Born on this date— College Hockey News (@chnews) July 20, 2020
John Danby (79-81--160, 1969-72)
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Today, College Hockey News
shines its birthday spotlight on Terrier captain and All-American center
John Danby. A Toronto native, Danby was a key offensive cog in BU’s
back-to-back national championships in 1971 and 1972, scoring 54 goals and 114
points in 57 games over the two seasons.
In his senior season, he was at his
best and most productive in tournament action. Danby claimed the Beanpot MVP,
scoring twice in each BU win. Then, in three ECAC tournament games his 8 points
(5G,3A, including a hat trick against Harvard in the semifinal) made him a
unanimous MVP selection. Danby added another hat trick in the Frozen Four
semifinal against Wisconsin.
Despite playing only 84
games in the no-freshman-eligibility era, he remains tied for #9 on the BU
all-time goal-scoring list with 79.
A Blackhawks draft pick,
he turned pro with the Whalers—rejoining Coach Jack Kelley—and scored 37 points
as the Whalers claimed the first WHA AVCO Cup championship. Following a six-year
pro career, he spent two seasons on BU Coach Jack Parker’s staff.
The Coronavirus prevented Hockey East from holding a
championship tournament, but the conference did conduct a fan-voted best goal
competition with BU sweeping the men’s and women’s divisions, both on tallies
by freshmen: Wilmer Skoog’s lacrosse goal against Dartmouth and Julia Nearis’s
steal, deke and score against Vermont. In the final competition between the
two, Skoog’s tally was the winner.
In the end, there could only be one!
Congratulations to Wilmer Skoog on being named the inaugural #HEPlaysOfTheYear Grand Champion for his lacrosse goal with @TerrierHockey.
Check out the top five plays on YouTube:
Men: https://t.co/JJfaRDZxJv
Women: https://t.co/NZ5wltmBNY pic.twitter.com/KeevEMEIFn— Hockey East (@hockey_east) July 10, 2020
Julia Nearis (@TerrierWHockey) intercepts a breakout pass, toe-drags, and buries the puck at Vermont. #HEPlaysOfTheYear pic.twitter.com/pkGEG3bZzZ— Hockey East (@hockey_east) July 9, 2020
►The Boston Hockey Blog looks
ahead to the uncertain 2020-21 season.
Looking ahead
The BCHL, where numerous Terriers have honed their skills before arriving at Agganis Way, has delayed its season until December 1. A pair of BU 2021 recruits who will be impacted are Tristan Amonte, who begins his second season at Penticton, and Liam Connors, who will play for the Trail Smoke Eaters, following a strong four-year career at St. Sebastian's. Joining BU this season after playing for Penticton are transfer forward Jay O’Brien and defenseman Cade Webber.
● SBN College Hockey report
● Trailsmokeeaters.com report on Connors
Looking ahead
The BCHL, where numerous Terriers have honed their skills before arriving at Agganis Way, has delayed its season until December 1. A pair of BU 2021 recruits who will be impacted are Tristan Amonte, who begins his second season at Penticton, and Liam Connors, who will play for the Trail Smoke Eaters, following a strong four-year career at St. Sebastian's. Joining BU this season after playing for Penticton are transfer forward Jay O’Brien and defenseman Cade Webber.
● SBN College Hockey report
● Trailsmokeeaters.com report on Connors
● Elite Prospects page: Connors
Women’s
Team
Former Terrier defender has signed with the Toronto Six for the upcoming season after spending the past three campaigns in Europe.
Former Terrier defender has signed with the Toronto Six for the upcoming season after spending the past three campaigns in Europe.
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