RPI Recruit Thread 2020-21

[Ralph Baer]

This preview of the So. Shore Kings NCDC team suggests that Babich will indeed start his season there:

https://www.usphl.com/news_article/s...9?referral=rss

It's good to see that the first forward mentioned is Babich.

Up front, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute commit Xander Babich is an ‘03 with a fantastic offensive resume from three years with the Chicago Mission.

They start their season on Tuesday. :-)

[Ralph Baer]

Known info and best guesses. I am omitting the women for the time being.

 # Name                 Ps commitm. Team (League)                    Year  DOB      Ht    Wt  Hometown          NZ *s
XX Alexander Babich     LW 02/16/19 South Shore Kings (NCDC)         2022  03/13/03 5'11" 170 Chicago, IL       3.25 x
XX Finn Brown           RW 10/07/19 Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)   2021  06/06/02 6'04" 188 Toronto, ON       4.00 St Sk To GS                                  
XX Eric Fawkes           C 10/17/18 Northeast Generals (NAHL)        2021  03/13/01 6'03" 185 Winnipeg, MB      3.50 x                                  
 8 Max Itagaki          RW 09/23/18 Janesville Jets (NAHL)           2021  06/18/02 5'07" 160 Glenview, IL      3.50 Sp SH Aw Sk
15 Reid Leibold          C 09/08/17 Maryland Black Bears (NAHL)      2021  10/23/01 5'10" 175 Ashburn VA        3.50 Sp SH
XX Hunter McDonald      LD 11/27/18 Omaha Lancers (USHL)             2021  05/11/02 6'02" 180 Fairport, NY      3.50 x
XX Payton Robinson      RD 10/21/19 Collingwood Blues (OJHL)         2022  04/30/03 6'02" 185 Mississauga, ON   3.50 x
30 Jack Watson           G 12/24/19 Coquitlam Express (BCHL)         2021  03/14/00 6'03" 195 Toronto, ON       3.50 x

* In the RPI directory
# Known to have signed National 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.
I am assuming that Neutral Zone regards their Star ratings as public because they often tweet them with committals.

STRENGTHS according to Neutral Zone (NZ doesn't include them for women and goalies):
Aw=Awareness/IQ, Ch= Character/Leadership, GS=Goal Scoring Ability, Sk=Skating, Sp=Speed, SH=Stick Handling Skill,
St-Strength, To=Toughness, Vi=Vision/Passing

[Ralph Baer]

The NAHL is also doing team previews, one team per day in alphabetical order. The last one they did so far is Danbury.

[Ralph Baer]

 # Name                 Ps Team (League)                       Gm- G- A-  P- PM Next Gm
xx Alexander Babich     LW South Shore Kings (NCDC)             0- 0- 0-  0-  0 09/22/20
xx Finn Brown           RW Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)       0- 0- 0-  0-  0
xx Eric Fawkes           C Northeast Generals (NAHL)            0- 0- 0-  0-  0
18 Max Itagaki          RW Janesville Jets (NAHL)               0- 0- 0-  0-  0
15 Reid Leibold          C Maryland Black Bears (NAHL)          0- 0- 0-  0-  0
xx Hunter McDonald      LD Omaha Lancers (USHL)                 0- 0- 0-  0-  0
xx Payton Robinson      RD Collingwood Blues (OJHL)             0- 0- 0-  0-  0
30 Jack Watson           G Coquitlam Express (BCHL)         0- 0- 0-0-x.xx-.xxx 10/02/20 preseason

[Ralph Baer]

Tuesday’s game

Babich https://www.usphl.com/view#/game-summary/12575

I will post the summary whenever.
Change https to http for any of the following: Itagaki, Fawkes, Leibold, and Robinson.
It’s still a guess which leagues and players need http.

[sezenack]

Tuesday’s game

Babich https://www.usphl.com/view#/game-summary/12575

I will post the summary whenever.
Change https to http for any of the following: Itagaki, Fawkes, Leibold, and Robinson.
It’s still a guess which leagues and players need http.

One positive of the new update is that I do not believe it changes the links to be all https anymore

[Ralph Baer]

One positive of the new update is that I do not believe it changes the links to be all https anymore

That does appear to be correct, but the ones which were changed on the old threads remain changed.

[Ralph Baer]

Fell off the page
The women's teams have not been updated.

 # Name                 Ps commitm. Team (League)                    Year  DOB      Ht    Wt  Hometown          NZ *s
28 Alexander Babich     LW 02/16/19 South Shore Kings (NCDC)         2022  03/13/03 5'10" 173 Chicago, IL       3.25 x
XX Finn Brown           RW 10/07/19 Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)   2021  06/06/02 6'04" 188 Toronto, ON       4.00 St Sk To GS                                  
XX Eric Fawkes           C 10/17/18 Northeast Generals (NAHL)        2021  03/13/01 6'03" 185 Winnipeg, MB      3.50 x                                  
 8 Max Itagaki          RW 09/23/18 Janesville Jets (NAHL)           2021  06/18/02 5'07" 160 Glenview, IL      3.50 Sp SH Aw Sk
15 Reid Leibold          C 09/08/17 Maryland Black Bears (NAHL)      2021  10/23/01 5'10" 175 Ashburn VA        3.50 Sp SH
XX Hunter McDonald      LD 11/27/18 Omaha Lancers (USHL)             2021  05/11/02 6'02" 180 Fairport, NY      3.50 x
XX Payton Robinson      RD 10/21/19 Collingwood Blues (OJHL)         2022  04/30/03 6'02" 185 Mississauga, ON   3.50 x
30 Jack Watson           G 12/24/19 Coquitlam Express (BCHL)         2021  03/14/00 6'03" 195 Toronto, ON       3.50 x

