Two San Jose Sharks prospects, together with one in all their greatest, will every be competing for a nationwide championship subsequent month on the NCAA’s Frozen 4 in Boston.
Thomas Bordeleau, the Sharks’ second-round draft decide in 2020, had a purpose and two assists to steer Michigan to a 7-4 win over Quinnipiac on Sunday within the Midwest Regional closing in Allentown, Penn.
Saturday, goalie Magnus Chrona, who the Sharks acquired final 12 months in a commerce with Tampa Bay, stopped 24 of 25 pictures to assist Denver beat Minnesota-Duluth 2-1 within the West Regional Closing in Loveland, Colo.
Michigan and Denver, each No. 1 seeds of their respective regionals, will meet within the nationwide semifinal on April 7 at TD Backyard in Boston. Minnesota and Minnesota St. play within the different semifinal, with the nationwide championship on April 9.
Bordeleau, 20, is in his sophomore 12 months with the Wolverines and is broadly thought-about to be among the many Sharks’ brightest prospects. There's a likelihood he might play with the Sharks later subsequent month, however he hasn’t but stated if he’ll signal an entry-level contract with the crew and switch skilled.
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Bordeleau, Michigan’s second-line centerman, now has 36 factors in 36 video games this season.
Sharks assistant basic supervisor Joe Will stated in February that Bordeleau is able to turning professional now.
“He’s performed very effectively at Michigan. A participant that we’re very excessive on,” Will stated. “It’s a two-way road on what he desires to do, however we’ve seen him as a lot as every other prospect within the group.”
Bordeleau is a part of a powerhouse Michigan crew that has a handful of NHL-bound gamers.
Twelve of the Wolverines gamers who dressed for Sunday’s recreation have been drafted by NHL groups, together with defensemen Owen Energy (Buffalo Sabres) and Luke Hughes (New Jersey Devils), and forwards Matty Beniers (Seattle Kraken) and Kent Johnson (Columbus Blue Jackets).
Chrona, 21, was drafted within the fifth spherical by Tampa Bay in 2018 however was traded by the Lightning to the Sharks in April final 12 months for defenseman Fredrik Claesson.
The 6-foot-5 Chrona, a junior, went 26-8-1 with a .909 save share in 35 video games and was named honorable point out for the Nationwide Collegiate Hockey Convention crew this season.