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i would say their all around skill set at that age were uncomparable. grimaldi has everything but size but he seems to make up for that in all other areas from what you read and here. grimaldi may have parise/oshie skills in his bag. i look forward to seeing them displayed at the ralph

Rocco to FLA with 3rd pick in 2nd rd. # 33. congrats rocco!

brads draft story was great ....cant wait for rocco and jt to show their skills at the ralph. 2 big time players!! brads story how many back then thought this little waterbug would be a potential 1st round nhl draft pick...ha.

HF - 2011 Draft: Top 10 draft eligible NCAA prospects #9 Dillon Simpson North Dakota head coach Dave Hakstol on Dillon Simpson: "Dillon came in as a 17-year-old, but a very mature young man. He's made great progress. Dillon became a fixture on for us on our blue line down the stretch until the last few games of the season, but he has extremely high-end hockey sense and playmaking ability. He's a guy that, no question, is ready to step into a top two or three role with us. He plays a good two-way role and can play a role on the power play as well. Dillon's got a very bright future ahead of him."

McKeens top 30 #10 Grimaldi #27 Miller TSN rankings 18. J.T. MILLER Profile 2010-11 Team: USA U-18 League: USHL Position: Centre Height: 6-1 2010-11 Stats: 56 GP, 15 G, 50 PTS Weight: 198 lbs. Scouting Ranking NHL Central Scouting: 23 NAS, International Scouting Services: No. 17, The Hockey News: No. 59 TSN Scout Grant McCagg: His last impression for the scouts was his best one, leading the gold-medal winning US team with 13 points at the U-18's. Will attend the University of North Dakota next season. Strengths - Hard working, versatile forward with a good motor, sees the ice well, effective puckhandler with good puck protection abilities, good along the walls. Powerful straight-ahead skater, drives to the net, smart puck distributor, hard-nosed, likes to throw hits. Weaknesses - Limited agility, more north-south than east-west, not overly creative, lacks finishing skills. NHL Upside - Second-line power-type winger with decent size and offensive abilities. Has been compared to Dustin Brown, but may not have his scoring touch. 23. ROCCO GRIMALDI Profile 2010-11 Team: USA U-18 League: USHL Position: Centre Height: 5-6 2010-11 Stats: 58 GP, 39 G, 73 PTS Weight: 163 lbs. Scouting Ranking NHL Central Scouting: 32 NAS, International Scouting Services: No. 15, The Hockey News: No. 32 TSN Scout Grant McCagg: Diminutive University of North Dakota recruit led the US development team in scoring. Tore up the 2010 U-17 tournament with 14 points in 6 games, then impressed again with a 13-point effort in the recent U-18's. Strengths - A feisty little warrior. when he's going his feet never stop, fearless on the puck, character guy, plays hard, strong core and lower body, likes to score goals, skilled puck carrier and sniper. Weaknesses - He's only 5-6. Can try to do too much by himself and overhandle the puck. NHL Upside - Has drawn comparison to Theo Fleury and Marty St. Louis. His lack of height shouldn't hinder him from becoming a top-six forward at the NHL level. Honorable Mention DILLON SIMPSON Profile 2010-11 Team: North Dakota League: WCHA Position: Defenceman Height: 6-0 2010-11 Stats: 27 GP, 2 G, 10 PTS Weight: 192 lbs. Scouting Ranking NHL Central Scouting: 157 NAS, International Scouting Services: No. 122, The Hockey News: No. 69

