As juniors last season, Parker Ford (Wakefield, R.I.), Aidan McDonough (Milton, Mass.) and Wilmer Skoog were among the top players in Hockey East. All three could have turned pro. All three could be skating in NHL training camps this week with money in their pockets and no classes to worry … [Read more...]
Jay Pandolfo brings confident voice as BU Terriers aim high
Jay Pandolfo played for a lot of coaches in his long college and pro career, starting with Jack Parker at Boston University and finishing with Claude Julien of the Boston Bruins. With that in mind, he believes he has a good handle on how to treat players as he heads into his first season as BU’s … [Read more...]
How Jerry York paved a path as maybe college hockey’s ‘greatest coach’
Jerry York’s passion for hockey and for Boston College took root early. At Victory Field in his beloved Watertown, Mass., in the 1950s, the city would open a fire hydrant and flood the tennis courts so youngsters like York had a place to skate. “You had to dodge (the posts that held up the tennis … [Read more...]
College Confidential: Aidan McDonough’s scoring key to Northeastern’s playoff hopes
From the first period of the first game in October to the last nine seconds of the final game on Saturday, Aidan McDonough has delivered big goals for Northeastern. The junior winger with the lethal shot scored the Huskies’ first goal in their season opener against Bentley. His dramatic tally with … [Read more...]
College Confidential: How Colin Felix became an important part of winning culture at UMass
Every championship team needs players like Colin Felix. The UMass senior may not dangle his way up the ice and rip the puck under the bar or feed a teammate for a backdoor goal. But he can be counted on to do the dirty work. He’s a shutdown defenseman who competes on every shift and makes opponents … [Read more...]
College Confidential: Alex Jefferies boosting surging Warriors after healthy scratch
As hard as it was to swallow at the time, sitting out a game as a healthy scratch early in the season turned out to be good for Merrimack sophomore winger Alex Jefferies. Jefferies was not in the lineup at Boston College on Nov. 6. “He wasn’t good at the beginning of the year,’’ coach Scott Borek … [Read more...]
