As Jake Flynn’s final year at Thayer Academy was wrapping up, he didn’t plan on heading to college like nearly all of his fellow seniors at the school. He didn’t apply to any schools because nobody offered him a scholarship to play hockey at the Division I level, so Flynn accepted that fact that he would play junior hockey for the next few years to try and attract some interest.
However, one school did show up at a number of his games. Flynn spotted UConn assistant Tyler Helton at a couple games. Then, during a game at Boston University’s Agganis Arena, he spotted Huskies’ associate head coach Joe Pereira.