UMass Lowell recently secured a commitment from Fargo Force right wing Matt Crasa, who was one of the top uncommitted 2001-born players in the country. The New York, N.Y., native is in his first season in the United States Hockey League. Through nine games, Crasa has scored two goals and added five assists. He spent...
UMass Lowell recently secured a commitment from Fargo Force right wing Matt Crasa, who was one of the top uncommitted 2001-born players in the country.
The New York, N.Y., native is in his first season in the United States Hockey League. Through nine games, Crasa has scored two goals and added five assists. He spent the 2019-20 season with the Cowichan Valley Capitals in the British Columbia Hockey League, tallying 29 goals and 20 assists in 56 games.
Crasa, who was previously committed to Sacred Heart, played three years of Midget hockey for South Kent Selects Academy. In 77 games during the 2017-18 season, he scored 36 goals and 64 assists with the program’s 18-U team.
The 2017-18 South Kent Selects Academy 18-U team won the USA Hockey Tier 1 National Championship. Crasa becomes the seventh member of that team to either play college hockey or commit to a Division 1 program.
Big Green adds BCHL defenseman
Dartmouth received a commit from Merritt Centennials defenseman Talon Zakall, it was announced on Monday. The ’02 from Merritt, British Columbia, is entering his third season with the BCHL organization.
In 2019-20, Zakall scored six goals and added 24 assists in 56 games. As a rookie in 2018-19, he notched a goal and nine assists in 49 games. Prior to junior hockey, Zakall played prep hockey in Canada for Yale Hockey Academy.
Davis departing BC
Freshman defenseman Stephen Davis is leaving Boston College at the semester break. The ’02 from Hingham, Mass., committed to the Eagles in July 2016, which was prior to his freshman year of high school. New NCAA legislation now prevents such young commits.
Davis played for the Boston Advantage prior to and after his commitment. He spent the 2019-20 season in the USHL with the Madison Capitols where he scored a goal and six assists in 45 games.
Davis’ USHL rights are owned by the Fargo Force, but he’ll probably end up with the Northeast Generals in the NAHL. Davis will be recruited by a handful of Division 1 college programs as a transfer. His final collegiate destination likely will be in Atlantic Hockey.
