UND99 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Duluth East's Connor Valesano will visit UND next month: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/235441/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USA Hockey Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 National Select 17's have been going on this week, you can follow it here, http://www.usahockey.com/Tournament/TournamentStandingTab.aspx?EventID=2906&AgeDivisionID=2100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 National Select 17's have been going on this week, you can follow it here, http://www.usahockey...DivisionID=2100 I would really like to know where Conner Hurley (Columbia team if you click the link) is going. I watched him in last year's MN state tourney and besides Besse champsionship game, Hurley was the best kid in the Tourney and by "kid", he was only a sophomore last year. Seemed pretty tall and lanky but was so good. He lead Edina's high school team in pts last season. If anyone has heard where he is going or who he is looking at please post. I have to think UND is at least taking a look at him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxforce19 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I would really like to know where Conner Hurley (Columbia team if you click the link) is going. I watched him in last year's MN state tourney and besides Besse champsionship game, Hurley was the best kid in the Tourney and by "kid", he was only a sophomore last year. Seemed pretty tall and lanky but was so good. He lead Edina's high school team in pts last season. If anyone has heard where he is going or who he is looking at please post. I have to think UND is at least taking a look at him. I will bet good money on the Gophers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxScore Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I would really like to know where Conner Hurley (Columbia team if you click the link) is going. I watched him in last year's MN state tourney and besides Besse champsionship game, Hurley was the best kid in the Tourney and by "kid", he was only a sophomore last year. Seemed pretty tall and lanky but was so good. He lead Edina's high school team in pts last season. If anyone has heard where he is going or who he is looking at please post. I have to think UND is at least taking a look at him. He was good at Holy Angels before and really took another big step up last year after transfering to Edina. I was very impressed with his play in the state tournament and would agree that he was one of the top and most exciting players in the tournament. He definitely has a lot of potential and a bright future. I am sure UND is interested in him and I would guess the usual suspects like Minnesota and Wisconsin will be going after him as well and he will have his choice of where he wants to play at the next level, but I haven't seen or heard anything about which way he might be leaning at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 He was good at Holy Angels before and really took another big step up last year after transfering to Edina. I was very impressed with his play in the state tournament and would agree that he was one of the top and most exciting players in the tournament. He definitely has a lot of potential and a bright future. I am sure UND is interested in him and I would guess the usual suspects like Minnesota and Wisconsin will be going after him as well and he will have his choice of where he wants to play at the next level, but I haven't seen or heard anything about which way he might be leaning at all. OK thanks, yeah he was pretty fun to watch. He cracked the pipe with 2 minutes left against Benilde which would have had them in the Chip. Oh well, I really hope he doesn't play for the Gophs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 NHL.com has Luke Johnson as an "A List" player for the 2013 draft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxScore Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 NHL.com has Luke Johnson as an "A List" player for the 2013 draft Also has potential recruit defenseman Ian Mccoshen listed as "A list" prospect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USA Hockey Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I watched Johnson at the Lincoln Stars camp a few weeks ago at Ridder. Great skater, good snap shot, but not the best hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
as15 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I watched Johnson at the Lincoln Stars camp a few weeks ago at Ridder. Great skater, good snap shot, but not the best hands. Better skating, less physically dominant Matt Frattin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Matt Frattin is an excellent skater...If he skates better than Frattin, that is some kinda compliment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
as15 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Matt Frattin is an excellent skater...If he skates better than Frattin, that is some kinda compliment Frattin is a very smooth, powerful skater, but he doesn't have the top end speed/acceleration or agility for me to classify him as an "excellent" skater. I would say he is about an average skater in the NHL, maybe slightly above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Frattin is a very smooth, powerful skater, but he doesn't have the top end speed/acceleration or agility for me to classify him as an "excellent" skater. I would say he is about an average skater in the NHL, maybe slightly above. agree with the adjectives that you've used to describe his skating, but being a better than average skater in the NHL to me is an "excellent" skater. Gaborik still probably has the best acceleration in the league right now... I think they broke the mold when they built Paul Coffee... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USA Hockey Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 USA Hockey released the roster for the U18 Select Team that will play in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in August, http://usahockey.cachefly.net/Media/2012_IvanHlinka.