UML Recruiting: Finally in the 20s!

[boblav1]

Colin O'Neil's younger brother, Cam, commits to Amherst.

Mark Divver @MarkDivver 9h
Congrats to Cam! He's been tearing it up for Mount St. Charles 18s with 8-12-20 in 9 gms. Brothers Jason (PC) & Colin (Lowell) also played in Hockey East

[boblav1]

The USHL regular season begins tomorrow with five games. Cedar Rapids ( T.J. Schweighard), Waterloo (Ben Brunett), Des Moines (Scout Truman) and Omaha (Owen Fowler) will all be in action.

https://www.ushl.com/view#/daily-sch...77&division=-1

[boblav1]

Barry Scanlon @Scanlon65 Oct 7
UMass Lowell commit Roc Truman traded by Cowichan of the BCHL to Camrose of the AJHL. Truman and brother Scout both headed to UML. Scout Truman off to 1-5-6 start in three games for Des Moines of USHL.

Roc with 2 goals in his first game with Camrose.
AJHL | Subway Scoreboard

It's been frustratingly quiet on the recruiting front. Other HE teams continue to be active with MC, UConn, Maine (2) and PC (2) adding October recruits.

[UMLFan]

Barry Scanlon @Scanlon65 Oct 7
UMass Lowell commit Roc Truman traded by Cowichan of the BCHL to Camrose of the AJHL. Truman and brother Scout both headed to UML. Scout Truman off to 1-5-6 start in three games for Des Moines of USHL.

That's already his fourth team in the last 3 years?

It's been frustratingly quiet on the recruiting front. Other HE teams continue to be active with MC, UConn, Maine (2) and PC (2) adding October recruits.

We have received three commits for 2022 and beyond this calendar year. To put that in perspective, NU had 5 in August alone.

[boblav1]

Cedar Rapids trades T.J. Schweighardt to Youngstown. T.J. has a goal in 4 games played this season.

Phantoms Acquire Veteran Right Shot Defenseman TJ Schweighardt - OurSports Central

[boblav1]

Recruit stats as of 10/17/21
Recruit	DOB	Pos.	Team	GP	G	A	T
T.J. Schweighardt	3/15/2001	D	Younstown (USHL)	4	1	0	1
Aidan Harper	3/28/2001	G
Roc Truman	4/25/2001	F	Camrose (AJHL)	5	3	2	5
Justin Dauphinais	1/7/2002	F	Rockland (CCHL)	8	0	2	2
Nick Rheaume	5/2/2002	F	Prince George (BCHL)	4	3	6	9
Owen Fowler	6/4/2002	F	Omaha (USHL)	6	0	0	0
Ben Brunette	8/1/2002	D	Waterloo (USHL)	7	0	0	0
Scout Truman	10/15/2002	F	Des Moines (USHL)	5	3	7	10
Daniil Dolzhenko	8/31/2004	D

- I can't find any information on where Aidan Harper and Daniil Dolzhenkos are playing this season.

[boblav1]

Recruit stats as of 11/2/21

Recruit	DOB	Pos.	Team	GP	G	A	T
T.J. Schweighardt	03/15/01	D	Younstown (USHL)	9	1	0	1
Aidan Harper	03/28/01	G
Roc Truman	04/25/01	F	Camrose (AJHL)	10	4	6	10
Justin Dauphinais	01/07/02	F	Rockland (CCHL)	14	5	5	10
Nick Rheaume	05/02/02	F	Prince George (BCHL)	9	8	7	15
Owen Fowler	06/04/02	F	Omaha (USHL)	10	0	1	1
Ben Brunette	08/01/02	D	Waterloo (USHL)	8	0	1	1
Scout Truman	10/15/02	F	Des Moines (USHL)	9	5	9	14
Daniil Dolzhenko	08/31/04	D

Currently only 9 recruits in the pipeline which is the fewest in the league according to the Heisenberg site.

Maine	27
PC	24
UMass	24
BU	19
NU	18
BC	17
UConn	17
UVM	15
UNH	14
MC	13
UML	9

[UMLFan]

Haven't udpated this in a while, so here goes. Compared to most other programs, we are way behind the ball on 2023 recruiting.

Looking forward, here’s what we are seeing for the roster breakdown. There’s a lot of recruiting that needs to be done for 2023.

