Dexter Southfield senior forward Connor Blanchard has committed to Colby College for the 2021-22 season, the player announced Friday. The Waltham, Mass., native is entering his third season of prep hockey, playing for coach Dan Donato at the Brookline, Mass., school. During the 2019-20 season, Blanchard scored nine goals and added 11 assists while playing...
Dexter Southfield senior forward Connor Blanchard has committed to Colby College for the 2021-22 season, the player announced Friday.
The Waltham, Mass., native is entering his third season of prep hockey, playing for coach Dan Donato at the Brookline, Mass., school. During the 2019-20 season, Blanchard scored nine goals and added 11 assists while playing on the third line for Dexter Southfield.
Blanchard is a skilled forward who deserves more recognition than he sometimes receives. The former Waltham High School star is somewhat lost in the shuffle with all the Division 1 commits on Dexter Southfield’s loaded roster.
Blanchard is a good commit for Colby, a program that should continue trending in the right direction under the leadership of former UMass Lowell and Niagara head coach Blaise MacDonald. Assistant coach Tyler Walsh is heading up the recruiting efforts with the program. The school has just built a beautiful, state-of-the-art rink that will house the men’s and women’s hockey teams.
When Blanchard gets to the Waterville, Maine, campus, he will join former Dexter Southfield teammate Johnny McElhaney, who is a freshman on the Mules hockey team this season.
Warriors commit BCHL forward
Merrimack received a commitment from 2001-born forward Corey Cunningham, it was announced recently.
The Prince George, British Columbia, native will join the Warriors starting with the 2021-22 college hockey season. He will have played four seasons in Canada’s top Junior A league prior to arriving on the North Andover, Mass., campus.
Cunningham has spent the past three seasons with his hometown team in the BCHL, the Prince George Spruce Kings. The 2019-20 season was somewhat of a coming-out party for Cunningham as he potted 26 goals and added 18 assists in 53 regular-season games. He totaled just 10 goals in his first two seasons of junior hockey. Cunningham is expected to be back with the Spruce Kings for the upcoming BCHL season that is slated to start in December.
