USA Hockey

Now the wrong month, June 23-29 so starting on Saturday, not my day.

Forgot to clarify the dates, it runs July 23-29.

The USA Hockey national select 16 festival is this week in Rochester, NY. I've posted the Minnesota and North Dakota kids, here are the full rosters, http://www.usahockey.com/Season/Tournament...AHockeyType=ICE

Corey Fienhage has been talked about before. I've never seen him play but he is a tall at d-men at 6-4. He will be participating with Gleason and Fink at the Select 17 in a few weeks. He is on Waterloo's protected list so it looks like he will be playing with Fink in Waterloo next season.

Although Minnesota and Wisconsin have had the better rated classes the last two years, I wouldn't say our recruit classes are thin on skill. Remember, that Forney would've been a first-early second round draft pick if for not gettting injured and performing at the combine. Also, Derrick Lapoint is first/second round talent but (including myself) was underated due to competition level. Another thing to remember is that haven't necessarily needed big recruit classes the last two seasons because of the 05 class, sometimes those scholarships can hold out until a later date (08 or 09). Also, remember that being a mid round pick can sometimes work out very well. Case in point, take Ryan Potulny who was drafted in the third round and never played on a world junior team, he ended out being the best foward in the nation his junior year.

I wouldn't write it in stone but there is a report on the high school board that Chris Student (who is a pretty good d-men) is transfering to Edina next year. This would be the second player recently to transfer there along with Anders Lee. In terms of prospective recruits and committed recruits (Gleason) this Edina team is going to be loaded next year and should really be fun to watch if anyone is in the cities area.

Chris had a good write up about the model camp last week, here is the link http://westerncollegehockey2.blogspot.com/...amp-report.html

McKeen's draft preview came out today, I always like reading his because it gives a good description of every player, here is the link http://www.sharkspage.com/2007_nhl_draftpreview.html

I figured I would start a thread for the draft, tsn released their final rankings of the top 60 and Malone was UND's highest prospect at 58. Here is the link, http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?fid=11082&hubname=

I was talking about Budish earlier in terms of having some mixed opinions. Apparently he played very well at the model camp last week. He had eight goals and one assist. Lucia invited him to visit the U of M in August and I would assume our interest isn't lost. From the looks of this he will visit schools in the fall and will make his commitment shortly after.

The Lincoln Stars put up a review of their tryout camp last weekend and Gregoire scored one of the three goals for the winning team in the all star game, he was also mentioned as one of the most impressive players throughout the camp.

The Minnesota Select 15 festivals started today and go through the 21st at the NHC in St. Cloud, the players choosen from this group will be invited to the national festival which is July 28-Aug 3 in St. Cloud. Also, Brett's brother Nick Bruneteau will be skating at the national festival. Here are the rosters and the schedule, http://www.minnesotahockey.org/assorted/Ad...l%20Rosters.pdf http://www.minnesotahockey.org/assorted/Ad...%20Schedule.pdf

Nothing on anyone yet. Budish seems to have his likers and dislikers. He tends to draw praise from some but critcism from others. The times I've watched him I wasn't exactly amazed, not to say he wasn't good, but he has a ways to go. All I know on Mattsen is he visited UND, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Denver will be later this summer. You may see a verbal from him closer to the fall. All I know with Landman is he would take the offer here if offered, but I don't think we've offered him anything yet. Kelly Zajac would fill a good depth spot for 2008 if we were interested in him, but he doesn't compare to the talent of Travis and Darcy.

