As the 2021-22 prep school hockey campaign is set to begin in earnest on Wednesday, 44 players will have a college logo next to their names on line charts. That number is certainly going to grow over the course of the season, especially with college coaches watching closely at a few of the recently completed...
As the 2021-22 prep school hockey campaign is set to begin in earnest on Wednesday, 44 players will have a college logo next to their names on line charts.
That number is certainly going to grow over the course of the season, especially with college coaches watching closely at a few of the recently completed preseason jamborees and holiday tournaments around the corner.
Dexter Southfield leads the way with five college commits on its roster. Four players, center Bobby Landry (Hingham, Mass.), right wing Will Hughes (Andover, Mass.) and defensemen Matt Fusco (Westwood, Mass.) and Sean Keohane (Milton, Mass.) are committed to Harvard. Right wing Grayson Badger (Hyde Park, Mass.) is headed to Northeastern.
Kimball Union and Salisbury, the prohibitive favorites heading into the season, Avon Old Farms and St. George’s all have four commits. St. Sebastian’s, Belmont Hill, Brunswick, Frederick Gunn, and Thayer also have multiple players committed to Division 1 colleges.
Among college programs, Harvard boasts the most prep school commits with eight players pledging to play for the Crimson. Coming in with five commits is Holy Cross, while Northeastern and Yale have four.Â
While most of the players are committed to Hockey East and ECAC Hockey programs, Holy Cross represents Atlantic Hockey with four commits as new head coach Bill Riga looks to make his mark on the Crusaders. While 42 of the prep players are committed to Hockey East, ECAC Hockey, Atlantic Hockey and NESCAC, there is one outlier. Kimball Union center Matthew Maltais is committed to Nebraska-Omaha of the NCHC.
Four prep school players have already committed to play Division 3 college hockey in the NESCAC. More seniors are expected to join that list when the next stage of early decision application reviews are complete.
