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Division 1 Commitments 2014-15

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Timothy A said:
WI girls HS hockey has no depth whatsoever, so all that scoring really isn't that impressive when you look at the big picture.
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Imagine the numbers for Decker or Kessel with 5-6 seasons of varsity WIAA hockey.
 
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I completely agree with brookyone! There are a few highly skilled female hockey players from the state of Wisconsin that have gone the route of AAA hockey or have gone to SSM like Decker and Kessel did. A couple examples of recent players would be Claudia Kepler and Baylee Wellhausen. Ms. Kepler is currently at Ohio State and Ms. Wellhausen is a senior at Shattuck and headed to the University of Wisconsin next fall. They would have eaten up the poor quality of play in Wisconsin High School Hockey. But they would have never develpoed into the players they are either!
 
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rangersrule said:
I completely agree with brookyone! There are a few highly skilled female hockey players from the state of Wisconsin that have gone the route of AAA hockey or have gone to SSM like Decker and Kessel did. A couple examples of recent players would be Claudia Kepler and Baylee Wellhausen. Ms. Kepler is currently at Ohio State and Ms. Wellhausen is a senior at Shattuck and headed to the University of Wisconsin next fall. They would have eaten up the poor quality of play in Wisconsin High School Hockey. But they would have never develpoed into the players they are either!
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People are not wrong to suggest there are others out there who could have scored in huge numbers had they played HS hockey, however lets be careful not to diminish the achievements of this player. The fact remains she is a very talented hockey player, and it's great that she be recognized as such, even if the author of this article may have been ill informed when he wrote the article. This author also wrote that her teammate at Onalaska would not receive athletic scholarship from Union due to it's status as an Ivy League school. http://lacrossetribune.com/sports/high-school/onalaskahilltoppers/reeves-verbally-commits-to-d-i-union-n-y/article_ccdcd346-5ee9-11e3-a3ac-001a4bcf887a.html

If anything let's be careful to phrase our pot shots at a less than stellar journalist rather than a hockey player who has done nothing but play hard and score a lot of goals.
 
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... even if the author of this article may have been ill informed when he wrote the article.
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I don't know that I'd even blame the author for most of it. If some organization touts itself as keeping records on a national level, then it should do a better job of making sure that it has comprehensive information.
 
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The only point I was trying to make was that girls high school hockey in Wisconsin is just so watered down and weak that any big scoring records put up by anybody really doesn't mean a whole heck of a lot. I have watched the best girl "high school" players in Wisconsin and most of them are not recruited to play at the D-1 level. When you play against unskilled players you develop very bad habits. The better players can get away with not having to work as hard in games AND practice. They aren't pushed to get better on a daily basis. In the state of Illinois girls are allowed to play both on their high school teams and on their AAA teams during the season. I don't know why this isn't done in Wisconsin as well. The best Wisconsin high school players play on Team Wisconsin from September thru October, but then go back to their high school teams at the start of November -- once again regressing as players!
 
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rangersrule said:
The only point I was trying to make was that girls high school hockey in Wisconsin is just so watered down and weak that any big scoring records put up by anybody really doesn't mean a whole heck of a lot. I have watched the best girl "high school" players in Wisconsin and most of them are not recruited to play at the D-1 level. When you play against unskilled players you develop very bad habits. The better players can get away with not having to work as hard in games AND practice. They aren't pushed to get better on a daily basis. In the state of Illinois girls are allowed to play both on their high school teams and on their AAA teams during the season. I don't know why this isn't done in Wisconsin as well. The best Wisconsin high school players play on Team Wisconsin from September thru October, but then go back to their high school teams at the start of November -- once again regressing as players!
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TK plays for team Wisconsin and led them in scoring 3 years in a row I believe. She can score, is a force and opposing teams know who she is. She can play D1 at UConn or be a star at River Falls. Good kid by all accounts and has friends on my daughter's team (central district kids get to know one another at camps/games etc. and is relatively small group).

