In today’s NCAA D-II/III notebook, several 3-star forwards committed to programs for this upcoming season, including a 3-star forward for Babson and Anna Maria as well as a 3.25-star defenseman for Williams.
’01 (F) Brendan Kennedy (★★★) to Babson for 2022
Ranked No. 37 (OJHL) in NZ’s 2001 National Rankings
Kennedy finished up his junior career last season with the Utica Jr. Comets in the NCDC where he posted 37 points (12g-25a) in 49 games. His 2020-21 season was cut in the OJHL due to COVID, but in 2019-20 he appeared in 53 games for the Cobourg Cougars and Georgetown Raiders in the OJHL where he combined for nine goals and six assists. He played one year of prep hockey for Salisbury in 2018-19.
NZ Scouts: “An athletic forward with good size and skating ability. He showed poise with the puck, made plays all over the sheet and surveyed the ice well to find the open ice.”
’01 (F) Seth McCulloch (★★¾) to Marian for 2023
McCulloch has spent the last three seasons in the SJHL for the Melfort Mustangs. In 37 games last season he posted 23 points (10g-13a) and in 91 games over his three seasons in the league he finished with 14 goals and 22 assists. Last season he played in three playoff games for Melfort and had one goal and three assists.
McCulloch played for the Lethbridge Hurricanes AAA teams before he jumped to junior hockey in 2019 with Melfort.
’01 (D) Jared Lambright (★★★¼) to Williams College for 2022
Ranked No. 19 (NAHL) in NZ’s 2001 National Rankings
Lambright is from Clifton Park, N.Y. and he played three seasons at the Northwood School before he began his junior career in the NAHL with the Northeast Generals. In 2021 he moved over to play with the Boston Advantage in the NCDC. Last season in 38 games he posted 26 points (2g-24a) on the blue line for the Advantage.
NZ Scouts: “ared was offensive minded and saw the ice well with the puck. He was able to move the puck and trigger his team’s offense. A mobile skater with puck handling ability who took command with the puck on his stick. He took chances and was able to create offense for his team from the blue line.”
’01 (F) Giovanni Perillo (★★★) to Anna Maria College for 2022
Perillo is from Montreal but he has played in the U.S. since 2018 when he joined the DME Academy in the USPHL. Last season he split his time between the Espanola Paper Kings (NOJHL), where he scored 10 points (4g-6a) in 18 games, and the Florida Jr. Blades in the USPHL, where he scored 12 points (9g-3a) in 14 games.
NZ Scouts: “Perillo is a big body and he uses it well in all facets of the game. He has great reach and a long, powerful stride to get around the ice with ease. Above average puck skills and he does a nice job of shielding the puck with his body but has good enough hands that he is able to maintain possession that way, as well. Wins many board battles and loose puck battles and plays a solid two-way game.”
’01 (F) Dylan Roebuck (N/R) to Castleton for 2022
Roebuck is a Pennsylvania native who played for the Jr. Penguins and Pittsburgh Penguins Elite programs growing up. In 2019 he moved over to the New Jersey Jr. Titans in the AYHL playing at the 18U level then in 2020 he began playing junior for the New Hampshire Avalanche in the EHL. Last season he appeared in 40 games for the EHL’s Boston Jr. Rangers and he finished with 7 goals and 12 assists.
NZ Scouts (EHL): “He competed every shift, and now just has to be more consistent throughout his shifts.”
