Harvard freshman defenseman Reilly Walsh (North Falmouth, Mass.) has been cut from the U.S. National Junior Team. USA Hockey likely decided that Walsh’s skill set is too similar to fellow blue liners Adam Fox and Quinn Hughes, who are slated to make the team. Walsh, who played prep hockey at Proctor, has three goals and...
Harvard freshman defenseman Reilly Walsh (North Falmouth, Mass.) has been cut from the U.S. National Junior Team.
USA Hockey likely decided that Walsh’s skill set is too similar to fellow blue liners Adam Fox and Quinn Hughes, who are slated to make the team. Walsh, who played prep hockey at Proctor, has three goals and five assists in 10 games for the Crimson.
Walsh, a third round pick of the New Jersey Devils, is a ’99 so he’s eligible for the tournament next year, and will likely make that team. With Walsh’s removal, the U.S. is down to 26 players so there are still four players left to be cut.
There are three New England natives still on the roster: Harvard freshman forward Jack Badini (Old Greenwich, Conn.), Boston University sophomore forward Patrick Harper (New Canaan, Conn.), and Yale freshman defenseman Phil Kemp (Greenwich, Conn.).
This will be the first year since 2007 that Massachusetts won’t be represented on the U.S. National Junior Team.
