CHL to NCAA Recruiting Megathread

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5/6 preview

KIT/BAR game 1, 7pm

news dump;

07 F Philippe Veilleux commits to Northeastern, played for Val d'Or Foreurs. Second leading point scorer in the league with 96, tbd on arrival. He was in very high demand, reportedly the suitors numbered 30 and included Michigan, Quinnipiac, ASU... Northeastern gets another elite QMJHL talent.

The 9 of the top 10 point getters in the QMJHL league are all college commits, the one exception being #7 Carbonneau, who has an NHL ELC signed.

 

[OldAlum]

5/6 preview

KIT/BAR game 1, 7pm

news dump;

07 F Philippe Veilleux commits to Northeastern, played for Val d'Or Foreurs. Second leading point scorer in the league with 96, tbd on arrival. He was in very high demand, reportedly the suitors numbered 30 and included Michigan, Quinnipiac, ASU... Northeastern gets another elite QMJHL talent.

The 9 of the top 10 point getters in the QMJHL league are all college commits, the one exception being #7 Carbonneau, who has an NHL ELC signed.

It's been said before, and I don't know where you find time to both eat and sleep, never mind work - but your unrelenting efforts on this thread are appreciated by many out here in the college hockey world. Thanks again!

 

[cinnamoroll]

05 F Cooper Foster commits to LSSU, from the Ontario Soo, longtime Ottawa 67's. 2023 6th round pick by Pittsburgh

06 D Matthew Virgilio commits to Yale, current Moncton Wildcat who had 2 years with the Soo and 1 year in Niagara before Moncton picked him up.

Barrie gets a $15k fine and it has been confirmed Beaudoin will not be available for the OHL finals.

 

[cinnamoroll]

It's been said before, and I don't know where you find time to both eat and sleep, never mind work - but your unrelenting efforts on this thread are appreciated by many out here in the college hockey world. Thanks again!

aw thanks again for the kind words :') mostly i just find this stuff interesting. and people had some dumb enough takes when the rule change hit i just needed to get the record straight

glad to help out where i can

 

[cinnamoroll]

Kitchener 5-2 Barrie in game 1 of the OHL Finals
shots: 32-27, power plays 0/0, 0/3

Kitchener: MacNeil 2g, Arquette 1g1a, Edwards (Quinnipiac) 1g, Kirsch (Quinnipiac) 25 saves on 27 shots
Barrie: Wilmott (OSU) 2g, Zebeski (UNH) 2a

Andrew MacNeil is not known for goal scoring. This season he had 2 goals, the first two of his OHL career in 3 seasons. He is a good player- habs drafted him 6th round, he's clearly a certain type of defenseman- but he is not here for points and definitely not for goals. Obviously this is who scores twice in the championship series opener. Random side quest is Sam O'Reilly setting a new playoff record for most empty net goals (this is his 4th straight championship appearance).

Barrie definitely got away with a few penalties but were remarkably disciplined on the whole. They were even grabbing some momentum when Kitchener forgot how to play in the neutral zone for a lot of the second period, but then an unfortunate incident stopped everything.

Barrie's Joe Salandra (Harvard 27-28) and Kitchener's Cameron Reid (Michigan) crossed paths awkwardly as the rush was coming up ice and in the collision, Salandra's right leg was really badly hurt. He was alert and responsive but he could not move and had to be stretchered off. The officials decided to go to intermission early and play last 50 seconds of the 2nd period before the third. Kitchener went to their locker room while the entire Colts roster took a knee on the ice in support. Definitely not intentional, no penalties or even retaliation on Reid, but this stopped whatever momentum they were building and let the Rangers settle back into their normal rhythm. Sending all the love and good wishes to Salandra on a swift recovery, but I don't think he'll be back during the playoffs.

Great start to what should be a fun series. Game 2 on friday!

 

[AMC]

It's hard to say. I doubt the City gets up to watch the kids opposed to pros. Hockey makes good family entertainment on winter weekends and there are only so many available dates. I personally would prefer the Q team, but with the bias of it being a potential pipeline to Orono.

I think this is likely right. There may be a bit of a lane like Hearts of Pine, where they can argue "hey we are winning games for the glory of Portland, and our guys can't get called up to Providence or Worcester in the middle of a playoff race" but probably not. The winter sports market has the Mariners and (former) Red Claws and I think that's enough.

For better or worse, Lewiston is not what it was even twenty years ago. The economy is mediocre at best, the population base has REALLY changed, I don't think you can point to it as Maine's hockey capital anymore. Hockey's an expensive sport, and the bedroom communities of Portland have had a lot more success than the Lewiston/Auburn area at the high school and youth levels recently. Heck St. Dom's just closed. To put it bluntly, Somalis aren't going to pack the Colisee for a QMJHL team.

Without Portland or Lewiston as good options, not sure what you do if you want to put a team in Maine. The greater Bangor area has UMaine. I don't think that there's the population or money in Aroostook County or the Capital area to support a major junior team. Maybe you put it in Saco/Biddeford and try to sell it as the only game in town?