Owen Kitzan – Sports Editor

Photo courtesy of BU Hockey Club

As the 2024-25 season is nearly upon us, the BU club hockey team will be gearing up for an exciting season of hockey. After coming in ninth, the team finished just shy of the needed top eight position at Nationals in Philadelphia last year to advance past the round robin. Now, the team will be looking for vengeance. 

The boys are coming into the season with a new look to the coaching staff, as prior coach Trevor Gnall graduated the past year. Taking over head coaching duties is former player, and reigning male athlete of the year, Ryan Massicotte. Ryan comes in having put up an impressive 90 points through 30 games for Bishops in the past three seasons, two of which saw him as an assistant captain for the program.

Joining him will be Will Leclerc and Jordan Chabot as assistant coaches. Will has a stellar hockey resume that saw him torch Junior AAA in Quebec as well as suit up for a few games in the QMJHL as a member of the Drummondville Voltigeurs. He would then proceed to play two seasons for the Concordia Stingers U Sports program before joining Bishops, which saw him put up a staggering 55 points in just 12 games played with the team. Jordan is no slouch either when it comes to his resume in the hockey world, seeing as he was a Gatineau Olympiques draft pick in his younger years. He would then play three seasons of Cégep hockey for the Champlain Cougars before eventually making his way over to Bishop’s. In his time with the team, he would put up 13 points over nine games, before a lingering hip injury would force him to be sidelined and require surgery, thus ending his stint as a player on the team.

With the new coaching staff in place, the team looks primed to compete once again for a prestigious national championship in only the team’s 3rd official year as a member of the AAU. With the departure of former Captain Keyan Hogan to play pro hockey in Sweden, Jo Aubert assumed the captaincy role for the squad. Joining him as assistant captains will be Fred Nicolas, Jack Mcgowan and Felix Lespérance.

With the season quickly approaching, be ready to come out and support your BU Club Hockey team. The schedule is posted on the team’s Instagram, which can be found under the handle @buclubhockey. The team’s first home games will be on Oct. 5 and 6 against rivals Mass Maritimes Academy. With that being said, let’s drop the puck on a new season of exciting hockey!