The last year has posed many challenges for hockey organizations looking to scout and evaluate potential players. USA Hockey has had to deal with that just like NHL, college and junior teams. Canceled in 2020 were USA Hockey national championships and select festivals. With this year’s events still up in the air, the governing body...
The last year has posed many challenges for hockey organizations looking to scout and evaluate potential players. USA Hockey has had to deal with that just like NHL, college and junior teams.
Canceled in 2020 were USA Hockey national championships and select festivals. With this year’s events still up in the air, the governing body decided to put on a USA Hockey Evaluation Camp this week for about two dozen players born in 2005.
Two New England residents, Will McDonough and Lucas St. Louis, were among the ’05 players who showcased their skill-sets in front of USA Hockey and USHL scouts over the past three days.
McDonough, a right wing for the Boston Advantage 16-U, hails from Duxbury, Mass. He’s put up over a point per game over the past three seasons with the Boston Advantage. A big power forward, McDonough is a goal scorer who can penetrate the scoring areas.
St. Louis is one of six players from the Mid Fairfield Rangers 15 Only team to make the three-day camp in Plymouth, Mich. However, he’s the only New Englander of the six. From Riverside, Conn., St. Louis is an offensive, puck-moving defenseman. He’s the son of NHL legend Marty St. Louis, the team’s coach.
The other players from Mid Fairfield to make the USA Hockey Evaluation Camp are forwards Ryan Fine, a Boston University commit, Salvatore Guzzo; and Brian Nicholas; and defensemen Drew Fortescue and Aram Minnetian.
Players from New England prep schools and Massachusetts and Minnesota high school were not eligible to attend the camp. If they were able to be there, it’s safe to assume that St. Sebastian’s center Will Smith (Lexington, Mass.), Dexter Southfield center Will Vote (Arlington, Mass.) and Pope Francis center Ryan Leonard (Amherst, Mass.) would have been invited.
