Men's Ice Hockey Terriers at World Juniors
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TERRIERS AT WORLD JUNIORS Over the years, 61 Boston University hockey players have been members of the United States team that has participated in the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Champion- ship (Under-20). Nine other Terriers have competed for other countries. Below is a list of those players, and the years in which they played. Player Position Years • BU coach Jack Parker was the head Tony Amonte Forward 1989, 1990 coach of the U.S. National Junior Team Pat Aufiero Defense 2000 in 1996. That year, the competition Shawn Bates Forward 1995 was hosted in Massachusetts and the Kieffer Bellows Forward 2017, 2018 team finished in fifth place with a 3-3- Chris Bourque Forward 2005, 2006^ 0 record. Former Terrier John Hynes Rich Brennan Defense 1992 served as the 2008 U.S. head coach. Dan Cavanaugh Forward 2000 Adam Clendening Defense 2012 • Scott Young is one of just 16 U.S. Logan Cockerill Forward 2019 players who have participated in three Jon Coleman Defense 1994 World Junior Championships. Charlie Coyle Forward 2011, 2012 Cleon Daskalakis Goalie 1981 • Terriers have combined to earn 30 Tom Dion Defense 1989 medals at the World Juniors: Rick DiPietro Goalie 2000, 2001* • In 1986, Mike Kelfer, David Quinn and Clark Donatelli Forward 1984, 1985 Chris Drury Forward 1996 Scott Young were members of the first Jack Eichel Forward 2015 U.S. team to ever medal at the event, Joel Farabee Forward 2019 claiming the bronze. Brandon Fortunato Defense 2016 • Rich Brennan, Scott Lachance, John Jordan Greenway Forward 2017 Lilley, Mike Prendergast and Keith Tka- Mike Grier Forward 1995 chuk were on the 1992 team that won Matt Grzelcyk Defense 2014 Patrick Harper Forward 2017, 2018 the bronze medal with a 5-2 record. Gregg Johnson Forward 2002 • Adrian Aucoin (1993) and Dante Jeff Kealty Defense 1996 Fabbro (2018) each won a gold medal Mike Kelfer Forward 1986, 1987 with Canada. Chris Kelleher Defense 1995 Clayton Keller Forward 2017 • Dan LaCouture and Tom Poti were on Chad Krys Defense 2016 the 1997 team that won the silver Bob Lachance Forward 1994 medal with a 4-1-1 mark. At the time, Scott Lachance Defense 1991, 1992 it was the best finish ever by a U.S. Scott Young represented Team USA in Dan LaCouture Forward 1997 team that had won a medal just three three World Junior Championships in Mike Lappin Forward 1989 times prior. In 2004, the U.S. earned John Lilley Forward 1992 its first World Junior title, posting a 1985, 1986 and 1987. Charlie McAvoy Defense 2016, 2017 Brian McConnell Forward 2003 perfect 6-0 record. FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE Freddy Meyer Defense 2001 • David Warsofsky became the first Paul Miller Forward 1977 Terrier to ever earn a World Junior goal Danny O’Regan Forward 2014 medal for the U.S. in 2010. Player Country Position Year Chris O’Sullivan Defense 1994 Adrian Aucoin Canada Defense 1993 Jay Octeau Defense 1985 • Logan Cockerill and Joel Farabee Jake Oettinger Forward 2017, 2018 Ville Kentala Finland Forward 1986 earned silver medals in 2019 while Jay Pandolfo Forward 1994 Charlie Coyle earned a bronze in Petteri Koskimaki Finland Forward 1994 Mike Pandolfo Forward 1999 2011, as did Charlie McAvoy, Brandon Frantisek Skladany Slovakia Forward 2002 Mike Pomichter Forward 1993 Fortunato and Chad Krys at the 2016 Tom Poti Defense 1996, 1997 tournament. J. Forsbacka Karlsson Sweden Forward 2016 Mike Prendergast Forward 1992 Brandon Hickey Canada Defense 2016 David Quinn Defense 1986 • Charlie McAvoy, Kieffer Bellows, Jordan John Sabo Forward 2000, 2001 Dante Fabbro Canada Defense 2017 Greenway, Clayton Keller, Patrick Joe Sacco Forward 1989 Harper and Jake Oettinger won gold Dante Fabbro Canada Defense 2018 Kevin Shattenkirk Defense 2009 with Team USA in 2017, defeating Kasper Kotkansalo Finland Defense 2018 Brian Strait Defense 2008 Canada and Dante Fabbro in the title Mike Sullivan Forward 1988 game in Montreal. Shane Bowers Canada Forward 2019 Mike Sylvia Forward 1996 Brady Tkachuk Forward 2018 • Scott Young was named to the Keith Tkachuk Forward 1991, 1992 All-Tournament Team in 1987, while ^- As a member of the Hershey Bears David Warsofsky Defense 2010 Scott Lachance (1991), Clayton Keller *- As a member of the New York Islanders Ryan Whitney Defense 2002, 2003 (2017) and Charlie McAvoy (2017) Colin Wilson Forward 2008, 2009 earned the honor as well. Scott Young Forward 1985, 1986, 1987 BU SET AN NCAA RECORD WITH SIX PLAYERS WINNING GOLD AT THE 2017 WORLD JUNIORS @ TERRIERHOCKEY • FIVE-TIME NCAA CHAMPION 38 CONFERENCE TITLES - 21 REgULAR SEASONMEN’S, 17 TOURNAMENT ICE HOCKEY.