COMMITTED UND Recruits

[Goon]

11 hours ago, tnt said:

Any thoughts on Cooper Simpson?

He was at Breakaway hockey with my brother-in-law and he said that he's the real deal. 

[brianvf]

Emery, Laurila, and Heil on the U18 World team.
Berry should try to flip Hensler with all the draft picks bolting UW lately.

 

[SuhakiYeahYeah]

 

 

[brianvf]

Swanson is the leading scorer in the USHL playoffs thus far.  Nice. 

 

[The Sicatoka]

Grayden Slipec is more likely to be found on a milk carton than score sheet. 

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/603588/grayden-slipec 

[brianvf]

Jubenvill with another goal tonight:

 

[The Sicatoka]

Is Jubenvill going to tear away the "natural born sniper" designator from Matt Greene?  

[brianvf]

Nice to see him having a great postseason thus far.  Same with Swanson:

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UND incoming freshman defenseman Jayden Jubenvill is off to the Clark Cup Finals with the Dubuque Fighting Saints.

Dubuque finished a sweep of Muskegon on Thursday night in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Jubenvill has been red hot for Dubuque, scoring three goals and five points in seven games. He's tied as the leading defenseman scorer in the Clark Cup Playoffs.

Dubuque is still waiting on its opponent. Sioux City leads Fargo 2-1 in a best-of-five series. Game 4 is scheduled for Friday night in Sioux City. If Fargo wins, a decisive Game 5 will be held Sunday in Fargo.

 

[The Sicatoka]

Mentioning Fargo, they were down 2 games to 1 against Sioux City until a 5-0 waxing last night.

Deciding game 5 Sunday in Fargo. 

[The Sicatoka]

The U18 gold game is on NHL Network. Lots of future collegians.

[The Sicatoka]

USA Connelly commits terrible major; Canada scores three on the power play. 5-3 Canada. Five to play.

[The Sicatoka]

USA answers;  5-4 with 4:30 to play. 

[The Sicatoka]

Emery plays a Pronger/Stevens type role for this team. 

[The Sicatoka]

ENG, 6-4 Canada

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

16 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

USA Connelly commits terrible major; Canada scores three on the power play. 5-3 Canada. Five to play.

He's already off some teams draft boards as it is, yikes. 

[Wilbur]

23 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

USA Connelly commits terrible major; Canada scores three on the power play. 5-3 Canada. Five to play.

Was the major a legit call?

[LuvHockey]

Connelly’s stupid penalty cost whole team gold. Nice-not. 

[The Sicatoka]

1 hour ago, Wilbur said:

Was the major a legit call?

100%

Could have called head contact or charge or boarding.

[Wilbur]

28 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

100%

Could have called head contact or charge or boarding.

And that's a kid that many questioned being on the team.  

[jk]

Didn't see it, but they could have killed the penalty without giving up three.

[The Sicatoka]

They could’ve not committed the infraction. 

[brianvf]

 

[brianvf]

https://www.flohockey.tv/articles/12534528-2024-nhl-draft-prospect-scouting-reports-from-the-world-u18-championship

Chris Peters draft scouting report from the U18 champs includes this bit on Emery:

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EJ Emery, D, USA

I’ve made no secret about how much I’ve liked Emery this season and this tournament only enhanced my belief in this player. He does not have a first-round point total, but I think he’s going to play a long time in the NHL. He’s big, he can skate and as he showed in this tournament, he can really defend against high-end players. He played big minutes and thrived in the role Team USA needed him to play. It’s been two years of growing into his game and while the offensive elements are not developed as much, his defensive game, mobility, ability to close and defend the rush are all traits that I feel will make him a solid No. 4 at the NHL level. 

 

[sioux rube]

 

[Sweethockey]

12 hours ago, brianvf said:

 

First Force game I attended in a while. When I first seen Swanson on the ice I thought he was too young to be playing. He fooled me, carried the mail and finished the play. He had a couple of hits that really rattled the boards. He will fit right in.