RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

[turk181]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

Just throwing this out there....Kevin O’Neil (Forward) from Alb. Acad. has been invited to the USAH Select 16s. He was an invite to the USHL Combines (for Sioux City) that were held last month .....https://twitter.com/russbites/status/468947049418072064

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

Just throwing this out there....Kevin O’Neil (Forward) from Alb. Acad. has been invited to the USAH Select 16s. He was an invite to the USHL Combines (for Sioux City) that were held last month .....https://twitter.com/russbites/status/468947049418072064

I couldn't find much about him, but I suspect that we will have a difficult time beating #26 for local recruits of his age group.

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

A new WaP article about our 16 known recruits and when they are likely to come to Troy. The article pretty much agrees with my thoughts which probably means that there will be several surprises when SA's annual recruit announcement comes out and then again the fall.

I decided to give my take on who is likely to arrive in the fall based purely upon what I have found out on the Net.

Goalies:
Dillon is unlikely to arrive until 2015 unless Kasdorf leaves or doesn't recover. Give it a 15% chance.

Forwards:
Gillespie 99% chance he is coming. (He could get some fatal disease or ...)
Melanson 98% chance. (As opposed to Gillespie he has junior eligibility left.)
Nanne 95% chance. (He didn't have a great season in the USHL, but I suspect he is continuing to heal from his injuries.)
Tironese 80% chance. (He committed two years ago and has not yet shown up in the directory. Is he having some trouble getting through admissions? I don't know, but until he shows up there, it's 75 - 80 %. He will go up to the high 90's when he is in the directory.)
Liljegren 60% chance. (It was written that he was a 2014 or 2015, and he isn't in the directory yet.)
Rodriguez 35% chance. (The fact that he committed on the same day as Haggerty bailed out, I originally thought made him likely to come in 2014. Those odds are slowly decreasing.)
Fornaris 25% chance. (He needs more seasoning, but still could arrive in the fall.)
Burgess 5% chance. (Never said he would be here this fall, but he is old enough so could be a fall back if some of the above have troubles.)
Hayhurst <1% chance. (He is still an HS junior.)

Defensemen:
Wilson 99% chance. (Everything points to him arriving this fall.)
Moore 90% chance. (He didn't have a great year in the USHL, but as WaP wrote this was probably [hopefully] due to the situation he was in at Fargo.)
Prapavessis 55% chance. (WaP said it well. One couldn't ask for a better season than he had this year. He could improve if he goes to Lincoln and I suspect they are kicking themselves for not taking him a year ago. If he gets drafted by the NHL, we may have to take him to keep him from major junior, and I suspect he will be a regular on the blue line at the HFH as the season progresses. He would also become also essentially a sure thing to be in Troy this fall of one of our returning dmen turns pro.)
Bell 20% chance. (His injury set him back quite a bit, and he needs seasoning against better competition somewhere.)
Manley 10% chance. (He could come but he needs another year to develop. The odds that he would be here this fall would also be higher if he was not #5 on this list.)
Cho <1% chance. (He is still an HS junior.)

[turk181]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

.....the Townie side will be full (at least with males) if that’s Rita Hayworth

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

.....the Townie side will be full (at least with males) if that’s Rita Hayworth

[JCrawford]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

Not long after the announcement of the RPI Women's 2014-15 schedule comes the announcement of the incoming freshman class: http://rpiathletics.com/news/2014/5/...523143711.aspx

Name	Ht.	Pos.	Hometown	Previous Team
Amanda Kimmerle	5-8	D	Anoka, Minn.	Anoka High School
Marisa Raspa	5-2	F	Downingtown, Pa.	N. American Hockey Academy
Whitney Renn	5-6	F	Troy, Mich.	Little Caesars
Shayna Tomlinson	5-6	F	Gilford, N.H.	St. Paul's & Assabet Valley

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

Not long after the announcement of the RPI Women's 2014-15 schedule comes the announcement of the incoming freshman class: http://rpiathletics.com/news/2014/5/...523143711.aspx

Name	Ht.	Pos.	Hometown	Previous Team
Amanda Kimmerle	5-8	D	Anoka, Minn.	Anoka High School
Marisa Raspa	5-2	F	Downingtown, Pa.	N. American Hockey Academy
Whitney Renn	5-6	F	Troy, Mich.	Little Caesars
Shayna Tomlinson	5-6	F	Gilford, N.H.	St. Paul's & Assabet Valley

I expected that an unknown one would show up.

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

Adding missing women's heights and Gillespie appearing in RPI directory:

