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Ryan Donato

Bruins Top 4 Prospects 2018

Brandon Share-Cohen | March 8, 2018

Prior to the season, the Boston Bruins prospect pool was filled to the brim with talent that could make the jump to the NHL level and make an impact. From…

Categories Boston Bruins, Bruins Prospects

Providence All-Star Making Most of NHL Chance

Chris Quattrucci | February 9, 2018

The Providence Bruins returned to action after the All-Star game with a home-and-home series against the Hartford Wolf Pack. In Friday night’s matchup in Providence, the P-Bruins peppered 50 shots…

Categories Boston Bruins, Bruins Prospects, Providence Bruins

Ryan Donato: From Beanpot to Olympics … to NHL?

Joseph Ochs | February 9, 2018

It is not beyond the realm of possibility that Boston Bruins prospect Ryan Donato, in a span of two months, plays hockey at the collegiate, Olympic and NHL levels. Should…

Categories Boston Bruins, Bruins Prospects

United States 2018 Olympics Roster Announced

Brandon Share-Cohen | January 1, 2018

The 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea will be different than the games we’ve seen in recent history; specifically in terms of men’s hockey. While the event has typically…

Categories International Hockey, NHL News, Olympics

Ryan Donato’s Olympic Opportunity

Brandon Share-Cohen | January 1, 2018

While the Boston Bruins won’t have a current player under contract at the 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, they will have one of their top prospects representing their…

Categories Boston Bruins, Column, Olympics

Boston Bruins Prospect Report

Joseph Ochs | December 12, 2017

In the NHL, teams that cannot regularly infuse their lineup with young talent on cheap, entry-level contracts are dead in the water. Those who are able to do so, though,…

Categories Boston Bruins, Bruins Prospects, Editor's Choice

Bruins’ Draft Class of 2014 Potentially Historic

Joseph Ochs | November 22, 2017

Though a Stanley Cup Championship in 2011 was probably worth it, Peter Chiarelli’s tenure with the Boston Bruins is (for better or worse) largely tainted by miscalculations. Swings-and-misses in free…

Categories Boston Bruins, Bruins History, Editor's Choice

Overtime With BSC: Bruins Shouldn’t Sign Ryan Donato in 2017-18

Brandon Share-Cohen | October 22, 2017

Sometimes, dreams do come true. For Ryan Donato, being drafted by the Boston Bruins – his hometown team and the team his father Ted Donato played for in the 1990s,…

Categories Boston Bruins, Column

Harvard’s Donato Could Make Jump to Bruins

Cam Hasbrouck | July 19, 2017

Last year, a gifted forward out of Harvard University turned down a contract with the Nashville Predators, the team that had drafted him, opting instead to test the waters of…

Categories Boston Bruins, Bruins Prospects

NCAA Impact on the Bruins

Anthony Pagliarulo | May 31, 2017

In recent years, the floodgates from NCAA hockey to the NHL have opened up with more and more college players making the jump to the professional ranks. In 2003, 21 percent…

Categories Boston Bruins, Bruins Prospects

Ryan Donato – The Next Ones: NHL 2014 Draft Prospect Profile

THW Archives | June 1, 2014

Ryan Donato THW Close-Up: Date of birth: 4/9/1996 Place of birth: Scituate, Massachusetts Ht: 6’0″     Wt: 176 lbs Shoots: Right Position: C NHL Draft Eligibility: 2014 Twitter: @DonatoRyan THW The Next Ones Rankings (January 2014): 49…

Categories NHL Entry Draft, NHL Prospects

NHL Draft War Room: Ryan Donato

Christopher Ralph | May 16, 2014

by Eldon MacDonald (edited by @ChrisRalphTHW) Ryan Donato THW’s NHL Draft War Room Rankings (E-Mac): #37 (April 2014) THW’s NHL Draft Rankings – The Next Ones Edition (aka Chris’s List): #49 (March 2014)…

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