JUNE, 24-25 St. Paul With the NHL draft coming up, this looks to be a good one for future/current Sioux players and us fans. TSN Draft Center nhl.com draft page Brads Blog - good prospect information throughout HF Boards - Prospects page - good draft and player info The Hockey Writers top 210 The Hockey Writers have 4 sioux prospects/players ranked like this so you have an idea on where they may get drafted. There are many more rankings but just used this as an example #17 - Rocco Grimaldi - 5'6 163lbs - Forward - Rossmoor, Calif. Grimaldi Article In depth on Grimaldi Grimaldi article WCH Blog - Grimaldi Grimaldi shooutout goal vs RPI Grimaldi goal - video Grimaldi interview #26 - Jonathan (JT) Miller - 6'1.25 198lbs - Forward - East Palestine, Ohio In depth on Miller JT Miller video Miller goal - video Miller interview - video #137 - Dillon Simpson - 6'.5 192lbs - Defense - Edmonton, ALTA in depth info on Simpson Simpson 1st career goal - video Simpson interview with TH #159 - Colten St. Clair - 5'10.25 190lbs - Forward - Gilbert, AZ St Clair article Get to know St Clair - video St Clair interview - video my guess... Jonathan (JT) Miller - 1st round - 14-20 Rocco Grimaldi - 1st round maybe early 2nd for no other reason than he is 5'6 from some so called experts. I've also read if he was 3-4 more inches taller he would be top 5 pick potential. i say he goes top 25 Dillon Simpson - 3-5 rounds. i say early 3rd. Colten St. Clair - 5-7 rounds

Simpson has all the tools to be a big time player next season. Especially on the PP. He was raw last season but also did well with being in and out of the lineup. I wonder if he will get picked up earlier than expected ? I guess we shal see this week

tsr draft rankings hate reading this Midterm Rank: 30 | League Rank: 2nd USHL | Country Rank: 2nd USAThe skill set to be reliable 2 way forward has always been there as prior to this year, Miller has been at worst a strong skating centerman who plays hard on both sides of the puck. He always possessed the puck skills necessary to contribute offensively but lacked that consistency leading to questions about his hockey sense. Miller seems to have answered those as the year progressed culminating in an excellent showing at the U18

commited to UW

clarke situation maybe, but his talent is 20x what clarke has. if somehow the sioux can land fausching that would be as big as it gets. also great to hear cammaratta and mckinnon mention north dakota as all 3 of these guys im guessing will be high first round picks when time comes for their draft years.

dammit, always enjoy seeing him around. best wishes! lets go sioux!

oshie vs toews on versus mid 2nd 2-1 stl. oshie 2 points and has been awesome so far. good game, hawks are fighting for their playoff lives. chris porter also dressed for stl along with ryan johnson for hawks

sioux press conference michigans seemed 20 minutes less than north dakotas unless it wasnt taped full

live radio from st paul - uscho

notre dames practice, sioux practice later

exactly my point!

yeah he should show the video from maine if he wants to scare the crap out of his own team with all the legal/non legal hits the sioux threw down in that awful weekend of hockey looking back and listening to hak that may have been a very beneficial lesson to the team with what type of run they have been on since that debacle. jump on mich early and then lock down

uscho - coaches break down semis

go sioux!!

Conference/Finish WCHA - 1st Record 32-8-3 SOS Rank (KRACH/RPI) 7th/3rd Goals 4.14 (2) GA 2.13 (3) Power Play 23.3% (7) Penalty Kill 86.0% (5) PIM 14.49 (21) Shots 33.8 Shots Allowed 23.9 Last 10 10-0-0 Scoring 4 + goals 24-1-1 Scoring 3 goals or fewer 8-7-2 Allowing 3 goals or fewer 31-4-2 Allowing 4+ goals 1-4-1 Record vs. Tournament 11-5-1 vs. RPI Top 25 20-8-3 Conference/Finish CCHA - 1st Record 28-10-4 SOS Rank (KRACH/RPI) 17th/17th Goals 3.38 (13) GA 2.26 (6) Power Play 18.3% (27) Penalty Kill 83.1% (t-21) PIM 13.21 (35) Shots 33.3 Shots Allowed 28.8 Last 10 9-1-0 Scoring 4 + goals 18-0-2 Scoring 3 goals or fewer 10-10-2 Allowing 3 goals or fewer 27-6-2 Allowing 4+ goals 1-4-3 Record vs. Tournament 8-5-1 vs. RPI Top 25 11-7-2

i think i got that right

celebrating on this ice would be classic!! chn homepage pic

red is pumping the sioux up a lot. i understand wha hes doing. making it a no lose situation but im sure their fans couldnt care less what he says as they know they are a good team. here is a clip from big ten network with some examples. b10 net breakdown maybe reds right, show him and smack michigan!

