By Scott McLaughlin/DFP Staff

I decided to head down to the Foxboro Sports Center yesterday to catch incoming freshmen Adam Clendening, Charlie Coyle, Matt Nieto and Garrett Noonan playing for the Beantown Bullies Jr. Major team in the Chowder Cup. They lost to the National Capital Recruits (a mostly Canadian team) 6-2, but that’s not really all that pertinent to this story.

Clendening didn’t play -- a couple people in the stands said he went sightseeing with his parents, but no one seemed 100-percent sure -- so there was nothing to observe on that front. The people I talked to said he did great in the first two games of the tournament, though, and that he showed some toughness Friday night when he dropped the gloves.

I was very impressed with Nieto, pretty impressed with Noonan and slightly disappointed with Coyle. We’ll get to Coyle in a minute, but let’s start with the positives.

By Scott McLaughlin/DFP Staff

For the second time in a week, BU has gained a commitment from a top young prospect. Adam Erne, labeled as one of the top 1995-born forwards in the nation, has picked the Terriers as the team he will play for in the fall of 2013, according to US Hockey Report.

By Scott McLaughlin/DFP Staff

Anthony DeAngelo, a highly touted offensive defenseman, has committed to BU for the fall of 2014, according to US Hockey Report.

The 14-year-old Sewell, N.J. native, who is entering his freshman year of high school, will play for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders of the USHL this season. According to US Hockey Report, he'll be the youngest player in the USHL's 63-year history.