I agree about HS hockey scoring from a D1 standpoint. It isn't a big deal. Even in MN, it doesn't mean a ton from a D1 coach's standpoint, and it means even less in Wisconsin and far less in Illinois. Even though kids are allowed to play both in Illinois, many D1 level kids don't play on HS (club) teams.

On the other hand, girls' D1 hockey commitments in Wisconsin/Illinois (a huge deal to us) are meaningless for the most part. (Your going to Clarkson? North Dakota? Mercyhurst?) My guess is HS kids/townspeople don't really know anything about Team Wisconsin or UConn (the best thing in the article to you and me). They do however probably think scoring a ton of goals for Onalaska is pretty darn cool though. So, from that standpoint, it was a great "local" article to give a good hockey player some local street cred in her hometown with her local friends. I'm sure she knows it is a bit ridiculous from a D1 standpoint. I think all these local articles need to be viewed in this light.
 
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TK plays for team Wisconsin and led them in scoring 3 years in a row I believe...I agree about HS hockey scoring from a D1 standpoint. It isn't a big deal..
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Must not be a big deal if you can do it for team Wisconsin then either! :confused: ;)
 
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New Hampshire
Brooke Avery .....................F .........................(Assabet Valley) ..........................Concord, NH
Amy Boucher ....................F ...................(Edmonton Thunder) ..........................Edmonton, AB
Alicia Praus .......................F ...............................(BSM) ............................................, MN
Amy Schlagel ...................F/D ............................(Blaine) ...................................Blaine, MN

North Dakota
Kara Tupa ..........................F .........................(Honeybaked) ................................Fargo, ND

Northeastern
McKenna Brand ..................F ………..............…(USA 18s/NAHA) …….............……. Park Rapids, MN
Taytum Clairmont ……..........F ……...................(Toronto Aeros) .....................……..Waterloo, ON
Taylor Crosby ...................G ...............................(SSM) ...........................Cole Harbour, NS
Shelby Herrington ..............F .......................(Team Pittsburgh) ..............................Bow, NH
Lauren Kelly ......................D ............................(Assabet) ...........................Watertown, MA
Denisa Krisova ............F ................(Czech National Team / NSA)..............Homi Cerekev, CZ
Ainsley MacMillan ...............D ….........….(CAN 18s/Mississauga Chiefs) .....................Ilderton,ON

Ohio State
Jessica Dunne ...................D .........................(St. Louis Blues) ..........................O'Fallon, MO
Allison Gasuik ....................F ...........................(Buffalo Bison) .......................................NY
Julianna Iafallo ..................F ...........................(Buffalo Bison) .......................................NY
Alex Lamere .....................G .....................(St. Michael-Albertville) ................................MN
Dani Sadek ......................D ...........................(Lakeville North) ....................................MN
Kassidy Sauve ..................G ......................(CAN 18s/Durham West) .....................Whitby, ON
Lauren Spring ...................F ................(CAN 18s/Pursuit of Excellence) ..............Kelowna, BC

Penn State
Hannah Ehresmann ............G ............................(Minnetonka) .......................Minnetonka, MN
Irene Kiroplis ..................D/F ............................(Brampton) ........................Georgetown, ON
Remi Martin ......................D .........................(Colorado Tigers) .........................Littleton, CO
Caitlin Reilly ……………...……….F…………..........…(Benilde-St. Margaret's) ……….……….Chanhassen, MN
Bella Sutton ...................D ............................(Mounds View) .....................Mounds View, MN
Christi Vetter ....................F ....................(USA 18s/Lakeville North) ..................Lakeville, MN

Princeton
Emily Achterkirch ..............D ......................(North Wright County) .................St. Michael, MN
Alev Baysoy .....................F..........................(St. Paul United) ..........................St. Paul, MN
Alysia DaSilva ...................G .......................(Mississauga Chiefs) ........................Oakville, ON
Kiersten Falck ..................F ................................(Blaine) ...................................Blaine, MN
Hannah Sorkin ...................D ......................(East Coast Wizards) ........................Melville, NY

