That was the point. Look, I know this goes both ways when you are dealing with players committing two or more years before enrolling. However, his case seemed pretty calculated. He was relatively unknown (from the hockey hotbed, Moses Brown School) joining a very strong Lawrence Academy team for his senior year. About 10 of his teammates had college commitments (a couple of D3, an ECAC, an AHA and the rest HE) but as his season was winding down he was still waiting. Why is a good question, but I suspect that there was a feeling he was benefitting greatly from playing on a line with two very highly recruited players. We offered and he accepted - saying all the right things about how much he knew and was happy with his choice based on his sister being an ex-Union player. Then, as soon as he got off to a good start in junior hockey the following season we started to hear that his commitment was tenuous and that proved to be the case. That was his right, but I will be (not so secretly) pleased if we go out and show Fontaine, NU and HE that our program is definitely on the way back. That won't be easy as Northeastern has shown themselves to be at least on par if not ahead of their Boston brethren in recent years.