great topic. here are short recaps of the frozen 4's ive attended..great times with great fans! have met many of you from this board and propbably many more this weekend! go sioux 2000 - Providence, RI - first frozen 4. was 19 at the time (no fake id yet, but this is where the super cool uncle comes to the rescue) went with some family and friends. best frozen 4 city ive been to up until this point im going to imagine come thursday. when i say that i mean the overall atmospehere and people were just awesome. beer tents everywhere, street hockey games, fans everywhere as the streets were blocked off. first time being out of the midwest to watch the sioux (living in arizona) and that was the start of "i want your jersey" or "ill trade my jersey for yours or my hat for yours" as many of the eastern fans from all teams were simply in ahh and amazed with how many sioux fans were in providence. did cape cod friday morning and boston celtics game friday night. saturday was just awesome watching the sioux win it all with my uncle, his good buddy and my grandpa. oh yeah, #7 was won that saturday. one thing ill remember from this trip is my grandpa introducing me to ralph engelstad before the game. glad to have met ralph! 2001 - Albany, NY - couple flights from phx to newark for the soon to be rematch vs boston college. same group with a couple new ones this time. id in hand, we were ready to win another title!! first let me tell everyone who will be making your first never frozen 4 trip THAT WINNING THURSDAY MAKES THE TRIP A HELL OF A LOT BETTER, especially if you are traveling far to attend so the sioux take care of business thursday with a solid win. did new york city friday afternoon/night (always fun to have a nice side trip friday). decided to drive in from albany. 5 white guys rolling in a crown victoria tinted windows. may have just threw some cop uniforms on us with that ride. so my uncle does all the driving thank god, he just likes to get to where we want to go which is my style as well but sometimes the road you thought was the right cut across doesnt end up being that way. if i rememeber right we were just cruising down malcom x blvd then realized that this didnt look like the espn zone, mtv studio or anything that we were heading for ate at espn zone, no yankees game as it was rained out so just hit up time square. grabbed the wrong subway trying to get back to our car so did a 2 hour subway ride with some of new yorks finest.. we made it alive, maybe the car did work! saturday was awesome, pre game was great with all sioux fans (everyone should at least stop in for one of these) as its a hell of a atmosphere to be apart hours before the sioux drop the puck. well great exciting end to the game but that nhl bust krys kolanos made a hell of a move to get bc a title. bummed out heading home then lost my wallett at the newark airport. oh yeah, did a quick 2 hour visit of the baseball hall of fame before flying out sunday afternoon. 2005 - Columbus, OH - all wcha frozen 4 in the buckeye state. fun surroundings with the horseshoe across the street. good party tent set ups around the area and tons of sioux fans compared to providence or albany obviously being closer to home. the gophers stand in the way and they literally stood around on the ice thursday in columbus. game over (this may have been the beginning of what they are going there now, maybe not but the sioux hit them and just didnt let up) du up next. again pre game for thursday was tons of fun. former players, thousands of sioux fans and as always the frozen 4 has great fans from around the nation. fans just as passionate as this fan base but on such smaller levels if that makes sense. maine fans are always cheering for the sioux with the solid relationship the teams and now the teams fans have after blais honored the late coach walsh when all sioux players wore jerseys with WALSH on the back. i love seeing all the different jerseys and you will even see d2 or college club jerseys around as well. denver takes care of business vs und. SILVER FOX comes into play here, lets just say i noticed it was all boarded up 2 days after i made my way into that fine establishment. i think many from this board can chime in on the fox.haaa. mm? this is the first i met al pearson and his groups that he puts together. i think a couple of guys in our group ended up taking als bus and we stayed at the same hotel as that group. we rode the bus to the games each time and that was a experience in itself!! 