I was VERY high on Pereira, and actually took him in the 3rd round in a mock last summer. He was invited to the combine, so I'm thinking either his personality sunk him at the combine (don't know this, just wondering), or his lack of size. He also didn't attend the draft which I found somewhat odd, unless someone told him he might not be picked. If he keeps this up in the NCAA he obviously gets picked.
I heard rumblings of selfishness and immaturity...not a fact, just what I heard. But that stuff-- I don't know-- Pereira was so money when it mattered most. I figured one of the 30 clubs would see past that enough to take a chance on him.
And yes, family advisers tend to accurately gauge the pulse of the vibe and know whether it's worth it to attend the draft or not. We've come a long way from Luc Robitaille attending the '84 draft just for the heck of it, or Felix Potvin going in '89 only to sit there all day and get completely passed over.
Colin Reddin of the Regina Pats is a descendant of T.P. Gorman. T.P. Gorman is one of five founding fathers of the NHL. T.P Gorman piloted the Montreal Maroons, the Chicago Black Hawks and two other teams to world titles. Colin's great grandfather Ivan Reddin was a great hockey player in his own right playing in 1908 for the PEI Hockey Championship. Colin's grandfather J.C. Reddin scouted for the Minnesota North Stars in the early 70's, was with the New England Whalers office with their WHA World Chamionship team. J.C. Reddin later built a regulation size ice rink in southern California int the early 80,s to promote the growth of ice hockey> read the book the Reddin's of Prince Edward Island.
Nick Ebert had 2 goals and an assist tonight for Windsor. The '94 group of American d-men looks like, at this point, it could be one of the better classes in recent memory.
quick Mike Pereira has started well in the NCAA Michael Pereira 11gp 7g 6a 13pts +9
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Dec. 1, 2010
AMHERST, Mass. - UMass hockey freshman Michael Pereira has been named the Hockey East Rookie of the Month for November after leading the Minutemen with four goals and two assists. This is the first monthly award for Pereira who was the league's runner-up for the October award.
The West Haven, Conn., native played in four games during November recording 4 goals, 2 assists and a +5 rating to lead UMass. His four goals came on just nine shots. He had a season-high two goals in win over Vermont followed by a season-high two assists in win over Quinnipiac to close the month.
John Gibson, the highly rated NTDP goalie, recently switched his commitment from Ohio St. to Michigan. Huge pick up for Berenson and company. Zach Stepan - Derek's cousin - also recently committed to Ohio St. Mark Osiecki has put together a HUGE recruiting class for next season and Stepan is a big pickup as well for the future.
I heard rumblings of selfishness and immaturity...not a fact, just what I heard. But that stuff-- I don't know-- Pereira was so money when it mattered most. I figured one of the 30 clubs would see past that enough to take a chance on him.
And yes, family advisers tend to accurately gauge the pulse of the vibe and know whether it's worth it to attend the draft or not. We've come a long way from Luc Robitaille attending the '84 draft just for the heck of it, or Felix Potvin going in '89 only to sit there all day and get completely passed over.
I agree but with every draft you will still find kids in tears and parents with a bewildered look on their faces.
Vancouver comes to mind....you hate to see this.
As someone in this business I find your articles very good....thank you.
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I was able to check out the NTDP U-18 team today against UMaine. They lost 5-1. As I've read they aren't the most talented group, but for the first two periods I thought they are a hard working bunch of players. Grimaldi showed flashes of brilliants but was shown the gate after he was assessed a 5 minute major contact to the head when he hit a player with a high stick. USA lost its cool in the third. I wasn't expecting much from McNeely, but I thought he was solid in net.
Despite his young age, Indiana Ice left winger Adam Erne is turning heads in the United States League. And a lot of those heads need to be on a swivel if the kid is wearing the opposite jersey.
“I think he leads this team in hits; he’s not afraid,” said Ice coach Charlie Skjodt. “To see any kid contribute at 15 in this league is unreal.”
John Gibson, the highly rated NTDP goalie, recently switched his commitment from Ohio St. to Michigan. Huge pick up for Berenson and company. Zach Stepan - Derek's cousin - also recently committed to Ohio St. Mark Osiecki has put together a HUGE recruiting class for next season and Stepan is a big pickup as well for the future.
How often does this happen?
What would force him to change his mind?
