No "This Day" games for April 8, but we'll have two tomorrow. Instead, we'll spotlight a standout Terrier: BU's clutch goaltender from the first decade of the 2000s, John Curry.
A native of Shorewood, Minn., Curry was Team MVP at the Breck School as a senior and then earned New England Prep All-Star honors during a post-grad season at Taft. He came to BU as a recruited walk-on in 2003, but played only five minutes as freshman. After a rough start for the Terriers in the 2004-04 season opening Lefty McFadden tournament, Curry was installed as the starter and, over three seasons,
played in 105 of the next 117 games, starting 104 of them and was only pulled in four games, one due to an injury,
played in 105 of the next 117 games, starting 104 of them and was only pulled in four games, one due to an injury,
Curry helped lead BU to the 2006 Hockey East championship, earning 2nd team All-American honors. The following season, he was 1st team All-American, Hockey East Player of the Year and a Hobey Baker Award finalist. Curry is all over the BU record book. He's the career leader in both save percentage and goals against average and he produced three of the top 12 GAAs for a season. He is tied for the most career shutouts (13) with fellow Minnesotan Jake Oettinger and another All-American, Jack Ferreira. Curry was inducted into the BU Athletics Hall of Fame in May 2014.
Several of Curry's best performances as a Terrier, including the 2006 HE title game and the 2007 Beanpot championship (both vs.BC) can be found on Sean Pickett's Google Drive (LINK) along with dozens of other BU games.
After BU, Curry had a long AHL/ECHL career, and made eight NHL appearances with Pittsburgh and Minnesota.
Looking ahead
NHL Central Scouting has released its final rankings for
the 2020 draft. Four future Terriers received rankings:
Among North American goalies: Drew Commesso #2
Among North American skaters: LW Luke Tuch #40, RW Dylan Peterson #43 (photo), C Artem Schlaine #93
Among North American skaters: LW Luke Tuch #40, RW Dylan Peterson #43 (photo), C Artem Schlaine #93
All are 2020 recruits except for Schlaine who is
scheduled to arrive in 2021. Two other incoming freshman Ds, Braden Doyle and
Cade Webber, were drafted last year, Doyle in the sixth round by the Kings and Webber in the 4th round by the Hurricanes.
Looking back
—
Cleveland Monsters (@monstershockey) April
6, 2020 Cleveland Monsters’
defenseman Doyle Somerby and Texas Stars’ goalie Jake Oettinger have been named
recipients of their teams’ IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year awards
for outstanding contributions to their community.
Somerby began his community efforts this season by
participating for the second consecutive year in the American Cancer Society’s
Real Men Wear Pink campaign. Throughout October, Somerby raised over $10,000
for breast cancer research and used his social media platforms to help bring
awareness to the cause in variety of ways.
Building off his first campaign, Somerby continued to wear
pink articles of clothing every day while finding different ways to connect
with the local community. His actions helped inspire a group of Monsters fans
to form an “O’Doyle Rules” fan section at games that included season ticket
members affected by breast cancer. Additionally, Somerby attended a Light Up
MBC event at Cleveland’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to show support and
personally meet with local community members affected by metastatic breast
cancer.
[Oettinger], from Lakeville, Minnesota was a leading member
of the Stars outreach to the Central Texas community this year. Oettinger
volunteered at the local hospital Cedar Park Regional Medical Center, visited
Texas Humane Heroes no-kill animal shelter, and helped raise $175,000 through
the Texas Stars Foundation’s charitable efforts.
At the beginning of the season, Jake interacted with almost
two dozen dogs and cats in a joint calendar photo shoot between the Stars and
Texas Humane Heroes. The photos from the shoot were later used to create a
Stars Calendar giveaway item for fans to boost awareness about Texas Humane
Heroes and pet adoption. In November, he joined the shelter for a supply drive
and meet and greet event. Donors brought food, blankets, toys, cleaning
products, and monetary donations to assist the shelter. Some animals were even
fortunate enough to find their forever homes.
● ClevelandMonsters.com report
● TexasStars.com report
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