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BOSTON COLLEGE 2025 - 2026

Popping in real quick.

We needed a change on the staff and Buckley for Ben Smith is a good start. Thanks to Buckley for the hard work, he bleeds maroon and gold about as much as anyone.

Ben Smith is the type of guy that just doesn't know how to fail. I've had my eye on him for a while. He very well may be a future BC HC at some point.

The new age of college hockey is just weird... B1G teams buying rosters like crazy. I don't even know what to expect at this point.
 
Just some fun stats going back to the Ben Smith hiring.

His ability to find the net in NCAA tournament was crazy. EIGHT goals over his career in 3 NCAA tournaments (plus NINE assists... 8-9-17 in 12 games). 6 of those goals came in the Frozen Four, and 2 in championship games. BC was 7-0 in the games in which he scored.
 
Finally, some word on the schedule for the Saturday October 17 game against St. Cloud. According to a BC release: Saturday’s events will include an alumni tailgate prior to the 12 p.m. football game vs. the University of Pittsburgh. That means the hockey game will be at night and I would not be surprised if it is a later than the usual 7pm start as they have post-game football tailgating of one hour for games starting before 3pm. So, to avoid a conflict of coming and going traffic an 8pm start may possibly happen. Friday is the inauguration day of President John T. Butler, S.J. so that is why the first game is Thursday.
 
Classes are in session. Any word on the final roster? Is Schairer on campus as was alluded to as a BU flip?
 
This seems like potential for the deepest offensive corp bc has had in a long time. Not the super star lines of smith, hagens, perreault, Leonard, gauthier but they’ve got some talent (at least on paper) enough to go three lines deep. Maybe four. Top end guys like letourneau, hemming, and stiga. Like to see more from Vote and comny and looking for a big step up from Moore. The incoming freshmen look really promising. I’m expecting a lot from the mutryn brothers. Vanhannen and murnieks have pretty big upsides. And I think a guy like Pelletier could be the glue the brings it together. The guy seems like a natural leader and clearly knows how to put the puck in the back of the net. The points he put up last heat in the Ushl are insane.
 
I guess defense and goal tending will be the key. On d, I’m bullish on radoivoich and I think Joyce will be a leader. As for the others we’ll have to rely on newcomers but Woodall and beauschene were impressive in the ohl last year. Like those two the best. As for grimes any recruit you steal from Minnesota you have to like and we’ll see about Schairer. Hadn’t paid too much attention to him as he was committed to bu. Don’t know what to think about Malgrave. He didn’t get much ice time for a subpar slu team but maybe there’s a reason for that. In goal I’m comfortable with cloutier but it’s good to have competition and seems like henriquiez will bring it. May see a goalie rotation at bc for the first time in a long long while.
 
And looking forward, seems to me like Brown has done a great job of lining up good guys up for the future. Both local guys and internationals. We certainly have high quality forwards coming in (not going to list guys because there are many, but I would say kudos for locking up Noah Davidson. He seemed like he had a great year for Medicine Hat last year. I’m really looking forward to seeing him at bc). Maybe still some questions on d. I also love the geaudreau jersey connection and good for Rocco Pelosi for calling it out. Take note Will LoSaouro!
 
Maybe someone can explain this to me. Why is Aram Minnetian still listed on the BC NIL Marketplace? All the other players are current team members. Other sports like Basketball and Football appear to only have current roster members listed. Is Minnetian still eligible to play even though he played in about 10 Texas Stars games?
 
For anyone keeping track, it looks like Mathew Frost moved from Kingston in the OHL to Newfoundland in the Q and is now playing on the same team with Vietch. When Frost first committed ages ago there was a lot of hype about him but not clear how that’s worked out. He’s an overager who went undrafted so not sure how he fits in relative to the higher profile players. I think I don’t mind that Brown takes one or two guys that are experienced overagers that don’t go drafted. I’d like to see a guy like Frost succeed at bc.
 
LazyEyeGuy said:
For anyone keeping track, it looks like Mathew Frost moved from Kingston in the OHL to Newfoundland in the Q and is now playing on the same team with Vietch. When Frost first committed ages ago there was a lot of hype about him but not clear how that’s worked out. He’s an overager who went undrafted so not sure how he fits in relative to the higher profile players. I think I don’t mind that Brown takes one or two guys that are experienced overagers that don’t go drafted. I’d like to see a guy like Frost succeed at bc.
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i think what happened w Frost this season was the overage rule numbers game and possibly Fronts captain D Vann Williamson not going to college as he had originally planned. once he left Clarkson, Frost was the odd one out. Newfoundland will be a good spot for him- he just had a 3 point game tonight, don't know how good they'll be in a tough Maritimes Division but the fans are very passionate. Veitch was their first draft pick and he's a hometown kid. they also have a former boston jr eagle in Ty Hymovitz. agreed on taking experienced OA guys, they can be very valuable in the locker room and often stick around longer

if you have flohockey, you can watch their games, but heads up that their home games are -1:30 (newfoundland time) and most of their away games will be -1h (atlantic time)
 
LazyEyeGuy said:
Wow…Ty Hymovitz…just looked him up. Its Dave Hymovitz’s son. Dave hymovvitz was a bc captain and a rare bright spot in some dark days for bc hockey. Now i kinda hope he finds a spot at bc. 😀
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didn't know that, awesome!! he's lower on the depth chart right now but hes a rookie in the q, not that crazy. making a Q roster has become a lot harder after the rule change so credit to him.

also not just a 3 point game for Frost- report from a local fan is he got "Frosty" chants when named first star, the STH with high level hockey experience were giving him a lot of praise... had a pretty great preseason too. he's off to a good start on the rock :)
 
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