Every year on August 1st, the verbal commitment window for NCAA players opens, giving 16-year-olds a chance to informally commit to a school of their choice before a theoretical two seasons of junior hockey in the USHL, BCHL, or elsewhere.

In June, Will Moore, a Canadian-American dual-citizen of the USNTDP, verbally committed to BC almost a year after his window opened. Sophomore forward Gabe Perreault did the same thing two years before. On August 1st, the window opened for the ’08 recruiting class, featuring more Canadian skaters than ever before looking towards the NCAA for their last stop in amateur hockey over the standard CHL route of years past.

None of these skaters will touch the ice at Conte Forum until at least the fall of ’25; rather, they will continue to develop in prep school or junior hockey.

Here is a list of the most recent names that have verbally committed to BC so far and a breakdown of where they will fit in the lineup once they get to the heights:

Luka Radivojevič (Defenseman, Edina, MN.)

For the second Slovakian skater to commit to Boston College in the last two recruitments, Radivojevič brings an interesting story with him to the heights. With family from Trencin, SVK. Radivojevič played the majority of his years in minor hockey with Örebro in Sweden being the first ’07 born player to play in the SHL. His father Branko played almost 400 career games in the NHL, and at least one season for the Minnesota Wild, explaining his ties to Edina. Luka Radivojevič is also a shoe-in for this summer’s NHL Draft ranked 46th on NHL Central Scouting’s list of consolidated skaters. This projects Radivojevič to be picked in the second or third round of the draft.

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It’s no secret what kind of skills Radivojevič brings to the hockey rink: mobility, offense, and playmaking are just a few of the things he can generate from the blue line. Radivojevič has played in the last two World Junior Championships posting a pair of points in each of the last two tournaments as an underaged skater. He’s also amassed 10 assists in 19 games played with the Muskegon Lumberjacks so far this season.

Radivojevič will most likely get to BC in time for the 2026-27 season, though these things are subject to change, and often do. However, what’s certain is Radivojevič’s technical ability. His ability to move the puck and find open skaters will guarantee him power play time with BC somewhere down the line. With the imminent departures of graduate defenseman Eamon Powell and junior defenseman Lukas Gustafsson in the next season or two, this could not be a more perfect pick up for the Eagles.

Timothy Kazda (Forward, Ilava, SVK.)

Yet another international skater has verbally committed to BC as of Sunday December 15th. This time it’s Slovakian forward Timothy Kazda. Kazda is the Eagles’ second Slovakian player to commit in recent years, joining current sophomore goaltender Jan Korec. Though the two won’t cross paths at BC anytime soon, it does not take away from the player that BC will be getting from Kazda. Amassing 151 points in 96 games over the past two seasons for Seacoast Performance Academy in AAA minor hockey, it’s clear that Kazda wants the puck to go in the net on every shift. However, that isn’t going to happen at the collegiate level.

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It’s no doubt that Kazda is due for at least two years of junior hockey in the USHL or elsewhere, giving him plenty of time to develop his 200 ft skills against better players. After a strong showing for Slovakia at the 2024 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, there’s no doubt that Kazda could crack the Eagles’ top-six somewhere down the road. After all, having a late birthday means that Kazda’s draft year isn’t until 2027. This six-foot, 185-pound forward is another unorthodox, yet solid boost to BC’s forward core not so far down the road.

Noah Davidson (Forward, Irvine, CA.)

As the most recent of two forwards to verbally commit to BC, Davidson achieved four-and-a-half-star status according to PuckPreps scouting, posting great performances at the u17 Five Nations tournament last summer. Davidson played his prep school hockey with the Shattuck St. Mary’s u16 team alongside fellow BC recruit Graham Jones and now has 17 points in 15 games for the u18 team. Davidson was drafted eighth overall by the Waterloo Blackhawks in the 2024 USHL Futures Draft this summer.

Mainly accustomed to the center ice position. Davidson will be a mainstay in the Eagles’ top six if and when several of the current Eagles turn pro in the coming years. With a great amount of size, at 6’2″ / 198, the theme of big skaters continues under Greg Brown’s recruiting window adding Casey Mutryn, a similar-sized skater, just three months ago. The two forwards might even tear it up during their time at BC sometime down the road.

Brady Kudrick (Forward, Norwell, MA.)

Though this recruiting window has seen skaters commit from all over the world, BC received a verbal commitment from local forward Brady Kudrick on Sunday, November 3rd. Playing his prep school hockey at Thayer Academy, and now his junior hockey for the Surrey Eagles of the BCHL, Kudrick has 17 points in 15 games for his Western Canadian side.

Though the work that this mid-sized skater provides won’t necessarily show up on the stat sheet, don’t think that these kinds of skaters won’t be important down the road. With similar players like current senior forward Connor Joyce arriving in the fall of 2021 and sophomore forward Timmy Delay, skaters with an extra year or two of experience will pay dividends for the Eagles as they can be placed anywhere in the lineup and still make a difference.

Kristian Kostadinski (Defenseman, Gothenburg, SWE.)

Just as team practices for the 2024-25 BC Men’s Hockey season got underway, Greg Brown added yet another piece to the back end for the fall of 2025 and beyond. Early on September 5th, Kristian Kostadinski, a late 2023 seventh-round pick of the Boston Bruins verbally committed to the Eagles through his Instagram. Kostadinski played his last several years of minor and junior hockey for Frölunda HC in Sweden where he posted 18 points in 46 games during last year’s campaign. For his final year of junior hockey, Kostadinski will suit up for the Dubuque Fighting Saints in the USHL.

