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The USHL's reputation as a better than average junior league has only come to the fore in the last year or so. As for the NAHL, it is not even on anybody's radar except in the places where they actually have a team. I'm going to guess that the Wellington Dukes would be a very good team in the NAHL. I've never asked him why he wound up in Wellington. I'm going to guess that someone scouted him at a hockey tournament or camp in Canada and that is where he decided to go. I believe he was also drafted in the OHL draft so that may have had an influence on his choice. You should note that I only provide names of kids that I have had some kind of involvement with. I will not give a name unless I'm pretty sure that the kid is a good citizen. Zach and family are a great group of people. Zach, if he comes and makes the team will be a 4 year player. He will not blow anybody away with his dazzling skills or speed. He simply comes to play every night. And as I stated in my previous post, the ultimate goal here is to get the two younger guys, Corey and Trevor. Both are showing signs of becoming outstanding players.

Vegas, I've heard of all of those players EXCEPT the Morebecks. Where are they playing, Antartica?

Here are some excerpts from other web sites. You may recognize some names! Badgers1 06-22-2004, 05:12 PM Speaking of youngsters here's a list of Wisconsin kids that made the Central District teams for the Summer Festival. The region is almost entirely Illinois and Wisconsin with some Missouri's and a few randoms. 17 '87 Birthdates Defense Jason Fredricks Garrett Suter Jeremy Dehner Forwards Phil Kessel Jack Skille Andy Bombach Jake Drewiske Alexander McRae Sean Wiles Dan Decato At large players: Joel Sauer Osiecki is the head coach. Central 16's '88 Birthdates Defense Derek Lapoint Ryan Little Forwards Jason Cseter Michael Sislo Zachary Henry Patrick Tiesling Travis Erstad Zachary Morbeck At large: Kyle Ensign Another former Badger Matt Walsh is the Head Coach Centrals 15 '89 Birthdates G Andy Scheilb Defense Logan Maly Eric Springer A.J. Sturges Forwards Matthew Thurber Jonathan Bellotti Keegan Meuer At large: Pat Johnson and A.J. Mueller Friday, August 04, 2006 Final Stats-Boys Select 15 Festival Five players from Wisconsin participated in the USA Hockey Select 15 Festival in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Here's their stats for the fifth (and final) game and their total stats for the Festival: F-Matt Johnson-Somerset-2 G Total: 3 G, 7.3 Pim F-Sean Little-Fond du Lac-1 A Total: 1 G, 3 A, 1.3 Pim F-Kord Miller-Delafield-11.3 Pim Total: 22 Pim F-Nick Widing-Somerset-None Total: 3 Pim F-Corey Morbeck-Jackson-23 minutes, 10 shots-9 saves, 1 ga Total: 115 minutes, 60 shots, 57 saves, 3 ga, .950 sv. pctg., 1.20 gaa UW recruit Zach Bearson's brother Alex Bearson also participated at the Select 15 Festival. Here's his numbers: F-Alex Bearson-Naperville, IL-1 G Total: 1 G, 1 A, 7.3 Pim Kord Miller led the ENTIRE FESTIVAL in penalties with 22 Pim. The next player had 16.3 Pim.... Corey Morbeck finished with the best save percentage and goals against average of all the goaltenders. Corey is Zack's younger brother. One of the best if not the best goaltender in the US for his age group. The 1993 born brother is the best of the bunch.

He knows me and I know him. I don't know what his plans are. I don't think he does either, he's only 13. I just thought it would be kind of funny mentioning his name! It would also be kind of neat to follow another potential Toews like player and see where he winds up.

Here's one to keep an eye on for quite some time. 1993 born Michael St. Croix. Leading scorer in Manitoba AAA Bantam 1 (1992 born players). I'm not sure but I don't think Toews was the leading scorer in his first year as an age advanced player. Know Michael very well and I can attest to the quality of this little guy. He isn't going to be that little either. Older brother is 6'3" 220 Ibs. Keep an I on him. It should be good for some laughs. Also, if we are going to go to Wisco to get kids, than why is no one talking about Zach Morbeck. Get this kid (1988 born) and get his younger brothers before everyone else figures out who they are. Ask Greico about Morbeck. I'm sure he would not hesitate to have him as a teammate.

