Brett Berard

Was the top scoring winger (and 3rd highest) on the young USA team, but the team really was in the growing stage after the graduation of last year’s incredibly talented class. Has an all around above average skill package and tool box, but is an undersized player. He compenatstes by playing with a grit agitator style similar to Brad Marchand’s. Had to adjust from a free wheeling possession player who chose to not surrender the puck tone who has learned to move it and find a crease with the hopes it comes back to him in the look. The potential is there to be a very good offensive player, but before he can proceed upward he needs to vastly proceed to get thicker and muscular. He has committed to Providence College where his dad was a former assistant coach (now head coach at Holy Cross NCAA) and tended goal for four college seasons. Scored a goal and an assist in the 2020 BioSteel All-American Game, a showcase for the top draft-eligible players from the NTDP against a team of draft-eligible players from the United States Hockey League. Possersses all the characteristics teams look for in a forward except size.

--Bill Placzek--