The Recruit Stories
Hagerman's Path From Minnesota, to Mexico, to Maine
Posted on January 2, 2020
Gonzalo Hagerman’s path to college hockey is as unique as it gets. The 19-year-old defenseman from Cuajimalpa, Mexico committed to Bowdoin last fall. Earlier this season he skated with the Mexican National Team in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament and soon he’ll head to Bulgaria with the Mexican National Team for the World Junior Championships (Division…
Bross heads east to join UMass Boston
Posted on August 14, 2017
UMass Boston (NEHC) recently received a commitment from 3.25-star prospect Zack Bross from the Minot Minotauros of the NAHL. The 6’0”, 195-lb. ’96 born forward hails from Weldon Spring, Missouri and is a veteran grab for the Beacons and coach Peter Belisle. Bross is a mature, strong and smart player with a high compete level…
Hard Work Pays Off: The Paul Cotter Story
Posted on October 14, 2016
Pulling into the driveway of his Canton, MI home, a 4-year-old Paul Cotter noticed something across the street; a boy, playing road hockey with a stick and ball. The rest, as the saying goes, was history. From that moment on, Paul Cotter knew that he wanted to play hockey. He told his parents, and…
Halifax to Hanover: The Jack Cameron Story
Posted on October 13, 2016
In one of the smaller Canadian provinces, Nova Scotia, hockey has established a tight community. Families bring their kids to the rink and it takes on the feel of a social gathering. The mutual support is what really sticks out to 99-born defenseman Jack Cameron. I started playing hockey when I was five…
2016 NCAA Men’s Hockey Recruiting Class Rankings
Posted on October 7, 2016
As the 2016-2017 season kicks off this evening, we wanted to share the final 2016 Recruiting Class Rankings with college hockey coaches, players and fans. The interactive rankings can be viewed by subscribers under the Team Rankings tab. There you can see who is committed to these schools, what their individual star ratings are…
Unlikely Beginnings: The Marcus Gretz Story
Posted on October 6, 2016
Albuquerque, New Mexico isn’t exactly known as a hockey hot bed when it comes to breeding future Division 1 players, but it was home to talented Belle Tire defenseman Marcus Gretz. He is defying those odds and proving that hard work and determination is the remedy to success in hockey. Although he is recognized for being one of the top minor midget players in the nation; his hockey career began almost by accident.
Keep Working: The Griffin Lunn Story
Posted on October 1, 2016
There is an old coach’s adage that goes something like this: the one aspect of hockey you can control is how much effort you put in. No matter whether your name appears in the scoresheet: you can still give maximum effort: those are the players who succeed. It turns out that a father/son trip to…
The Road Less Traveled: The Ryan O’Connell Story
Posted on September 22, 2016
Growing up in Gloucester, ON, Canada, a suburb of Ottawa, Ryan O’Connell fell in love with the game of hockey at an early age. At age four he laced up the skates for the first time, and hasn’t looked back since. “Both my parents grew up in a hockey environment where my dad played…
A Development Focus: The Harrison Roy Story
Posted on September 18, 2016
Every hockey player’s love for the game is built on a foundation of humble beginnings. In the case of Harrison Roy, that love for the sport started when his feet first touched the ice at age 3 and he joined his first organized team at age 5. I have been in the Boston Bandits organization ever since…
“Not Big Enough”: The Drew DeRidder Story
Posted on September 9, 2016
Don’t tell Drew DeRidder that he’s not big enough to stop the puck. The “undersized” goalie has accomplished more as a sixteen-year-old than most youth players do in their whole career. Hockey is a way of life in the DeRidder household as both his father and grandfather played and coached the game. For Drew,…
