2023-24 Boston College Men’s Hockey Countdown: No. 6 Will Smith

Name: Will Smith

Position: Forward

Year: Freshman

Number: 6

Height: 6’0

Hometown: Lexington, Massachusetts

Compiled by: #4 overall 2023 pick by San Jose Sharks

To BC: Will Smith spent the 2022-23 season with the USNTDP, where he scored an incredible 127 points in 60 games. Smith scored 51 goals and impressed enough to be selected fourth in the most recent NHL draft. Smith also played for Team USA at the U18 World Junior Championships, where he scored 20 points in 7 games.

Season forecast: Smith will immediately become one of BC’s most important players, and he should be one of the team’s top scorers as long as he stays healthy. It remains to be seen whether he’ll skate alongside freshman rookies Ryan Leonard and Gabe Perreault like he did last season with the USNTDP, but even if Greg Brown decides to split them up, Smith will be on one of the top two lines playing important minutes. and get power play time in what should be a potent Eagles offense.

Interesting fact: Will’s father and grandfather graduated from BC, and his sister is currently studying as well.

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