COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Emerging sophomores Lane Hutson and Devin Kaplan of the Boston College males’s ice hockey workforce were invited to USA Hockey’s International Junior Summer time Show off, will happen July 27-Aug. 4 at USA Hockey Area in Plymouth, Michigan. The week-long camp, that includes video games towards groups from Finland and Sweden, shall be used to guage applicants for the 2024 IIHF International Junior Championship, which shall be held Dec. 26, 2023, via Jan. 5, 2024, in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Hutson, a bronze medalist for Group USA on the 2023 International Junior Championship, maximum just lately skated for the U.S. Males’s Nationwide Group on the International Championship in Would possibly. The youngest participant on Group USA’s roster, Hutson tallied two targets, 4 assists and used to be a plus-7 within the event. That efficiency got here after a ancient freshman marketing campaign at BU. A First Group All-American, Hutson used to be the most efficient defenseman within the country irrespective of magnificence this season. The Walter Brown Award winner as the highest American-born participant in New England, Hutson surpassed Brian Leetch because the highest-scoring freshman defenseman in Hockey East historical past, totaling 48 issues on 15 targets and 33 assists, one higher than Leetch’s 47 (9g, 38a). Hutson’s 48 issues is probably the most by way of a freshman blue liner since 1986-87 and Hutson ranks 5th all-time amongst freshman defensemen in issues. Nationally, Hutson led all defensemen in each targets (15) and issues (48). He ranked 7th amongst all skaters in general issues, used to be tied for 6th general with 33 assists and used to be first amongst freshman defensemen in plus-minus as a plus-25.
Kaplan, teammates with Hutson at the U.S. Nationwide Below-18 Group previous to arriving at BU, used to be remarkable in his rookie season with the Terriers. Showing in all 40 video games, Kaplan scored 10 targets and added 13 assists for 23 issues. He used to be named to the Hockey East All-Event Group after he scored the game-tying target as a part of a two-point efficiency within the Terriers’ 3-2 extra time win over Merrimack within the Hockey East identify sport. BU used to be 8-1 when Kaplan discovered the again of the web, together with a two-goal effort in a 6-2 win over UMass on Jan. 11. He compiled 5 multi-point efforts, together with a three-point sport in that January victory over the Minutemen. The Terriers had been 15-2 when Kaplan recorded a minimum of one level and he completed the season as a plus-15.
