Touted NHL prospect Cole Eiserman flips college commitment from Gophers to Boston University

Massachusetts native Cole Eiserman was committed to the Gophers before announcing he was "coming home" to Boston University on Wednesday.

September 27, 2023 at 8:53PM
Gopher fan Andrew Mercado and the rest of the student section celebrated a goal against Minnesota State Mankato on Oct. 7, 2022. (Renée Jones Schneider, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Touted 2024 NHL draft prospect Cole Eiserman flipped his college commitment on Wednesday from the Gophers to Boston University.

Eiserman is a Newburyport, Mass., native who racked up 56 goals and 30 assists in 2021-22 for Shattuck-St. Mary's in Faribault, Minn. He split time last season between the U17 and U18 teams at the U.S. National Team Development Program and has been projected to go as high as No. 2 in next year's NHL draft. He'll play another season with the USNTDP before joining BU.

Eiserman announced on Twitter that he had committed to the Gophers in September 2022, but he announced on his Instagram story Wednesday that he is "coming home" to Boston University.

Gophers coach Bob Motzko had previously landed top NHL prospects such as Logan Cooley (No. 3 overall pick in 2022 NHL draft who is now with the Arizona Coyotes) and Mounds View's Oliver Moore, who will make his Gophers debut next month. Gophers Jimmy Snuggerud and Sam Rinzel were also first round picks.

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Joe Christensen

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Joe Christensen, a Minnesota Star Tribune sports team leader, graduated from the University of Minnesota and spent 15 years covering Major League Baseball, including stops at the Riverside Press-Enterprise and Baltimore Sun. He joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2005 and spent four years covering Gophers football.

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