 23 in the NHL on coaching staffs or in front offices. And an additional 17 have worked in high school or prep hockey. 

                             Courtesy of Matt Dresens

 

At the Development Camps


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World Junior Summer Showcase

USA Hockey announced its roster for the WJSS, the first step toward selecting the Junior National Team for the 2026 World Junior Championships, and four Terriers were selected. Returnees from last year's gold-medal winning squad Cole Eiserman and Cole Hutson are joined on the roster by Kamil Bednarik and incoming freshman Jack Murtagh. 

In the 2025 WJCs, Hutson became the first defenseman to lead the tournament in scoring with a 3-8-11 line while Eiserman produced three goals and four assists. Brandon Svoboda, who earned a roster spot when he led last summer's WJSS in scoring, scored six key points (3G,3A) from his spot on the checking line 

Bedarink was initially named to the last summer's WJSS camp roster but was unable to attend for personal reasons. 

►College Puck NXT has posted a list of D1 schools with the most NHL draft picks rostered for next season, as of July 10. BU tops the list with 19, including 13 chosen in the first three rounds.

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Of BU’s 19 picks, three are 1st rounders (Eiserman, Sascha Boisvert, Sascha Boumedienne), seven are 2nd round (Ryder Ritchie, Murtagh, Bednarik, Conrad Fondrk, Hutson, Carter Amico, Mikhail Yegorov), four are 3rd round (Svoboda, Gavin McCarthy, Charlie Trethewey and Malte Vass), one is 5th round (Jonathan Morello), two are 6th round (Aiden Celebrini and Ben Merrill) and two are 7th round (Jack Harvey and Owen McLaughlin). 

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