Prospective Recruits

[dagies]

[DMT]

Jim O'Brien

The most intriguing prospect on the UW radar screen for next season is Jim O'Brien, a highly regarded winger with the NTDP, but he said last week he will not make a decision until after he has made all his official recruiting visits.

O'Brien, from Maplewood, Minn., said he "had a great amount of interest in Wisconsin" after making an unofficial campus visit here last December. He identified Colorado College, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota and UW as the schools he intended to visit

"I'll know the right school when I see it," O'Brien said.

Listed at 6-foot-3 and 184 pounds, O'Brien is the youngest player on the NTDP under-18 team (he turns 17 in January).

The International Scouting Service ranked O'Brien the top 1989-born player in the U.S. last year.

[Siouxhockey78]

Here is the current BCHL soring Leaders.......

PLAYER NAME # P TEAM GP G A PTS P/G PPG SHG PIM

1 Brandon Wong 18 F Merritt Centennials 15 18 14 32 2.1 4 2 19

2 Matt Butcher 20 F Chilliwack Chiefs 17 11 19 30 1.8 4 1 39

3 Chris Eppich 12 F Chilliwack Chiefs 17 12 17 29 1.7 2 3 12

4 Darcy Zajac 14 F Salmon Arm Silverbacks 15 13 15 28 1.9 4 2 15 5 Matt Dyck 17 F Salmon Arm Silverbacks 15 16 10 26 1.7 3 2 31

6 Geoff Irwin 19 F Burnaby Express 15 12 14 26 1.7 6 1 13

7 Graham Sheppard 9 F Langley Hornets 15 14 11 25 1.7 4 2 9

8 Ethan Cox 14 RW Powell River Kings 17 10 14 24 1.4 2 0 22

9 Andrew Estey 23 F Alberni Valley Bulldogs 17 10 14 24 1.4 6 0 19

10 Cam MacIntyre 27 F Cowichan Valley Capitals 17 10 14 24 1.4 3 0 21

Darcy is moving up the list and is currently the leader on his team. One guy the Sioux should look at is leading in Scoring.

[siouxnami]

Here is the current BCHL soring Leaders.......

PLAYER NAME # P TEAM GP G A PTS P/G PPG SHG PIM

1 Brandon Wong  18 F Merritt Centennials 15 18 14 32 2.1 4 2 19

2 Matt Butcher  20 F Chilliwack Chiefs 17 11 19 30 1.8 4 1 39

3 Chris Eppich  12 F Chilliwack Chiefs 17 12 17 29 1.7 2 3 12

4 Darcy Zajac  14 F Salmon Arm Silverbacks 15 13 15 28 1.9 4 2 15 5 Matt Dyck  17 F Salmon Arm Silverbacks 15 16 10 26 1.7 3 2 31

6 Geoff Irwin  19 F Burnaby Express 15 12 14 26 1.7 6 1 13

7 Graham Sheppard  9 F Langley Hornets 15 14 11 25 1.7 4 2 9

8 Ethan Cox  14 RW Powell River Kings 17 10 14 24 1.4 2 0 22

9 Andrew Estey  23 F Alberni Valley Bulldogs 17 10 14 24 1.4 6 0 19

10 Cam MacIntyre  27 F Cowichan Valley Capitals 17 10 14 24 1.4 3 0 21

Darcy is moving up the list and is currently the leader on his team. One guy the Sioux should look at is leading in Scoring.

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Any particular reason or just because hes on the top of that list?

[Siouxhockey78]

Well not really...but he has improved every year in scoring so he must be doing something right.

[siouxnami]

Well not really...but he has improved every year in scoring so he must be doing something right.

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Thanks, just curious, thought maybe his life goal was to play 4 years at UND...

[AZSIOUX]

toews and tessier to play in colorado for the colorado outlaws..

outlaws website (no info yet) http://coloradooutlaws.org/index.php

http://thescoutingnews.com/ has it on the front home page

[Sioux_Hab-it]

toews and tessier to play in colorado for the colorado outlaws..

outlaws website (no info yet)    http://coloradooutlaws.org/index.php

http://thescoutingnews.com/  has it on the front home page

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Thanks for the info, I will try and get some more details as the father of one of their goalies (Hitesman) is a friend of mine, despite having been a former boss.

