The Colorado Avalanche made a low-key NCAA signing while we were all distracted with their playoff push. On April 5, 2018, they signed center Josh Dickinson to a three-year entry-level contract.
Besides the timing of the deal, this was a completely under-the-radar signing. Dickinson went undrafted. He had just completed his rookie year at Clarkson University, which is in Potsdam, New York. Let’s just say Clarkson is more known for its private research facilities than its hockey team, though the Golden Knights (yep, they’ve got that name, too) went 23-11-6 last season. (They play in the same conference as Harvard, Princeton and Yale.