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CHL to NCAA Recruiting Megathread

07 F Shawn Carrier commits to BU, Halifax Mooseheads alternate captain will arrive in 2027.

Joe Gramer transfers to Bemidji State. He left Omaha in winter to play with the Seattle Thunderbirds. Had a very scary injury during it but was able to get back quickly.
 
Section 6 Row S said:
First of all, thank you for all the info over the course of the year. Any thoughts on Carrier?
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you're welcome :)

great get, one of the more productive players in the QMJHL and a standout player on a young team. Halifax was beginning a rebuild last year and paid two picks plus one of the top overage players on the market (Quinnipiac's Vidicek) to Moncton for him. his second season w the Mooseheads, he still didn't have a ton of help around him but he ended up with 65 points in 61 games, 2nd on the team. lead them in goals with 37. if he gets more talent around him, he could push for 40.

i think 2027 is the right arrival date for him, mainly with decision making and just rounding out his skills. not a lot of kids come out of junior with the physicality he has in his game. he can use it well, but he also got 75 penalty minutes and was suspended for 2 games in march. one scouting report used the word manic to describe his game- just a lot of speed and aggressive forechecking, the skill is rounding out still but it's there.

not just me, but other people in the QMJHL/college hockey sphere like this pickup. i think considering what the terriers lacked this year, he's the right guy to target.
 
Has there been any chatter in the CHL in regards to the pending NCAA D-I proposal that a player's "clock" starts when they graduate or turn 19, whichever is first?
 
cinnamoroll said:
you're welcome :)

great get, one of the more productive players in the QMJHL and a standout player on a young team. Halifax was beginning a rebuild last year and paid two picks plus one of the top overage players on the market (Quinnipiac's Vidicek) to Moncton for him. his second season w the Mooseheads, he still didn't have a ton of help around him but he ended up with 65 points in 61 games, 2nd on the team. lead them in goals with 37. if he gets more talent around him, he could push for 40.

i think 2027 is the right arrival date for him, mainly with decision making and just rounding out his skills. not a lot of kids come out of junior with the physicality he has in his game. he can use it well, but he also got 75 penalty minutes and was suspended for 2 games in march. one scouting report used the word manic to describe his game- just a lot of speed and aggressive forechecking, the skill is rounding out still but it's there.

not just me, but other people in the QMJHL/college hockey sphere like this pickup. i think considering what the terriers lacked this year, he's the right guy to target.
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What are your thoughts on Voronin?
 
AmaineBlackBear said:
lol what a bloodline. Sad that he is going to BU but oh well.
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not just one side of the family or just hockey- his mom is the sister of NBA great Steve Nash, she was a soccer star in college

AmaineBlackBear said:
What are your thoughts on Voronin?
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Plenty of thoughts on Voronin. I watch a lot of Moncton for Teddy Mutryn.

he's been on the top line for stretches with Desnoyers but not always, and the team is so deep it doesn't mean all that much. shot and speed were immediate impacts. his playmaking has grown a lot over the year and like a lot of other players the Moncton system has been great for him.

his biggest drawback all year is, er, he's pretty passionate. fiery guy. 71 PIM in 58 games sorta fiery. majority of the games he missed was a 5-game suspension for abuse of official. during that suspension the cats definitely missed him. sometimes he gets in his own way. he's a good guy and he's calmed down more, i think it will improve just with maturity. there was a particularly intense... post-game line brawl? two days ago, and he wasn't an aggressor at all, which is a good sign for his ability to regulate.

and as I am typing this, Voronin just set up a great goal in the playoffs. he started the rush and found Teddy crashing the net.

solid bet he will come in next year instead of staying in junior for another season since he would take up an overage and import spot.
 
Looks like 07 D Blake Fiddler is likely to commit to DU, Kraken 2nd round pick and son of former NHLer Vernon. currently on Edmonton Oil Kings

Shawinigan exit press conference news dump-

leaving for NCAA: Félix Lacerte (UVM), Jiri Klima (Bemidji State), D Félix Plamondon, F Kody Dupuis

Look out for commits from the last two soon. Dupuis is the son of former NHLer Pascal, Plamondon was named Top Defensive Defenseman in the Q this year. I would guess he ends up in Hockey East.

Northeastern commit Cole Chandler will be traded to Cape Breton, probably at the draft.

Another interesting note: Simon Gagné has a press conference scheduled for tomorrow. Speculation is that this is about 1st round pick in the 2025 QMJHL Draft James Scantlebury signing with the Remparts. 09 F is a BU commit and plays with Chicago Steel in the USHL. If he hadn't tendered with them he might've been a potential 1st overall pick. further rumors have Carter Meyer coming as well, but that would be a later announcement.
 
cinnamoroll said:
not just one side of the family or just hockey- his mom is the sister of NBA great Steve Nash, she was a soccer star in college


Plenty of thoughts on Voronin. I watch a lot of Moncton for Teddy Mutryn.

he's been on the top line for stretches with Desnoyers but not always, and the team is so deep it doesn't mean all that much. shot and speed were immediate impacts. his playmaking has grown a lot over the year and like a lot of other players the Moncton system has been great for him.

his biggest drawback all year is, er, he's pretty passionate. fiery guy. 71 PIM in 58 games sorta fiery. majority of the games he missed was a 5-game suspension for abuse of official. during that suspension the cats definitely missed him. sometimes he gets in his own way. he's a good guy and he's calmed down more, i think it will improve just with maturity. there was a particularly intense... post-game line brawl? two days ago, and he wasn't an aggressor at all, which is a good sign for his ability to regulate.

and as I am typing this, Voronin just set up a great goal in the playoffs. he started the rush and found Teddy crashing the net.

solid bet he will come in next year instead of staying in junior for another season since he would take up an overage and import spot.
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I am super excited to see him in a Maine sweater. He has Maine Black Bear written all over him.
 
