Harvard defenseman Henry Thrun will start the season with the USHL’s Dubuque Fighting Saints. The ’01 from Southboro, Mass., is doing so because of uncertainty surrounding Harvard playing this college hockey season. Thrun’s hope is to play for Dubuque through December then rejoin Harvard for the second semester when it’s possible the Crimson season will...
Harvard defenseman Henry Thrun will start the season with the USHL’s Dubuque Fighting Saints.
The ’01 from Southboro, Mass., is doing so because of uncertainty surrounding Harvard playing this college hockey season. Thrun’s hope is to play for Dubuque through December then rejoin Harvard for the second semester when it’s possible the Crimson season will commence. The USHL is expected to begin its regular season Nov. 6, but exhibition games are planned prior to that date.
Thrun, who played prep hockey at St. Mark’s prior to playing two seasons with USA Hockey’s NTDP, is a 2019 fourth-round pick of the Anaheim Ducks. As a freshman at Harvard in 2019-20, Thrun had three goals and 18 assists in 31 games.
Thrun’s plan is to return to Harvard, so his situation is different than several other Crimson players who have left the team since the school’s announcement regarding the coronavirus and collegiate athletics. Jack Drury, Jack Rathbone, Reilly Walsh and Henry Bowlby left with eligibility remaining and top recruit Matt Beniers switched his commitment to Michigan.
Googins commits to Norwich
Thayer alum Evan Googins, a ’99 forward from Braintree, Mass., committed to Norwich, it was announced over the weekend.
Googins played three seasons for Thayer before heading to junior hockey for the past two. He spent 2018-19 with the Alberni Valley Bulldogs in the BCHL, recording six goals and 14 assists in 59 games.
This past season, he started the year with the Aberdeen Wings. He jumped to the Lone Star Brahmas midway through 2019-20. Between the two NAHL organizations, he scored 17 goals and added seven assists in 44 games.
Googins will join a Norwich program that is one of the best in Division 3. From the 2017-18 Thayer team, there are now nine players in college hockey. One more player is committed to Division 1 for 2021-22 and a couple of others have a shot to join the group.
