The Austin Bruins, proud members of the North American Hockey League (NAHL), are proud to announce that forward AJ Reid
has committed to play NCAA Division I hockey for the Air Force Academy
of the Atlantic Hockey Association (AHA). Reid, 20, will join the
Falcons this fall for the 2013-14 season.
The native of Lakeville, Minnesota just completed his second season
with the Bruins. In 55 regular season games, Reid (5’10/190) recorded
65 points (25 goals, 40 assists), which ranked 2nd on the team. Reid
also had five points in eight playoff games last season.
Reid was named the NAHL Central Division Star of the Week on two
occassions during the 2012-13 season. He was given the honor on
December 24th and again on April 1st. On both occassions, Reid recorded
five points in two games helping his team to wins. The Bruins won the
Central Division regular season title and finished with the second best
record in the league last season.
“AJ uses his quickness and feet to create turnovers and he had some
really good chemistry with his linemates all season long,” said Bruins
head coach Chris Tok. “He has tremendous speed, which allows him to win
the one on one battles.”
Reid also took part in the 2013 NAHL Top Prospects Tournament back
in February in Troy, Michigan when he played on the Dakota team. He
finished with two points in the three games. Reid will be joinging an
Air Force squad who is led by legendary head coach Frank Serratore.
This past season, Air Force had over 20 NAHL alumni on its roster, more
than any other NCAA Division I team.
In his NAHL career, Reid recorded 94 points in 81 career regular
season games. Reid joined the Bruins in the middle of the 2011-12
season. In February of 2012, Reid had decided to play college hockey
for Army, but decided to decommit prior to the 2012-13 season.
Prior to playing junior hockey, Reid played for St. Thomas Academy
in Minnesota and was one of ten finalists for the Minnesota Mr. Hockey
award. He led St. Thomas to the Class A State Championship in 2011 and
was the recipient of the Herb Brooks Award, which is given annually the
most qualified hockey player in the Minnesota state tournament who
strongly represents the values, characteristics, and traits that defined
legendary hockey coach, Herb Brooks.
Reid is the ninth Bruins player to make an NCAA commitment this
season and third player to secure an NCAA Division I commitment joining
teammates CJ Smith (UMASS-Lowell) and Brandon Wahlin (UMASS).
(Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)
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