There's just four teams left in the chase for the Stanley Cup and among those teams, there's four players with BCHL roots.
The Vancouver Canucks have been using Nanaimo Clippers graduate Tanner Glass in a fourth-line role and Chilliwack Chiefs alum Jeff Tambellini, who made a splash in the Canucks' Game 6 win over Nashville, is likely to see more time in the next round against San Jose.
Both players are looking for their first playoff points.
The Boston Bruins have two players that feature a bit more prominently in their offence with Coquitlam Express product Milan Lucic and Langley Eagles alum Mark Recchi. Lucic has two goals and three assists and Recchi has a pair of goals and five helpers in the Bruins' 11 playoff games.
Though the San Jose Sharks and Tampa Bay Lightning don't have players with BCHL connections, all playoff teams have solid contingents of players who played college hockey.
Sharks – Joe Pavelski & Dany Heatley (Wisconsin), Dan Boyle (Miami-OH), Torrey Mitchell (Vermont), Jamal Mayers (W. Mich.), Douglas Murray (Cornell), Benn Ferrerio (Boston College) and Justin Braun (Massachusetts)
Lightning – Martin St. Louis (Vermont), Dwayne Roloson (UMass-Lowell), Teddy Purcell (Maine), Dominic Moore (Harvard), Ryan Malone (St. Cloud State), Adam Hall (Mich. St.), Mike Lundin (Maine), Randy Jones (Clarkson) and Brett Clark (Maine)
Bruins – Rich Peverley (St. Lawrence) and Tim Thomas (Vermont)
Canucks – Cory Schneider and Andrew Alberts (Boston College), Kevin Bieksa (Bowling Green), Keith Ballard (Minnesota), Mason Raymond (Minn.-Duluth), Tanner Glass (Dartmouth), Jeff Tambellini (Michigan), Ryan Kesler (Ohio St.), Chris Higgins (Yale) and Victor Oreskovich (Notre Dame)