If Michigan contacted him and tried to convince him to go their instead, isn't that considered tampering? Or is that type of thing allowed?
as for why, who knows. can't imagine it's a academic reason. i'd guess it's more related to Hunwick and Hogan at Michigan both being seniors versus Heeter at OU being a junior. i'm not sure who Michigan has, or if they do at all, redshirting as their 3rd goalie right now, but Heeter has played every minute this season for OU
Nic Kerdiles looks to have been permanently moved up to the U-18 team for the NTDP. Should be interesting to see how he does at the upcoming Five Nations tournament (w/Sweden, Russia, Czech Republic, Finland) that starts the 9th. He's been skating with Rocco Grimaldi and JT Miller on the first line. He's currently the only U-17 guy playing up. Seth Jones had been up as well but he was sent back down since Connor Murphy is finally back from a season long back injury.
Nic Kerdiles looks to have been permanently moved up to the U-18 team for the NTDP. Should be interesting to see how he does at the upcoming Five Nations tournament (w/Sweden, Russia, Czech Republic, Finland) that starts the 9th. He's been skating with Rocco Grimaldi and JT Miller on the first line. He's currently the only U-17 guy playing up. Seth Jones had been up as well but he was sent back down since Connor Murphy is finally back from a season long back injury.
It'll be interesting to see if they make any further changes to each roster for the upcoming tournaments. Having seen the U17s a number of times this year I think Trouba and Jones could make the jump for the rest of the season. Some other guys could probably contribute as well but they most likely wouldn't be game breakers playing up.
It'll be interesting to see if they make any further changes to each roster for the upcoming tournaments. Having seen the U17s a number of times this year I think Trouba and Jones could make the jump for the rest of the season. Some other guys could probably contribute as well but they most likely wouldn't be game breakers playing up.
Which U-18 d-man do you think would be most likely to get moved down in favor of Trouba and/or Jones? Guys like Paliotta, Russo, McCabe and Murphy would be safe based on what I've read. I've seen the U-18s play I think once this year so not enough to distinguish between Fiala, Kaib, Ryan, or Van Voorhis and I'm sure you've seen them this year.
Something else to consider is that the NTDP is actually in strong contention for a playoff spot this season. They're currently only 2 points behind Muskegon for the 4th seed in the East but Muskegon has played 2 more games. The NTDP teams have really turned it on in the new year: they're 8-0-1 and 3 of those wins are against the 2 best teams in the USHL (two against Green Bay and 1 against Cedar Rapids). If they, especially the U-17 team, have indeed turned the corner and keep playing strong they should make the playoffs and if that looks to be happening, it'll be interesting to see if the USA Hockey brass maybe looks more outside the program for reinforcements for the World U-18 tournament. Lots of '93 forwards that could help and obviously Nick Ebert as well but it all just depends on availability at the time.
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I actually haven't seen much more of the U18 team this year than you have. I think you've got the right idea on which d-men will remain with the team for sure though. I really couldn't say which of the other four guys should be replaced but it's hard to imagine them sticking with all of them.
The bigger issue seems to be offensive depth amongst forwards. Like I said earlier, I don't know that any of the U17 forwards would be sure to bring more of that than what the current U18 guys have but there are options both within and outside of the program that should be considered. Clearly CHL/USHL guys won't be a part of the equation for the upcoming tournament but by the time the worlds role around I hope they consider some of the CHL/USHL players pending their availability.
That brings me to another issue. With all the talk of who Galchenyuk wants to play for, I've started to wonder if he will really be eligible to play for the US. From what I've read, the IIHF rules state that a player has to play at least two consecutive years in a league within a given country to be eligible to play for that country, regardless of citizenship. Alex played in Chicago last year but obviously he's in Canada this year. Perhaps the fact that the OHL is an international league that includes US teams will be a factor but I'm concerned. Players in these situations often don't truly know their eligibility until shortly before a tournament, which is something we saw with Paul Stastny, who tried to play for Slovakia at the U20s after not making the US team but was deemed ineligible. I guess we'll see.
Nic Kerdiles will be the only '94 going to the Five Nations Cup with the U-18 team. Should be a trial run for quite a few '93s on that team to prove they deserve to keep their spot for the World U18s in April.
U18s beat Sweden 6-2 today. Looks like Grimaldi had a natural hat trick and an assist to lead the way with 4 points. In the past they've nearly always incorporated top players from the younger team so it's interesting to see them move in a different direction this year. I like seeing what the underagers can do and I think playing up provides good experience looking ahead to next year but it's hard to argue with these kinds of results. Perhaps Danton Cole wants to keep the U17s together as a unit as long as he can. Or maybe they just feel good about the players they've got.
