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Bruins News & Rumors: Cole Spicer, Marc McLaughlin & Dean Letourneau

In this edition of the Boston Bruins News & Rumors, we have a look at some updates from a trio of Bruins prospects. Cole Spicer is stepping away from the game for the foreseeable future, Marc McLaughlin signed an extension, and Dean Letourneau talks about his experience at development camp and his expectations moving forward.

Cole Spicer Leaving NCAA

Spicer was selected in the fourth round of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft and had shown promise as a prospect in the Bruins’ organization. During the 2023-24 season, Splicer became academically ineligible to finish the season in the second semester with the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Spicer confirmed to the Matt Wellens Duluth News Tribune that he was stepping away from hockey for the foreseeable future to focus on his personal and mental well-being. (from Duluth News Tribue, “Cole Spicer won’t return to Bulldogs in 2024-25”, July 12, 2024)

Spicer was filling in as the top center on the team, and started to pick up his production rates and finished the season with nine points in 17 games. Wellens continues by stating that some of the options Spicer has, excluding a return to Minnesota-Duluth, include entering the transfer portal and joining another NCAA team and regaining academic eligibility, playing in the United States Hockey League (USHL), where his rights belong to the Youngstown Phantoms, or sign with the Bruins and play in their affiliate system, either with the Providence Bruins in the American Hockey League (AHL), or the Maine Mariners of the ECHL.