[redwing77]

I thought it was mentioned somewhere about Fredheim, a defenseman out of the BCHL who was drafted recently being somewhere on the radar to watch. Well, he committed to CC.

[AZSIOUX]

darcy zajac featured on BCHL home page..

Salmon Arm Silverbacks's

Darcy Zajac

Darcy has risen to the top of Silverbacks scoring with 13 goals and 15 assists in just 15 games so far this season. His fine play is not going unnoticed as he moves up in overall league scoring into 4th spot. Even with great blood lines Darcy is making his presence felt.

http://www.bchl.bc.ca/leagues/front_pagebc...3&leagueID=2393

[Kermit]

I thought it was mentioned somewhere about Fredheim, a defenseman out of the BCHL who was drafted recently being somewhere on the radar to watch.  Well, he committed to CC.

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Fredheim plays for Notre Dame in the SJHL. I don't know if the Sioux recruited him, but UND was not one of the schools on his short list.

http://hockeyrecruits.blogspot.com/2005/10...aying-west.html

[Siouxhockey78]

Well his bio says he wants to get a college scholorship and we being close to Canada I would think its in the back of his head.....lol

[Windsor]

I Heard from someone who watched Denver skate this morning that Darcy Zajac is in town this weekend. Hopefully a sign of good things to come.

[Siouxhockey78]

I Heard from someone who watched Denver skate this morning that Darcy Zajac is in town this weekend. Hopefully a sign of good things to come.

there is suppose to be someone else visiting next week too during the Badgers series. Not sure who it is but heard aabout it. Maybe someone else on here can answer it for us.

[AZSIOUX]

I Heard from someone who watched Denver skate this morning that Darcy Zajac is in town this weekend. Hopefully a sign of good things to come.

yes, he was for sure in town the last day or so...sign him up!!

[Siouxhockey78]

What you all think of this guy? A little more international blood on the team......lol

61 Jaroslav Markovic F 11 9 8 17 26 2 2 3 31....

leading scorer in the USHL with 2 more points to add to the list from their last game......

[spfreak]

He was mentioned when Spirko signed and I would think that the Sioux are likely at least taking a look at him.

[#1siouxfan22]

Mario puts up both tri city goals tonite in a 4-2 loss. Hopefully he is starting to get his groove since hasnt done much on the stats side of the game yet this year. 4 pts in 13 games isnt eye opening so lets hope he kicks it into high gear now. Same can be said for Vandevelde he has been quiet lately.

[dagies]

Darcy Zajac now 2nd in the BCHL in scoring 17gp 14-17-31. He's 4th in goals scored. And for a player whose brother said can be "dirty" he's only got 15 PIMs.

[SIOUXELEVENS]

Friday night the Sioux had two recruits sitting with the players who weren't dressed, one was Zajac"s brother Darcy and the other was the leading goalie in the BCHL Marc Cheverie from Nanaimo.Maybe we will here about some verbals before too long

[.357]

Friday night the Sioux had two recruits sitting with the players who weren't dressed, one was Zajac"s brother Darcy and the other was the leading goalie in the BCHL Marc Cheverie from Nanaimo.Maybe we will here about some verbals before too long

Better Friday night than Saturday night; Saturday wasn't exactly good for marketing purposes.

[dagies]

Friday night the Sioux had two recruits sitting with the players who weren't dressed, one was Zajac"s brother Darcy and the other was the leading goalie in the BCHL Marc Cheverie from Nanaimo.Maybe we will here about some verbals before too long

Cheverie 10 games 8-1-0 1 SO 1.99GA 92.64 svs%

[redwing77]

Cheverie 10 games 8-1-0 1 SO 1.99GA 92.64 svs%

He's doing very well.

I'm with PCM though. I'm not sure what we'd do with a goaltender that is taller than 5'11".

[Siouxhockey78]

Well hopefully they were both sold on the Sioux. Be a change for the Sioux by having a goalie over 5'11"...lol Anyone have a clue if anyone is visiting this weekend.

[hockeydog]

Friday night the Sioux had two recruits sitting with the players who weren't dressed, one was Zajac"s brother Darcy and the other was the leading goalie in the BCHL Marc Cheverie from Nanaimo.Maybe we will here about some verbals before too long

I heard Chay Genoway was coming on a visit.....