Though Kostadinksi isn’t known for his offensive contributions, that doesn’t mean he can’t be a mainstay on the blue line for the Eagles when he arrives. Not having posted a season in the minus column for his entire junior career so far, Kostadinski thrives in tight gap situations where he can use his size to kill plays before they materialize. Though skating agility isn’t one of his strengths, a season in the USHL before BC will give Kostadinski a chance to improve on the breakout before hopefully becoming a reliable defensive defenseman for the Eagles sooner rather than later.

Ryan Cameron (Goaltender, Berwyn, PA.)

BC was back in action on the recruiting trail on August 16th, as ’07-born Ryan Cameron verbally committed to the Eagles’ hockey club as the team’s first goaltending recruit since sophomore goalie Alex Musielak in March of ’23. By playing his most recent two seasons of minor hockey with the Long Island Gulls in New Jersey, Cameron faced no shortage of talent. He performed exceptionally at the 2024 US 16u National Tournament, posting a staggering .967 save percentage, 0.84 goals against average, and five wins good enough to take the tournament by storm. Like current sophomore goaltender Jacob Fowler, Cameron will suit up for the Omaha Lancers in the USHL, following a developmental path where he’ll face the best junior talent the US has to offer.

Sam Wathier (Defenseman, Des Moines, IA.)

When Sam Wathier verbally committed to Boston College on August 5th, he added his name to the now-long list of committed Eagle skaters with Canadian blood, an unfamiliar yet trending pattern under Greg Brown’s hockey club. Wathier is a Canadian-American dual citizen and played his last few years of minor hockey with the Eastern Ontario Wild where he scored 14 points in 30 games during last year’s campaign. In April Wathier was selected for the USNTDP’s u17 team where he will join fellow BC commit Casey Mutryn for two years of junior hockey in the USHL.

Before the start of last year’s campaign, Wathier was a question mark among regional scouts as lengthy d-men at this age often are. But throughout national camp and roughly 30 games of minor hockey away in Canada, Wathier’s game took leaps and bounds, eventually giving him four-star status according to PuckPreps scouting. By adding Wathier, BC gets another left-shot d-man whose best comparable is a Will Skahan-like player. Though Wathier doesn’t have Skahan’s size quite yet, it doesn’t mean he can’t form himself into an elite, shutdown d-man of Skahan’s caliber given two seasons at the best junior development system in the country.

Casey Mutryn (Forward, Norwell, MA.)

After Casey Mutryn verbally committed to BC yesterday afternoon, he added his name to his family’s storied history with BC athletics. Mutyrn’s father was a quarterback at BC playing as recently as the 1998 season, and his brother Teddy committed to the Eagles less than a year ago. Most recently for St. Sebastian’s School on the prep circuit, Mutryn tore it up, scoring 42 points in 27 games before making the cut to play his next two seasons for the USNTDP starting with the u17 team this year in the USHL.

Already listed at 6’3”, Mutryn has a man’s body and has the size to be a play driver at the next level. Mutryn has tremendous speed off the half-wall and the necessary quick release to really shoot the puck. Though taking different routes during their upcoming stint in the USHL, there’s a great chance Casey and Teddy Mutryn will tear it up on a line for the Eagles in the near future.

Cameron Chartrand (Defenseman, Saint-Lazare, QUE.)

Scouts at every level of the game often say that “you can never have too many right shooting d-men,” on that note, four-and-a-half star recruit Cameron Chartrand fits that description perfectly. As the second Canadian defenseman to verbally commit to BC on August 1st, Chartrand will play juniors for the Cedar Rapids Roughriders in the USHL. Playing on the same squad as fellow BC commit Rudolfs Berzkalns, Chartrand scored roughly 0.5 points per game during last year’s campaign. However, that does not take away from the player BC could be getting from Chartrand.

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By already being 6 feet tall and growing, Chartrand’s size will never be something he has to worry about because almost every of his game’s foundational pieces is above average for his age. Though nothing stands out about Chartrand’s offensive game on paper, that doesn’t mean he cannot excel in the areas that don’t show up on the stat sheet. Rush defending and gap control are skills at the forefront of Chartrand’s game, and once he rounds out some secondary scoring skills, fans could see a Drew Helleson-like player in the not-so-distant future.

Rudolfs Berzkalns (Forward, Cesis, LAT.)

BC’s second recruit of the day came from four-star centerman Rudolfs Berzkalns of the BK Selects in Connecticut. If one thing is certain about the last handful of recruits under Greg Brown, it’s that he’s looking for size. Berzkalns is already bigger than 6 feet and at 16 years old, the next two years in juniors for the Muskegon Lumberjacks will give him even more of a chance to grow into his body.

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When he gets to BC, Berzkalns will be another power-forward option for Greg Brown who’s proved he can play the center ice position or be slid over on the wing. Regardless, with the recent additions of Will Moore and Dean Letourneau, it’s no secret that Greg Brown doesn’t want his forwards getting pushed around in any situation.

Callum Croskery (Defenseman, Oakville, ONT.)

Callum Croskery is a left-shot defenseman, and BC’s first ’08 to verbally commit during this new cycle. Scheduled to play an ideal two years for the USHL’s Chicago Steel, Croskery’s name will be added to the long list of talented Canadian skaters to pass through Chicago such as Owen Power, the number one pick taken in the 2021 NHL Draft. Croskery will fill the gap left by sophomore Drew Fortescue on the first or second left defense spot if and when Fortescue turns pro.

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Croskery’s game also has similarities to Fortescue’s, as both are good-sized left-shot d-men who choose to make the first pass out of the defensive zone, transitioning early and allowing the forwards to drive with speed rather than receiving the puck later.

Stay updated on this thread for news surrounding BC’s role in the ’08 recruiting cycle throughout the year.