- Dean Letourneau went from zero goals as a freshman to 22 in his sophomore year at Boston College
- The 6-foot-7 Bruins prospect finished second on BC in scoring, one goal behind James Hagens
- Read below for what flipped and what Boston’s brass is saying about him
A year ago, Dean Letourneau looked like a reach. Twelve months later, he looks like a find.
The 6-foot-7 forward went from zero goals as a freshman at Boston College to 22 in his sophomore season, good for 39 points and second on the Eagles behind fellow Bruins pick James Hagens. Boston took him 25th overall in 2024, and for a stretch it looked like a swing and a miss.
Watch Letourneau bury one at Boston’s development camp:
The freshman year was rough. He did not score once in 36 games and put up just three assists while everyone waited to see what the Bruins saw in a raw prep-school kid. The doubts got loud.
Letourneau pointed to an early-season game against RPI as the moment it turned.
“I knew it wasn’t just a fluke, that I kind of had that confidence back, and I just kept seeing the offense pick up,” Letourneau said at Bruins development camp. “From there on out, I knew that, like, OK, I’m back.”
BC coach Greg Brown chalked the jump up to a summer of work.
“To Dean’s credit, he put in a huge summer to get stronger and faster,” Brown said. “To see that much of a transformation from one year to the next was really impressive.”
The Bruins have been busy this offseason, and Letourneau is exactly the kind of homegrown piece they are banking on. He showed up to camp at 235 pounds and helped his group win the 3-on-3 tournament.
Bruins director of player development Adam McQuaid was blunt about where things stand.
Here’s McQuaid on the camp standouts:
“To no one’s surprise Letourneau continues to take steps,” McQuaid said.
If he takes another step as BC’s top threat next season, he could be knocking on the NHL door by spring, the same path Hagens is on. Letourneau knows what he still has to clean up, from puck protection to driving the net with his size. That scoreless freshman year is a long way back in the mirror.
