In Boston College men’s hockey’s long history of welcoming blue chip prospects to the Heights, they’ve never had a prospect drafted as highly as Cutter Gauthier, this year’s #5 overall pick by the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round of the NHL draft.
As such, hopes are high that Gauthier is a player who can bring instant offense to a team that needs it.
BC fans had to wait a little bit to see Gauthier make his BC debut, after he missed the Eagles’ first two regular season games.
But Gauthier made it clear last night in his Eagles debut that he’s going to be fun to watch all season long, making an instant impact with a highlight reel goal that gave BC a short-lived 3-2 lead in the third period:
So much of what makes Gauthier an enticing prospect was on display here: the raw speed, the frame that made him so tough to defend (and helped draw a penalty even before he put the puck in the net), the quick release.