KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Kalamazoo Wings, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks, announced the team has agreed to terms with rookie forward Colin O’Neill for the 2020-21 season.
O’Neill, 25, joins the K-Wings for his first pro season after finishing a four-year college career at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. He scored 14 points (6g-8a) in 34 games as the Riverhawks’ alternate captain in 2019-20 as a senior. The Odenton, Maryland native skated in 142 college games, totaling 44 points (18g-26a).
The Riverhawks won the Hockey East Conference when O’Neill was a freshman in 2016-17. He appeared in 35 games and scored six goals that season. Prior to attending UMass-Lowell, O’Neill spent two junior seasons with the North American Hockey League’s Aberdeen Wings and one season with the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s Okotoks Oilers.