Boston University recently received commitments from right wing Tristan Amonte and goaltender Vincent Duplessis, who will join the Terriers over the next two seasons. Amonte, born in 2000, is a Thayer Academy alum from Norwell, Mass. After concluding his prep school career in 2017-18, he has spent the past two seasons playing junior hockey. In...
Boston University recently received commitments from right wing Tristan Amonte and goaltender Vincent Duplessis, who will join the Terriers over the next two seasons.
Amonte, born in 2000, is a Thayer Academy alum from Norwell, Mass. After concluding his prep school career in 2017-18, he has spent the past two seasons playing junior hockey. In 2018-19, Amonte had two goals and three assists in 41 games with the USHL’s Youngstown Phantoms.
This past season, Amonte potted 16 goals and 20 assists in 61 games for the BCHL’s Penticton Vees. Prior to matriculating to BU in the fall of 2021, he will spend another season with the Vees, one of the best organizations in Canada’s top Junior A league.
His older brother, Ty Amonte, will be a redshirt junior for the Terriers this upcoming season, meaning the two should overlap in 2021-22. The two brothers are the son of legendary Terrier and former NHL star Tony Amonte (Hingham, Mass.), who coached them at Thayer.
Duplessis will join the Terriers this fall after spending the past three seasons playing junior hockey in western Canada. In 2019-20, the ’99 from Quebec City posted a .912 save percentage in 40 regular-season games with the Whitecourt Wolverines in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. He elevated his game in the postseason with a .932 save percentage in six games. The previous two seasons were spent with the Merritt Centennials in the BCHL.
Duplessis will serve as a backup for the Terriers, behind Norwell, Mass., native Drew Commesso, who also will be a freshman. Commesso, projected to be the first American goaltender taken in the 2020 NHL draft, comes to BU from USA Hockey’s NTDP.
With graduate student Sam Tucker’s eligibility expiring and third-string goaltender Nico Lynch graduating, BU’s coaching staff needed to bring in some insurance at the position. Rising sophomore Ashton Abel and Duplessis likely will compete for the backup position.