Here is the links to the rink, it is right in St. Paul. http://www.rinkfinder.com/arenas/view_arena.asp?ID=183 http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formt...S&geodiff=1

I have another friend in the cities who told me about this Minnesota 4 on 4 hockey league for professional hockey players. The league is a beer league compromised of many WCHA and college hockey alumni. He went to a couple of games last year and said it was fairly entertaining. Pretty cool to see these guys playing together during the summer, here is the league schedule and rosters. http://www.mn4on4hockey.com/ProRoster%2007%20B&W.pdf http://www.mn4on4hockey.com/07%20ProSummerSchedule.pdf

Anders Lee, who was a foward for St. Thomas Academy is rumored (and it does look to be true) to be transfering to Edina next year to play with Gleason, Budish, and Gaarder. He is an 09 recruit and is pretty good, big power foward at 6'2 200 and since he is going to Edina it may draw some more interest in him from colleges. Either way, that Edina team is going to be pretty good next year. I think the reason he is transfering is because he missed the women and booze (St. Thomas is all boys)

Some people over on the high school board are reporting that Fink will for sure be playing in Waterloo next season and not for the NTDP. Also, here is the schedule for the model camp and updated rosters (since the ones above have change) for the games this weekend. http://www.luciacamps.com/rosters.php Thursday, June 14, 2007 Game times 2:30 Teams 3-5 Mariucci Arena 2:30 Teams 9-11 Ridder Arena 4:30 Teams 1-6 Mariucci Arena 4:30 Teams 7-12 Ridder Arena 6:30 Teams 2-4 Mariucci Arena 6:30 Teams 8-10 Ridder Arena Friday, June 15, 2007 Game times 9:00

No idea if we were recruiting him, but LA Selects foward Dakota Eveland committed to Colorado College today. He will be playing for the NTDP 17U in the fall and will join CC in 2009, big pick up for the them.

I posted the roster for the Minnesota kids at the Select 17s but I don't believe I posted the roster for the Select 16's, here is the roster for the Minnesota kids invited to the Select 16 fesitval. http://www.minnesotahockey.org/assorted/Na...2016%20List.pdf

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He's good, also Matt and the younger brother Nick will be participating in their respective select festivals this summer, with Matt in the 17 festival and Nick in the 15 festival http://www.wahahockey.com/2007boysusaparticipants.html

