Donato Picks Up Two ECAC Awards

BostonBruins.com - Bruins prospect Ryan Donato is having quite the week. Just two days after being selected to the United States Olympic team, the 21-year-old Harvard star was named the ECAC Player of the Week and Player of the Month. Donato was also named the Hockey Commissioner's Association National Player of the Month.

In just four games during December, Donato collected eight goals and two assists, including two hat tricks and two game-winning goals. Harvard went 3-1 in those contests.

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Donato had four goals and an assist in two games last week, a loss to UMass-Lowell and a win over Vermont. The 2014 second-round pick potted a hat trick in the 4-1 victory against the Catamounts.
The Scituate, Mass., native has registered points in all 12 games Harvard has played this season. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound junior leads Harvard with 20 points (12 goals, 8 assists), which ranks fourth in the ECAC. His 12 goals are good for eighth in the nation.