Coquitlam’s Daniel Urbani is headed to Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y., as part of the NCAA school’s 2016 recruiting class.
The 21-year-old netminder has been plying his trade in the Ontario Junior Hockey League this last season, where he helped the Trenton Golden Hawks win the championship and the Dudley Hewitt Cup
Along the way, he posted the fourth-lowest goals against average in league history and was named Top Goaltender and first-team all-star. He received the Brent Ladds Trophy as playoff MVP and posting a 16-2 record in the post-season with a 1.54 goals against average and .944 save percentage.
Urbani finished the campaign by leading Trenton to a semifinal finish at the 2016 RBC Cup and was selected as the Top Goaltender at Canada’s Junior A National Championship.
At Canisius, Urbani will be joined by another player with Coquitlam connections.
Dan Fritz of Annapolis, Md., who earned defensive MVP honours last year with the Coquitlam Express, has also been recruited by the school. He is currently a member of the Quinnipiac program that advanced to the NCAA championship last season. Fritz also played three years of hockey at Canterbury Prep, earning MVP and All-New England Prep Team accolades in 2013.