Two of our recruits, Joe Gleason and Mike Fink will be participating in Don Lucia's Model Camp this week at Marriucci and Rider Arena's this week. This camp brings in some of the best players in all of the upper midwest and many of our past, current, and future players have participated in this camp. Many college coaches including our own and USHL coaches attend the camp. It runs June 11-16 and is free and open to the public. This is a chance for anyone in the Twin Cities area to watch good summer hockey. Here are the rosters for each team in the camp. Also, many prospective recruits will be at the camp, it is an elite showcase of talent. Team 1 G Mike Lee (Roseau) 0.75 GAA G Jon Zitur (Buffalo) 2.80 GAA D Brendan Baker (Edina) 4-7-11 D Nick Leddy (Eden Prairie) 1-14-15 D Landon Olson (Alexandria) 1-6-7 D Mik Ortenblad (Buffalo) 1-2-3 D Joel Scattarelli (Rogers) 7-19-26 D Nate Schmidt (St. Cloud Cathedral) 17-14-31 F Zach Budish (Edina) 22-25-47 F Chris Hanson (Orono) 18-18-36 F Matt Leer (Edina) 18-15-33 F Ryan McElhone (Elk River) 2-6-8 F David Meyer (Eden Prairie) 10-17-27 F Joe Mulvehill (Eden Prairie) 5-6-11 F Nick Oliver (Roseau) 12-14-26 F Cody Peck (Fergus Falls) 21-39-60 F Cory Volk (Elk River) 4-2-6 F Drew Waxlax (Hastings) 11-8-19 Team 2 G Michael Taffe (Providence Academy) 3.25 GAA G Jim Kruger (Hopkins) 2.56 GAA D Gus Miller (St. Cloud Tech) 2-8-10 D Taylor Johnson (White Bear Lake) 8-27-35 D Sean Galloway (White Bear Lake) 4-10-14 D Nick Jensen (Rogers) 20-17-37 D Wally Cossette Maple Grove D Paul Broman (Providence Academy) 3-5-8 F Jared Maetche (St. Cloud Tech) 9-17-26 F Ben Arnt (Omaha - USHL) 10-6-16 F Beau Hanowski (Little Falls) 25-60-85 F Ben Hanowski (Little Falls) 40-71-111 F Blake Schammel (Red Wing) 17-10-27 F Ryan Kesti (Red Wing) 9-15-24 F Luke Halvorson (Red Wing) 10-12-22 F Garrick Perry (Eastview) 6-12-18 F Jared Larson (Eastview) 17-10-27 F Joe Keske (Holy Angels) 7-7-14 Team 3 G Brady Hjelle (International Falls) 2.32 GAA G Keegan Asmundson (Simley) 2.82 GAA D Sam Rendle (Grand Rapids) 3-11-14 D Andrew Kryzer (Simley) 4-4-8 D Joe Arbour (Duluth East) 6-15-21 D Zach Palmquist (South St. Paul) 9-18-27 D John Bealke (Centennial) 1-0-1 D Zach Tolkinen (Centennial) 1-7-8 F Adam Mueller (Roseville) 23-35-58 F Ben Nelson (Roseau) 12-28-40 F Jace Baldwin (International Falls) 2-4-6 F Justin Kirchhevel (Omaha - USHL & Springfield - NAHL) 4-4-8 F Ryan Miller (South St. Paul) 6-19-25 F Mitch Torrel (Monticello) 18-30-48 F Josh Birkholz (Blake) 11-6-17 F Erik Olson (Blake) 11-12-23 F Delany Metcalf (Hill-Murray) 3-6-9 F Ryan Anderson (Armstrong) 9-6-15 Team 4 G Mike Morgan (Rosemount) 3.78 GAA G Alex Fons (Hopkins) 2.51 GAA D Jake Gardiner (Minnetonka) 10-22-32 D Ben Cloud (Rosemount) 0-3-3 D Derek Stauber (Duluth Marshall) 4-6-10 D Scott Michela (Duluth Marshall) 0-15-15 D Aaron Molstad (Stillwater) 3-2-5 D David Crowe (Breck) 3-1-4 F Tom Bymark (Hibbing j.v.) F Jared Festler (Little Falls) 71-54-125 F Ben Persian (Orono) 16-18-34 F Ben Nelson (Little Falls) 8-12-20 F Derek Loisel (Coon Rapids) 10-16-26 F Judd Leinum (International Falls) 16-16-32 F Sean Randall (Coon Rapids) 10-15-25 F Josh Leinum (International Falls) 