From the FreeP: Coyle shines in spectacular college hockey debut

By Scott McLaughlin/DFP Staff

It would’ve been easy for freshman forward Charlie Coyle to fall short of expectations in his first game as a Terrier. After all, being a local kid, a first-round NHL pick and the cousin of Boston University legend and NHL All-Star Tony Amonte induces quite a bit of pressure.

But Coyle didn’t just meet the bar set for him in BU’s 9-3 win over the University of Toronto on Saturday, he vaulted over it with ease. The Weymouth native prompted a shower of hats with three goals and an assist in his debut, netting tallies at even strength, on the power play and shorthanded.

“He’d make any coach look good, that’s for sure,” said BU acting head coach Mike Bavis. “You don’t see a guy come along very often with that kind of a package. You’re looking at a rare commodity in terms of being such a big, strong, well-balanced athlete with the type of skills that make you a great hockey player, which are hands and hockey sense. He’s certainly giving us a dimension that is gonna be hard to handle.”

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