It will be a bit of a homecoming for Macklin Celebrini.
If your NHL team stinks enough that you’re spending your Tuesday evening watching a man flip cardboard signs around, I feel for you. The 2024 NHL Draft lottery takes place tonight, with 11 teams holding a chance to land Macklin Celebrini with the first overall pick.
The 19-year-old was the eighth overall pick back in June and has only seen his stock go up since then.
He is considered the consensus No. 1 selection for the upcoming draft in June and is coming off a dominant freshman campaign with the Terriers.
Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the column that brings you the next crop of professional hockey players. Each day our LWOS Prospects Writers will bring you a new player profile or topical article in the lead-up to the 2024 NHL Draft.
The 2024 NHL Draft is shaping up to be one of the most consequential in a generation. No, Connor Bedard isn’t available this time around, but the team that ends up selecting first overall this year will be looking at a pretty sweet consolation prize: Macklin Celebrini, a star Boston University freshman and the consensus top prospect available.
It’s very likely that 20 years from now, college hockey purists will still be talking about the absolute brilliance they witnessed following Macklin Celebrini’s freshman season at Boston University.
A future NHLer is electing to stay in school. On Tuesday, it was revealed that St. Louis Blues forward prospect Jimmy Snuggerud will return to the University of Minnesota for his junior season.
If you love offense, this is the Frozen Four for you. These are the top four offenses in the country in goals per game, with Denver No. 1 (4.7) followed by Boston College (4.59), Michigan (4.22) and Boston University (4.15).
The University of Michigan hockey team is on its way to the Frozen Four after beating Michigan State 5-2 in the NCAA regional final on Sunday.
The second slate of regional semifinal matchups took place on Friday, with some of the best teams in the country taking one step closer to the Frozen Four.
Ten years from now, we’ll be talking about all the star talent Boston College’s 2023-24 Hockey East team possessed. In a 16-team tournament that features a ton of the “blue blood” schools of college hockey, nobody has the roster or the overall success quite like BC has.
The wheels are in motion to grow women’s hockey in the state of Michigan. During Thursday’s meeting of the University of Michigan Board of Regents, regent Denise Ilitch, one of Mike and Marian Ilitch’s daughters, formally called upon the school to add a Division-I women’s ice hockey program.
If you’re not tied to any particular school, there’s a good chance you’re going to watch the NCAA Tournament to see your NHL team’s future stars. But it’s not uncommon for those gunning for early spots in a given year’s draft class to stand out just as much, if not more.
The men’s NCAA regional tournaments are set to kick off later this weekend, with 16 teams vying to be one of the finalists for the Frozen Four in Saint Paul, Minnesota next month.
In what has been another exciting college hockey season, it is time to see which team has what it takes to move on to the Frozen Four of the NCAA Men’s Hockey Tournament.
The 16-team bracket is loaded with future NHL talent, both players who’ve already been drafted and 2024 draft hopefuls.
Here is an overview of some of the defensemen who could be drawing NHL interest in the near future.
2023-24 Team: Boston Univ. (NCAA) Date of Birth: Jun. 13, 2006 Place of Birth: Vancouver, BC, CAN Ht: 6-feet Wt: 190 pounds Shoots: L Position: C NHL Draft Eligibility: 2024 first-year eligible While there’s no generational talent label in this year’s draft, Boston University’s Macklin Celebrini is definitely playing like one.
Hello again. A lot has happened since the last NHL Draft rankings. The CHL Top Prospects Game, the U-18 Five Nations tournament and the conclusion of some regular seasons have helped to spice things up in what’s proving to be an interesting draft class.
When you think of Michigan Hockey, you think of Marty Turco, Max Pacioretty and Red Berenson…but you probably do not think of women’s hockey. Yet, with the massive wave of popularity, and a fresh set of eyes on the sport, players on the biggest stage say it is time for that to change.
It will become the 45th women’s DI program and the first NCAA hockey program in the state of Delaware. The Blue Hens will be joining the College Hockey America (CHA) conference.
Here’s a look at 10 prospects you need to know, including some from the Five Nations tournament.
It’s been a while. Hockey moves quickly. So much can change in an instant. One game, one weekend, one month. For top prospects, there’s no room for off days.
This decision comes after the Western University coaching staff was under investigation for allegations provided by the players of the team.
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