2006 - Milwaukee, WI - the start to the BC nightmares began in malwaukee. first off this was the worst fan experience set up i had seen to this point of my f4 trips. yeah uw was in it so that saved their butts but it was a boring setting as a whole. bc made me realize how fortunate it is to watch the sioux and how much they win. thursday night wasnt as exciting when the boys are back on the plane back to grand forks and im stuck in milwaukee until sunday...should have just drove to chicago friday-sunday brewers game friday night where it was pretty cold iirc. went to a pool hall that friday night and introduced my uncle and a few others to my friends red bull and vodka. we had fun! saturday rolled along and many had already begun their drive back to g forks so i was the ticket king for that day. lets just say nobody in our group ended up paying for their tickets and some thanks to wisconsin making the title game. oh, well i did almost screw up big time. a buddy who was there is a huge uw fan and i had his center ice 20th row tickets in my back pocket, well with the mad scrambling of selling all of our extra tickets i accidentley sold his. im sure he wanted to actually kill me and then we remember we had 2 more of similar seats back in our hotel. thank god! fun times as always and all the college hockey fans were awesome but just not a great frozen 4 feel there. 2007 - St. Louis, MO - the normal group wasnt able to form together for this one but i flew in from scottsdale and 3 others drove from g forks. st louis was a fun atmosphere i thought. stayed right down by the arena and there was a little extra buzz with tj oshie turning into the player he was being property of the blues. blues fans were awesome to talk to. fast forward to the bc nightmare #2. friday was seeing duncan win the hobey! got to meet ryan who was just super nice and humble. sioux fans were loud and made it fun even though we were eliminated again. changed my flight to saturday morning and got home. st louis had a nice fanfest area with bars, tents ect...i thought they did a good job. met the hansen brothers for slap shot. few pics as they were doing some sort of bud light promotions i believe. 2007 - Denver, CO - shortest flight ive taken to a f4 from az.bemidji buddy and i made the trip. met 6 others and convinced my az friend who had no hockey knowledge to book a flight to denver 2 nights before we went as they were 149.99 round trip. now hes a sioux fan! denver pre game by the arena was insane. my uncle got there 2 hours before we did at noon and barely got a big table. i think they may have had to stop letting people in as it was so crowded up and downstairs. sea of green is a understatement. my cousin dipped out of pre game festivities for a hour as he walked and found a local barber to clean up his beard and turn it into a mustache as that was the hockey teams "thing" that season like their beards this season. dedication right there! so its game time and the bar goes from 2,000 people maybe to 20 and then after the first period it went back up to 1,000 sioux fans im guessing with gerbe and friends putting a quick cap on that game. bc nightmare #3 is in full effect at this point........bar time and a NCAA staff member sees my buddies shirt that read" FU NCAA" he had taken his jersey off right at gametime and he had that on. well we were sitting glass and the tv crew and espn i guess saw him and he was told he had to put his jersey back on. so back to ncaa staff member, he walks up to dave and asks to get about 3 photos with him then it turns into a photo session with drinks in between went to the hobey ceremony for something to do. lets just say nathan gerbes sisters who i sat next to were the best part about that night!! 2009 - Washington DC - had plane tickets so ended up just going because bemidji state makes it!! so it worked out alright. got to see several older bemidji friends but its not even close to the same level of fun when the sioux are there but still had a great time. sight seeing, wondering around dc where i gave a bum 5 bucks and he was pissed at me. i actually laughed. thats pretty funny! so watched bemidji lose then watched miami choke away a natty title. dc was fun but still not a great place to host imo. 2011 - St Paul, MN - thursday is a given, im sure ill see and meet many more from ss this weekend. but up all of those tickets sioux fans if possible and get #8!! one observation from my f4 experiences - there are a sh#$ ton of sioux fans out there and come thursday the rest of the college hockey world will be blown away...go sioux

yes thats been mentioned before that it has been down to the 2 schools. hope we can land him! great kid and big time talent