Providence
Brooke Boquist .................F .................................(SSM) ..........................Thunder Bay, ON
Blair Parent .....................F .................................(Anoka) .................................Anoka, MN
Madison Sansone .............F ............................(Buffalo Bison) ........................................NY
Alanna Serviss ..................G ................................(CYA) ...................................Chicago, IL

Quinnipiac
Victoria Deangelis …….......F …….......................……(Assabet) ……………………………….…………………RI

Rochester
Crista Vuglar ....................D .........................(Chicago Mission) ....................Crystal Lake, IL

Robert Morris
Katherine Murphy ...............F ...............................(NAHA) ...................................Cary, NC

Rensselaer
Amanda Kimmerle ....................D ...........................(Anoka) ..............................Anoka, MN
Shayna Tomlinson ..................F ...........................(Assabet) ............................Gilford, NH

St. Cloud State
Brittney Anderson ................D ...........................(Hill-Murray) ..........................Hudson, WI
Emma Turbyville ..................D ..............................(SSM) .................................Chicago IL

St. Lawrence
Kennedy Marchment .........F........................(Durham West)..........................Courtice, ON
Amanda McClure ..................D ..................(Cambridge Rivulettes) ...................Stratford, ON
Brooke Wolejko .................. G ...........................(Assabet) .......................................... CT

Syracuse
Alysha Burris .......................F.........................(Durham West).........................Napanee, ON
Emily Costales ......................F .....................(Pacific Steelers) ....................Vancouver, BC
Abby Miller ..........................G .............................(BSM) .........................Coon Rapids, MN
Megan Quinn .......................D........................(Durham West).............................Roslin, ON

Union

Vermont
Molly DePew ...................G .......................(East Coast Wizards) ..................Marblehead, MA
Amanda Drobot ................D ............................(NJ Colonials) ...................................... NJ
Kourtney Menches ............F ................................(SSM) ....................................Greer, SC
Katherine Pate .................D ..............................(Assabet) ........................................ ME
Taylor Willard ..................D ...................(USA 18s/Chicago Mission) ..................Naperville, IL
Kaylee Webster.................F ......................(Chicago Mission) ......................Bensenville, IL

Wisconsin
Taylar Cianfarano ..............F ..........................(USA 18s/ NSA) ...................................., NY
Maddie Rolfes .....................D ........................(USA 18s/SSM) ..............West Des Moines, IA
Baylee Wellhausen ...............F ........................(USA 18s/SSM) ....................Williams Bay, WI
Lauren Williams ...................D ...........................(Whitby) ................................Windsor, ON

Yale*
Kara Drexler ......................D ...................(Anaheim Lady Ducks) ...........Manhattan Beach, CA
Katelin Gately ....................F .............................(Assabet) ..........................................MA
Emily Monaghan .................F ......................(Edge Mountaineers) ........................Calgary, AB
Eden Murray ......................F .............(CAN 18s/ Edge Mountaineers)....................Calgary, AB
Courtney Pensavalle .............F ......................(Team Pittsburgh) ....................Winchester, MA
Mallory Souliotis ................ D/F ..........................(Assabet) ................................Acton, MA
Brittany Wheeler .................F ..............................(BSM) .............................................MN

U.S. 90: Minnesota 38; Massachusetts 10; Illinois 9; New York 7; New Hampshire 3;
Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin 2 each;
Arizona, California, Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Nevada, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and South Carolina 1 each;

Austria: 1

Canada 34: Ontario 22; Alberta 5; British Columbia 3; Quebec 2; Manitoba and Nova Scotia 1 each

Czech: 1[/QUOTE]
 
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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
Alex Bond .........................D.......................(Barrie Sharks) ................................Barrie, ON
Reilly Fawcett ...................F..................(Proctor/Hermantown) ..................Hermantown, MN
Alexis Joyce ......................F.....................(Lakeville North).............................Lakeville, MN
Emma Terres .....................F ..................(Armstrong/Cooper) ....................St. Louis Park, MN
Summer Thibodeau .............F/D ....................(Maple Grove) ........................Maple Grove, MN

