Despite continued uncertainty surrounding the 2020-21 college hockey season, players continue to transfer in hopes of more playing time or for better opportunities. New England Hockey Journal has learned that forward Emil Öhrwall will transfer from Michigan to Sacred Heart. The ’98 from Vaxjo, Sweden, appeared in 15 games for the Wolverines during the 2019-20...
Despite continued uncertainty surrounding the 2020-21 college hockey season, players continue to transfer in hopes of more playing time or for better opportunities.
New England Hockey Journal has learned that forward Emil Öhrwall will transfer from Michigan to Sacred Heart. The ’98 from Vaxjo, Sweden, appeared in 15 games for the Wolverines during the 2019-20 season. He scored two goals and added two assists.
This will be the third NCAA school for Öhrwall, who previously played his freshman year at RPI in 2017-18. He had two goals and nine assists in an Engineers uniform before departing for a season in the USHL with the Waterloo Black Hawks.
It can be surmised that Öhrwall’s departure helped free necessary scholarship room for Matt Beniers, who recently changed his college commitment from Harvard to Michigan.
While Sacred Heart picked up a transfer, the Pioneers also lost a transfer. After playing three seasons for C.J. Marottolo’s program, forward Jordan Kaplan will play his fourth and final season of collegiate eligibility at Vermont.
The ’97 from Bridgewater, N.J., scored 25 goals and 31 assists in 105 career games with SHU. Prior to arriving at Sacred Heart, Kaplan played for Lawrenceville, Salisbury and the New Jersey Titans.
While not confirmed, it’s likely that Kaplan will be eligible to play immediately at UVM due to the NCAA rule on graduate transfers.
