Kyle Chauvette has always heard whispers that he's too small to play college hockey. Despite continuing to make saves and earning an invitation to play for USA Hockey at last summer's U17 Five Nations Tournament, there were still doubters. Thus is life when you're a netminder listed at 5-foot-10, 138 pounds. On Friday, the Goffstown,...
Kyle Chauvette has always heard whispers that he's too small to play college hockey. Despite continuing to make saves and earning an invitation to play for USA Hockey at last summer's U17 Five Nations Tournament, there were still doubters.
Thus is life when you're a netminder listed at 5-foot-10, 138 pounds.
On Friday, the Goffstown, N.H., native proved them all wrong, announcing his verbal commitment to play collegiately at Atlantic Hockey program Holy Cross.
Chauvette, 16, grew up playing for the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs, but will play prep school hockey at Loomis Chaffee for the 2018-19 season.
The Monarchs competed against some of the top midget programs in the country in the Tier 1 Elite Hockey League.
Chauvette recently completed the USA Hockey Select 17 Player Development Camp in Amherst, N.Y., with a .911 save percentage. It's typical for there to be a slew of commitments following each USA Hockey Player Development Camp, as virtually every college program is represented by at least one coach for the duration of the event.
Holy Cross head coach Dave Berard and associate head coach Brock Sheahan were both in attendance at Select 17s, held at the Northtown Center.
Chauvette joins several other current and former prep stars by committing to Holy Cross. The list includes Bryce Dolan (Barrington, R.I./Kimball Union), Joe Dunlap (Windham, N.H./New Hampton), Nick Hale (Raleigh, N.C./Salisbury), Michael Kane (Guilford, Conn./New Hampton) and Matt Slick (Andover, N.H./Proctor).
To check out how Chauvette stacked up against his peers at Select 17s, click here.
