Saturday, March 21, 2020

Harper signs two-year deal with Nashville; This Day in BU Hockey


Senior Patrick Harper has signed a two-year entry-level contract with Nashville, which had drafted him in the fifth round of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. The diminutive wing scored 37 points (13G,24A) this season bringing his career total to 115 (41G,74A). A Hockey East All-Rookie honoree in 2015-16, he was a third team All-star this season. Harper won a bronze medal with Team USA in the 2018 World Junior Championships.

Harper joins a Predators organization whose roster includes Nick Bonino and Dante Fabbro, while Jeff Kealty is Assistant General Manager and Director of Scouting.
● NHL.com report

This Day in BU Hockey: March 21
2015: Behind a pair of goals from tournament MVP Jack Eichel and single goals by captain Matt Grzelcyk, assistant captain Cason Hohmann and Nikolas Olsson, the #3-ranked Terriers defeated defending Hockey East champion UMass Lowell, 5-3, to claim their eighth Hockey East Tournament Championship. Matt O’Connor stopped 22 River Hawk shots and improved his record to 23-3-4 for a nation’s-best .828 winning percentage.
● THFB report
● USCHO recap

2009: A first period goal by senior Brandon Yip and a sparkling 32-save performance by freshman netminder Kieran Millan gave the Terriers a 1-0 win over UMass-Lowell in the Hockey East title game at TD Garden. The championship, in the conference's silver anniversary season, was BU's seventh Hockey East tournament win. Three seasons earlier, Yip’s overtime goal gave the Terriers their sixth conference title, 2-1, over BC. Millan was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player and was joined on the all-tournament team by co-captains Matt Gilroy and John McCarthy and by Colin Wilson. With the win, BU improved to 31-6-4 and earned the #1 seed for the NCAA tournament.
THFB report
● Video highlights Part 1; Part 2

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