St. Mark’s junior defenseman Michael Fisher committed to Princeton, he announced Monday. The 2003 birth-year player is in his third year at the Southboro, Mass., prep school. While the Lions haven’t had a typical prep school season in 2020-21, head coach Carl Corazzini has attempted to showcase his players through various intrasquad scrimmages on the...
St. Mark’s junior defenseman Michael Fisher committed to Princeton, he announced Monday.
The 2003 birth-year player is in his third year at the Southboro, Mass., prep school. While the Lions haven’t had a typical prep school season in 2020-21, head coach Carl Corazzini has attempted to showcase his players through various intrasquad scrimmages on the school’s campus.
Fisher had two goals and four assists in 18 games as a sophomore. As a freshman in 2018-19, he posted one assist in 31 games. Fisher has good size and projects as a shutdown defender at the collegiate level. As I’ve written a few times in the past, he’s raw and should continue to get better.
Fisher, from Westboro, Mass., likely will play the 2021-22 season at St. Mark’s before playing a year of junior hockey in 2022-23. His projected freshman season at Princeton will be 2023-24.
Fisher is the second ’03 defenseman from prep hockey to commit to the Tigers. He joins Belmont Hill’s Tyler Rubin. Former St. Mark’s goaltender Ryan Ferland is a senior at Princeton. Ian Moore, a standout at St. Mark’s before heading to the USHL, previously was headed to Princeton before switching his commitment to Harvard.
Nutmeg state native chooses UConn
Jake Veilleux, a three-year journeyman in the BCHL, has committed to UConn. The ’00 from South Windsor, Conn., will be a walk-on for the Huskies to start the 2021-22 season.
Veilleux, who played Midget hockey at South Kent Selects Academy, is slated to play for the Victoria Grizzlies, if the BCHL season gets going. In 61 games last season, he had three goals and seven assists. He had seven goals and eight assists in 51 games split between the Grizzlies and Westshore Wolves in 2018-19.
Vermont adds another Euro
Vermont’s trend of committing European players continued over the weekend with the announcement that Sioux City Musketeers center Joel Maatta has committed to the Catamounts.
Maatta, a big ’02 from Helsinki, Finland, is in second season playing for the USHL franchise. In 37 games this season, he has five goals and eight assists. He registered 11 goals and 14 assists in 43 games last season.
Maata is the seventh European recruit for Vermont since head coach took over the reins in Burlington.