U18s beat Sweden 6-2 today. Looks like Grimaldi had a natural hat trick and an assist to lead the way with 4 points. In the past they've nearly always incorporated top players from the younger team so it's interesting to see them move in a different direction this year. I like seeing what the underagers can do and I think playing up provides good experience looking ahead to next year but it's hard to argue with these kinds of results. Perhaps Danton Cole wants to keep the U17s together as a unit as long as he can. Or maybe they just feel good about the players they've got.
I agree. I would have liked to see Trouba or Jones taken along as well for this tournament but things could definitely change by the U-18s. I'd definitely give credence to the idea that they're making a point to keep the U-17 team in tact for the time being. The U-17 team still has 17 USHL games left and with the very strong chance to make the playoffs they'll be doing the bulk of the heavy lifting (the U-18 team only has 6 USHL games left). I think USA Hockey really wants to see if they can qualify for the playoffs which would be a big accomplishment. Along with that, I think they also recognize that the '93 birth year just isn't that dominant for anyone. The '93 NTDP team is probably one of the weakest they've had in a long time but they still have made their mark and IIRC have only lost once in International play. The Ivan Hlinka, and probably Team USA's "C" team, lost by a goal in the GMG so I think they're comfortable, for now, going with what they've got.
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Cole Bardreau (Fairport, N.Y.), Reid Boucher (Grand Ledge, Mich.), Rocco Grimaldi (Rossmoor, Calif.) and Ryan Haggerty (Stamford, Conn.) each recorded three points, as the U.S. National Under-18 Team topped Russia, 10-4, here today at Hradec Kralove Arena in its second contest of the 2011 Five Nations Tournament.
The U17s continued their dominant international play with a 5-1 win over the Swiss U18 team today. It looks like they've brought Andrew Copp, whose played a bit with the team, and Riley Barber from Dubuque in the USHL (filling spots for Kerdiles and Miles Koules, the latter of whom I assume is injured). Anything can happen when playing up an age group but I'd be surprised if they don't sweep this tournament.
The U18 game today against the Czech Republic is being shown on Czech TV and there's been some talk of it being broadcast on the internet, though possibly only as an archive after the game. If I can find a link to the game I'll post it. Edit: Internet feed won't work in US.
Blake Pietila (Brighton, Mich.) scored a game-winning shorthanded goal midway through the second period, as the U.S. National Under-18 Team topped the Czech Republic, 3-1, here today at Hradec Kralove Arena in its third game of the 2011 Five Nations Tournament.
With the win, Team USA improved to 3-0-0-0, with its final game of the tournament to come against Finland on Sunday (Feb. 13) beginning at 7:30 a.m. EST.
Stefan Matteau (Chicago, Ill.) collected a goal and an assist, as the U.S. National Under-17 Team topped Switzerland, 5-1, here today at the Piestany Ice Arena in its opening game of the 2011 Vlad Dzurilla Tournament. Five players scored for Team USA and twelve U.S. players recorded a point in the win.
"The team played well once they became familiar with the rink and got their legs moving," said Danton Cole, head coach of the U.S. National Under-17 Team. "We positioned ourselves well and need to follow up with another good game tomorrow."
Cameron Darcy (South Boston, Mass.) scored two goals as the U.S. National Under-17 Team defeated Germany, 5-1, here today at the Piestany Ice Arena in its second game of the 2011 Vlad Dzurilla Tournament. Eleven U.S. players recorded a point in the win, which improved Team USA's tournament record to 2-0-0-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L).
"The team skated hard for the entire game," said Danton Cole, head coach of the U.S. National Under-17 Team. "Hopefully we will continue our strong play and have our best game of the tournament tomorrow."
I was wondering if anyone could give me an update on how Carolina's collegeiate defensemen are doing, Justin Faulk, Brian Dumoulin and Mark Alt?
By looking at the stats, it looks like Faulk is doing what was expected of him on the offensive end. Dumoulin looks like he's very disciplined with 2 PIM's and I haven't heard much about Alt, if anything. Faulk and Dumoulin were awesome at the WJC's (at least in my eyes) and they looked to mesh together when they were paired up. Canes fans, including myself are very excited at the prospect of these two on our blueline.
Also, if anyone can give one about Plymouth D Austin Levi? Thanks.