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 USA Hockey released the roster for the U18 Select Team that will play in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in August, http://usahockey.cac..._IvanHlinka.pdf I don't recognize any names from our recruiting...should I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxforce19 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I don't recognize any names from our recruiting...should I? If you're looking for committed recruits, no. If you are referring to kids we may be recruiting currently, then there might be a few names of kids we might be watching, but nobody ever really knows who we are recruiting for the most part. A few names slip out once in a while, but otherwise no one really knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Ranger Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 I would really like to know where Conner Hurley (Columbia team if you click the link) is going. I watched him in last year's MN state tourney and besides Besse champsionship game, Hurley was the best kid in the Tourney and by "kid", he was only a sophomore last year. Seemed pretty tall and lanky but was so good. He lead Edina's high school team in pts last season. If anyone has heard where he is going or who he is looking at please post. I have to think UND is at least taking a look at him. Looks like he has recruiting visitis lined up for Michigan, Miami and Notre Dame and Minnesota is after him pretty hard as well. I would guess he ends up at Minnesota but it looks like a nice recruiting battle heating up just not sure if we are in on it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxScore Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Looks like he has recruiting visitis lined up for Michigan, Miami and Notre Dame and Minnesota is after him pretty hard as well. I would guess he ends up at Minnesota but it looks like a nice recruiting battle heating up just not sure if we are in on it or not. I would guess we are after him just based on what I have seen from him and his high skill level and the way he plays, but I have no inside information at all to base this on and really just hope that we are after him and can get him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 agree with the adjectives that you've used to describe his skating, but being a better than average skater in the NHL to me is an "excellent" skater. Gaborik still probably has the best acceleration in the league right now... I think they broke the mold when they built Paul Coffee... I'm guessing he's comparing NHL skating to NHL skating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USA Hockey Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 USA Hockey released the roster for the U-17 Select Team that will play at the U-17 Five Nations Tournament in August, http://usahockey.cachefly.net/Media/2012_FiveNationsRoster.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siouxhockey1978 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 2 Fargo Force players on the team...Nice I hear that Butrus Ghafari is suppose be really good. Made some headlines when he picked Western Michigian over the WHL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxForever Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Seth Jones article - I know he's not coming to UND, but still worth the read: http://www.nhl.com/i...s.htm?id=639452 "I went to North Dakota, visited there. That was my No. 1 college choice," Jones said. "I loved that place, great facility, great everything there. It was tough to turn down. Then I went to Portland the next weekend. Their facilities are great, the coaching staff is unbelievable." ...I think UND has better everything all around, obviously The Ralph. I think coaching staff now with Berry helping the D out, is better than Portland's too. What won this kids selection is the brainwashing and the NHL grind schedule comparison with the WHL's schedule. We'll see how he develops throughout the WHL. I feel, no question he'll have a huge impact at the World Juniors this year. We shall see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USA Hockey Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Seth Jones article - I know he's not coming to UND, but still worth the read: http://www.nhl.com/i...s.htm?id=639452 "I went to North Dakota, visited there. That was my No. 1 college choice," Jones said. "I loved that place, great facility, great everything there. It was tough to turn down. Then I went to Portland the next weekend. Their facilities are great, the coaching staff is unbelievable." ...I think UND has better everything all around, obviously The Ralph. I think coaching staff now with Berry helping the D out, is better than Portland's too. What won this kids selection is the brainwashing and the NHL grind schedule comparison with the WHL's schedule. We'll see how he develops throughout the WHL. I feel, no question he'll have a huge impact at the World Juniors this year. We shall see... Based on those comments it makes you wonder if money was been shoved under the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burd Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Based on those comments it makes you wonder if money was been shoved under the table. Why? Didn't he say about Portland, "Their facilities are great, the coaching staff is unbelievable"? Or am I reading Forever's quote wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
as15 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Why? Didn't he say about Portland, "Their facilities are great, the coaching staff is unbelievable"? Or am I reading Forever's quote wrong? It did say that in the article, but I think USA hockey was implying that money must have been given somewhere because the facilities are obviously better at UND, and I'm not sure who they have coaching at Portland, but it is pretty hard to beat having your position be coached by an ex-NHL defenseman coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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