St. Cloud State’s Ahcan signs with Boston Bruins

St. Cloud State University senior defenseman Jack Ahcan (Savage, Minn./Burnsville H.S.) has signed a two-year entry-level contract with the NHL’s Boston Bruins.  The news was announced on March 27 by the Bruins’ General Manager Don Sweeney.

Ahcan completed his fourth season with the Huskies in 2019-20 and finished the year with seven goals, 18 assists and 25 points.  A 5-8, 184-pound defenseman, Ahcan served as a team captain for the Huskies in 2019-20.

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An All-America award winner in 2018-19, Ahcan earned All-NCHC honors in 2019-20 and 2018-19 and he was named to the All-NCHC Rookie team in 2016-17.  In his four seasons with the Huskies, Ahcan set a team record for defensemen with 82 career assists.  He also had 21 career goals and joined SCSU’s 100-point club with 103 points scored in 144 career games played at SCSU.  He is one of just three SCSU blueliners to score 100-plus points during their collegiate career.

Ahcan will join a long line of SCSU players who have continued their hockey careers after playing for the Huskies.  Since 1933, SCSU has seen a total of 36 players play in the NHL and this list includes the following players (9) who played in NHL games during the 2019-20 season: Blake Lizotte (Los Angeles), Nic Dowd (Washington), Nick Jensen (Washington), Patrick Russell (Edmonton), Ryan Poehling (Montreal), Charlie Lindgren (Montreal), Dennis Cholowski (Detroit), Kevin Gravel (Toronto) and Jonny Brodzinski (San Jose).