Monday, April 3, 2017

Put me in coach: College to NHL is new norm for top players (Yahoo Sports)

FILE - At left, in a March 25, 2017, file photo, Vancouver Canucks' Brock Boeser makes his NHL debut in an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, in St. Paul, Minn. At right, in an April 9, 2016, file photo, North Dakota forward Brock Boeser (16) celebrates his shorthanded goal against Quinnipiac during the first period of an NCAA Frozen Four championship college hockey game, in Tampa, Fla. After North Dakota lost the seventh-longest game in NCAA Tournament history, Boeser traveled back to campus, told coaches and teammates he decided to turn pro and the next morning boarded a flight from Grand Forks to Minneapolis. He signed his first NHL contract, got a crash course on systems from the coaching staff and was in the Vancouver Canucks lineup at 1 p.m. against his hometown Minnesota Wild. (AP Photo/File)

Nineteen hours after Brock Boeser's college hockey tenure ended, his NHL career began. After North Dakota lost the seventh-longest game in NCAA Tournament history, Boeser traveled back to campus, told coaches and teammates he had decided to turn pro and the next morning boarded a flight from Grand Forks to Minneapolis. The Canucks brought his parents into the locker room to read the starting lineup, and his father, Duke, got the chance to say, ''Starting on right wing, I can't believe it, Brock Boeser!'' His son then scored a goal in his unforgettable debut.


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