2025 recruit Jack Murtagh scored a goal and an assist—and earned U.S. Player of the Game honors—in a 6-3 quarterfinal win over Latvia at the IIHF World 18U Championships. The 6’1” power forward has a 2-4-6 scoring line in five tournament games and is tied for third on Team USA in scoring. Prior to the tournament, Murtagh had 20 goals and 26 assists in 47 NTDP games.
tw-align-centerThe give-and-go featuring Murtagh and Mooney 🤝#U18MensWorlds pic.twitter.com/gXyHe3ECJP
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) May 1, 2025
The U.S. will have a rematch with Sweden in the semifinals on Friday (NHL Network at 8 p.m. ET). In its quarterfinal game, Sweden skated past Finland, 7-2, with Sascha Boumedienne setting a record for defensemen.
tw-align-centerWith 2 points so far today, Sascha Boumedienne sets the record for the most points by defenseman at a single U18 World Championship with 14 passing Ryan Murphy (CAN) and Terrier teammate Cole Hutson (USA)
— BU Hockey Stats (@BUHockeyStats) April 30, 2025
Goalie commits
Terriers have completed their goalie room for the 2025-26 season with a commitment from Salisbury School goalie Steven Luciano.
A 6’1” native of New Caanan, Conn., Luciano had a .919 save percentage
in 30 games as a senior for the Crimson Knights and earned NEPSAC
All-Star honorable mention.
He also played one game for USHL Omaha, the team that Mikhail Yegorov played for before joining the Terriers.
Prior to the season New England Hockey Journal listed Luciano as one of NEPSAC’s top goalies:
As a senior, Luciano projects to take over the Salisbury net. He played a good amount last season and was strong. The 6-foot-1 goalie was picked in the ninth round (137th overall) in this year’s USHL Phase 2 Draft by the Omaha Lancers. He was also picked 11th overall in the 2023 QMJHL American Draft by Chicoutimi. He’s a stable netminder who is technically sound and will be the backbone of Salisbury, who is our preseason No. 1 team.
Looking ahead
Jack Pridham scored his seventh playoff goal and added an assist in Kitchener’s 4-2 defeat by London, which eliminated the Rangers from the playoffs. Pridham recorded 13 points in seven playoff games after racking up a 27-27-54 scoring line in 48 regular-season games.
Looking back
Jack Eichel scored his first playoff goal of the year and added an assist as Vegas edged Minnesota, 3-2.
tw-align-centerJACK EICHEL HAS ENTERED THE CHAT 🎰 pic.twitter.com/Oi1ONRq6eb
— y-Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) May 2, 2025
Macklin Celebrini had been added to Team Canada’s roster for the IIHF World Championships in Denmark and Sweden beginning May 9. Celebrini finished his rookie season with 25 goals and 38 assists for 63 points in 70 games, three points behind Lane Hutson's 66 among rookies.
● Yahoo.com report
Former Terrier defenseman Dan McGoff has been named head coach at Noble & Greenough School (Nobles) after serving as assistant to retiring Brian Day for the past 12 seasons. McGoff, a Nobles grad, played for BU from 2004 to 2008, including on the 2006 Hockey East champions.
He joins Brian McGuirk at Governor’s Academy, Freddy Meyer at The Rivers School and Carl Corazzini at St. Mark’s as Terrier head coaches at New England prep schools.
No comments:
Post a Comment