MSU Spartan recruiting

[owslachief]

Re: MSU Spartan recruiting

Obviously he is a Chelios but is he any good?

Good rookie numbers. Better in fact than Dean in his first season at Cedar Rapids. If he more than doubles his points like Dean did in his 2nd season expect good things.

2011 is suddenly starting to look pretty good.

[gomsuman]

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so anybody want to update the complete list...?

[Hokydad]

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the younger chelios is coming this season, not 2011

[owslachief]

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the younger chelios is coming this season, not 2011

I'd be pretty shocked if we had a scholarship to offer him. On the other hand ... he is a Chelios

[owslachief]

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so anybody want to update the complete list...?

Assuming Hokydad's correct here's what I got. Feel free to correct the quoted text if you have more info. Anything I'm confident about for 2010 is like this:

--2010--
Name		Pos.	Birthdate	Home Town		Current Team		Height	Weight	Status	Previous Team	
----		----	---------	---------		------------		------	------	------	-------------
Willie Yanakeff	G	4/30/1992	Jerome, Michigan	Waterloo (USHL)		6'2	185	NLOI	Sioux City
Lee Reimer	C	8/2/1990	Landmark, Manitoba	Canmore (AJHL)		6'0	170	NLOI	OCN Blizzard
Greg Wolfe	C	4/25/1990	Canton, Michigan	Omaha (USHL)          	5'10	187	NLOI	Chicago (USHL)
Jake Chelios	F/D	3/8/1991	Bloomfield Hills, MI	Chicago (USHL)		6'1	170	NLOI	Little Caesar's AAA
+Chris Sandmeyer D	8/6/1990	Portage, Michigan	Green Mountain (EJHL)	6'1	170	Verbal	Portage Central HS

--2011--	
Tanner Sorenson	D	2/17/1993	Anchorage, Alaska	Shattuck St. Mary's	5'10	175	Verbal	Anchorage Bantam Tier II	
Michael Gunn¹ 	D	5/11/1992	Livonia, Michigan	Chicago (USHL)		6'2	180	Verbal	St. Louis (NAHL)
Brent Darnell	C	3/23/1992	Canton, Michigan	Sioux Falls (USHL)	5'11	186	Verbal	USNTDP U17
Andrew Sinelli	F	3/23/1992	Dexter, Michigan	Sioux City (USHL)	5'10	165	Verbal	Honeybaked AAA
David Johnstone	RW	11/26/1991	Grand Ledge, Michigan	Indiana (USHL)		6'0	170	Verbal	Traverse City (NAHL)

--2012--	
Reid Boucher²	F	9/8/1993	Grand Ledge, Michigan	NTDP-U17 (USHL)		5'9	180	Verbal	Belle Tire AAA
Travis Walsh	D	6/4/1993	Lansing, Michigan	Muskegon (USHL)		6'0	180	Verbal	Sioux City (USHL)

+ Sandmeyer and Chelios will walk-on in the Fall
¹ Gunn is a 10th-round pick of London Knights (OHL)
² Boucher is a 14th-round pick of Sarnia Sting (OHL)

[Hokydad]

Re: MSU Spartan recruiting

Chelios is coming, money there for sure, but might be back end.

[owslachief]

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Chelios is coming, money there for sure, but might be back end.

Not as if he needs it

[gomsuman]

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Not as if he needs it

Ha very true

[Pirateasaurus]

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Wow, look at those birthdates. Makes me feel like i'm getting old.

Assuming Hokydad's correct here's what I got. Feel free to correct the quoted text if you have more info. Anything I'm confident about for 2010 is like this:

--2010--
Name		Pos.	Birthdate	Home Town		Current Team		Height	Weight	Status	Previous Team	
----		----	---------	---------		------------		------	------	------	-------------
Willie Yanakeff	G	4/30/1992	Jerome, Michigan	Waterloo (USHL)		6'2	185	NLOI	Sioux City
Lee Reimer	C	8/2/1990	Landmark, Manitoba	Canmore (AJHL)		6'0	170	NLOI	OCN Blizzard
Greg Wolfe	C	4/25/1990	Canton, MI		Omaha (USHL)          	5'10	187	NLOI	Chicago (USHL)
+Chris Sandmeyer D	8/6/1990	Portage, Michigan	Green Mountain (EJHL)	6'1	170	Verbal	Portage Central HS
+Jake Chelios	F	3/8/1991	Bloomfield Hills, MI	Chicago (USHL)		6'1	170	Verbal	Little Caesars AAA	

--2011--	
Tanner Sorenson	D	2/17/1993	Anchorage, Alaska	Shattuck St. Mary's	5'10	175	Verbal	Anchorage Bantam Tier II	
Michael Gunn¹ 	D	5/11/1992	Livonia, Michigan	Chicago (USHL)		6'2	180	Verbal	St. Louis (NAHL)
Brent Darnell	C	3/23/1992	Canton, Michigan	Sioux Falls (USHL)	5'11	186	Verbal	USNTDP U17
Andrew Sinelli	F	3/23/1992	Dexter, Michigan	Sioux City (USHL)	5'10	165	Verbal	Honeybaked AAA
David Johnstone	RW	11/26/1991	Grand Ledge, Michigan	Indiana (USHL)		6'0	170	Verbal	Traverse City (NAHL)

--2012--	
Reid Boucher²	F	9/8/1993	Grand Ledge, Michigan	NTDP-U17 (USHL)		5'9	180	Verbal	Belle Tire AAA
Travis Walsh	D	6/4/1993	Lansing, Michigan	Muskegon (USHL)		6'0	180	Verbal	Sioux City (USHL)

+ Sandmeyer and Chelios will walk-on in the Fall
¹ Gunn is a 10th-round pick of London Knights (OHL)
² Boucher is a 14th-round pick of Sarnia Sting (OHL)

[gomsuman]

Re: MSU Spartan recruiting

This year is starting to not look so bad... Who thinks the two Chelios' will be on the same line?

[gomsuman]

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Jake Chelios has signed a NLI to play next year. The article is on msuspartans.com

[owslachief]

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Matt Deblouw (Muskegon USHL) has committed to MSU for either 2011 or 2012.

Born 9/17/1993, 6'0, 165# forward from Chesterfield, MI.
One observer at London Knights mini-camp says, "Matt DeBlouw seems like a strong skate with good puck protection ...".

He was a 2nd-round pick as a center by Muskegon in 2010 USHL draft.
Last season at Little Caesars midget major - led his team in scoring with 44 points (23 goals, 21 assists).

[owslachief]

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1992-born Matt Berry, a 5'9 160 lb. forward from Canton, has decided to join the Spartans possibly as early as 2011. He led all Tier 1 Midget Majors in scoring with 77 points in 42 games.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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Not sure if you guys track "rumored" recruits or not, but Calumet's Ben Johnson is purportedly waiting to hear whether or not MSU will offer. Tech and NMU already have.

[owslachief]

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Not sure if you guys track "rumored" recruits or not, but Calumet's Ben Johnson is purportedly waiting to hear whether or not MSU will offer. Tech and NMU already have.

Thanks! We likes him. Appears to have had a breakout year as soph. high school player.

Answer is yes - sort of. Talked about Dillon Simpson a bit - until he fell to someone else, but I guess he is, well, exceptional.

G Jared Rutledge would be a nice pickup in a couple years, likes our program, but hasn't as yet chosen a suitor.

There are others for whom Michigan State is a secondary (or 3rd?) option.


On another tack - it appears Reid Boucher led U17 in goals, and was second only to Rocco Grimaldi in points per game and game-winners. In about 7 weeks We'll find out whether he plays another year for NTDP.