{"id":71493,"date":"2016-04-20T19:46:29","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T00:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=71493"},"modified":"2017-04-04T13:09:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T18:09:24","slug":"demko-leaves-boston-college-after-junior-year-to-sign-with-canucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2016\/04\/20\/demko-leaves-boston-college-after-junior-year-to-sign-with-canucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Demko leaves Boston College after junior year to sign with Canucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"ps_captionIns\" aria-describedby=\"caption-ps-captionIns\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" src=\"http:\/\/www.photoshelter.com\/img-get\/I0000FhHzFv9rHP0\/s\/500\/333\/160318-22334144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-ps-captionIns\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boston College&#8217;s Thatcher Demko led the country with 10 shutouts (photo: Melissa Wade).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mike Richter Award winner and Hobey Baker Award finalist Thatcher Demko has signed with the NHL&#8217;s Vancouver Canucks after his junior season.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s the fifth Boston College player this offseason to sign a pro deal with college eligibility remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Demko, who led the country with 10 shutouts in his third season at BC, was fifth nationally with a .935 save percentage and seventh with a 1.88 GAA.<\/p>\n<p>He helped the Eagles to the Frozen Four this season, when he was the Hockey East co-player of the year and the winner of the Richter Award as the top goaltender in Division I men&#8217;s hockey.<\/p>\n<p>Demko was a second-round pick by the Canucks in the 2014 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Richter Award winner and Hobey Baker Award finalist Thatcher Demko has signed with the NHL&#8217;s Vancouver Canucks after his junior season. 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