{"id":52398,"date":"2013-07-30T11:20:11","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T16:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=52398"},"modified":"2013-07-30T11:22:52","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T16:22:52","slug":"jooris-gives-up-senior-season-at-union-to-sign-with-calgary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/07\/30\/jooris-gives-up-senior-season-at-union-to-sign-with-calgary\/","title":{"rendered":"Jooris gives up senior season at Union to sign with Calgary"},"content":{"rendered":"
Union forward Josh Jooris<\/a> has given up his senior season with the Dutchmen for an NHL contract with the Calgary Flames, according to the Daily Gazette<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n The 23-year-old Jooris leaves Union after scoring 29 goals and adding 59 assists for 88 points in 117 career games.<\/p>\n “I think shocked and stunned has been used a lot recently, especially in college hockey,” said Union coach Rick Bennett to the Gazette. “In this day in the National Hockey League [with] signings and everything that’s been going on with college hockey and their collective bargaining agreement, I’m not shocked on stunned at all that Josh has signed.<\/p>\n “I don’t think it’s the best timing in the world when you lose one of your top centers this late in the game, but he’s going to fulfill his dreams of signing a National Hockey League deal. That’s what he and his family wanted and that’s what they got.”<\/p>\n Jooris is the second Union player this offseason to leave early, following junior goalie Troy Grosenick, who inked with the San Jose Sharks in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Union forward Josh Jooris has given up his senior season with the Dutchmen for an NHL contract with the Calgary Flames, according to the Daily Gazette. The 23-year-old Jooris leaves Union after scoring 29 goals and adding 59 assists for 88 points in 117 career games. “I think shocked and stunned has been used a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"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