{"id":458087,"date":"2026-02-14T18:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/458087\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T18:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:25:11","slug":"canucks-prospect-parker-alcos-to-play-in-ncaa-next-season-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/458087\/","title":{"rendered":"Canucks Prospect Parker Alcos To Play In NCAA Next Season \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last offseason, the first allowing CHL players to play in the NCAA, there were a flurry of commitments from players looking to play at the collegiate level.\u00a0 This season, the commitments have been more slow and steady.\u00a0 On Friday, a Canucks prospect decided to make the switch as defenseman <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/709618\/parker-alcos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Parker Alcos<\/a> announced on his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUri1STiUgu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram page<\/a> that he will play at Quinnipiac University next season.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old was a sixth-round pick by Vancouver back in 2024, going 189th overall.\u00a0 This season, Alcos has split time between WHL Edmonton and Kelowna, combining for five goals and 18 assists in 47 games, already surpassing his production from the previous two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The Canucks will now have two prospects with the Bobcats in 2026-27 as 2025 seventh-rounder <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/750746\/matthew-lansing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Matthew Lansing<\/a> is in his freshman year with the club.\u00a0 Alcos is the second NHL-drafted player to commit to switching from junior hockey to playing at Quinnipiac as he\u2019ll join San Jose goaltender <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/717311\/christian-kirsch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Christian Kirsch<\/a> in doing so for 2026-27.<\/p>\n<p>The change in leagues could work to Vancouver\u2019s benefit.\u00a0 Had Alcos not decided to make the switch, the Canucks would have only had until June 1st to sign him to an entry-level contract or lose his rights.\u00a0 Now, those signing rights will be extended, allowing Vancouver to get a longer look before making a decision on whether or not to ultimately sign him.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last offseason, the first allowing CHL players to play in the NCAA, there were a flurry of commitments&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5128],"tags":[894,5,901,4,11844,893,27,5313,406],"class_list":{"0":"post-458087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vancouver-canucks","8":"tag-canucks","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-parker-alcos","13":"tag-vancouver","14":"tag-vancouver-canucks","15":"tag-vancouvercanucks","16":"tag-whl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116070391730971294","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}