With all the recent discussion of a possible move involving Ryan Kesler to “where-ever land” the Canucks pulled off a trade os some relevance with the Senators.
Canucks President & General Manager Michael Gillis announced that the Canucks have acquired left wing Jeff Costello from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for defenceman Patrick Mullen.
Costello, 23, has recorded 19 points (11-8-19) and 69 penalty minutes in 34 games as team captain with Notre Dame this season. A Milwaukee, WI, native, he has collected 60 points (28-32-60) in 105 games with Notre Dame.
The 5’11”, 212 pound left wing was originally selected by Ottawa 146th overall in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
2007-08: Jeff Costello spent the season at Catholic Memorial (USHS), where he potted 31 goals and 48 assists in 22 games.
2008-09: This was Costello’s first season with the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL). In 54 games he registered 24 markers and 33 points, racking up 73 penalty minutes along the way. Costello was chosen in the fifth round, 146th overall, of the 2009 NHL Draft by the Ottawa Senators.
2009-10: In 54 games with Cedar Rapids, Costello would hit the back of the net 29 times and add 19 assists. He was named to the 2010 USHL All-Star game.
2010-11: Costello skated in all 44 games for Notre Dame as a freshman. He scored 6 of his 12 goals for the Fighting Irish on the power play and had 6 assists.
The big forward had the second-most penalty minutes (56) for Notre Dame behind freshman defenseman Stephen Johns (CHI) who had 98 PMs.
Costello finished with a -4 plus/minus on a Fighting Irish team that was one of the most improved in the country and finished second in the CCHA.
2011-12: Costello battled through an injury-filled sophomore season in his second year at Notre Dame, missing five games after suffering an “upper body injury” in October and then missing another seven-game stretch at the end of January.
In 28 games for the Fighting Irish he scored 5 goals with 7 assists and was minus-six with 58 penalty minutes.
Three of his five goals were game-winning goals and two were scored on the power play.
Notre Dame slipped to eighth in the CCHA and after sweeping Ohio State in an opening round playoff series lost to second-place Michigan in a pair of tightly contested quarterfinal game: finishing the year 19-18-3.
2012-13: Costello had a breakout season for Notre Dame in his junior year, finishing as the Notre Dame’s third-leading scorer behind Anders Lee (Islanders) and Bryan Rust (Pittsburgh).
He scored 11 goals with 19 assists in 33 games and was +18 with 52 penalty minutes.
Thanks to hockey futures for the info. http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/jeff_costello/
