Three Penguins prospects -- RPI defenseman Will Reilly, Nebraska-Omaha defenseman Ryan Jones, and Penn State forward Nikita Pavlychev had their collegiate careers come to an abrupt end when the NCAA cancelled its remaining tournaments due to coronavirus concerns.
Reilly, the Penguins' seventh-round pick in 2017, was expected to play in the ECAC playoffs, where RPI was the No. 4 seed and was set for a first-round matchup with Harvard. In each of Reilly's first three seasons, RPI was eliminated in the first round of the ECAC tournament.
Reilly posted on Instagram that he was "heartbroken" over the way his collegiate career ended, and posted this message on Twitter:
Reilly scored 22 goals and 46 assists in 139 games at RPI, and captained the team as a senior.