When the 2023-24 NCAA season ended for the Boston University Terriers, defenseman Ty Gallagher sat down with head coach Jay Pandolfo to discuss his role with the team moving forward. His playing time in his junior year had dropped from the season before despite putting up a career-high 21 points the year before and he was only able to muster five that season.
Pandolfo informed Gallagher that he would again have a bit of a reduced role causing Gallagher to have some pause if he wanted to come back. Gallagher took some time to think, and eventually wound up making the decision to transfer from BU to Colorado College to finish his college career where it could have easily begun, should he have chosen to play for the Tigers following him re-opening his recruitment after decomitting from Big-Ten powerhouse Notre Dame (from ‘Veteran skater Ty Gallagher excited to join Colorado College and old friends in quest to return to Frozen Four,’ Denver Gazette, Sept. 11, 2024).
Hearing ’03 Ty Gallagher heading to Boston University for ’21-22. NTDP D-man with a big shot had been Notre Dame commit. Nice recovery for Terriers after losing Roman Schmidt to OHL
— Mark Divver (@MarkDivver) June 25, 2021
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When asked how he likes Colorado Springs compared to Boston, Gallagher was enthusiastic in his response to changing from seeing the Prudential Building and Fenway Park every day to the Rocky Mountains for miles upon miles.
“Obviously, it’s a different environment,” Gallagher said. “Just with Boston being a big city and BU being right in the center of it, or I guess right on the outside of it. And then moving out to more of like a mountain city in Colorado Springs… I love the change… The mountains are awesome out here.”
When it comes to the coaching staff with the Terriers though, despite his role being reduced Gallagher has nothing negative to say about them.
“It was good,” Gallagher said in regards to his final conversation with Pandolfo before leaving BU. “I have nothing negative to say about that coaching staff. They gave me… Three of the best years of my life. He’s a great coach, and I really believed in that program, and I still believe in that program. It gave me so much.”
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