22/23 roster

Defense (8):
Seniors: Marek Korencik, Jordan Schulting
Juniors: Brandon Engum, Ben Meehan
Sophomore: Gabe Blanchard, Isac Jonsson
Freshmen: Ben Brunette, T.J. Schweighardt

Forwards (19):
Seniors: Carl Berglund, Ryan Brushett, Brian Chambers, Zach Kaiser, Josh Latta, Andre Lee, Blake Wells
Juniors: Matt Allen, Andranik Armstrong-Kingkade, Matt Kinash, Jackson Sterrett
Sophomores: Owen Cole, Matt Crasa, Stefan Owens
Freshmen: Justin Dauphinais, Owen Fowler, Nick Rheaume, Roc Truman, Scout Truman

Goalies (3):
Senior:
Junior: Henry Welsch
Sophomore: Edvard Nordlund
Freshman: Aidan Harper

This leaves us at 30 on the roster, with the class breakdown being:
Seniors: 9
Juniors: 7
Sophomores: 6
Freshmen: 8

23/24 roster

Defense (7):
Seniors: Brandon Engum, Ben Meehan
Juniors: Gabe Blanchard, Isac Jonsson
Sophomore: Ben Brunette, T.J. Schweighardt
Freshman: Danil Dolzhenko

Forwards (12):
Seniors: Matt Allen, Andranik Armstrong-Kingkade, Matt Kinash, Jackson Sterrett
Juniors: Owen Cole, Matt Crasa, Stefan Owens
Sophomores: Justin Dauphinais, Owen Fowler, Nick Rheaume, Roc Truman, Scout Truman
Freshman:

Goalies (3):
Senior: Henry Welsch
Junior: Edvard Nordlund
Sophomore: Aidan Harper
Freshman:

This leaves us at 22 on the roster, with the class breakdown being:
Seniors: 7
Juniors: 6
Sophomores: 8
Freshman: 1

[boblav1]

Nice job Monty!

Clark Kerner can be removed, he's playing at Norwich.
I haven't been able to find any information on where Aidan Harper is playing. I wonder if he's injured?

[UMLFan]

Nice job Monty!

Clark Kerner can be removed, he's playing at Norwich.
I haven't been able to find any information on where Aidan Harper is playing. I wonder if he's injured?

Thanks for the spot on Kerner. I amended that to include Rheaume instead.

[Middle Street]

Aidan Harper is definitely a mystery. He signed an NLI in 2019 which typically means he would have been on the roster by now. Going from USHL to NCDC to not playing is a bad sign. I am not counting on him to join the team.

Scout Truman and Nick Rheaume look like promising offensive contributors, which will be needed as I am not expecting Andre Lee to return. I had hoped that Owen Fowler would be key offensive contributor as well, but so far he hasn't done much at the USHL level. Doesn't look like there will be much offense from the incoming defensemen. I'd love to see more commitments soon. Concerning there has been little news since coach Pagliero left. The only commitment we've had since his departure has already left the team.

[UMLFan]

The lack of news here is definitely concerning. No team in Hockey East has fewer recruits than we do (as Bob has already noted). No one has fewer for 2023 (or beyond), and about half have at least 10. Hell, LIU has 4 for '23 or '24.

[boblav1]

I had hoped that Owen Fowler would be key offensive contributor as well, but so far he hasn't done much at the USHL level.

It looks like Owen Fowler is heating up. He has 6 points (3-3-6) in the last 3 games. He was also named the 1st star in both games this weekend.

I wonder if Ben Brunette is injured? He hasn't played since 10/22/21, missing the last 7 games for Waterloo.

The Elite Prospect site is showing Daniil Dolzhenko as playing for Yastreby Omsk U18 of the Russian U18 league this season. No stats listed.

A recruit in the house last night? I noticed a young man walking around the Tsongas with a Dubuque (USHL) jacket on.

A familiar name, Roux Bazin is now playing for Jamestown (NAHL) after playing 3 games with Cedar Rapids (USHL).

[Middle Street]

Great to hear about Owen heating up. Nick Rheaume has signed his NLI:
https://twitter.com/SpruceKings/stat...613428227?s=20

[Patronick]

The quantity of recruits for 22 and beyond is becoming a real concern.