Cade Destefani, a Bedford, N.H., native, has committed to play college hockey at Western Michigan.
The 6-foot-2 center is in his first season playing in the North American Hockey League with the Janesville Jets. In 18 games, he has 10 goals and 12 assists for 22 points. Prior to this season, Destefani played his youth and junior hockey in New England.
Last year, he split time between the Northeast Generals in the NAHL and the Northern Cyclones in the USPHL NCDC. With the Generals, he had a goal and an assist in 12 games. In his 40 games with the Cyclones, he posted 14 goals and 19 assists for 43 points. In addition to the Cyclones, Destefani spent time with the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs during his development.
Destefani is a skilled forward who can produce offensively. His weakness in the past was playing a perimeter game and not being heavy enough. He’ll matriculate to WMU in either 2021-22 or 2022-23.
Warriors add ’04 from BCHL
Merrimack recently received a commitment from Ethan Bono, an ’04 left-shot forward from Port McNeil, British Columbia. He was slated to play this season with the Alberni Valley Bulldogs in the BCHL before the coronavirus wrecked havoc on that league’s plans.
He spent the past two seasons competing for the Pacific Coast Academy organization, a Canadian prep school. In 36 games last season with the school’s 16-U team, he had 33 goals and 26 assists for 59 points.
Another European for UVM
Vermont, under first-year head coach Todd Woodcroft, has been on a roll when it comes to recruiting European prospects. The Catamounts recently added another forward for the 2021-22 season.
’00 center Andrei Buyalsky of Kazakhstan has committed to Vermont. In his first year on this side of the pond, Buyalsky has six goals and eight assists for 14 points in 15 games with the USHL’s Dubuque Fighting Saints.
More commits for Mount Saint Charles
Mount Saint Charles 18-U left wing Sixten Jennersjo has committed to Long Island University, a fledgling program under the direction of Needham, Mass., native Brett Riley. Jennersjo, an Ekero, Sweden, native, is in his second season at the Woonsocket, R.I., school. In 52 games last year with the school’s 16-U team, he had 18 goals and 25 assists for 43 points. He’s been playing a top-six role this season for Matt Plante’s 18-U team. Jennersjo’s commitment to LIU is for the 2022-23 season.
Former Mount Saint Charles left wing Jack Ford has committed to Army West Point. The Stamford, Conn., native is in his first year of junior hockey with the New Jersey Titans in the NAHL. He has five goals and nine assists for 14 points in 15 games. Ford playing for the Philadelphia Junior Flyers before joining Mount Saint Charles for the 2019-20 campaign.
