Boston College Eagles Sign Oscar Hemming

2026 NHL Draft prospect Oscar Hemming has officially signed a commitment agreement with the NCAA’s Boston College Eagles. This news ends what has turned into a small saga for the projected first-round pick. Hemming has not yet played a league game this season – not due to injury, but instead due to a strange conflict between Finland’s Liiga, the OHL, and the BCHL. On the other side, Hemming won’t appear in any of those leagues and instead heads to a BC team in need of another difference-maker. Hemming grew up through the Kiekko-Espoo youth hockey program in Finland. He stood out as a star at every level and broke into the U20 league as a 16 year old last season. He scored 10 points in 18 games with Kiekko-Espoo’s top youth club. It was a great breakthrough that set Hemming up to be a pillar of the U20 club, and maybe break through to the Liiga lineup, this season. More importantly, another strong season would lock the physically-mature Hemming into a high NHL draft pick, which could return the Finnish club aRead More