Boston College*
Kali Flanagan .....................D ..................(Boston Shamrocks) .........................Burlington, MA
Megan Keller ......................D ...............(USA 18s/Honeybaked) ................Farmington Hills, MI
Makenzie Kent ....................F ..................(USA 18s/Assabet) ............................Norwell, MA
Tori Sullivan .......................F ................(USA 18s/Honeybaked) ...............West Boomfield, MI

Boston University*
Rebecca Leslie ...................F .............(CAN 18s/Ottawa Senators) ......................Ottawa, ON
Toni Ann Miano ..................D ......................(USA 18s/NAHA) ................................Bronx, NY
Erin O'Neill ........................G ....................(USA 18s/Hopkins) .......................Minnetonka, MN

Brown
Cynthia Kyin .......................D ...................(Chicago Mission) .............................Evanston, IL
Samantha Donovan .............F ..........................(Irondale) ...........................New Brighton ,MN
Julianne Landry ..................G ..........................(Assabet) ...............................................MA
Katie Swanstrom .................F ..........................(Blaine) ......................................Blaine, MN
Samantha Swanstrom ..........F ..........................(Blaine) .......................................Blaine, MN

Clarkson
Katelyn Fournier ..................F ....................(Ottawa Senators)...........................Stittsville, ON
Savannah Harmon ...............D ....................(Boston Shamrocks) ...................Downers Grove, IL
Shea Tiley ........................G ...................(CAN 18s/KW Rangers) .................Shallow Creek, ON
Amanda Titus .....................F ....................(Ottawa Senators) ..........................Stittsville, ON

Colgate
Ellie DeCaprio ................... F .....................(East Coast Wizards) .........................Wellesley, MA
Megan Sullivan ...................F ...........................(Whitby) ....................................Toronto, ON
Annika Zalewski ..................F .......................(Buffalo Bison) ............................................NY

Connecticut
Madison Badeau .................F .........................(Whitby) ....................................Courtice, ON
Leah Lum ........................F/D ....................(Pacific Steelers) ..........................Richmond, BC
Lindsay Roethke ................F ............................(Buffalo) ...................................Buffalo, MN

Cornell
Morgan McKim ...................F .............................(SSM) ........................................Mars, PA
Sydnee Saracco.................D ......................(Chicago Mission) ........................Countryside, IL

Dartmouth
Brooke Ahbe.......................F ............................(SSM) ..................................Centennial, CO
Elena Horton .....................F ............................(NAHA) ..................................Cincinnati, OH

Harvard
Karly Heffernan ................F .......................(CAN 18s/POE) .............................St. Albert, AB
Danielle Krzyszczyk ...........F ...............(CAN 18s/Mississauga Chiefs) ....................Winnipeg, MB
Alexandria Laing .............. F .....................(USA 18s/Assabet) ........................Marblehead, MA
Haley Mullins .................. F .............................(Assabet) ........................East Greenwich, RI
Erin O'Connor ....................D .............................(CYA) ....................................Evanston, IL

Lindenwood
Sarah Bobrowski ................F ..........................(Hill Murray) ...........................................MN
Xilly Lang ........................D ............................(Roseville) ..................................St Paul, MN

Maine
Victoria Hummel ...............F.........................(Scanlon Creek)..........................Tulin, Austira
Mikayla Rogers ................D........................(St. Paul Blades)..........................St. Paul, MN
Brooke Stacey .................F .....................(CAN 18s/Ontario HA) .....................Kahnawake, QC

Mercyhurst
Brooke Hartwick ................F ......................(Bluewater Hawks) ..................….Thorndale, ON
Kirsten Miller ....................F …………...............(Oakville Hornets) ….................………..Oakville, ON
Callie Paddock ……….........…D ………...........…( St. Mary's Academy) ....................……….Wawa, ON
Sarah Robello ....................F .....................(Boston Shamrocks) ........................Las Vegas, NV

Minnesota*
Sydney Baldwin .................D ......................(USA 18s/Minnetonka) .................Shorewood, MN
Cara Piazza ......................F ...................(USA 18s/Chicago Mission) .......................Darien, IL
Kelly Pannek .....................F .........................(USA 18s/BSM) ...........................Plymouth, MN
Nina Rodgers .....................F .......................(USA 18s/Hopkins) ......................Minnetonka, MN