Women
13 Nina Christof         F 05/30/19 Selects Academy 16U              2022  08/18/03 5'04" 141 Hammelburg, Germany 2.75
 3 Sophie Helgeson       D 04/30/19 Roseau High School               2021  03/10/03 5'06" 125 Roseau MN         4.25
 8 Mika Jahnke           F 03/09/20 Dallas Stars Elite 19U           2021  07/16/03 5'02" 130 xxxx, TX          3.75
19 Aliya Jomha *         F 02/07/19 Edge School (CSSHL)              2021  09/27/02 5'06" 155 Edmonton, AB      3.25
 6 Sophia Jones          D 05/02/19 Connecticut Polar Bears 16U      2022  09/23/03 5'03" 135 Westfield, MA     3.50
 6                                  Williston Northampton School
31 Ashlyn Lewis          G 03/11/20 NAHA White                       2021  01/21/03 5'09" 135 Breckenridge, CO  3.75
13 Audrey McCutcheon     F 03/04/19 Stanstead College                2021  02/22/03 5'04" 135 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC 3.50
 2 Michelle Nutescu     LD 12/07/18 Shattuck-St. Mary's Prep         2021  11/19/02 5'07" 150 Northfield, IL    3.50

* In the RPI directory
# Known to have signed National 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.
I am assuming that Neutral Zone regards their Star ratings as public because they often tweet them with committals.

STRENGTHS according to Neutral Zone (NZ doesn't include them for women and goalies):
Aw=Awareness/IQ, Ch= Character/Leadership, GS=Goal Scoring Ability, Sk=Skating, Sp=Speed, SH=Stick Handling Skill,
St-Strength, To=Toughness, Vi=Vision/Passing

[Ralph Baer]

This too

 # Name                 Ps Team (League)                       Gm- G- A-  P- PM Next Gm
28 Alexander Babich     LW South Shore Kings (NCDC)             0- 0- 0-  0-  0 09/22/20
XX Finn Brown           RW Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)       0- 0- 0-  0-  0
XX Eric Fawkes           C Northeast Generals (NAHL)            0- 0- 0-  0-  0
18 Max Itagaki          RW Janesville Jets (NAHL)               0- 0- 0-  0-  0
15 Reid Leibold          C Maryland Black Bears (NAHL)          0- 0- 0-  0-  0
XX Hunter McDonald      LD Omaha Lancers (USHL)                 0- 0- 0-  0-  0
XX Payton Robinson      RD Collingwood Blues (OJHL)             0- 0- 0-  0-  0
30 Jack Watson           G Coquitlam Express (BCHL)         0- 0- 0-0-x.xx-.xxx 10/02/20 preseason

[Ralph Baer]

Babich is on the starting line and wearing #28.
https://twitter.com/SSK_Hockey/statu...82125541277696 and https://twitter.com/SSK_Hockey/statu...26860553007105

[sezenack]

Babich is on the starting line and wearing #28.
https://twitter.com/SSK_Hockey/statu...82125541277696 and https://twitter.com/SSK_Hockey/statu...26860553007105

They list him as a right shot.... I am almost positive he is a left. Everything I have seen in the past said left

[Ralph Baer]

Nothing about Itagaki in NAHL's Janesville preview http://nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=29875 but it i 90% about the coach. Also nothing in the video liked there.

P.S. Sezenack is correct that http works.

[Ralph Baer]

South Shore won 3-2. I will post the summary eventually. Babich didn't score a goal, but one of his wings scored one and the other two were by a defenseman, so it is quite possible that he assisted at least once.

[Ralph Baer]

On Tuesday, the South Shore Kings defeated the Junior Bruins 3-2. Xander Babich had an assist (PPA). https://www.usphl.com/view#/game-summary/12575

Babich's line is now 1-0-1-1-0.

[Ralph Baer]

 # Name                 Ps Team (League)                       Gm- G- A-  P- PM Next Gm
28 Alexander Babich     LW South Shore Kings (NCDC)             1- 0- 1-  1-  0 10/03/20
XX Finn Brown           RW Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)       0- 0- 0-  0-  0
XX Eric Fawkes           C Northeast Generals (NAHL)            0- 0- 0-  0-  0
18 Max Itagaki          RW Janesville Jets (NAHL)               0- 0- 0-  0-  0
15 Reid Leibold          C Maryland Black Bears (NAHL)          0- 0- 0-  0-  0
XX Hunter McDonald      LD Omaha Lancers (USHL)                 0- 0- 0-  0-  0
XX Payton Robinson      RD Collingwood Blues (OJHL)             0- 0- 0-  0-  0
30 Jack Watson           G Coquitlam Express (BCHL)         0- 0- 0-0-x.xx-.xxx 10/02/20 preseason