Has Bochenski found his home

There’s no doubting the potential of Brandon Bochenski. The 24 year old out of Minnesota has always seemed to impress. Bochenski won Rookie of the Year in the USHL in 2000-2001, the same honor in the WCHA a year later, and made the AHL – All-Rookie team in 2004-2005. So the hopes were high for Bochenski when he was called up by the Senators lineup last year due to the Havlat injury.

In his first 20 games with the Sens, Bochenski had 13 points, a pretty good rookie season, and if it would have been any season but last year, there would have been some rookie of the year talk. Then the unfortunate occurred, a shoulder injury sidelined him for 15 games, and when he was recovered he found himself back in the minors.

A trade deadline deal sent Bochenski to the windy city where he was only able to tally 4 points in the final 20 games of the season. At the start of this year, hopes were again high as he re-signed with a young and talented Chicago team, but Brandon never really got his stride in the windy city this year either with only 2 points in 10 games, not exactly how he started last year.

Another trade sent Brandon to Boston earlier this month, and it’s looking like Bochenski has found his stride and scoring touch again. In 5 games as a Bruin, Bochenski has as many points as he did in 30 with the Hawks, 6.

It’s still too early to tell if Bochenski has found his touch for good in Boston, but he’s definitely turning some heads again.