Northeastern Huskies 2012 Offseason

[UVM Cat in Texas]

Re: Northeastern Huskies 2012 Offseason

According to canuckscout it is confirmed that Kevin Roy will be taking his talents to Matthews Arena this fall.

Congratulations. Sounds like he'll (they'll) be a nice addition. Although I'm disappointed he didn't choose UVM, I'm thrilled he didn't choose BC or BU! Good luck this season.

[Ryecheers]

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Congratulations. Sounds like he'll (they'll) be a nice addition. Although I'm disappointed he didn't choose UVM, I'm thrilled he didn't choose BC or BU! Good luck this season.

Thank you. You are a gentleman. I won't celebrate until the Canuckscout tweet is corroborated by USHR, Heisenberg or some other source that has credibility. the University would have liked to make the announcement, but it seems impossible to embargo information in an age of instant communication.

Best of luck to UVM this year. We really can empathize. At least you still have your Head Coach in place and a pretty good group of recruits. Hopefully your new ACs will bond quickly with your players, and that you'll be able to surprise some teams (other than NU, of course).

[Ryecheers]

Re: Northeastern Huskies 2012 Offseason

USHR
Fri. 8/3/12


Roy Brothers to Northeastern
High-scoring forward Kevin Roy and his older brother, goaltender Derick Roy, who decommitted from Brown University on July 22nd, officially committed to Northeastern University this afternoon.

Northeastern head hockey coach Jim Madigan contacted USHR this afternoon to state that the two brothers, natives of Lac-Beauport, Quebec who prepped at, respectively, Deerfield and St. Paul's before playing juniors, have decided to attend Northeastern University starting this fall.

There are a lot of issues here (see USHR News of 7/22/12) and Madigan, due to the fact that the two players have yet to be formally admitted into the university, was unable to address our questions on the record.

Madigan did say that he expected the brothers to be accepted, and that the paperwork would be wrapped up by Monday or Tuesday of next week. At that point, he said, he would be willing to go on the record.

Stay tuned.

[Tater]

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Good get for NU. A little reverse karma for losing Gaudreau?

[WDR357]

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Certainly makes my day!

[J.D.]

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Certainly a different situation than what happened with Gaudreau, but regardless of that...can't say I'm disappointed to see Roy pick NU. Good luck.

[sterlippo1]

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...can't say I'm disappointed to see Roy pick NU. Good luck.

neither can i and it's good for HE

[Tater]

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Certainly a different situation than what happened with Gaudreau, but regardless of that...can't say I'm disappointed to see Roy pick NU. Good luck.

but more similiaries than differences. Both players saw their stock rise after originally committing to a "lower" program and wanted to play elsewhere, leaving their original commit team the summer before they were supposed to appear. The main difference being that Gaudreau was released from his LOI after NU's coach left and Roy not having a LOI at all.

[SkinsFan09]

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but more similiaries than differences. Both players saw their stock rise after originally committing to a "lower" program and wanted to play elsewhere, leaving their original commit team the summer before they were supposed to appear. The main difference being that Gaudreau was released from his LOI after NU's coach left and Roy not having a LOI at all.

That is not at all why Gaudreau left. The coaching staff he wanted to play for was wiped clean. That simple. Can't blame him for leaving at all. If Cronin and co. stay, he's a Husky right now.

This is fantastic news for the Huskies though. Roy's going to be a top HE player from the get-go I think.

[BU2K]

neither can i and it's good for HE

I agree. Good deal for the Huskies. Going to be fun this year.

[northeastern]

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So.. very.. cool.

[SkinsFan09]

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A top 6 of:

Karlsson-Vermeesch-Saponari
Pimm-Roy-Ferreiro

all of a sudden is one of the best in the conference.

[Ryecheers]

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A top 6 of:

Karlsson-Vermeesch-Saponari
Pimm-Roy-Ferreiro

all of a sudden is one of the best in the conference.

More importantly, Roy will have good support with another experienced center and a goal scoring RW on his line. Vrolyk, Reid and Manno or Darcy or Belonger could turn out to be a solid third line.

[KFBS]

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Good luck with Roy and Keefe. Just remembers a rat is a rat, no matter what.

[HungryHungryHuskies]

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Good luck with Roy and Keefe. Just remembers a rat is a rat, no matter what.

Who is Just and why does he care?