Two Mount Saint Charles players are on the move to major junior teams north of the border. Defenseman Jake Furlong and forward Nathan Casey, both 2004 birth-year players who played on the school’s 15-Only team in 2019-20, have signed with teams in the QMJHL. Furlong, a native of Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, was a second-round...
Two Mount Saint Charles players are on the move to major junior teams north of the border.
Defenseman Jake Furlong and forward Nathan Casey, both 2004 birth-year players who played on the school’s 15-Only team in 2019-20, have signed with teams in the QMJHL.
Furlong, a native of Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, was a second-round pick of the Halifax Mooseheads in the 2020 QMJHL Entry Draft. Furlong had NCAA interest, but passed it up to play for the major junior team that is about 30 minutes from his home.
Furlong is a smart, two-way defenseman who is an efficient puck mover as well as being solid in his own zone. With Mount Saint Charles, he had seven goals and 39 assists in 61 games.
A more unexpected departure was Casey, who bolted for the QMJHL’s Moncton Wildcats. A fourth-round pick of the organization, Casey is a very good skater. From Grand Falls, Newfoundland, he scored 17 goals and 24 assists in 61 games.
UMass picks up transfer from Big Ten
After playing two seasons for the University of Minnesota, ’98 left wing Garrett Wait will transfer to UMass. The move was first reported by Mark Divver.
Wait, from Edina, Minn., appeared in just 40 games over two seasons with the Gophers. He scored three goals and added seven assists during that time.
Wait was once a highly regarded prospect out of Edina, one of the perennial powerhouses in Minnesota high school hockey. It is not yet known when Wait will be eligible, but it is likely he’ll have to sit out the 2020-21 season and have two years of eligibility left starting with 2021-22.
Bozzo heading to Northeastern
As UMass picks up a transfer, the Minutemen also are losing a player to transfer. Forward Marco Bozzo will transfer to Northeastern after playing three seasons at UMass.
A ’96 from Woodbridge, Ontario, Bozzo suited up in just 32 games over his freshman and sophomore campaigns in Amherst. He scored two goals during his rookie season. However, he didn’t get into a game as a junior this past winter.
As a grad transfer, Bozzo will be eligible to play immediately with the Huskies. This could be seen as a good thing for all three parties. Bozzo will get a chance to see the ice for a good program while Northeastern likely isn’t spending any scholarship money on the flyer. As far as UMass goes, the coaching staff there clearly had moved on from him.