5-1-6 F Sam Coatta (Minnetonka) 10-17-27 F Michael Fink (Hopkins) 31-23-54 Team 5 G Jack Hanna (Centennial) 3.20 GAA G Brandon Wigen (Woodbury) 1.29 GAA D Seth Helgeson (Faribault) 19-17-36 D Jeff Lesmeister (Anoka) 4-10-14 D Ben Morris (Holy Angels) 0-7-7 D Michael Pieper (Warroad) 4-10-14 D Derek Pogatchnik (Monticello) 3-17-20 D Nolan Kirley (Hayward) 1-23-24 F Jake Youso (International Falls) 32-21-53 F John O'Neill (Anoka) 25-25-50 F Nate Condon (Wausau West) 21-27-48 F David Eddy (Woodbury) 25-22-47 F Travis Baker (Irondale) 23-20-43 F Riley Horgan (Mound) 18-26-44 F Grant Pavek (Faribault) 32-16-48 F Dane Erickson (Woodbury) 5-14-19 F Jacob Thaler (Mound) 6-7-13 F Casey Kirley (Hayward) 30-26-56 Team 6 G Derrick Cashetta (Edina) 1.47 GAA G Brian Nelson (Mound) 2.44 GAA D Joe Gleason (Edina) 10-23-33 D Erik Larson (North St. Paul) D Dustin Peterson (Richfield) 4-8-12 D Aaron Ness (Roseau) 13-38-51 D Luke McManus (Rosemount) 3-18-21 D Joey Zeidler (Breck) 1-4-5 F Robert Maloney (Eastview) 9-18-27 F Michael Chacich (Eastview) 5-3-8 F Marshall Everson (Edina) 19-16-35 F Connor Gaarder (Edina) 11-12-23 F Craig Fisher (Holy Angels) 6-6-12 F Charlie Thauwald (Rochester Mayo) 21-18-39 F Zach Johnson (Mound) 22-25-47 F Cole Gunner (Richfield) 12-25-37 F Bryce Ravndalen (Warroad) 15-41-56 F Ryan Knutson (Rochester Century) 21-12-33 Joined: 09 Jan 2004 Posts: 2820 Location: Maplewood Team 7 G Michael Webb (Holy Angels) 1.52 GAA G Brent Hollerud (Blaine) 1.63 GAA D Reid Herd (Breck) 1-12-13 D Jordan Johnson (Hill-Murray) 1-1-2 D Nick Carson (Blaine) 4-25-29 D Michael Nagel (Totino Grace) 2-5-7 D Jake Brown (Hill-Murray j.v.) D Nick Gorski (Eastview) 2-8-10 F Danny Mattson (Holy Angels) 19-49-68 F Rob Johnson (Duluth East) 16-20-36 F Joe Rehkamp (Breck) 13-11-24 F Max Tardy (Duluth East) 12-12-24 F Paul Dettling (Roseville) 10-9-19 F Chad Demers (Grafton) 26-20-46 F Mike Schaber (Blaine) 17-19-36 F Ryan Johnson (Blaine) 13-24-37 F Nick Nagel (Totino Grace) 9-13-22 F Mychal Bangs (Cretin) 2-2-4 Team 8 G Joe Howe (Wayzata) 2.40 GAA G Brandon Jaeger (Champlain Park) 3.06 GAA D Mark Delude (Holy Angels) 0-13-13 D Grant Fahnhorst (Wayzata) 1-9-10 D Nate Jensen (Minnetonka) 4-2-6 D Alec Rush (Eden Prairie) 3-14-17 D Erik Soderberg (Eden Prairie) 4-6-10 D Trent Johnson (Duluth Denfeld) 6-18-24 F Zach Barnum (Orono) 16-31-47 F Sam Blaisdell (Minnehaha Academy) 25-27-52 F Trent Frey (River Falls) 24-10-34 F Corey Grandner (Champlin Park) 13-21-34 F Beau Jensen (Minnetonka) F Luke Lundeen (Minnehaha Academy) 30-35-65 F Michael Morin (Breck) 7-14-21 F Matt Tabrum (Pikes Peak Miners U16) 24-33-57 F Nate Weingarden (Breck) 10-10-20 F Austin Wetmore (Holy Angels) 20-23-43 Team 9 G Trent Anderson (Eagan) 2.36 GAA G Jake Swansson (Bloomington Jefferson) 2.46 GAA D Dean Beaton (Buffalo) 3-4-7 D Izaak Berglund (Little Falls) 4-25-29 D Randy Cure (Holy Angels) 2-12-14 D Kyle Kozelka (Owatonna) 3-8-11 D Tim LaBombard (Bloomington Jefferson) 0-4-4 D Charlie Raskob (Holy Angels) 6-16-22 F Zach Blaisdell (Buffalo) 10-8-18 F Riley Borer (Breck) 6-11-17 F Dan Cecka (Hill-Murray) 26-16-42 F Anthony DeCenzo (Hibbing) 22-40-62 F Tyson Fulton (Breck) 10-9-19 F Josh Gaughan (Buffalo) 6-11-17 F Aaron Jamnick (Hibbing) 10-24-34 F Tommy O'Donnell (Bloomington Jefferson) 16-24-40 F Whitney Olsen (Eagan) 15-29-44 F Tyler Zepeda (Hill-Murray) 16-35-51 Team 10 G Joe Phillippi (Hill-Murray) 1.81 GAA G Nic Scudamore (Rochester Lourdes) 1.74 GAA D Nate Andrican (Eden Prairie) 0-4-4 D Nick Bona (Coon Rapids) 3-0-3 D Blake Doerring (Blake) 4-11-15 D Daniel Sova (Hill-Murray) 5-20-25 D Pete Spratte (Rochester Lourdes) 3-4-7 D Nick Mattson (Chaska) 5-15-20 F Taylor Funk (Rochester Lourdes) 16-13-29 F Riley Hirsch (Little Falls) 10-12-22 F Brad Holt (Centennial) 10-4-14 F Isaac Kohls (Hill-Murray) 11-18-29 F Tyler Landman (Roseau) 28-26-54 F Dustin Moser (Roseau) 14-20-34 F Coner Rooney (St. Thomas Academy) 13-22-35 F Andy Singerhouse (Hill-Murray) 4-3-7 F Zach Vierling (Coon Rapids) 12-17-29 F Tyler Voigt (Rochester Lourdes) 15-24-39 Team 11 G Peter Johnson (Blake) 2.45 GAA G Michael Sperl (Little Falls) 2.44 GAA D Kyle Lonetto (Hermantown) 15-18-33 D Bo Dolan (Hill-Murray) 5-12-17 D Tyler Graffunder (Totino Grace) 1-15-16 D Dan Nimmo (Armstrong) 1-7-8 D Ben Gislason (Breck) 0-2-2 D Ryan Hurd (Mound) 3-10-13 F Joe Krause (Hermantown) 18-17-35 F Tyler Barnes (Burnsville) 28-26-54 F Jake Hendrickson (Burnsville) 26-45-71 F Adam Perisic (Burnsville) 22-22-44 F David Hafferty (Duluth Marshall) 16-17-33 F Cory Thorson (Armstrong) 21-21-42 F Kevin Anderson (Armstrong) 10-14-24 F Michael Schlagel (Totino Grace) 10-10-20 F Dylan Porter (Rosemount) 15-23-38 F Nate Percy (Rosemount) 16-22-38 Team 12 G Aaron Crandall (St. Thomas Academy) 1.34 GAA G Jon Boerger (Holy Angels) 1.48 GAA D Brandon Burrell (North Metro) 3-13-16 D David Brown (Cloquet) 4-15-19 D Rob Vannelli (St. Thomas Academy) 6-15-21 D Derek Docken (Northfield) 7-14-21 D Sean McMahon (Blake) 1-8-9 D Brent Putney (White Bear Lake) 3-11-14 F Cory Leivermann (Mankato West) 28-30-58 F Ricky Litchfield (Mankato West) 22-34-56 F Cameron Born (Breck) 6-9-15 F James Saintey (St. Thomas Academy) 14-24-38 F Matt Farris (Pierre*) 57-26-83 F Ryan Walters (St. Thomas Academy) 23-25-48 F Ryan Anderson (Mankato West) 20-25-45 F Jack Barnes (Blake) 12-19-31 F Jordan Seivold (Blake) 10-15-25 F Dan DeLisle (Totino Grace) 21-26-47

This is the main url link for all the videos of all the prospects, it denies me acces to get into it, but if anyone else can get into it you would be able to view the videos of our other recruits. http://mfile.akamai.com/16532/wmv/nhl.down...p/0607/draft07/

I don't know what you have but I have a wireless connection and use the standard windows media player and it works fine with my computer. If you look at the very bottom of the screen to start, it says in pretty small print Malone is #22 white.

Here are two of our recruits videos, some of the url links are not working which is why I can't get the rest of the videos, but I will post them if I get them. Remember, that these videos are not highlight realms, they focus on a few random shifts in the middle of a game and are geared more towards skating and puck handling. Brad Malone http://mfile.akamai.com/16532/wmv/nhl.down..._malone_700.asx Ben Blood http://mfile.akamai.com/16532/wmv/nhl.down...n_blood_700.asx