Seven Terriers are participating in the World Junior Summer Showcase at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis. The event is an early step toward setting rosters for the World Junior Championships in December and January.
Team USA was divided into White and Blue squads for early games with Finland and Sweden. Kamil Bednarik centered the Blue team’s top line and had a goal on a redirect in yesterday’s 3-2 loss to Finland. Jack Murtagh skated for the White squad and had one assist.
Cole Hutson and Cole Eiserman, holdovers from last year’s gold-medal team, did not play in the preliminary games, but are expected to see action on a consolidated U.S. squad. Another incoming freshman, Carter Amico, would have been rostered but is still rehabbing the knee he injured last season.
Sascha Boumedienne, a standout for Sweden in the World U18s last Spring, is on the blueline for the Tre Kroner. Sascha Boisvert and Ryder Ritchie are at Canada’s camp, which saw Red and White teams facing off today. Boisvert, who skated on Red’s top line, and Ritchie, RW2 for White, each had an assist in White's 4-3 shootout win.
Team USA plays Sweden on Wednesday, Finland on Friday and Canada on Saturday.
● GoTerriers.com Seven Terriers to skate at World JuniorSummer Showcase
● USA Hockey WJSS Home page
tw-align-centerWorld Jr Summer Showcase: @TerrierHockey forward Cole Eiserman looks to help @usahockey 3-peat at 2026 WJC. "Cole is becoming a pro off the ice. Little things ... I've honestly kind of taken things from him, but don't tell him that"-- BU def Cole Hutsonhttps://t.co/ju4TzrDZLp
— Mike Morreale (@mikemorrealeNHL) July 27, 2025
►While most schools have not yet announced their incoming group of freshmen and portal transfers, PuckPreps has issued its ranking of the top 10 freshman classes and the Terriers are slotted second, behind only Michigan.
There still might be a tweak to BU’s incoming group, but for now, the names shown in the Recruits/Transfers column in the sidebar are the players joining Coach Jay Pandolfo’s 2025-26 squad. The group includes five 2025 NHL draft picks (Jack Murtagh, Carter Amico, Conrad Fondrk, Charlie Trethewey and Malte Vass) and three 2024 picks (Ryder Ritchie, Jonathan Morello and Ben Merrill).
Looking ahead
Beginning Friday (Aug. 1), players with 2009 birthdates who are entering their junior year of high school can make commitments. In recent years, BU has been very active in the early days of the commitment window. In 2023, Murtagh committed on Aug. 1 while Fondrk, through a quirk in the rules, committed in late July. Trethewey also was an August commit.
A year ago, BU struck gold early with commitments from center Tynan Lawrence and defenseman Luke Schairer. Both are projected to be 2026 first-round draft picks. Just days later, another high-end forward, Caleb Malhotra, verballed.
Names to watch: BU fans are very aware of the dynamic Rivers School forward trio of Carter Meyer, Sam Pandolfo and Finn Sears, now with the NTDP U17s. Reports indicate that all three, who were freshman last year, are accelerating but won’t become juniors quite yet. Stay tuned.
A few names connected to BU (though not exclusively) by various recruiting sites are forward James Scantlebury who has been tendered by USHL Chicago after a 100-point season for Bishop Kearney 16U; NTDP U17 forward Rocco Pelosi, whose brother plays for Quinnipiac; Chicago Mission D Thaddeus McMahon; and OHL forward Camryn Warren.
Will any of them become future Terriers? TBD. Check back for updates.
Looking back
Last month, members of the 1995 national championship squad--and a few special guests--gathered at Davios Seaport in Boston for a 30-year reunion. Their 6-2 win over Maine in the NCAA final in Providence (video highlights) ended a 16-year natty drought. The 31-6-3 record that season included a win over Minnesota in the Mariucci Tournament, a 5-1 win over BC to win the Beanpot (the final one at Boston Garden) and a Hockey East title game win over Providence in the final college game at the Garden.
Front row, L-R: Bill Pierce, Jay Pandolfo, Jacques Joubert, Jack Parker, Derek Herlofsky, Rich Brennan, Mike Eruzione
Back row, L-R: Mike Prendergast, trainer Larry Venis, Sean Ferullo, Doug Wood, Bernie Corbett, Jon Pratt, Jeff Kealty Ken Rausch (black shirt), Chris O’Sullivan, Mike Pomichter, Chris Kelleher, Jon Jenkins, Sean Bates, Bob Lachance, Tom Noble, Mike Sylvia.
Older Terrier fans will recall that in the '80s and '90s, Catholic Memorial, Jack’s alma mater, was a talent pipeline to BU. This photo has the ’95 squad’s CM crew.
L-R: O’Sullivan, Prendergast, Parker,Sylvia Kealty and Noble.
Thanks to Sue McDonald Nionakis for these photos.
UPDATE: Among the 1995 members unable to attend: San Jose GM Mike Grier, Rangers President Chris Drury, Wild Head Coach John Hynes, Belfast Giants GM Steve Thornton, Shane Johnson, J.R. McKersie, Kai Linna, Jon Coleman, Matt Wright.
►Last month’s blog post about veteran BU play-by-play announcer Bernie Corbett’s instrumental role in Jack Parker’s election to the Hockey Hall of Fame had a factual error. Parker joined BC’s Jerry York as the only two exclusive college hockey coaches named to the Hall. The four other inductees who coached in college also had stints in pro hockey (coaching or management): John Mariucci, Herb Brooks, Bob Johnson and Lou Lamoriello.
Another college-only coach in the Hall, Harvard’s Cooney Weiland, who starred for the Bruins in the 1920s and 1930s, was elected to the Hall as a player.
