It’s still relatively early in the season, but the Chicago Blackhawks could have another top scoring player in college hockey this year. Last season, Northeastern forward Dylan Sikura lit up the NCAA playing on a line with Hobey Baker winner Adam Gaudette and Nolan Stevens. But this year, Evan Barratt and the Penn State Nittany Lions are setting the league on fire. They are scoring at will and look to be a serious national championship contender.
This is great news for Blackhawks fans. If Barratt can provide some center depth in a couple years, he will bring a lot of value. There aren’t a lot of guys willing to get to the net on the Hawks right now and that’s something new head coach Jeremy Colliton is stressing. They need players who want to work to get to the dirty areas and get rewarded. Barratt could be one of those players.
Let’s get right into what happened this weekend in college hockey for the Blackhawks prospects.
Evan Barratt – Forward – Penn State University – 9G, 10A
Photo courtesy of the Daily Collegian
Last time we left off, we talked about how Evan Barratt was a nice player on a pretty good team. But this week in Penn State’s series against the University of Michigan, Barratt turned into a star. The Nittany lions split the series with the Wolverines, but again it was a high scoring bout. Barratt added a goal and an assist in Friday’s game and had a hat-trick in Saturday’s game.
NOT 1⃣. NOT 2⃣. BUT 3⃣ GOALS.@BarrattEvan became the seventh player in program history to score a hat-trick on Saturday night against Michigan! #HockeyValleyHatTrick pic.twitter.com/Gq7aPOpmi3
— Penn State Men’s Hockey (@PennStateMHKY) November 18, 2018
Penn State plays at Ohio State next weekend.
Ian Mitchell – Defenseman – University of Denver – 2G, 8A
Photo courtesy of Magness Mayhem
Ian Mitchell and the Denver Pioneers had a difficult matchup this weekend when they hosted the No. 1 ranked Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs. The teams split the series, but it was one of the most exciting couple of games in college hockey. The Pioneers won Friday’s game 2-0 with Mitchell scoring the first goal on the powerplay, followed by a late game empty net goal.
IAN MITCHELL WITH A 💣 FROM THE POINT. 1-0 PIOS ! pic.twitter.com/gGRi73ORti
— LetsGoDU (@LetsGoDU) November 17, 2018
The Pioneers host Providence next weekend.
Chad Krys – Defenseman – Boston University – 2G, 5A
The Boston Terriers are slowly getting warmer after a slow start to the season. Until Saturday night’s loss at home against Maine, Boston had won three games in a row. Chad Krys and the veteran blue liners had some nice puck movement on this powerplay goal by Joel Farabee Friday night.
And then Farabee gave us a lead moments later… #GoBU pic.twitter.com/moYhTPpt92
— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) November 17, 2018
Boston plays UConn and Yale/Union next weekend.
Other Notables
Boston University’s Jake Wise assisted on David Farrance’s game-winning powerplay goal Friday night.
Here's a look at Farrance's late game-winner. Our third PP goal of the night. #GoBU pic.twitter.com/vejZXVJG4F
— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) November 17, 2018
GOAL, Cornell:
Beau Starrett deflects a long shot by Cody Haiskanen past Princeton goaltender Ryan Ferland to give Cornell a 2-0 lead 11:02 into the contest. pic.twitter.com/85lju224Gp— Cornell Daily Sun Sports (@DailySunSports) November 18, 2018