Minnesota-Duluth
Lynn Astrup ......................D.............................(Warroad) ................................Warroad, MN
Catherine Daoust ...............D................(Can 18s/Saint-Laurent Patriotes) ........... Ile Bizard, QB
Jessica Healy ....................D...................(Can 18s/Edmonton Thunder) ...............Edmonton, AB
Alexia Klaas ..................... F ..........................(Duluth Stars) .............................. Duluth, MN

Minnesota State
Katie Bidulka ....................G....................(Brampton Canadettes) .........................Oakville, ON
Lindsey Coleman ................F ...........................(Burnsville) ................................Savage, MN
Amanda Conway ................F .......................(Chicago Mission) ...........................Naperville, IL
Hannah Davidson ...............F .........................(KW Rangers) ............................Kincardine, ON
Anna Keys ........................D ...............................(Park) ..........................Cottage Grove, MN
Amanda Martin ..................F ...............................(NAHA) .....................................Peoria, AZ
Nicole Schammel ................F ............................(Red Wing) ..............................Red Wing, MN
Emily Stegora ....................F .............................(Redwing) ................................Redwing, MN
Emma Wittchow .................D ............................(Burnsville) .............................Burnsville, MN
 
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Hux said:
Player....................Position ...............(Current Team) .......................Hometown

Maine
Mikayla Rogers ................D........................(St. Paul Blades)..........................St. Paul, MN

Minnesota*
Nina Rodgers .....................F .......................(USA 18s/Hopkins) ......................Minnetonka, MN
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I did a bit of a double-take on Maine's new recruit Mikayla Rogers only because Minnesota's Nina Rodgers is also known as "Maliya" Rodgers:
http://u18womensworlds.usahockey.com/page/show/1048120-under-18-winter-festival-roster

even though in the Gophers' formal release she was identified as "Nina" Rodgers:
http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/112513aaa.html

In any case, best of luck to both of them next year at their respective schools!

P.S. Nina/Maliya Rodgers is from Minnetonka, MN and currently plays for Hopkins High School; Mikayla Rogers is from St. Paul, MN and currently plays for the St. Paul Blades, a coop of several St. Paul high schools.
 
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D2D

Good catch on the Rodgers to Rogers issue. You missed the Lynn Astrup committed to 2 teams. UND and UMD (North Dakota and Duluth) She is going to Duluth. I don't want to mess with the Huxster's board. I had been duly reprimanded earlier this year. LOL newbie!
 
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Looking at the updated list, some musings:

- Not a lot of help for a talent challenged Dartmouth team unless they have an un-identified group of Canadiens in the regular admission pool
- Ditto for the Union team, which has no one listed (!!??)
- BC with another talented class
- Harvard with another fairly large class that will come into a roster situation that has too many to begin with next season.....will someone get cut in admissions again?
- Does Minnesota State really need 9 kids? Are they the St Norberts of Division 1?
- Northeastern with a talented and large class
- Providence - not a lot of help after suffering through a pretty disappointing season to date
- Still struggling to believe that Yale gets 7 kids in but time will tell....
 
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HockeyEast33 said:
Looking at the updated list, some musings:

- Not a lot of help for a talent challenged Dartmouth team unless they have an un-identified group of Canadiens in the regular admission pool
- Ditto for the Union team, which has no one listed (!!??)
- BC with another talented class
- Harvard with another fairly large class that will come into a roster situation that has too many to begin with next season.....will someone get cut in admissions again?
- Does Minnesota State really need 9 kids? Are they the St Norberts of Division 1?
- Northeastern with a talented and large class
- Providence - not a lot of help after suffering through a pretty disappointing season to date
- Still struggling to believe that Yale gets 7 kids in but time will tell....
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Interesting about Union. They have 2 commitments already for 2015-16 but nothing for next year, despite having 5 seniors graduating. My bet is that they have a few Canadians yet to announce.
 
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