{"id":31417,"date":"2010-08-11T20:18:26","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T01:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2010\/08\/11\/tinordi-backs-out-on-notre-dame-goes-to-ohl\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:58:02","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:58:02","slug":"tinordi-backs-out-on-notre-dame-goes-to-ohl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2010\/08\/11\/tinordi-backs-out-on-notre-dame-goes-to-ohl\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinordi Backs Out on Notre Dame, Goes to OHL"},"content":{"rendered":"
A top incoming freshman has changed course, backing out of his commitment to Notre Dame to play major junior.<\/p>\n
Defenseman Jarred Tinordi has signed with the OHL’s London Knights, that team announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Tinordi, who made a huge jump in the rankings to go to Montreal at No. 22 in this year’s NHL entry draft, captained the USA Hockey National Team Development Program’s Under-18 team last season.<\/p>\n
After being picked at the draft, Tinordi explained why he was going the college route at that time:<\/p>\n
“I thought that was one place where I could really develop my body and get bigger and stronger and really work on the different areas of my game,” he said. “School is also very important. A good education to fall back on, that’s important as well.”<\/p>\n
It’s another offseason blow to Notre Dame, coming on the heels of a down season. The Irish were 13-17-8 last season, then lost three players early to pro signings.<\/p>\n
Two of those — Ian Cole and Teddy Ruth — were defenseman who would have been seniors.<\/p>\n
Here’s video of Tinordi meeting with the media at the draft, including his thoughts at the time about choosing the college route over major juniors:<\/p>\n