Eichel Named Hockey East Player of the Month
December 3, 2014 | Men's Ice Hockey
WAKEFIELD, Mass. - Freshman Jack Eichel of the Boston University men's ice hockey team has been named the Hockey East Warrior Player of the Month for November, as announced by the league office on Tuesday.
Eichel continued an impressive start to his career, scoring at least one point in each of the Terriers' first six games of November and appearing on the scoresheet in seven of nine contests. The rookie centerman scored the overtime winner and chipped in an assist in a 3-2 victory over Maine on Nov. 21 in one of five multi-point efforts in the month.
Eichel led all Hockey East players in points (13), assists (9) and plus/minus (+7) in November en route to helping Boston University climb to the No. 1 ranking in both polls for the first time in over four years.
This is Eichel's second monthly honor from Hockey East as he was named the league's rookie of the month in October. Junior goaltender Matt O'Connor was named a runner-up for Hockey East Stop It Goaltender of the Month for November.
Eichel, who was named to the preliminary roster for the 2015 U.S. National Junior Team on Tuesday, enters December as the Division I leader in points (21) and plus/minus (+16).
The No. 2/3 Terriers will return to action on Friday (Dec. 5) when they visit No. 18 Merrimack to open a home-and-home weekend with the Warriors. The game, which starts at 7 p.m., will be broadcast on WBIN, FCS-Atlantic and ESPN3.
