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Harvard bound

2010 first round draft pick, Patrick McNally's doing all the right things to get to where he needs to be as he prepares for his first collegiate season.

Monday, 11.07.2011 / 12:00 PM / Features

By Joey Kenward

The Canucks have a handful of players attending this year’s prospects camp who have spent the past few years playing high school hockey.

In the case of defenseman Patrick McNally, he’s furthering his hockey education this week in Vancouver as he prepares to face different challenges, both on and off the ice, next season in university.

McNally was the first player the Canucks selected in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, going in the fourth round (115th overall). The native of Glen Head, New York has spent the past few seasons playing for Milton Academy in Massachusetts.

After taking part in his second Canucks prospects camp this week, McNally will be attending Harvard University next fall.

“I’ve been really looking forward to this camp since this time last year,” says McNally. “It’s a great week.”

McNally is coming off an outstanding season, one that saw him win the New England Prep Player of the Year honours. In 28 games, the 6’2”, 181lbs. blue-liner led his team in scoring with 22 goals and 29 assists. He helped Milton Academy to an overall record of 26-3-1, which was capped off with that program’s first ever New England Boy’s Hockey Title.

“He challenged himself last year to lead his team,” says Canucks Director of Player Development Dave Gagner. “He’s heading into Harvard with a lot of expectations from the coaching staff that he’s going to be able to jump in and play big minutes for them next year.”

Perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that after the year he just had, McNally felt much more comfortable and confident entering this year’s Prospects Camp at Rogers Arena.

“Last year I was a little more anxious and nervous,” adds McNally. “This year I came in knowing what to expect. I’m so excited to do it again.”

As he prepares to enter his first season of NCAA hockey, McNally knows there will be some big steps to take as a player and as a student. The son of a FBI agent, McNally knows he’s in for a busy year, both on the ice and in the classrooms of an Ivy League school.

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“Obviously is going to be an adjustment,” says McNally. “The players are going to be a lot bigger, faster, and stronger. Hopefully I can fit in and play well next year.”

“He’s taking some classes at Harvard this summer while at the same time training at the school,” comments Gagner. “He should be acclimated to the surroundings by the time the season starts.”

Even though the 19 year-old defenseman will be a freshman with the Crimson this coming season, Gagner feels he’ll be put into a prime role to succeed in different areas.

“We believe he’s going to get an opportunity to play on the first power play unit,” says Gagner. “The coaching staff understands what type of player Patrick is. They’re going to give him some freedom to do that, as long as he’s responsible and plays hard defensively.”

Seeing as he doesn’t want to forego his college eligibility, McNally will not be participating in the Canucks Prospects Tournament in Penticton, B.C. September 11-15. However that doesn’t mean he’s lacking in motivation to one day being able to play with the Canucks.

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“It’s not that hard to look around and see reasons for motivation,” says McNally. “We’re in the Canucks locker room. We saw them play all through the playoffs and get one win away from the Stanley Cup. That really motivates you.”

“Of course it’s going to be important, but it’s just another week to get better,” concludes McNally. “I want to work on my game and get one step closer to one day taking part in a full training camp and maybe one day turning pro.”

REALLY looking forward to see how he does with Harvard this season, I like how Gagner (it appears) is in communication with the Harvard staff already.

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Another promising defenseman in our system. I like that we selected a player going to Harvard that is also a leader on the ice. He has character that Mike Gillis looks for, but also has good skills. Will he be in NHL one day? Who knows. I am looking forward to following him this year in Harvard. He is a 4th rounder so if he turns out to play pro for us, that's a great job by our scouts and management. Low percentage of players from these rounds make it, despite how promising they all seem.

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Another promising defenseman in our system. I like that we selected a player going to Harvard that is also a leader on the ice. He has character that Mike Gillis looks for, but also has good skills. Will he be in NHL one day? Who knows. I am looking forward to following him this year in Harvard. He is a 4th rounder so if he turns out to play pro for us, that's a great job by our scouts and management. Low percentage of players from these rounds make it, despite how promising they all seem.

it's a lower % of players that played any NHL games, but not unheard of (not going to do 2009,10, or 11 since it's no one yet, but that goes for the majority of the rounds.:


Draft	#	Players of note (games played)

2008	6	James Wright (49), Braden Holtby (14 as a goalie)

2007	11	Alec Martinez (64), Linus Omark (51), Matt Halischuk (48), Keith Aulie (40), Luca Caputi (35), Steven Kampfer (38)

2006	6	Matt Beleskey (97), James Reimer (37)

2005	17	Chris Butler (155), Jared Boll (291), Keith Yandle (283), Vladimir Sobotka (199), Niklas Hjalmarsson (191)

2004	12	Ryan Callahan (284), Torrey Mitchell (204), Mike Lundin (224), Tyler Kennedy (266)

2003	11	Jan Hejda (341), Kyle Quincey (185), Alexandre Bolduc (46), Paul Bissonnette (104)

2002	7	Tom Gilbert (337), Cam Janssen (260), Aaron Rome (131)

2001	13	Jordin Tootoo (409), Ray Emery (173), Christian Ehrhoff (500), Christoph Schubert (315)

2000	7	Michel Ouellet (190), Lubomir Visnovsky (703), Niclas Wallin (614)

1999	3	Ryan Malone (492), Juraj Kolnik (240), Brian McGrattan (182)

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Though the canucks history of 4th round picks has been a little dubious, esp of late, but we've had numerous years of no 4th round picks so that dillutes it a bit.