I'm guessing you meant "wouldn't surprise you". I'm going to guess, like a few people already, that Grecio won the starting job over Walski based on his performance during practice, i.e. he probably worked his tail off and battled for every shot and rebound. If he is a battler, and I have no reason to believe he isn't, then Lammy better watch out. He may be no. 2 again if he doesn't pick up his socks.

Play by play announcer noted that the Avalanche have had one fight so far this season.

Boogard seemed to know what he was doing. Grabbed Fedorik right in the middle of his shirt so he could control Fedork and at the same time give him a couple of shots with his left hand, then he popped him with the right. Fedorik was all over the place; not under control at all. Thats what happens when you don't know what your doing.

Gregoire with another 3 point weekend. 8 Points in 4 games.

Goalies have to stop the puck. If Phil wants to get to the next level he has to start making those saves. We can try and stay politically correct here, but goalies know that if they want to succeed, they have to stop the puck. As a coach, I would have been more upset by his immediate reaction to the goals. As a goalie you cannot let the other team know that you are rattled or frustrated. You must stay cool. Ron Hextall was not a good example. Battling and not allowing guys into your area of the ice is key, however. In this case, Ron Hextall was a good example. Maybe he has to get a little meaner and stronger at the same time.

I personally think it is a lower body injury. I also think that it occured last weekend against Wicso. Toews was having a lot of guys leaning on him last week and he may have tweeked it. He didn't look right to me near the end of the last game against Wisco and he didn't look like himself last friday either, except for that one early rush where he turned the Maine D-man inside out.

A goaltender coach would disagree. Lamie appears to have a weak blocker side. If I was coaching against him, everything would be going blocker side, 14 inches off the ice.

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We don't know and shouldn't assume that his decision is based just on hockey. Maybe N. Michigan has some academic advantages in his preferred field of study

QUOTE(dagies @ Oct 14 2006, 10:38 PM) * Toews was a man among boys at times. Just for the record, he was the youngest player on the ice last night. Other than that, I agree with what you're saying. Nice summary dagies. Toews is generally considered a superior player because of the age difference. Again most people just don't realize how young he really is. He is the second youngest player on this team and only by a few weeks.

Gregoire has 1 goal and 4 assists for 5 points in two games for Lincoln with a +5 plus/minus. Second in team scoring.

According to the ushl.com web site the ushl will have 10 games broadcast on espnu. http://www.ushl.com/news/story.cfm?id=36

Noticed Gregoire scored a goal in Lincoln's exibition game on Sept 29. News report suggested that he actually scored two goals. Can't really get any other info on the other games that they played. This kid is not getting any press down in Lincoln, Yet!

Kevin McCarthy who coaches the defence at Carolina is a pretty smart guy. Maybe he saw something he didn't like. Who knows?

Toews could care less about these polls. He is more interested in getting a national championship before he moves on. I predict he will explode this year and will show why he should have been picked first overall in this year's draft. He has put on an extra 17 lbs. and about 1 inch on his frame. Strength will no longer be a big issue. And to think that he will still be one of the youngest players on the Sioux if not the youngest.

Get yourself an FTA Satellite system and watch the games for free all year. Just look at Iceberg's posts and you will get all the info you need.

Saw Wade Poplawski the other night and he looked very very good. Kid is a smooth skater, much better than his older brother. Reminds me of James Patrick (remember him?). The game looks absolutely effortless for him which is similar to his dad who was an outstanding athlete as well. Stays square to the best skaters on the ice without any trouble. Great on the point with perfect vision, doesn't have to look at the puck at all when he is trying to find the seams. What can I say, he would be perfect for the Sioux, but...... Looks like a long shot since he has several offers from out east. Holy Cross is one of them. Dad said he is a bit of an Academic so Holy Cross or another Ivy League school is likely where he is going.

I guess 13 kids in the WHL pretty well covers it.