TAMPA – Then there were two.
The 2016 NCAA Tournament featured 16 teams with 95 total current NHL draft picks. The Bruins led the league with nine before this weekend’s Frozen Four. Those prospects included two for Boston University (defenseman Matt Grzelcyk and forward Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson, two for Harvard (defenseman Wiley Sherman and forward Ryan Donato), one for Boston College (forward Ryan Fitzgerald), Denver (forward Danton Heinen), Northeastern (defenseman Matt Benning), Notre Dame (defenseman Anders Bjork) and Yale (defenseman Rob O’Gara).
Bruins GM Don Sweeney recently signed both Grzelcyk and O’Gara to entry-level contracts.
With BC and Denver moving onto the 2016 Frozen Four, only B’s picks Fitzgerald and Heinen will be center stage for college hockey’s premier weekend at the Lightning’s Amalie Arena.