college roster - additions

[scsavre]

Anybody have any new signees yet, to fill the space of early departures.

Gophs just picked up soon to be 21 year old chris rial.

6'5 205 out of soldotna, alaska, kenai river brown bears.

55 games , 14 goals and 12 assists.

Hails from sin city.

Sounds like sam warning might sign early as well, so he can atleast workout with the team if someone leaves.

50 games, 21, 18 for 39 pts

19 yrs old

[jwmiller33]

interesting. Its not too often you see the gophs recruiting out of state... must be a sign

6'5? big kid! must be a D?

[scsavre]

Yep. D man. Decent numbers. Not sure how that league compares tho. He has gotten condierably better each year.

[jwmiller33]

I believe Kenai River is in the NAHL. There is a lot of talent in the NA. You see more and more D1ers coming from that league lately

[scsavre]

I just noticed that sophomore adam johnson of hibbing just committed to the dogs. kid looked pretty good.

[solbes]

]I just noticed that sophomore adam johnson of hibbing just committed to the dogs. kid looked pretty good.

Yup. I think he's slated for the 2013 roster. Keep loading that pipeline.

I was going to give a run down of the UMD incoming for next year. I am excited about Cameranesi from Wayzata too, but I think he'll be a 2012 addition.

[Bear55]

]I just noticed that sophomore adam johnson of hibbing just committed to the dogs. kid looked pretty good.

I saw that earlier too, I think his dad played there and with Sandelin being from Hibbing you have some pretty strong connections there. A nice recruit for UMD, probably another Gopher killer.

[scsavre]

I'm still waiting to see where the kid from apple valley goes. He just announced he was going to the ndt. That worries me as the gophs don't always seem to pluck the best kids from there.

Fasching....or whatever his name is.

[cbrooks]

Any college signed Dan Molanar yet? The Eden Praire defensemen.

[fishing tech]

Hudson Fasching, he will go where ever he wants.Great athlete, student and person.

[Bear55]

I think the Gophs got a commit from Fasching's AV buddie Michaelson so hopefully that is a good sign.

[scsavre]

you are correct bear.

[scsavre]

The gophs get a commitment out of kloos. 5_9 170lbs got 90 points as a junior last year at lakeville south. He also managed 2 goals and 2 assists for waterloo after his highschool season.

Sounds like a good recruit that could put in 4 years.

[cbrooks]

Here's some articles of some of the incoming freshman next year for some of the teams

Minnesota

http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/120437954.html

Mankato

http://mankatofreepresshockey.blogspot.com/2011/04/jutting-talks-recruits.html

[scsavre]

Thanks for posting, I really think Ambroz will be the top freshman in the league next year. Depending on who drafts him we might only get one year out of him. I am hoping for 2 though.

I dont know what the deal is with the Reillys. We have 3 of them coming here but only 1 of them seems good. Role player?....

[cbrooks]

BSU letter of intents and verdals

http://northsports.area.com/2011/04/05/sean-rudy-commits-to-bemidji-state-hockey-for-2011-12-season/

SDSCU recruits

http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckPersona&U=c1080002daaf4959ae540aac489c6bb3&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog:c1080002daaf4959ae540aac489c6bb3Post:b378e9b5-6c02-4bcc-9f94-995554a6a5f1&sid=sitelife.sctimes.com

[Bran32]

Looks to be some good signings for BSU!! They need to find a way to replace Read!!

[Bear55]

I'm not 100% sold on Ambroz being that good but he should be a good role player who can bury the puck when he gets his chance. I do hope he can develop into a stud.

From what I under about the Reillys, there are twin brothers playing in the USHL, one has some skill and the other is tagging along on little to no scholarship $$$. The other is a young D man with some very good potential.

It does seem like Lucia is going after a few more smaller 4 year players and still trying to snag the usual studs. To be honest I think he is kind of questioning his recruiting the past few seasons and taking the shotgun approach. Get a bunch of guys in here and hope some of them turn into great college players. It seemed like in the early years we couldn't miss on a recruit and now we have far too many 3rd and 4th line players who were originally recruited to be so much more.

[scsavre]

So I was looking at the USHL's top scorers for the year. There is maybe one WCHA recruit in the top 25. What is the deal with that. Miami looks to have a killer class coming in. Why no Wcha'ers. I think Ambroz was the highest at 22 or something.

[cbrooks]

I think your right about Miami with the #1 class this year. They have Tyler Briggs who is I think the best player in class at college this year. Defensemen Connor Murhy is another bluechipper.

[scsavre]

pfff, who cares about them. Blake Coleman has 92 point. That is flippin crazy.

[Bear55]

]So I was looking at the USHL's top scorers for the year. There is maybe one WCHA recruit in the top 25. What is the deal with that. Miami looks to have a killer class coming in. Why no Wcha'ers. I think Ambroz was the highest at 22 or something.

This happens a lot, I think a lot of the high scorers in the USHL are older player. It does seem like the top WCHA and other top programs go for the younger talent with higher up side. I'm really not sure how well this is working for us, it also really helps many other schools level the playing field. Those 21 year old freshmen with 3 years of USHL under their belt might not ever see the NHL but they can sometimes outplay those 18 year old freshmen who will have long NHL careers.

[cbrooks]

Scott put up a link to the top USHL scorers so everybody can see what your talking about.

UND recruits

http://wiki.siouxsports.com/doku.php/future_sioux_hockey

[cbrooks]

Gophers got a commitment from a couple of goaltenders. Be interesting to see who becomes Pattersons back up

http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/120666609.html

[Bear55]

First I have heard of Shibrowski, this actually sounds like a good move, Patterson will play almost every game next year and it sounds like Wilcox needs some time yet. I want to say there was another goalie in the mix but can't remember who.