Boston College already had the best '05 class among New England colleges. The Eagles added to that Monday with the announcement of Landan Resendes’ commitment.
Resendes, from Hudson, Mass., is coming off a terrific season with Cushing and the Neponset Valley River Rats U16. In 24 games with the Penguins, he scored 13 goals and added 11 assists. With the River Rats, he posted 12 goals and 15 assists in 29 games.
In his first and final USA Hockey national camp in June, he scored a goal and had an assist.
Resendes is on the smaller side, but he’s got a quick twitch, has skill, and plays with an edge. His commitment is likely for the 2024-25 or 2025-26 season.
The Eagles beat out a couple of other Hockey East and ECAC Hockey schools for the former Hillside School standout.
Resendes is the fourth local '05 to commit to BC. He joins USA Hockey NTDP U18 forwards Ryan Leonard (Amherst, Mass.), Will Smith (Lexington, Mass.), and Will Vote (Arlington, Mass.). Being a late '05 and only a rising junior, he’ll likely come in with the '06s. Since August 1, Boston College’s staff has landed two elite '06 forwards in NTDP U17 center Teddy Stiga (Sudbury, Mass.) and South Kent center Matt Frost, the first overall pick in the USHL Phase I Draft.
Merrimack got in on the '06 party in recent days with commitments from Long Island Gulls U16 right wing Thomas Zocco and Nashville Junior Predators U16 left wing Luke Goukler. Both players had productive appearances at the USA Hockey Select 16 Player Development Camp last month in Amherst, N.Y. Zocco, from Staten Island, N.Y., found the back of the net four times during five games at the camp. He’s a rugged winger who can fire the puck with zip. Goukler, from Cumming, Ga., had a goal and two assists. Goukler is a skilled, crafty winger with above-average skating.
Coaches often talk about wanting to add recruits from winning programs. New Hampshire did that with the commitment of Bishop Kearney Selects defenseman Josh Player. The West Deptford, N.J., native helped his team win a USA Hockey U16 National Championship this April in Michigan. In 82 games he scored 16 goals and had 28 assists. Player, an '05, appeared in the Select 16 Camp in July, posting one assist.
Vermont made its first commitment since August 1, adding New Jersey Rockets U16 right wing Kris Krumins. From Jelgava, Latvia, the '05 is a goal-scorer who tallied 27 goals and 18 assists in 72 games this past season.
Loomis Chaffee right wing Will Reardon committed to Holy Cross. The '04 from Philadelphia scored five goals and had 15 assists in 23 games for the Pelicans this past winter. He spent time with the Valley Forge Minutemen and New Jersey Rockets organizations before heading to Loomis.
