Rising sophomore goalie Drew Commesso was added to the roster of Team USA currently playing in the IIFH Men’s World Championships in Latvia. Commesso, named to the squad by team GM Chris Drury, replaces Anthony Stolarz, who was injured just minutes into Team USA’s 5-1 win against Canada. Jake Oettinger played the final 56 minutes and stopped 26 of 27 shots in a strong relief effort. Adam Clendening provided the game-winner against Canada and did it again in the U.S.’s 3-0 shutout of Kazakhstan. Team USA, now 3-1-0, faces Norway on Saturday.
Commesso, who was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie team, had a 2.99 GAA and a .915 save percentage in 11 games for BU.
BU’s schedule for 2021-22 has not yet been released, but online postings have revealed some of the expected out-of-conference games. The Terriers will host Arizona state for a pair of games, will travel to Northern Michigan for two games and head south to Brown for one game. The Beanpot tournament, cancelled last season, will resume.
Looking ahead
Eight future Terrier skaters and one future netminder are on NHL Central Scouting’s final rankings of North Americans for the 2021 draft:Tyler Boucher #25, Roman Schmidt #58, Jack Harvey #98, Shane Lachance #110, Charles-Alexis Legault #123, Quinn Hutson #177, Nick Roukounakis #184, Jeremy Wilmer #194 and Anton Castro #14-goalie.
Boucher, Schmidt, Legault and Wilmer are 2021 recruits. However, Wilmer was drafted by USHL Waterloo today in the first round of the league’s Phase II draft—third overall. A diminutive right-shot forward, Wilmer was fifth in scoring for the NTDP U18s with an 11-25-36 line despite missing 13 games with injuries.
2022 recruit Jack Musa also was selected in the Phase II draft, ninth overall by Madison. The 5’8” forward played last season for the NAHL Odessa Jackalopes, scoring 17 points in 34 games. Previously, he played at Trinity Pawling and for the North Jersey Avalanche 16U AAA as a teammate of Castro and 2022 recruit Lane Hutson.
2023 recruit Ryan Fine was selected for the 2021-22 NTDP U17 team, following evaluation camp. A right-shot forward, Fine played for Don Bosco Prep in New Jersey and for the Mid-Fairfield Rangers 15U team.
Looking back
After a strong season on the Bruins’ blueline, Charlie McAvoy has raised his game a notch in the playoffs. In game four of the series against Washington, the BU All-American became the fifth defenseman in team history to tally three assists in a Stanley Cup playoff game. McAvoy had five assists in the Caps series while his blueline partner, Matt Grzelcyk had a 1-2-3 line.
● NHL.com McAvoy’s Monster Night
tw-align-centerCharlie McAvoy is monster. One of the NHL’s best. Breakout savant, offensive zone second center, joy to watch. His next focus should be shooting to score. That’s an attitude. He should score 10-12 goals a year. Only 23 years old..Great stuff, @Tucker_TnL #ChuckyCheese pic.twitter.com/Fh29u4MHLN
— Bucci Mane (@Buccigross) May 23, 2021
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