Excited to announce I will now be playing my college hockey at @MavHockey next fall! Thanks to everyone that helped me get here! #mavs— Dryden McKay (@drydenmckay) August 31, 2017
McKay had committed to play at Holy Cross but will now be coming to Mankato in a year.
The first thing you notice about McKay, though, is his first name. It's the surname of one of the greatest goaltenders of all time, Ken Dryden. No pressure there, right? So far, it looks like he's handling it well.
Prior to going to Madison and the USHL, McKay played two seasons in the NAHL. He had .917, 2.77 in 37 games with Springfield in 2014-15 and .921, 2.47 in 34 games with Corpus Christi in 2015-16.
This season, the Mavericks will have two senior goalies on their roster, grad-transfer Connor LaCouvee from Boston University and Aaron Nelson, who finally got his first game action with MSU last year after 2 1/2 seasons as the No. 3. Jason Pawloski will be a junior. So the Mavericks, it appears, will have to bring in another goalie for next year, too. (UPDATE: MSU does have a commitment from former Holy Family Catholic goalie Jaxson Stauber, who is in the Sioux Falls Stampede's training camp currently; would he be ready to come in in 2018 or would he, as I suspect, be in line to take Pawloski's spot in 2019?)
Between LaCouvee and McKay (and Stauber), the Mavericks appear to have come out OK after top recruit Matiss Kivlenieks opted to turn pro out of the USHL rather than play college hockey. The proof, of course, will be on the ice.
Between LaCouvee and McKay (and Stauber), the Mavericks appear to have come out OK after top recruit Matiss Kivlenieks opted to turn pro out of the USHL rather than play college hockey. The proof, of course, will be on the ice.
2 comments:
Shane, Didn't they also get Jaxson Stauber? I thought he was going to come in either next year or the year after.
Any word on the contract extension for coach Hastings? Any word on compensation and program improvements, such as staffing commitments?
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