The University of Connecticut looks to have secured its goaltending position for the future with recent news that Logan Terness had committed to the Huskies.
The late ’02 from Burnbaby, British Columbia, is entering his second full season of play in the British Columbia Hockey League. In 44 regular-season games during the 2019-20 season, Terness posted a .932 save percentage. He upped that to .970 during four playoff games.
In extended preseason games this fall, he has a .918 save percentage. Terness likely will be the heir apparent to current UConn goaltender Tomas Vomacka, a junior, who was a fifth-round pick of the Nashville Predators in the 2017 NHL draft.
Dartmouth commits BCHL forward
UConn isn’t the only New England school to dip into the BCHL in recent days. Dartmouth just committed ’00 forward Matthew Hubbarde of the Langley Rivermen.
The Locust Hill, Ontario, native will come to the Big Green with plenty of junior hockey experience. Prior to this season, Hubbarde has played in the OJHL, NAHL and BCHL. In 39 games with Langley at the end of last season, he had 12 goals and 17 assists for 29 points.
Hubbarde is leading Langley in scoring during the BCHL’s extended preseason this fall. In eight games, he has five goals and five assists.
Salisbury alum commits to Colgate
Former UMass commit Alex DiPaolo, a 2000-born forward from Oakville, Ontario, has committed to play college hockey at Colgate. DiPaolo is in his third season of junior hockey in the BCHL. He’s now with the Victoria Grizzlies, his third team in Canada’s top Junior A league.
He played two seasons at Salisbury School from 2016-18. In 2016-17, DiPaolo scored seven goals and 25 assists in 30 games. In 28 games during the 2017-18 campaign, he had 13 goals and 15 assists.
A 200-foot forward who excelled at the faceoff dots and in the defensive zone while in prep school, DiPaolo has begun to blossom offensively over the past year. He leads the BCHL in scoring during the extended preseason. In 10 games, DiPaolo has seven goals and 12 assists for 19 points.
DiPaolo is the second former Salisbury skater to commit to the Raiders since February. He joins defenseman Bobby Metz, who is now playing for the Northeast Generals in the North American Hockey League.
St. Mark’s alum chooses RPI
St. Mark’s alum Danny Ciccarello committed to RPI, it was announced earlier this week. The ’01 from Kirkland, Quebec, played three seasons for Carl Corazzin’s Lions, graduating this past spring.
In 29 games during the 2019-20 season, Ciccarello scored 34 goals and 36 assists for 70 points. He produced 42 and 51 points, respectively, in his first two seasons at the Southboro, Mass., prep school. In 10 preseason games with the BCHL’s Salmon Arm Silverbacks, Ciccarello has four goals and an assist for five points.
