Friday, October 19, 2012

Nitsche Off to Colgate

Press Release

Township of Langley, BC, Wednesday, October 17, 2012:  The Langley Rivermen Junior “A” Hockey Club is pleased to announce the commitment of Thomas Nitsche (1992 born) to Colgate Univerisity for 2013.

Nitsche was named the second captain in Langley Rivermen history in the summer and this season he has registered one goal and one assist through 11 games. Nitsche fielded many offers from different schools in the past two seasons, but decided Colgate would be the best route for him,

“We are excited for Thomas, he had a couple of offers last season, but they did not work out the way he wanted it to.  If he goes to Colgate and performs like we know he can, we believe he is going to play on TV some day and might be a pro,” Emmerson said about his captain.

Colgate University is located in Hamilton, New York with the Men’s hockey team playing division one out of the ECAC.  When asked to describe Nitsche as a player, Coach Emmerson was quick to point out he brings a lot to the table,

“He is a hard, skilled, physical defenseman that is tough to play against and that makes life miserbale for opposing forwards on a nightly basis, we could not be happier for him and we believe he will have a bright future”.

With the two commitments in the past week, the Rivermen now have a total of six players that have signed to a college or university. (Bo Pellah-Penn State, Logan Smith-Holy Cross, Evan Campbell-UMass-Lowell, Austin Azurdia-UConn, Thomas Nitsche-Colgate, and Viktor Dombovskiy-Yale)


 (Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)

No comments: