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2013-2014 D1 Commitments

Re: 2013-2014 D1 Commitments

hammar22 said:
Check the PWHL stats of a few listed above, they are far from scoring machines. Will be even tougher as the game picks up a notch or two as you say. Coaches committing to early or not doing their research.
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In my experience, stats at best very inconsistent. While refs usually (but not always) get the goal scorer correct, who gets credit for an assist is anyone's guess. When asked by refs, some girls give the ref their number no matter what, the goalie's number (my daughter's favorite) or the number of a kid who is injured or not playing, etc. When they don't ask, the refs are right on assists about 1/3 of the time especially on the elusive 2nd assist (just ask any defenseman). I can't tell you how many times the ref says a goal was unassisted when there clearly were one or two good assits. Throw in other factors like the manager "correcting" a scoresheet or making a "mistake" inputting it into the system and you have almost no reliability. Plus, some teams keep track of their own stats (i.e., the teams where almost every goal has 2 assists). Comparing those stats to the assists on a scoresheet, kept at tournaments and showcases is impossible. Goalie stats - forget about it.

This never bugged my daughter, but I admit it bugged me a bit. Finally, I realized that not 1 scout/coach ever (ever!) asked my daughter or her coach what her stats were.
 
Re: 2013-2014 D1 Commitments

96IllinoisDad said:
In my experience, stats at best very inconsistent. While refs usually (but not always) get the goal scorer correct, who gets credit for an assist is anyone's guess. When asked by refs, some girls give the ref their number no matter what, the goalie's number (my daughter's favorite) or the number of a kid who is injured or not playing, etc. When they don't ask, the refs are right on assists about 1/3 of the time especially on the elusive 2nd assist (just ask any defenseman). I can't tell you how many times the ref says a goal was unassisted when there clearly were one or two good assits. Throw in other factors like the manager "correcting" a scoresheet or making a "mistake" inputting it into the system and you have almost no reliability. Plus, some teams keep track of their own stats (i.e., the teams where almost every goal has 2 assists). Comparing those stats to the assists on a scoresheet, kept at tournaments and showcases is impossible. Goalie stats - forget about it.

This never bugged my daughter, but I admit it bugged me a bit. Finally, I realized that not 1 scout/coach ever (ever!) asked my daughter or her coach what her stats were.
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Tell me about it. Drives me nuts. The coaches don't care about stats, and for the most part I've found the girls don't either. (Parents, on the other hand.....)

I keep track of them for the Shamrocks, primarily so I can give proper credit when doing write-ups, and the game sheets are rarely 100% accurate. How do I know? Because I watch the video to see who actually had the goal, let alone the assists.;) We keep an accurate track of shots as well, since that is the most important stat for a goalie.
 
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Re: 2013-2014 D1 Commitments

Hux said:
Tell me about it. Drives me nuts. The coaches don't care about stats, and for the most part I've found the girls don't either. (Parents, on the other hand.....)
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But ironically, it is the only measurement that the Conferences and virtually every school's SID uses when recapping their games. Take a look at every conference's week-end wrap up articles and all you will ever see is the players with the most stats. The weekly award winners are almost always based on the players with the most points or goals etc. What also annoys me is that the Conferences Defensive POW winners are either the "best" goalie of the week or the defenceman with the most points. I agree that scouts that are recruiting will not pay much attention to stats because there is no reliability in the information, but once at this level, it is a different story though. Stats rule.
 
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Cali said:
But ironically, it is the only measurement that the Conferences use, and virtually every school's SID uses when recapping their games. Take a look at every cconferance's week-end wrap up articles and all you will ever see is the players with the most stats. The weekly award winners are almost always based on the players with the most points or goals etc. What also annoys me is that the Conferences Defensive POW winners are either the "best" goalie of the week or the defensman with the most points. I agree that scouts that are recruiting will not pay much attention to stats because there is no reliability in the information. Once at this level, it is a different story though.
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I don't know how the POW winners are nominated, but the WCHA winners are taken from a nominated list. If the coaches are doing the nominating, then it appears they are trying to recognize a player who was instrumental to their results that weekend. As for the SIDs focus on points, is that because their customers demand that? I notice that when the year end awards are handed out (all conference, POY, etc), there is a firestorm of criticism from the fans if the awarded players are not the point leaders for their positions. The fact that the coaches don't select the "point leaders" at D or G suggests they value a D that can shut down an opposing forward, or a goalie that can singlehandedly win a game despite less than stellar support.
 
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+/- is the best stat. I get annoyed when I see a player receive awards for points and has bad +/-. Recruiters often don't pay attention to the stats because they don't need/ want 20 goal scorers on one team, they need someone to stop the other teams goal scorers. This is why I think that parents don't understand why some players go to D1 schools with very goals and points.
 
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+/- is the best stat. I get annoyed when I see a player receive awards for points and has bad +/-. Recruiters often don't pay attention to the stats because they don't need/ want 20 goal scorers on one team, they need someone to stop the other teams goal scorers. This is why I think that parents don't understand why some players go to D1 schools with very goals and points.
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Agree but plus-minus is misleading as well. Players play against top lines in a defensive role yet get scored on. The same players play on a team that doesn't score much or on top of that the player also plays on the power play and scores a little but which does not count in plus minus. Or that player's goaltender has a tough game, the team doesn't score much, that player plays against top lines, and the team gets bombed...ouch, there goes the stats!! Plus minus is good and sometimes doesn't tell the full story if just looking at that stat.
 
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Stick Boy said:
Agree but plus-minus is misleading as well. Players play against top lines in a defensive role yet get scored on. The same players play on a team that doesn't score much or on top of that the player also plays on the power play and scores a little but which does not count in plus minus. Or that player's goaltender has a tough game, the team doesn't score much, that player plays against top lines, and the team gets bombed...ouch, there goes the stats!! Plus minus is good and sometimes doesn't tell the full story if just looking at that stat.
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Agree. Watched a game recently and saw one player end up minus three. That player had her player covered like a blanket on two of the goals and had just stepped on the ice in place of the player coming out of the box on a penalty on the third. Not indicative of her play one bit.
 
Re: 2013-2014 D1 Commitments

Hux said:
Agree. Watched a game recently and saw one player end up minus three. That player had her player covered like a blanket on two of the goals and had just stepped on the ice in place of the player coming out of the box on a penalty on the third. Not indicative of her play one bit.
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Agree that +/- for one game isn't that meaningful, but most of the randomness average out over the season. Also, needs to be put in the context of the other players on the same team. If a D is +1 on a team that is -100 for the season, then that is a pretty good indication that she is one of their stronger defensive defensemen.
 
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Stick Boy said:
Dear Santa 'Claws':
Could you please find and send us one or two snipers for the UNH Wildcats for 2013-14. The team needs a player or two that can be a threat in the offensive zone and help us put pucks in the net next year!
Thank you,
Stick Boy.
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You may be pleasantly surprised with Cassandra Vilgrain from Edge School in Calgary. She's a very talented, if somewhat injury-prone, forward who has really stepped up her game this season. Of course, there is the little matter of the jump from JWHL to NCAA Div. 1...
 
schnook said:
You may be pleasantly surprised with Cassandra Vilgrain from Edge School in Calgary. She's a very talented, if somewhat injury-prone, forward who has really stepped up her game this season. Of course, there is the little matter of the jump from JWHL to NCAA Div. 1...
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Thanks for the update. If she can bring offense like her dad did with the University of Moncton in the early 80's (and later on in the pro ranks) she will be dynomite! Let's hope for a pleasant surprise!
 
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North Dakota
Kayla Gardner ..................F ............................(Warroad) ..................................Warroad, MN
Gracen Hirschy ................D ...................... (Team Pittsburgh) j.........................Fort Wayne, IN
Halli Kryzaniak .................D .......................(CAN 18s/Pursuit) ............................Neepawa, MB
Lisa Marvin ......................F ............................(Warroad) .................................Warroad, MN
Amy Menke .....................F ............................(Shakopee) ..............................Shakopee, MN
Lexie Shaw .....................G ..........................(Honeybaked) .....................................Troy, MI

Northeastern
Sara Foss ......................G ...............................(NSA) ...............................North Reading, MA
Hayley Masters ...............F .......................(Mississauga Chiefs) ...................... Shanty Bay, ON
Heather Mottau ...............D ..............................(SSM) .........................................Milton, MA
Bella Sinsigalli ..................D ...........................(Berkshire) ...................................Redding, CT
Hayley Scamurra ..............F ....................(Burlington Barracudas) .......................... Buffalo, NY

Ohio State
Katie Matheny .................F ........................(Team Pittsburgh) ..........................St. Louis, MO
Alexa Ranahan .................D ......................(CAN 18s/Okanagan) ....................Salmon Arm, BC
Haley Studler ..................F ......................(Balmoral Hall Blazers) .....................Grosse Isle, MB

Penn State
Laura Bowman .................F ..............................(Minnetonka) .........................Minnetonka, MN
Sarah Nielsen ....................F ................................(Edina) .....................................Edina, MN
Amy Petersen ..................F ..............................(Minnetonka) .........................Minnetonka, MN
Kelly Seward ...................D .............................(Buffalo Bison) .........................Williamsville, NY

Princeton
Fionna McKenna .................F ........................(Chicago Mission) .............................Hinsdale, IL

Providence *
Cassidy Carels .................F ...............(CAN 18s/Pembina Valley Hawks) ...................Bruxelle, MB
Kendra Goodrich ...............D ............................(Rosemount) ............................Rosemount, MN
Liv Halvorson....................D .................................(BSM) .............................................., MN
Arianna Reid ....................D ..........................(Lakeville North) ............................Lakeville, MN

Quinnipiac
Taryn Baumgardt ..............D ..................(CAN 18s/Warner Warriors) ........................Innisfail, AB
Emma Greco ....................D ..........................(Toronto Aeros) .......................... Burlington, ON
Danielle Marmer ................F ..........................(CT Polar Bears) .............................. Dorset, VT
Mika Nervick ....................F ..................................(SSM) ..................................Lakeville, MN
Sydney Rossman ..............G ............................(Minnetonka) ...........................Minnetonka, MN
Meghan Turner ................F ..........................(Assabet Valley) .............................. Bedford, NH
Emma Woods ..................F ......................(Cambridge Rivulettes) ........................... Burford, ON

Robert Morris
Maeve Garvey ..............F ........................(Burlington Barracudas) ..........................Oakville, ON
Tia Kipfer .......................F .........................(London Devilettes) ..........................Stratford, ON

Rensselaer
Hannah Behounek .............D .............................(Minnetonka) ..........................Minnetonka, MN
Laura Horwood .................F .........................(Durham Lightning) ...........................Belleville, ON
Katie Rooney ....................F ...............................(Buffalo) ..................................Buffalo, MN

Rochester
Lindsay Stenason .............F ...........................(Oakville Hornets) ..........................Oakville, ON
Brooke Stoddart ..............G ..........................(Brampton Thunder) ........................Orr Lake, ON
Dakota Waites .................F ..........................(Durham Lightning) ...........................Whitby, ON

St. Cloud State
Lauren Hespenheide ..........F ............................(Shakopee) ...............................Shakopee, MN

St. Lawrence
Alex Moore ......................F .........................(Whitby Wolves) .............................Napanee, ON
Kirsten Padailis ................D .....................(USA 18s/Honeybaked) ................Farmington Hills, MI

Syracuse
Jessica Sibley ................. F ........................(Warner Warriors) ..............................Luseland, SK

Union
Emma Pincott ..................G ......................(Edge Mountaineers) ..........................Cochrane, AB

Vermont
Rachel Ade ..................D ........................(Boston Shamrocks) ...........................Davenport, FL
Victoria Andreakos ............F ...........................(Toronto Aeros) .................................Aurora, ON
Bridget Baker ....................F ...............................(NAHA) .................................Los Gatos, CA
Cassidy Campeau .............F ......................(Nepean Wildcats) ...........................Nepean, ON
Sarah Kelly ......................F/D .............................(NAHA) .............................Binghampton, NY
Madi Litchfield ..................G .......................(Boston Shamrocks) ...........................Williston, VT

Wisconsin *
Melissa Channell ................D ..................(Burlington Barracudas) ..........................Oakville, ON
Sydney McKibbon ..............F ...................(Stoney Creek Sabres) ..........................Oakville, ON
Sarah Nurse .....................F ....................(Stoney Creek Sabres) .........................Hamilton, ON
Annie Pankowski ...............F .........................(USA 18s/NAHA) .........................Laguna Hills, CA
Jenny Ryan ......................D ..............................(NAHA) .......................................Victor, NY

Yale
Krista Yip-Chuck ................F .......................(Whitby Wolves) ................................Whitby, ON


U.S. 65: Minnesota 28; Michigan 6; Illinois, and Massachusetts 5 each; New York 4; Alaska, California, and Vermont 3 each; Connecticut 2;
Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania 1 each

Canada 43: Ontario 26; Manitoba 8; Alberta 5; Saskatchewan 2; British Columbia, and Quebec 1 each
 
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Player....................Position ...............(Current Team) .......................Hometown

(Based on reliable info, but to paraphrase Yogi, "It ain't official 'til it's official.")
* Denotes commitments are official, as announced by the school


Bemidji State
Carley Esse ......................D ..........................(Cloquet) ................................Cloquet, MN
Madison Hutchinson ..........D ................(Pembina Valley Hawks) ...................... Manitou, MB
Lauren Miller ....................F ....................(Nepean Wildcats) ............................Ottawa, ON
Brittni Mowat ..................G .................(Pembina Valley Hawks) ...................... Glenboro, MB
Ciscely Nelson .................F ............................(Roseau) ..................................Roseau, MN

Boston College
Andie Anastos ...................F .......................(Honeybaked) .....................Farmington Hills, MI
Stephanie Lemieux .............F..................(Pittsburgh Pens Elite) ......................................PA
Haley McClean ..................F .......................(Honeybaked) ...............................Brighton, MI

Boston University

Brown
Maddie Woo ...................F ........................(Maple Grove) ..........................Maple Grove, MN

Clarkson
Genevieve Bannon .........F ..........................(CAN 18s/OHA) ...............................Candiac, QC
Laura Gillham ................F .........................(Aurora Panthers) ...........................Uxbridge, ON
Corie Jacobson .............D ......................(CAN18s/North Bay) .............................Warren, ON

Colgate
Kayla Haus ......................D/F ..........................(NAHA) .................................Anchorage, AK

Connecticut
Kelly Harris .....................F .......................(Little Caesar's) .........................................., MI
Kaitlin Storo ...................F ...................(Chaska/Chanhassen) ......................Chanhassen, MN

Cornell
Hanna Bunton .................F ................(CAN 18s/Whitby Wolves) .........................Belleville, ON
Kaitlin Doering ................F .....................(Mississauga Chiefs) ...........................Waterloo, ON

Dartmouth
Kennedy Ottenbriet ..........F ...........................(SSM) .......................................Grayson, SK
Mackenzie St. Onge ..........F...........................(NAHA) .........................................Stowe, VT
Katy Ratty ......................F ....................(Chicago Mission) .............................................IL

Harvard
Sydney Daniels .................F ................(USA 18s/Westminster) ........................Southwick, MA
Brianna Laing ...................G .....................(USA18s/Nobles) ..........................Marlblehead, MA
Hilary Lloyd ……..................F ………...........(Mississauga Chiefs) .............................Toronto, ON
Briana Mastel ....................D ...................(USA 18s/Choate) ............................Wallingford, CT
Natasha Rachlin ................D ....................(USA 18s/Nobles) ..............................Brookline, MA
Samantha Sutherland .........F ....................(Warner Warriors) .............................Cochrane, AB
Hannah Zarzecki ...............F ....................(Chicago Mission) .............................................IL

Lindenwood

Maine
Eve Boissonneault ..............F ..................(Sudbury Wolves) ..............................Sudbury, ON
Emilie Brigham ...................F .........................(Anoka) .......................................Anoka, MN
Karissa Kirkup ...................F .................(Westman Wildcats) ...............................Virden, MB
Morgan Sakundiak ..............F ...............(Pursuit of Excellence) ..........................Cochrane, AB
Jessica Vallotton ...............D .................(Westman Wildcats) ......................................., MB

Mercyhurst *
Taylor Accursi ..................F ................(Burlington Barracudas) .........................Ancaster, ON
Paige Horton ....................D ..................(London Devilettes) ........................St. Thomas, ON
Brianna Kennelly ...............F .................(Stoney Creek Sabres) ...........................Dundas, ON
Meg Whiddon ...................F ............................(NSA) ............................Redondo Beach, CA

Minnesota
Dani Cameranesi .................F....................(USA 18s/Blake) ..............................Plymouth, MN
Kelsey Cline .......................D ...............(Bloomington Jefferson) ....................Bloomington, MN
Kate Flug ...........................F ................(USA 18s/Roseville) .............................Roseville, MN
Paige Haley ........................D ...................(Red Wing HS) ...............................Red Wing, MN
Sidney Peters ....................G .............USA 18s/Chicago Mission) ...........................Geneva, IL
Kate Schipper ....................F....................(USA 18s/Breck) ........................Brooklyn Park, MN
Megan Wolfe .....................F .........................(Eagan) ........................................Eagan, MN

Minnesota-Duluth
Ashley Brykaliuk ................F .............(CAN 18s/Westman Wildcats) ..................................., MB
Demi Crossman .................D .................(USA 18s/Honeybaked) ...............................Livonia, MI
Katie McGovern .................F ...................(Dallas Stars Elite) .............................Scottsdale, AZ
Sidney Morin ....................D ........................(Minnetonka) ..............................Minnetonka, MN
Bailey Wright ....................F ............................(NAHA) ...................................Anchorage, AK

Minnesota State
Sara Bustad ....................D ...........................(Stillwater) .................................Stillwater, MN
Savannah Quandt ............D....................(Mankato East/Loyola) ...........................Mankato, MN

New Hampshire
Cassandra Vilgrain ...........F .......................(Edge Mountaineers) .............................Calgary, AB
 
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Princeton has postponed their official acceptance date from Saturday December 15th to Tuesday December 18th after 4:00 pm so you won't hear anything from their recruits until after that.
 
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22657 said:
Princeton has postponed their official acceptance date from Saturday December 15th to Tuesday December 18th after 4:00 pm so you won't hear anything from their recruits until after that.
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And that is presumably only for those that go through early admission.
 
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OnMAA said:
And that is presumably only for those that go through early admission.
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Most do - the ones that aren't are usually to fill spots vacated by EA kids who didn't get in OR are EA kids who were deferred to regular decision process for some reason.
 
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Ohio State has also added:
Breanne Grant - Toronto Aeros PWHL- New Liskeard, ON
Claudia Kepler - Madison Capitals U19 - Verona, WI
 
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