Brian Carrabes has announced his verbal commitment to play college hockey at Boston University. An ’01 from North Andover, Mass., Carrabes will play prep school hockey for Kimball Union this upcoming season after skating for Kristian Hanson’s St. John’s Prep squad the last two years. Several elite prep schools were vying for his services before Tim...
Brian Carrabes has announced his verbal commitment to play college hockey at Boston University.
An ’01 from North Andover, Mass., Carrabes will play prep school hockey for Kimball Union this upcoming season after skating for Kristian Hanson’s St. John’s Prep squad the last two years. Several elite prep schools were vying for his services before Tim Whitehead's Wildcats closed the deal.
Carrabes led the Eagles in scoring as a sophomore, putting up 21 goals and 13 assists in 23 games played. After a one-year hiatus from the MIAA Super 8 Tournament, SJP earned the three-seed for this year's tournament. Carrabes was one of the standout performers during the games at the Tsongas Arena.
He becomes the second St. John's Prep player from the 2017-18 team to commit to a Division 1 college this month, joining David Sacco (Middleton, Mass.), who will be heading to New Hampshire in a few years.
Carrabes is a very good skater who can create offense in the blink of an eye. He has a stellar shot and isn’t afraid to use his speed to take pucks to the net. Distributing the puck to others is one area of his game that will need improvement over the next few seasons before he dons a Terrier uniform.
Back in March, New England Hockey Journal rated Carrabes as the top 2001-born prospect in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA).
His commitment to Albie O’Connell’s program comes just two weeks after his scintillating performance at the 2018 BU Prep Showcase. He had offers from a few other Hockey East schools and varying levels of interest from a few more.
“As a kid growing up in Massachusetts, I dreamed of playing for BU," Carrabes said. There’s so much hockey history at BU and the coaching staff made it a very easy decision."
"From the moment I stepped on campus, I had a feeling like I was home," Carrabes continued. "To have an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of some of hockey’s greatest is something I’m honored to be apart of."
Carrabes' career at BU is expected to get underway in 2020-21.