 # Name                Ps commitm. Team (League)                   Year  DOB      Ht    Wt  Hometown           
28 Bradley Bell *      LD 09/23/13 Sudbury Nickel Barons (NOJHL)   2014  05/26/96 5'11" 185 Sudbury, ON
27 Todd Burgess        RW 04/14/14 Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL)       15/16 04/03/96 6'02" 195 Phoenix, AZ
19 Austin Cho          LD 02/24/14 St. Andrews College (CISAA|MPHL)2016  05/19/97 6'00" 175 Mississauga, ON
16 Carlos Fornaris      C 02/13/13 Cedar Rapids Roughriders (USHL) 2014  02/17/95 5'08" 157 Miami, FL
87 Kenny Gillespie *   RW 04/24/14 Jersey Hitmen (USPHL)           2014  12/01/93 6'01" 211 Fuquay Varina, NC
12 Jacob Hayhurst       C 02/13/14 Toronto Lakeshore Patriots(OJHL)2016  01/20/97 5'08" 160 Mississauga, ON
17 Viktor Liljegren    LW 04/14/14 Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL)       2014  04/28/94 6'03" 195 Stockholm, Sweden
22 Charlie Manley *    LD 12/19/11 Austin Bruins (NAHL)            14/15 07/16/96 5'09" 175 Orchard Park, NY
25 Drew Melanson #*    LW 01/28/11 Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)     2014  01/10/95 5'11" 170 Paramus, NJ
 8 Meirs Moore *       LD 05/20/13 Fargo Force (USHL)              2014  12/04/94 5'08" 187 Duluth, MN
 9 Louis Nanne *       LC 11/28/13 Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)     2014  06/18/94 5'10" 162 Edina, MN
77 Michael Prapavessis#LD 02/02/13 Toronto Lakeshore Patriots(OJHL)14/15 01/07/96 6'01" 180 Oakville, ON
23 Alex Rodriguez      RW 03/12/14 Shattuck-St. Mary's Prep        2015  12/15/95 5'11" 175 Miami, FL
15 Evan Tironese       LW 05/01/12 Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)       2014  08/02/95 5'08" 160 Qualicum Beach, BC
 9 Jared Wilson *      LD 09/19/13 Vernon Vipers (BCHL)            2014  08/27/94 6'03" 190 Calgary, AB 
31 Alec Dillon          G 09/22/13 Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)       2015  05/05/96 6'05" 170 Victoria, BC


Women
76 Jaimie Grigsby       F 04/15/14 Whitby Wolves (PWHL)            2015  04/18/97 5'09" 140 Whitby, ON
 6 Josefine Hansen    D/F 12/19/13 Shattuck-St Mary's Prep         2015  01/24/97 5'02" 119 Princeton Junction, NJ
21 Amanda Kimmerle #*   D 08/15/13 Anoka H.S. (Northwest Suburban) 2014  04/14/96 5'08" xxx Anoka, MN
44 Ana Orzechowski      D 01/10/14 Little Caesars U19 (HPHL)       2015  12/24/96 5'06' xxx Tonawanda, NY
12 Marisa Raspa *       F 01/29/14 NAHA White                      2014  02/17/96 5'02' xxx Downington, PA
 4 Whitney Renn *       F 12/18/13 Little Caesars U19 (HPHL)       2014  01/16/9x 5'06" xxx Troy, MI
18 Makenna Thomas       F 04/15/14 Chicago Young Americans         2015  07/12/97 5'06" 145 Hartland, WI
10 Shayna Tomlinson *   F 04/08/13 St Paul's School (Keller)       2014  xx/xx/95 5'06" xxx Gilford, NH
37 Lovisa Selander      G 04/15/14 SDE Hockey                      2015  03/14/96 5'10" 126 Sollentuna?, Sweden

* In the RPI directory
# Known to have signed Letter of Intent
The years the men's recruits are listed as committed for are not necessarily accurate.
The dates on which some of the women are listed as committing on may be considerably after the actual dates.

[DrDemento]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

I watched tonight’s game on fasthockey. I now see what you’ve been telling us Doc, Melanson is some skater. Right away I noticed who’s style of skating he reminds me of.....D’Amigo. He has that “running” style that is also similar to Ovie. Looking forward to seeing him at the HFH.

Turk-hard to really say. Looks different at various times-sometimes more Juneauesque. At Delbarton he reminded me(skating style only) more of a fellow I just loved in Troy-Brad Tapper. Seems to be going fast-and looking effortlessly doing it-and then all of a sudden a little bit of a second gear kicks in. I truly hope our coaching staff knows how to make the best use of that talent.

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

Turk-hard to really say. Looks different at various times-sometimes more Juneauesque. At Delbarton he reminded me(skating style only) more of a fellow I just loved in Troy-Brad Tapper. Seems to be going fast-and looking effortlessly doing it-and then all of a sudden a little bit of a second gear kicks in. I truly hope our coaching staff knows how to make the best use of that talent.

Overall play seems more like Juneau than Tapper. I can't comment on skating style. Since Melanson is from NJ, there is another similarity to Juneau -- he'll be arriving in Troy with a poor command of the English language.

I certainly wouldn't mind if his production was like either Juneau or Tapper.

[DrDemento]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

Overall play seems more like Juneau than Tapper. I can't comment on skating style. Since Melanson is from NJ, there is another similarity to Juneau -- he'll be arriving in Troy with a poor command of the English language.

I certainly wouldn't mind if his production was like either Juneau or Tapper.

Better though that he is coming from NJ-if he was coming out of Washington DC I would suspect he would be speaking out of both sides of his mouth. His production in Troy will be very much determined by the style he is asked to play and who he is on the ice with. Flat out wide open hockety and he will be tough for anyone to catch. But hockey is just so much more of a team sport than most other sports-linemates have to match up well or else a lot of quickness and speed is just wasted.

[turk181]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

Just saw that the London Knights (own Praps’ rights) have inked Tyler Nother a Dman committ for Miami.

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

Just saw that the London Knights (own Praps’ rights) have inked Tyler Nother a Dman committ for Miami.

One fewer dman needed.

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

Better though that he is coming from NJ-if he was coming out of Washington DC I would suspect he would be speaking out of both sides of his mouth. His production in Troy will be very much determined by the style he is asked to play and who he is on the ice with. Flat out wide open hockety and he will be tough for anyone to catch. But hockey is just so much more of a team sport than most other sports-linemates have to match up well or else a lot of quickness and speed is just wasted.

You are correct of course. We will all have to wait.

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2013-14 (Part III)

Dates of recruit announcements from the archives:

07/15/13
07/19/12
07/25/11
05/24/10
05/06/09
06/17/08
04/25/07
05/15/06
06/13/05
2004 missing
2003 missing
07/18/02