As widely anticipated, freshmen Macklin Celebrini and Tom Willander have been named to the pre-tournament rosters for their nation’s entries in the upcoming IIHF World Junior Championships—Celebrini for Canada and Willander for Sweden. The WJCs, which begin on December 26, are taking place in Gothenburg, Sweden, bringing Stockholm native Willander close to home.
Both skaters represented their countries last Spring in the IIHF World U18 Championships. Willander helped Sweden win a silver medal, leading all tournament defensemen in goals with three while adding five assists. Currently he has eight points (3G,5A) and his +13 is tops in Hockey East.
Celebrini, from Vancouver, BC, led Canada to the bronze medal at the WorldU18s, matching the national single-tournament record with 17 points (6G,11A) with two goals, including the OT game-winner, in the bronze medal game. He leads Hockey East and is third in the NCAA with 25 points on 10 goals and 15 assists. No freshman in the nation has scored more goals or recorded more points than Celebrini, For the month of October, he earned both Hockey East Player of the Month and National Rookie of the Month honors.
Earlier in the week, Lane Hutson was named to the U.S. roster for the Junior National Team selection camp.
● GoTerriers.com Celebrini invited to Canada’s World National Junior Team Selection Camp
● GoTerriers.com Willander named to Sweden’s World Junior Championship roster
● IIHF.com WJC Home Page, The Road Less Traveled for Celebrini
►A trio of Terriers were named to Hockey East’s Weekly list of top performers.
Nick Zabaneh, BU (Sr., F; Toronto, Ont.) Played hero on Saturday, as his unassisted shorthanded goal broke a 2-2 tie in a 5-2 victory over Merrimack. He then had the primary assist on the Terriers’ next goal that pushed their lead to 4-2.
Lane Hutson, BU (So., D; North Barrington, Ill.) Tied for the league lead with four assists in a two-win weekend over Merrimack, including three helpers in Friday’s 4-1 road victory.
Mathieu Caron, BU (Jr., G; Abbotsford, B.C.) Finished a weekend sweep of Merrimack with 45 saves and allowed just one even-strength goal in each victory. Caron was the only Hockey East goaltender to win twice this past weekend.
►Head Coach Jay Pandolfo remains a sought-after guest for hockey media. Here are two recent talk show appearance.
On the air with Donnie and Dhali, The Team from Vancouver, Pandolfo spoke about Canucks draft picks Willander and Aiden Celebrini.
On The Sick Podcast-The Eye Test, he talked about keeping his players grounded, lessons learned from Coach Jack Parker and his NJ Devils coaches, Jacques Lemaire and Larry Robinson, and more.
tw-align-centerIt's going to be a busy summer at the Case Center!
— BU Athletics (@BUAthletics) December 6, 2023
We're proud to announce major renovations for Walter Brown Arena and the team areas for @TerrierWHockey & @TerrierMBB!https://t.co/J9nH3jBZ3O
►Updates planned for Walter Brown Arena include a new locker room, team lounge and coaches' offices along with the installation of a 3.9mm center-hung Daktronics videoboard.
● GoTerriers.com Major Women’s Ice Hockey, Men’s Basketball Renovation set for 2024
►One more leftover from Saturday Night’s win, from the ice-level
lens of Bernie Perisie.
tw-align-centerBreak out the brooms 🧹🧹
— Bernie Perisie (@bernieperisie) December 6, 2023
Jeremy Wilmer with the beauty to tie it, Nick Zabaneh with the beauty to break the tie🚀🎯@BOShockeyblog @BUHockeyStats @BU_Hockey5 @BU_FoH @BartRhett @TeamECH @hockey_east @NCAAIceHockey @BurntBoats @busasquatch pic.twitter.com/KcoTVjjZeE
Looking ahead
tw-align-centerJohn McNelis (2024) is starting to find his scoring touch. Including last night's game, the BU commit has seven points (4-3-7) over his last five games and forced 17 shots on net over that stretch. He has 13 points (7-6-13) in 23 games this year. #USHL @FloHockey https://t.co/3saFcAV9wJ
— Ryan Sikes (@ryan_sikes10) December 6, 2023
2025 recruit John McNelis scored his seventh goal in Sioux Falls 5-3 loss to Sioux City. 2024 recruit Michael Chambre, who saw his three-game winning streak come to an end, gave up four goals while stopping nine of 13 shots. McNelis played for Team USA in last summer’s Hlinka-Gretzky Tournament.
2024 recruit Brandon Svoboda is on Team USA's roster for the World Junior A Challenge with preliminary round games beginning on Sunday. Pre-tournament games for the event in Nova Scotia start Friday with the US facing Sweden. Svoboda, drafted by San Jose in the third round of the 2023 draft, is in his second season with defending USHL champion Youngstown.
Looking back
tw-align-centerFour points on the night for Evan Rodrigues 🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/vt5Qizq03U
— Florida Panthers (@FlaPanthers) December 7, 2023
Evan Rodrigues’s four-point night (2G,2A) led Florida past Dallas, 5-4 It was the second four-point game of the season for ERod who has a 6-14-20 scoring line and is plus-13. Unfortunately his victim was Jake Oettinger who stopped 26 shots for the Stars.
Rodrigues’s Terrier linemate, Jack Eichel, scored his 12th goal and added his 18th assist as Vegas edged St. Louis, 5-4.
Minnesota Wild has won its first four games since John Hynes moved into the head coach’s chair.
Two months into his rookie season with AHL Rockford, Drew Commesso talks about how he prepared for the increased workload and what he learned from summer workouts with Oettinger and Jeremy Swayman.
●Theahl.com Rookie Commesso already showing lots of growth
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