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- Austin Czarnik: Announcing that will be joining the Boston Bruins organization after four years at Miami University.
- DJ Powers of Hockey’s Future: On Austin Czarnik – Center – Miami University
Czarnik is among the nation’s top playmakers and possesses game-changing speed, two attributes that haven’t been lost on NHL scouts. He can make some of the prettiest passes with great precision. Although Czarnik stands at just 5’9”, he uses his small stature and low center of gravity quite advantageously both offensively and defensively. Czarnik is dangerous in transition and he can get up to speed very quickly. His elusiveness and speed also makes him a difficult player to contain. While his current goal total may not reflect it, Czarnik does have good finishing ability. He possesses great vision and thinks the game exceedingly well.
- MU Redhawks: 2014-15 notes on Czarnik.
Second-Team All-NCHC selection and NCHC Forward of the Year finalist … NCHC All-Tournament Team selection who finished the tournament with seven points (4g, 3a) in five games … played in all 39 games … leads the team with 43 points on nine goals and 34 assists … his 34 assists are fifth in the country … recorded at least one point in 28 of 39 games … posted a team-high nine multi-point games … dished out three assists against St. Lawrence (10/24) … recorded two assists in back-to-back games against Colorado College (11/7-8) … recorded a season-best four assists against Omaha (12/5) … posted an eight-game point streak from Nov. 21-Jan. 3 … scored first goal of the season at Rensselaer (1/3) … netted his first-career hat trick with three goals and an assist on Senior Night against North Dakota (3/7) … tallied two goals and an assist against Western Michigan (3/14) … scored the game-winning goal and added an assist in the NCHC semifinals against Denver (3/20).
- Chris Dilks of SB Nation College Hockey: Czarnik was ranked the 44th best NCAA NHL prospect after the 2013-14 season Notes from last March.
Czarnik is one of the most exciting, dynamic forwards in the NCAA, but his diminutive size kept him from being drafted into the NHL. Czarnik plays with tremendous speed and has excellent hockey sense, which should allow him to transition to the pro level despite being smaller than most players in the league.