Following his Heart, Not the Check
The following article featuring Quinnipiac forward Scott Zurevinski appeared in the October 15 issue of the New Haven Register.
HAMDEN — A few weeks before the college hockey season
ended last March, Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold got a phone call
from a front office representative of the Vancouver Canucks.
He told Pecknold the team was set to make a contract offer to
then-sophomore forward Scott Zurevinski when the Bobcats’
season was finished. It was a courtesy call so Pecknold could begin
making plans to fill the voided scholarship for the next
season.
Pecknold got back on the recruiting trail almost immediately
because, he says, “not too many kids say no to the
NHL”.
Complete article can be accessed via the Register Web site by clicking here.