4th round picks in Canucks history:


Year	Player			Games Played

2011	Joseph Labate		0

2010	Patrick McNally		0

2009	Jeremy Price		0

2005	Alexandre Vincent	0

2004	Andrew Sarauer		0

2003	Brandon Nolan		6

2003	Ty Morris		0

2002	John Laliberte		0

2001	Evgeny Gladskikh	0	

1998	Regan Darby		0

1997	Chris Stanley		0

1996	Jonas Soling		0

1995	Lloyd Shaw		0

1994	Mike Dubinsky		0

1993	Dieter Kochan		21

1992	Brent Tully		0

1990	Darin Bader		0

1989	Brett Hauer		37

1987	Doug Torrel		0

1986	Ronnie Stern		638

1985	Randy Siska		0

1984	Brian Bertuzzi		0

1983	Tim Lorenz		0

1982	Shawn Kilroy		0

1981	Wendell Young		187

1980	Marc Crawford		176

1979	Art Rutland		0

1978	Harald Luckner		0

1978	Brad Smith		222

1977	Dave Morrow		0

1977	Murray Bannerman	289	

1976	Elmer Ray		0

1975	Glen Richardson		24

1974	Harold Snepsts		1033

1973	Keith Mackie		0

1972	Ron Homenuke		1

1970	Brent Taylor		0

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Though the canucks history of 4th round picks has been a little dubious, esp of late, but we've had numerous years of no 4th round picks so that dillutes it a bit.

So going by that list of our 4th rounders not including Price, McNally, Labate, or Blomstrand, 32% of picks have played at least one game in NHL for us. For sure it's not unheard of for them to make it, but the odds are not in McNally's favour for sure. Of course I'm not saying he wont make it, just that he has to buck a trend or be one of the minority that pushed through to the NHL.

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So going by that list of our 4th rounders not including Price, McNally, Labate, or Blomstrand, 32% of picks have played at least one game in NHL for us. For sure it's not unheard of for them to make it, but the odds are not in McNally's favour for sure. Of course I'm not saying he wont make it, just that he has to buck a trend or be one of the minority that pushed through to the NHL.

can't say our track record looks too good in the last 20 yrs though.

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can't say our track record looks too good in the last 20 yrs though.

I'm hoping Gillis's picks buck the trend. looking back through the 4th rounders that made it into the NHL, Annaheim did a great job with their 4th rounders as of late.

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  • 2 months later...

Patrick's College career starts on the 21st in an exibition match, but truely starts in November:


Date		Opponent					Time/Status	Notes

Oct 21, 2011	 Western Ontario		 		4:00 p.m.	Exhibition	

Nov 4, 2011	 Princeton *			 		4:00 p.m.	

Nov 5, 2011	 Quinnipiac *			 		4:00 p.m.	

Nov 11, 2011	 Cornell *			 		4:00 p.m.	

Nov 12, 2011	 Colgate *			 		4:00 p.m.	

Nov 18, 2011	 at Clarkson *			 		4:00 p.m.	Live stats

Nov 19, 2011	 at St. Lawrence *		 		4:00 p.m.	

Nov 22, 2011	 New Hampshire			 		4:00 p.m.	Live stats/Video

Nov 25, 2011	 at Dartmouth *			 		4:00 p.m.	

Dec 2, 2011	 at Massachusetts		 		4:00 p.m.	

Dec 10, 2011	 at Princeton *			 		1:00 p.m.	

Dec 30, 2011	 at North Dakota		 		4:30 p.m.	

Dec 31, 2011	 at North Dakota		 		4:00 p.m.	

Jan 6, 2012	 at Union *			 		4:00 p.m.	

Jan 7, 2012	 at Rensselaer *		 		4:00 p.m.	

Jan 13, 2012	 Union *			 		12:00 p.m.	

Jan 14, 2012	 Boston University		 		4:00 p.m.	

Jan 20, 2012	 at Colgate *			 		4:00 p.m.	

Jan 21, 2012	 at Cornell *			 		4:00 p.m.	

Jan 27, 2012	 Yale *			 	 		4:30 p.m.	

Jan 28, 2012	 Brown *			 		4:00 p.m.	

Jan 31, 2012	 Dartmouth *			 		4:00 p.m.	

Feb 3, 2012	 at Quinnipiac *		 		4:00 p.m.	Video

Feb 6, 2012	 vs. Boston University @ TD Garden		2:00 p.m.	Beanpot

Feb 10, 2012	 Rensselaer *			 		4:00 p.m.	

Feb 13, 2012	 vs. Boston College/Northeastern @ TD Garden	TBA		Beanpot		 	

Feb 17, 2012	 at Brown *			 		4:00 p.m.	

Feb 18, 2012	 at Yale *			 		4:00 p.m.	

Feb 24, 2012	 St. Lawrence *			 		4:00 p.m.	

Feb 25, 2012	 Clarkson *			 		4:00 p.m.	

* = Conference games.

All times PST

november 22nd will stream video, and will be the first time the vast majority of us will be able to see him in action. It looks like we'll get video on Feb 3rd too :D I'll make sure to post the link before the games.

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im basing that opinion on the very fact that he played milton high school hockey

hell need to learn to play defense

So if a player plays hockey in high school, they can't play defence? Or if they play at Milton specifically? I don't understand the logic here.

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