Kevin Paul Dupont, who does an excellent NHL notes package in the Boston Globe most Sundays, led off this week with a piece on Kamloops Blazers head coach Greg Hawgood. Hawgood played 134 regular-season games with the Bruins over the course of his career.
In the item, Dupont asked Hawgood about his family, and Hawgood mentioned his son Logan, 14, who is a big fan of the Boston University Terriers and already is talking about playing for them.
"Great by me,” Hawgood told Dupont. “I want what's best for him, and a lot of people here think I'd want him to go the Canadian junior route. Well, you know, I don't think I'd want him to be a sixth or seventh defenceman in the Western League for three years, then go try to make it in the ECHL. That's a tough way to go. He's got good grades, and if he's lucky enough to go to a good college, that would be fantastic."
You can bet that Hawgood, who didn't have any coaching experience when he took over as head coach of the Blazers on Nov. 8, didn't realize his comments would make some waves.
Here’s Marc Foster, at juniorhockey.blogspot.com: “Christmas has come early for those who favor the college developmental path over that of the CHL, and it has come in the form of an unexpected quote from an unexpected source. Kamloops head coach Greg Hawgood, talking about his 14-year-old son, Logan, who wants to be a Boston University Terrier . . ."
When one WHL team official read Hawgood’s comment, the response was: “That will go over real well. When Tom catches that, there will be another state of the union meeting.”
Tom, of course, would be Blazers majority owner Tom Gaglardi.
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