{"id":91861,"date":"2019-03-12T12:59:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=91861"},"modified":"2019-03-12T13:35:49","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:35:49","slug":"ferris-state-leading-scorer-zech-bolts-after-one-season-for-ahls-bruins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/03\/12\/ferris-state-leading-scorer-zech-bolts-after-one-season-for-ahls-bruins\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferris State leading scorer Zech bolts after one season for AHL&#8217;s Bruins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-91862\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/zech.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/zech.jpg 160w, https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/zech-126x150.jpg 126w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/>Ferris State freshman defenseman Cooper Zech has signed an AHL contract with the Providence Bruins, giving up his final three seasons of NCAA eligibility.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <em>Providence Journal<\/em>, Zech signed a two-year deal and will play the rest of this season on a professional tryout.<\/p>\n<p>The Journal&#8217;s Mark Divver tweeted that Zech &#8220;wanted out at Ferris State.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Or maybe not. Now hearing word was out Zech willing to jump for AHL two-way deal. Wanted out at Ferris <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hOdL0L4et0\">https:\/\/t.co\/hOdL0L4et0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Divver (@MarkDivver) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkDivver\/status\/1105506726634315776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Zech became the first Bulldog freshman to lead Ferris State in scoring (eight goals, 20 assists, 28 points) since 1987-88 when John DePourcq finished with 53 points in 40 games. In addition, Zech led all WCHA freshmen in scoring.<\/p>\n<p>He was tabbed the WCHA Preseason Rookie of the Year and is in the running for WCHA Rookie of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Zech&#8217;s 0.78 points per game were the most by a freshman blueliner in Division I hockey in 2018-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ferris State freshman defenseman Cooper Zech has signed an AHL contract with the Providence Bruins, giving up his final three seasons of NCAA eligibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":91862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[901],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ferris State leading scorer Zech bolts after one season for AHL&#039;s Bruins - College Hockey | USCHO.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ferris State freshman defenseman Cooper Zech has signed an AHL contract with the Providence Bruins, giving up his final three seasons of NCAA eligibility.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91861\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ferris State leading scorer Zech bolts after one season for AHL&#039;s Bruins - 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