Terriers have revealed the winners of team awards for the 2023-24.
First-team All-American and Hobey Baker Award Winner Macklin Celebrini was named George V. Brown Most Valuable Player and also received the Ed Carpenter Award as the team’s top point-scorer with 64.
Team Captain Case McCarthy received the Travis Roy Award, presented to the player who best exemplifies who Travis Roy was as a person, someone of great character who is a class citizen and a great teammate.
Sam Stevens took home the Al Sidd/Unsung Player Award for the second consecutive season. He had a career best 10 goals.
Freshman Shane Lachance received the Bennett McInnis Award for Spirit, which is given to the player who best typifies the spirit of a Boston University hockey player both on and off the ice. He had a 13-14-27 line in 40 games.
Luke Tuch, who set career marks in goals (10), assists (20) and points (30) earned the Iron Terrier Award as the player who most exemplifies character, strength, dedication and discipline in the weight room and off-ice training.
Freshman Jack Harvey garnered the Most Improved Player Award. After making just starts through January, he earned a top six spot and finished with 15 points.
● GoTerriers.com report
Cade Webber also has been announced as the inaugural winner of Hockey East Academic Champion Award. The four-year Terrier defenseman who was named the 2023-24 E. Ray Speare Award as the top male scholar-athlete at BU and also twice earned Scholar All-America accolades from the AHCA, completed his undergraduate degree from Questrom School of Business in three seasons and pursued a master’s degree as a senior.
This past season, Webber set an NCAA record for most blocked shots with 133, averaging 3.5 per game, and earned Hockey East’s Top Defensive Defenseman award. He signed a two-year entry-level contract with Toronto.
● GoTerriers.com Webber Named Hockey East Academic Champion
● HockeyEastOnline Inaugural Academic Champions
Looking back
Three former Terriers have signed contracts with the Florida Panthers' AHL affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers: Nick Zabaneh, Jay O'Brien and Jamie Armstrong. Zabaneh had a career best 16 points last season (8G,8A). Armstrong spent a PG season at BC after four years at BU. O'Brien had been signed a year ago by Toronto's AHL team, but an injury kept him off the ice all season. In Charlotte the trio will be reunited with Wilmer Skoog who had 22 goals and nine assists in 49 games with the Checkers last season.
tw-align-centerHappy Birthday to Wilmer Skoog!
— BU Hockey Stats (@BUHockeyStats) July 17, 2024
Fun Fact: "Voice of Hockey East" @LT__Murray called both Wilmer Skoog's First and Last Skoogs as a Terrier pic.twitter.com/b6dDhg1N8O
Looking ahead
Beginning August 1, 2008 birth dates can make college commitments. BU can be expected to be in pursuit of high end prospects. A year ago, BU gained early commitments from three top NTDP U17 players, forwards Conrad Fondrk and Jack Murtagh and defenseman Charlie Trethewey, along with Youngstown forward Zach Morin—all highly touted prospects.
Puck Preps reported that 5-star recruit Tynan Lawrence from New Brunswick has made visits to BU, BC and North Dakota. He is PuckPreps’ #12 N. American skater in the 2008 class. College Puck NXT listed BU as among potential suitors for Nobles prep forward David Bosco and NTDP defenseman Sam Wathier.
Defenseman Sascha Boumedienne, a 2007 who also played for Youngstown last season and who has accelerated to join this season’s freshman class, has been mentioned on several top 10 and top 20 projections for the 2025 NHL Draft. The 6'2" right-shot defenseman, who earned USHL All-Rookie first team honors, has been invited to Sweden's selection camp for next month's Hlinka-Gretzky Tournament set for Edmonton.
● TheHockeyWriters Way Too Early Rankings for 2025 Draft
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