4/27 recap

QMJHL:
Mon 6-2 BLB, Mon leads 2-1, Mutryn (BC) 1g2a, Bleyl (Michigan State) 3a, Tournas (UNH) 2a, Guimond (Harvard) 24 saves on 26 shots

OHL:
WSR 4-2 KIT, KIT leads 2-1, Davis (UConn) 2a, Fibigr (OSU) 1g, Robinson (Providence) 1g

WHL:
EVT 4-3 PEN, EVT leads 3-0, Wehmann (Cornell) 2a, Shantz (SCSU) 1g, Weber (Penn State) 1g, Stevenson (SCSU) 1g

Kitchener didn't start on time, BLB had a meltdown in the 2nd. Penticton is about to be swept despite hanging with the top team in the league. The top two point leaders in the WHL playoffs are on a team that has already been eliminated (Prince George)

Everett is the first team to be 1 win from the finals, which stinks for people who like being able to actually see/hear what is going on in their feeds. Their video/audio setup is just atrocious. Most WHL rinks updated with the victory plus transition, but Everett still looks and sounds like dog crap. they should consider investing all this playoff revenue into fixing that
 
4/28 preview

italics = potential elimination

QMJHL:
Mon/BLB 7pm, game 4, Mon leads 2-1
Chi/Rou 7pm, game 3, series tied 1-1

OHL:
BFD/BAR 7pm, game 4, BFD leads 2-1

WHL:
PA/MH 9pm, game 3, series tied 1-1
EVT/PEN 10:05pm, game 4, EVT leads 3-0
 
4/28 recap

QMJHL:
BLB 3-2 Mon, series tied 2-2, Lacelle 36 saves on 38 shots, Jennersjö (UMass) 1g, Gosselin (Clarkson) 1g, Chudzinski (BU) 1g
Chi 4-3 Rou, Chi leads 2-1, Tourigny (Northeastern) 1g1a, Massé (UMass) 1g1a, Verdon (BGSU) 1g, Brunelle (Canisius) 1g

OHL:
BFD 6-1 BAR, BFD leads 3-1, Malhotra (BU) 1g3a, Dennis (Michigan) 2g1a, Benak (WMU) 1g1a

WHL:
MH 2-1 PA in OT, MH leads 2-1, Switzer 37 saves on 38 shots, Stengrim 1g, Liam Ruck 1g, Bryzgalov (Merrimack) 1a, Rudolph 1g, Oiring (Omaha) 1a, Dube (Bemidji State) 1a
EVT 4-2 PEN, EVT sweeps, Stevenson (SCSU) 1g, Kvasnicka (Minnesota) 1g, Liske 3a

Everett is the first team to punch their ticket to the championships, Penticton was brutally close in most of these games. credit to them for a great first season in the WHL.

two goalies with steals: Lacelle for BLB and Switzer for Med Hat. neither are committed atm
 
4/29 recap

QMJHL:
Rou 4-3 Chi, series tied 2-2, Verdon (BGSU) 3a, Brunelle (Canisius) 1g1a, Lachance (Merrimack) 1g1a, Ricard (Omaha) 2a

OHL:
KIT 6-3 WSR, KIT leads 3-1, Humphreys (Minnesota) 2a, Edwards (Quinnipiac) 1g, Harvey (Penn State) 1g

WHL:
PA 6-3 MH, series tied 2-2, Rudolph 2g2a, Oiring (Omaha) 1g1a, Neutens (Alaska Anchorage) 1g1a

both QMJHL series are tied 2-2, Windsor has been outscored by 2 on their power play (1/17, given up 3 shg), Med Hat lost one of the Ruck twins before the game.
 
4/30 recap

BAR 4-3 BFD in OT, BFD leads 3-2, Schneid (UConn) 1g1a, Malhotra (BU) 2g

Brantford tried very hard to give this game away in regulation by giving the Colts 8 power plays, but they ended up needed OT. We will have a game 6 saturday
 
build up of news i hadn't had time to distill into a post, so here's a big dump:

Kelowna GM came out with this bizarre interview. i can break it down if you want but this isn't a good look. the most immediate wtf moment from it is saying "adapting is no longer optional" and then spends the rest of the article detailing how they won't be adapting. If i were a rockets fan id be concerned.

few of my reported happenings have been confirmed- Fiddler has committed to DU, the Oil Kings announced it themselves which I think is a great show of support in contrast to whatever Kelowna is doing. The other one is Scantlebury joining the Remparts.

however, the Remparts are losing D Charlie Morrison. UConn reporters were told he was coming this year, their GM was asked about it during the Scantlebury press conference and said they weren't sure in a statement, but today they had a similar thank you tweet for Morrison.

we're also seeing a trickle of american signings in the QMJHL, some significant talents from the prep school ranks. that area is a gold mine for the Q now that the rule change is in, like how minnesota hs is with the W.

there is a trend of franchises announcing if a player is coming back or not, which we have also seen from some college teams. Saint John has announced that Alexander Donovan- one of those prep school free agent kids- will be back for another year. He's a DU commit and was originally expected to arrive this season. Huge boost for Saint John.

Part of why DU might be ok deferring a forward like Donovan is another speculated move- Prince Albert's Max Heise appears to have decommitted from Michigan State and the landing spot should be Denver. He's had a breakout season moving to the WHL.

...and part of why Michigan State is ok losing a forward like Heise is that Windsor's Ethan Belchetz is likely to end up with them. He's a projected top-15 draft pick this year, and hes Big. 6'5, 227. college should help him figure out how to use his frame. he got injured right before the playoffs but is very close to return. he won't commit until after their playoffs end, which could be as soon as tomorrow.
 
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