Black Bears stocking up for the future
By Nathan Fournier
The University of Maine men’s ice hockey team has picked up their third 1998 birth year commitment in a month.
Simon Butala, a defenseman from Downingtown, PA., who currently suits up for the Long Island Gulls U16 team that plays in the Atlantic Youth Hockey League’s National U16 league, verbally committed to the school on Monday for the 2016-‘17 or 2017-‘18 season. Fellow defenseman Konstantin Chernyuk committed on Jan. 24 and forward A.J. Droblet committed on Jan. 14.
The 6-foot-1, 180-pound Butala has five goals and nine assists in 26 games this season.
Simon Butala, a defenseman from Downingtown, PA., who currently suits up for the Long Island Gulls U16 team that plays in the Atlantic Youth Hockey League’s National U16 league, verbally committed to the school on Monday for the 2016-‘17 or 2017-‘18 season. Fellow defenseman Konstantin Chernyuk committed on Jan. 24 and forward A.J. Droblet committed on Jan. 14.
The 6-foot-1, 180-pound Butala has five goals and nine assists in 26 games this season.
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