Keefer wouldn't have been on the top of my list of all the players to cut. And with only 26 players, I'm not sure there was any reason to make a cut, so one might assume this was a player decision. That having been said, there's no question Keefer fell out of favor between his frosh and soph seasons. It will be interesting to see where he lands. As I said, it's not a very deep roster with 26 players, so hopefully we don't have a lot of injuries. And with only 3 frosh, we can only hope Cole is saving his powder for a deep recruiting class for next season.
Saw mention from the end of May on NMU's D2 club hockey FB page that Keefer may have transferred to NMU. Who knows if that's accurate.
Ah, good. I assumed he’d have to move to DC or Hershey.
Also, getting pretty annoyed with it not being college hockey season yet. Irks me daily at this point.
Well, if you're really curious about things to come, you can check out the USHL Fall Classic which stretches into this weekend. I've counted a dozen Spartan commits on various line charts thus far:
'01 D Michael Feenstra - Dubuque
'00 F Cam Knuble - Muskegon
'01 G Jonathan Williams - Muskegon
'02 D David Gucciardi - Muskegon
'02 D Matt Bagsall - Omaha
'00 F Cole Kodsi - Madison (Of course, I'm partial to him as a fellow Floridian)
'01 F Kristof Papp - Madison
'00 F Bradley Marek - Youngstown
'00 D Aiden Gallacher - Youngstown
'00 F Kyle Haskins - Waterloo
'02 F Carter Mazur - Tri City
'00 D Cal Dybicz - Tri City
Well, if you're really curious about things to come, you can check out the USHL Fall Classic which stretches into this weekend. I've counted a dozen Spartan commits on various line charts thus far:
'01 D Michael Feenstra - Dubuque
'00 F Cam Knuble - Muskegon
'01 G Jonathan Williams - Muskegon
'02 D David Gucciardi - Muskegon
'02 D Matt Bagsall - Omaha
'00 F Cole Kodsi - Madison (Of course, I'm partial to him as a fellow Floridian)
'01 F Kristof Papp - Madison
'00 F Bradley Marek - Youngstown
'00 D Aiden Gallacher - Youngstown
'00 F Kyle Haskins - Waterloo
'02 F Carter Mazur - Tri City
'00 D Cal Dybicz - Tri City
Ah nice. I think Papp is one to watch. Hopefully he doesn’t get stolen away by the Canadian leagues like Afanasyev.
Also, anyone know if there will be a green and white scrimmage? I haven’t heard anything.
Green and White game today was Munnsters only due to construction.
Monday game against W Ontario is because an unnamed team scheduled for Saturday backed out and Western Ontario agreed to Monday.
Said moving Saliba back to the wing should make him more productive.
No mention of any Sophomores. I assume they will be the 4th line.
Gotta assume Apap and Lambdin will be regulars. Cole also mentioned Brody Stevens so likely him to.
That leaves Mattson, Stachowiak, Goodsir, Esteves, Kamer, and Smith to fill out out the remaining forwards in a given night. I like Stachowiak. Goodsir was a regular last year and I think came on late in the season. I’d like Mattson to show some more. His size is appealing and i’m hoping he made big strides this summer. I am somewhat fond of Kamer and Smith and Esteves both have good speed. I imagine all of these players will be cycling in and out of the lineup each game.
Gotta assume Apap and Lambdin will be regulars. Cole also mentioned Brody Stevens so likely him to.
That leaves Mattson, Stachowiak, Goodsir, Esteves, Kamer, and Smith to fill out out the remaining forwards in a given night. I like Stachowiak. Goodsir was a regular last year and I think came on late in the season. I’d like Mattson to show some more. His size is appealing and i’m hoping he made big strides this summer. I am somewhat fond of Kamer and Smith and Esteves both have good speed. I imagine all of these players will be cycling in and out of the lineup each game.
That’s pretty much how I see it. Apap, Lambdin, Stevens as 3rd line.
I see Goodsir centering the 4th. Stachiwiak will probably be a regular with 2 others dressing each night.
I don’t see either of the extra dmen dressing unless there is an injury to one of the top 6.
Re: Spartan Hockey 2018-2019 - Preparing for Glory
The home game against the Skunks is now listed as a TV game on BTN. The time is TBA, because in their infinite wisdom the Big Ten scheduled this game on the same day as the football game between the two schools.
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