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His career in the nhl is in jeapordy, let's not even talk about his career, so far he's accumulated less the 80 games his entire college career, by the time he reaches pro and if the canucks decides to offer him a contact he be 26, going rate for mid round picks we expect them to be in the ahl for 1 to 2 years, we might not even see this kid until his of 27 unreal. He's almost a right off.

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His career in the nhl is in jeapordy, let's not even talk about his career, so far he's accumulated less the 80 games his entire college career, by the time he reaches pro and if the canucks decides to offer him a contact he be 26, going rate for mid round picks we expect them to be in the ahl for 1 to 2 years, we might not even see this kid until his of 27 unreal. He's almost a right off.

If he goes pro next year, he'll be 23 in the AHL.

If he's actually thinking about going to Harvard again next year I don't think he cares about hockey honestly. Another year of college hockey isn't going to do anything for him he needs to go pro ASAP.

The best thing that could possibly happen to him in terms of his hockey career is Harvard doesn't let him come back next year.

He could always do what Schneider did and take online courses while in the AHL, and take classes in the summer, to finish off his degree. Obviously he would have to pay for it himself but if he makes the NHL it would be chump change for him.

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Interesting tidbit on McNally from the recap of Game 1 of the ECAC quarters (Crimson vs. Bulldogs):

Harvard opened with a few surprises, including its pep band and a suited-up Patrick McNally on the Crimson blueline. It was clear that the senior Vancouver Canucks draft pick had not fully recovered from his February knee surgery, but despite his creaky stride and distaste for contact, still managed to make a handful of critical outlet passes. He was also on the ice for the final minute and lofted an arcing backhand out of the zone in the games final seconds to secure the result.

"I'm not sure we could keep him of the ice, honestly," Donato said of McNally's hobbled poise.

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2015/03/13/vesey-scores-late-pushes-harvard-past-yale-to-open-ecac-hockey-quarterfinals/#ixzz3UL1JA8Rx

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not only is he playing (he'd play on crutches) but he got a goal (game tying goal with under 4 min to go) and an assist (on the OT winner) last night to help the crimson eliminate the bulldogs and move on to the next round of playoffs.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The longest game in Harvard hockey history ended in jubilant fashion, as Jimmy Vesey buried a rebound at 16:46 of the second overtime to give the No. 18 Crimson a 3-2 win over Yale (18-9-5, 12-6-4) in the decisive game three of the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals series at Ingalls Rink Sunday night. With the win, Harvard (19-12-3, 11-8-3 ECAC) advances to the semifinals to play Quinnipiac in Lake Placid at Herb Brooks Arena at 4:07 p.m. Friday, March 20.

Nearing the end of the second overtime, Yale killed off a Cody Learned penalty to return to even strength, but an icing call brought the play back into the Yale zone. Alexander Kerfoot won the draw and pulled it back toPatrick McNally at the left point. McNally, who had the game-tying goal late in regulation, sent a shot towards the net that bounced off Yale goaltender Alex Lyon and landed on the stick of Jimmy Vesey who buried it inside the left post. The goal gives Vesey 27 this year, most among all skaters in NCAA Division I hockey.

Sunday's game lasted 96:46, eclipsing the previous school record of 96:11 that was set during Harvard's 2002 ECAC Championship victory over Cornell. It goes down as the 27th longest game in college hockey history.Steve Michalek was in goal for the entire game for Harvard, making 40 saves to earn his 19th win of the year. That is the most wins for a Harvard netminder since John Daigneau went 19-10-2 in 2005-06.

Two goals separated by 21 seconds were the story of the first period. With the clock nearing the 10:00 mark, Tyler Moy gathered the puck behind the net and made his way out front to the left of Yale goaltender Alex Lyon. Out front, Moy spun off his defender, setting up a forehand shot a few feet from Lyon that slipped under his pads and over the goal line.

Yale responded just 21 seconds later at 10:22, awakening the crowd that had went silent moments earlier. Harvard goaltender Steve Michalek stopped a Carson Cooper shot, but the rebound lay quietly uncovered underneath him allowing Cody Learned to crash the net and knock the puck in to tie the score at 1-1. The even score would hold throughout the remainder of the period.

The Bulldogs took the lead with the second period's only goal at 11:58. Harvard's Tyler Moy was called for interference at 11:00, taking down a Yale forward on the breakaway, setting up the Bulldogs for their second power play of the night. After a trio of Yale shots failed to find the goal on the man advantage, Frank DiChiara wristed a shot from the top of right face-off circle that missed everyone in front and found the back of the net. The goal gave the Bulldogs a man-advantage score in each game of the series.

In the third, the Crimson defense was put to the test, but it held strong and Michalek continued to come up with key saves to keep Harvard within one goal. That proved crucial in the waning minutes, as Colin Blackwell led the charge into the Yale zone before dropping a pass back to the top of the left face-off circle where Patrick McNally wound up and fired a shot that raced under Lyon's left leg pad and inside the far post to knot the game at 2-2 with 3:34 left in regulation. With neither team scoring the rest of the way, the team's cleared the ice and prepared for a sudden death overtime.

The story of the first overtime came with 5:05 left in the frame, when Matt Killian hit Patrick McNally from behind, sending him sprawling into the boards. Killian was charged with a five-minute major and disqualified from the contest, giving Harvard a man-advantage for nearly the rest of the period. Harvard's power play set up shop in the Yale zone, but Lyon made save after save, tallying six stops on the penalty kill and keeping Harvard from finding the game-winner. Michalek was tested on six occasions throughout, including a couple tough one-timers, but also made each stop to force a second overtime.

Harvard advances to the semifinals of the ECAC Hockey playoffs for the first time since 2012, when it went all the way to the finals before falling to Union.

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That's messed up... didn't he tear both his ACL and MCL?

That's nasty

This kid is crazy competitive.. what a heart

Regardless of whether he makes it or not, that kind of determination will get him places even if it's not the NHL

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it's very telling that without him they went 7-8-1 and with him they went 13-4-2 (and 2 of the losses were the games he got injured in and left the game early). he's clearly a big part of the team and even playing injured he's a beast that helps his team play their best.

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Goal and a assist in a 2OT win vs Yale, doesnt look like his injury is affecting his play. I wonder if he goes to Utica next year?

that all depends on whether or not the NCAA accepts his application for another year of play or not.

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Did he end up having recinstructive surgery on his ligaments?

I'm not sure, Last I heard he was, but he's apparently been doing rehab and started skating with the team 2 weeks ago. still not sure if he had surgery though.

The fact that he's playing right now leads me to think they won't/ have declined his application.

McNally will not know whether he will be eligible to play next season before the end of this academic year.

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