{"id":83217,"date":"2018-01-11T12:40:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T18:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=83217"},"modified":"2020-08-24T15:34:59","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T20:34:59","slug":"st-lawrence-loses-sophomore-blueliner-finkelstein-wants-pursue-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2018\/01\/11\/st-lawrence-loses-sophomore-blueliner-finkelstein-wants-pursue-options\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Lawrence loses sophomore blueliner Finkelstein, who wants to &#8216;pursue other options&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"ps_captionIns\" aria-describedby=\"caption-ps-captionIns\" style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/img-show\/I0000oT7mRqOv5CE\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Photo By: St. Lawrence Athletics\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ben-Finkelstein-Action-1.jpg\" alt=\" (St. Lawrence Athletics)\" width=\"680\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-ps-captionIns\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Finkelstein registered 12 points through 20 games this season for St. Lawrence (photo: St. Lawrence Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>St. Lawrence sophomore defenseman Ben Finkelstein has withdrawn from school for &#8220;personal reasons,&#8221; according to a school-issued press release, and will not play the remainder of the 2017-18 season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to thank my teammates and coaches for their support the last year and a half,\u201d Finkelstein said in a statement. \u201cThe memories and friendships I have made will last a lifetime. With that being said, at this point in my life, I need to pursue other options. I wish nothing but the best for the program and will forever be grateful for the opportunities I was given during my time at St. Lawrence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBen is a skilled defenseman that played big minutes for us and we\u2019re disappointed he has decided to leave the program,\u201d added Saints coach Mark Morris. \u201cWe hope to continue to build on the momentum we\u2019ve gained since the break with the guys that are here as we move forward into the second half of league play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finkelstein had three goals and nine assists for 12 points through 20 games played this season. As a freshman, he posted five goals and 23 points in 37 games.<\/p>\n<p>He was selected by the Florida Panthers in the seventh round (195th overall) in the 2016 NHL draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Lawrence sophomore defenseman Ben Finkelstein has withdrawn from school for personal reasons and will not play the remainder of the 2017-18 season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":112985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[812],"coauthors":[901],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>St. Lawrence loses sophomore blueliner Finkelstein, who wants to &#039;pursue other options&#039; - College Hockey | USCHO.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"St. Lawrence sophomore defenseman Ben Finkelstein has withdrawn from school for personal reasons and will not play the remainder of the 2017-18 season.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83217\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"St. Lawrence loses sophomore blueliner Finkelstein, who wants to &#039;pursue other options&#039; - 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