{"id":26621,"date":"2004-08-16T13:27:24","date_gmt":"2004-08-16T18:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2004\/08\/16\/caron-leaving-unh-for-good\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:55:44","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:55:44","slug":"caron-leaving-unh-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2004\/08\/16\/caron-leaving-unh-for-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Caron Leaving UNH (For Good)"},"content":{"rendered":"
New Hampshire forward Eddie Caron will forego his final two seasons of eligibility after signing a professional contract with the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League. Though he would have been a senior this upcoming season, Caron still had two years of college eligibility remaining because of two transfers.<\/p>\n
“I support Eddie’s decision,” said UNH head coach Dick Umile. “I wish him the best of luck in the future. He is a terrific young man.” <\/p>\n
Caron, a 2nd round draft choice of the Oilers in 2001, played two seasons at UNH and appeared in 69 games, recording 11 goals and eight assists for 19 points. He posted a career-high 13 points in his freshman season in 2001-2002. He was a two-time Sid Knight Award winner, given annually at the team awards banquet to the Wildcat with the highest grade point average.<\/p>\n
Caron is the fifth Hockey East player to depart early this summer, joining Luciano Aquino and Dustin Penner from Maine, Greg Mauldin from Massachusetts, and Ryan Whitney from Boston University. <\/p>\n
Caron’s departure, though, adds to a long list of players that UNH needs to replace heading into the upcoming season. The Wildcats graduated eight seniors including their leading score, Steve Saviano, and top goaltender, Mike Ayers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Hampshire forward Eddie Caron will forego his final two seasons of eligibility after signing a professional contract with the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League. Though he would have been a senior this upcoming season, Caron still had two years of college eligibility remaining because of two transfers. “I support Eddie’s decision,” said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n