Recruiting Class: Boston College Bringing Firepower
The school also lost Molly Jordan via the transfer portal to the University of Minnesota. The Boston College Eagles however, remain a program on an upward trajectory, and adding their recruiting class to their current top line talents including Sammy Taber and Julia Pellerin will only accelerate that process.
Here's a look at Boston College's 2025-26 women's hockey recruiting class.
Maxim Tremblay, F, Stanstead College
A prolific scorer for Stanstead College, Tremblay is 5-foot-10 and has a rifle for a shot. She scored 64 goals and 114 points in 70 games last season. She's the type of talent who could shift Boston College's future. Uses her size well, but it's her shoot first mentality that makes her the biggest threat.
Ava Thomas, F, Philadelphia Jr. Flyers
Won gold at the U-18 World Championships with USA scoring nine points in six games. As a member of Philadelphia's 19-U 'AAA' team she's been one of the top scorers in the nation the past three seasons. Last year she had 38 goals and 60 points in only 21 games. Alonside Tremblay, this is a tandem that could grow into one of the NCAA's top offensive duos.
Alaina Dunn, D, Massachusetts Spitfires
A mobile defender who represented USA at the 2025 U-18 World Championships, Dunn will be a good replacement for Molly Jordan on Boston College's blueline this season.
Other incoming recruits: Madelyn Murphy, Emily Mara, Maude Niemann
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Advertisement 'I felt like we were just a little off timing on a route, and I felt like I could have cleaned up my footwork a little bit,' Dart said. 'At the same time, the defense made a good play collapsing the pocket. There are lots of things you can't control with that stuff. I just felt like I had two really good plays. I kind of wanted to finish that rack with a good one, so I was just frustrated with how I finished.' 11:13 a.m.: The quarterbacks again head to a side field during a special teams period. 11:20 a.m.: The team reconvenes for another 11-on-11 period. After Wilson's handful of snaps, Dart is back in with the second-team offense for five reps. Dart's first rep is an incomplete back-shoulder fade to tight end Daniel Bellinger that is broken up by cornerback O'Donnell Fortune. Dart claps his hands twice in frustration and shakes his head at the incompletion. Remember the attention paid to Dart's 'clap' cadence at Ole Miss? He has mastered the verbal cadence, getting rookie defensive lineman Darius Alexander to jump offside, much to Daboll's agitation. Dart's next attempt is an incompletion to wide receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette with a high pass on a crossing route. Dart keeps the ball on a zone-read on his next rep and is met in the backfield by safety Makari Paige. Dart's final rep is a third-and-medium with the defense showing an all-out blitz. The blitz doesn't come, with defenders dropping into coverage on the snap as Dart fires a low incomplete pass to wide receiver Jordan Bly on a curl route. Dart again claps his hands in frustration at the misfire. Tierney offers a supportive pat on the chest as Dart rejoins the quarterbacks, while DeVito offers a fist pound that is ignored. 11:33 a.m.: The next 11-on-11 period pits the offense against the defense in a two-minute drive. Dart and the rest of the players and coaches move to the sideline for this game-like period. That's where Dart watches Wilson get intercepted by cornerback Deonte Banks to end the first-team offense's drive in a tie game. Advertisement Dart takes the field with the second-team offense trailing by three points. The offense has first-and-10 on its own 25-yard line with 1:10 remaining and two timeouts. Dart connects with wide receiver Lil'Jordan Humphrey for an 11-yard gain on an in-route on his first snap. He then hits Bellinger for 8 yards on a curl. After a timeout, Dart throws the ball away while rolling right. The offense is facing third-and-2 from its own 44-yard line with 41 seconds remaining when Dart finds wide receiver Montrell Washington on a crossing route for 6 yards and a first down. On first-and-10 from midfield, Dart tries to hit Washington on an out route, but the pass is slightly behind the receiver. Cornerback Nic Jones, who had a pick-six on Dart's first pass of camp, wrestles the ball away for a drive-ending interception. 'We were able to convert on a big third down and get a few things rolling,' Dart said. 'Then it was man coverage, and sometimes, as a quarterback, you take chances with your matchups, especially in that situation when you're down (three) with under a minute left. You've got to try to go get a chunk, and Nic made a great play on the ball. That's just kind of what it is at times. There are great players on the other side of the ball, and they're going to make plays. For me, when I look at it, I think I could have put it just a little bit more out there for my receiver to have him make a play, but you just go back and you correct those.' 11:49 a.m.: The quarterbacks retreat to the side field with Tierney during a special teams period. 11:54 a.m.: The full team returns to the main field for the final 11-on-11 period of practice. It's a 'call-it' period, where the offense moves the ball until it scores or get stopped. Dart hits Humphrey on an RPO, but the play is negated by an offensive penalty called by one of the practice officials. Dart tries to hit Humphrey on the next play, but the pass is nearly intercepted by safety Dane Belton. Advertisement Dart then throws one of his best passes of the day, firing a strike to Dulcich on a curl before the tight end turns to face the quarterback. A swing pass to running back Dante Miller on the next play gains a first down, but Dart is abruptly replaced by Winston after a Miller run on first down. 'You've got to be ready for the unexpected with (Daboll),' Dart said. 'Going into that, I didn't know exactly how it was going to go, but we were able to get a big third-down conversion, hitting Dulch over the middle. (Daboll) just had Jameis take the reps, and that's just how it was.' Dart's 11th NFL training camp practice is finished after 21 reps in team periods. He completed 7-of-14 passes on what he describes as an inconsistent day. 'I'm super hard on myself, so I want to execute at a high level, but it's going to be good for me to go back and see the things I maybe made a mistake on,' Dart said. 'I think a lot of times when you watch film, it's never as good as you think, and it's never as bad as you think. You're two or three plays away if you're just putting the ball five inches in a certain spot, it's going to be a great day, and everybody is going to be super happy. But I think the biggest thing is just trying to make sure I make the right decisions, because the throws and the timing, that's all going to come along more with reps. But you just try to make the best decisions as you go along.' 12:10 p.m.: Practice ends after Winston hits Olszewski for a touchdown to cap the third-team offense's call-it period. There is no motivational message from a former player in the post-practice huddle. Instead, Daboll rips into the team. 'He just wants us to be consistent throughout practices,' Dart said. 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