Harvard University junior forward Ryan Donato has gone pro.
The son of Harvard head coach and retired NHL player Ted Donato,
the younger Donato signed an entry-level contract with the Boston Bruins on Sunday,
according to multiple outlets. His signing came after three seasons with the
Crimson, plus a memorable two weeks with the U.S. Olympic Team in February.
A product of Boston's Dexter School, and a second-round
draft choice of the Bruins in 2014, Ryan Donato led Harvard in scoring this
season with both a career-high 26 goals and 43 points. That was one year after
he paced the Crimson with 21 goals and 19 assists for 40 points, en route to a pair
of ECAC championships and an appearance in the NCAA Frozen Four in Chicago.
In 98 career collegiate games, Donato posted 60-44—104
points, including 13 power-play tallies. At the 2018 Olympic Winter Games last
month, he led the U.S. in scoring with five goals and six points as the Americans
finished seventh overall in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
The 2018 ECAC Hockey Player of the Year, a Hobey Baker Memorial
Award Top 10 finalist, and an All-ECAC Hockey First Team and All-Ivy First Team
selection this season, Donato played his final game for the Crimson on Friday
night. He recorded two assists in a 5-4 overtime loss to Clarkson in an ECAC
Tournament semifinal contest in Lake Placid.
Donato made his NHL debut on Monday night, when the Bruins
visited Columbus. Wearing No. 17, he led Boston with a goal and two assists for
his first three career NHL points to go along with a team-high six shots on
goal as the Bruins fell, 5-4, in overtime to the Bluejackets.
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