The Sicatoka Posted June 3, 2004 Posted June 3, 2004 spfreak: I found what you read. The story also mentions Ryan Duncan. Duncan's father, Bob, was a teammate of Tim O'Keefe's in their college days. Fanto? Hmmm .... I'm confused. I would have expected that to say .... EDIT: Wow is "jk" quick on the posting trigger. Quote
Shawn-O Posted June 3, 2004 Posted June 3, 2004 Heisenberg's site has Fanto going to Maine this fall. I think I'll go with that. http://members.aol.com/cheisenber/Recruit04.htm Quote
UND Fan Posted June 3, 2004 Posted June 3, 2004 Fanto isn't listed on Maine's website as having commited their for this next season. However, I don't think he is going to UND. Quote
#1siouxfan22 Posted June 3, 2004 Posted June 3, 2004 So is Duncan coming to UND for sure. And is he for next year or this? Quote
sprig Posted June 3, 2004 Posted June 3, 2004 So is Duncan coming to UND for sure. And is he for next year or this? Duncan is a 2005. He'll no doubt play juniors somewhere this fall. Quote
jloos Posted June 3, 2004 Posted June 3, 2004 Why doesnt he just stay at Shattuck? I suppose he could have flunked some classes his senior year just so he could play another year of midgets. Quote
Superman0099 Posted June 3, 2004 Posted June 3, 2004 "How tough is that league he was in?" asked one scout. If I'm not mistaken, the BCHL is one of the toughest and most physical junior leagues in North America... Quote
#1siouxfan22 Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 I dont know if we have talked about this yet but they have Brad Miller coming year next year. Where can I find info on him? Quote
Sandman Posted June 8, 2004 Posted June 8, 2004 Yeah, why is that no one is talking about Brad Miller? Spiro had signed intent weeks before anyone on this site started talking about him, it took until it was in the papers till we started chatting about him. Quote
tnt Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 I don't know if this was written elsewhere, but Duncan's name popped up as a Salmon Arm player on Heisenberg's 2005 recruiting page. Quote
tnt Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 Be interesting to see if McCrimmon of Vernon's Vipers recruits does anything next season. Looks like he's from Brandon, Manitoba, so I guess he would be on the radar if he has the skills. http://bchl.bc.ca/notice_board.cfm?leagueI...3&clientID=1413 Quote
spfreak Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 I had mentioned Miller in my post about Fanto on the third but no one chose to react to it but rather to the Fanto bit. Quote
ScottM Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 If I'm not mistaken, the BCHL is one of the toughest and most physical junior leagues in North America... The BCHL is pretty physical. If you look at most of the best forwards, for example, many of them have in excess of 100 PIM. However, unlike most US leagues, two-way hockey is stressed all the way, so I think you get very good "role players" and grinders who fill the gaps on a team of "stars". Quote
dagies Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 The BCHL is pretty physical. If you look at most of the best forwards, for example, many of them have in excess of 100 PIM. However, unlike most US leagues, two-way hockey is stressed all the way, so I think you get very good "role players" and grinders who fill the gaps on a team of "stars". Whoever asked about Hagemo, I'm guessing that they haven't changed the roster info from earlier when he was actually a WI recruit, then changed his mind last winter/spring and decided to play for the Gophers. Scott, I haven't seen BCHL or USHL teams play so I don't have first hand experience, but from reading comments over the years, and looking at statistics I might agree that the Canadians teach their players to play both ways but the BCHL as a league might be more offensive oriented, where I think the USHL plays stronger defense overall. I just take those comments, and compare them to the scoring leaders for both leagues and it generally seems like the scoring leaders in the BCHL easily outscore the USHL. I'm sure more in-depth analysis of games played, goals against averages, shots per game and such would tell more accurately, but that's my impression. I do think the BCHL is a more physical league. I think there's a lot more fighting and such in the BCHL, than there is in the USHL. Quote
redwing77 Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 Whoever asked about Hagemo, I'm guessing that they haven't changed the roster info from earlier when he was actually a WI recruit, then changed his mind last winter/spring and decided to play for the Gophers. Scott, I haven't seen BCHL or USHL teams play so I don't have first hand experience, but from reading comments over the years, and looking at statistics I might agree that the Canadians teach their players to play both ways but the BCHL as a league might be more offensive oriented, where I think the USHL plays stronger defense overall. I just take those comments, and compare them to the scoring leaders for both leagues and it generally seems like the scoring leaders in the BCHL easily outscore the USHL. I'm sure more in-depth analysis of games played, goals against averages, shots per game and such would tell more accurately, but that's my impression. I do think the BCHL is a more physical league. I think there's a lot more fighting and such in the BCHL, than there is in the USHL. If this is indeed the case, wouldn't the top USHL scorers and the top BCHL goaltenders be the most recruited? Any goaltender that can best a league based on offense should be good, right? Quote
dagies Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 If this is indeed the case, wouldn't the top USHL scorers and the top BCHL goaltenders be the most recruited? Any goaltender that can best a league based on offense should be good, right? I see where you are going with that question, and I can't say for sure one way or the other. I think it depends on who those players are and what their skills are from year to year. I'm only conjecturing here, but will throw out a supposition or 2. If top Canadian goalies go Major Junior, for instance, potentially a lot more goals get scored in the BCHL for that reason, and the goalies in the league may not be highly thought of. I would guess that the top USHL scorers are as highly recruited as the BCHL scorers. From year to year one league may have a more highly prized scorer than the other, mostly likely. Bochenski was very highly sought after, and I think R Potulny was very highly thought of as well last year. The highest scorer in the BCHL I think was Nikiforuk who was NOT as highly recruited (guessing here) as he went to Omaha. Of course, Brady Murray was pretty well thought of and he was just behind Nikiforuk. I'm going to guess that the Sioux wouldn't trade Murray for Potulny, but they would have taken Potulny over Nikiforuk. (my guess, again). Anyway, plausible scenarios? Quote
The Sicatoka Posted June 17, 2004 Posted June 17, 2004 Here are the "Hockey's Future" reports on Travis Zajac and Kyle Radke. Quote
spfreak Posted June 18, 2004 Posted June 18, 2004 Does anyone have any more info about Ammerman? Is he a big D-Man? An offensive or defensive? Quote
Bubz Posted June 19, 2004 Posted June 19, 2004 The link below is not really following a recruit, but Spirkos game worn jersey is selling on Ebay. It just topped the 500.00 mark. 1 day, 18 hours at the time of this post. Happy bidding..... Spirko jersey The rest of the team Quote
#1siouxfan22 Posted June 22, 2004 Posted June 22, 2004 UNDs recruit Zajac and sophomore Stafford were picked by tsn for 14th and 11th. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/draft/feature.asp?fid=9467 Quote
#1siouxfan22 Posted June 22, 2004 Posted June 22, 2004 In the top 50 projected 2 were under 6 ft tall and those 2 were 5'11. The Gophers recruit Blake Wheeler is projected 31st and he's just out of 11th grade. Quote
CoteauRinkRat Posted June 22, 2004 Posted June 22, 2004 http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/7Archiv...draft7_0243.htm INCH's take on Zajac. Quote
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