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RPI Recruit Thread 2012-13
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Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2012-13
you can add Parker Reno to this list.........12. Parker Reno (#2 Gold) 6-2/195—Big Edina HS defender does everything well. Quietly goes about his business and is rarely caught out of position or makes a bad decision with the puck. Named to the US U18 Select team. Uncommitted........ http://ushr.com/news/20120701
Ralph Baer
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Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2012-13
Thanks for the collegehockeyinc link which wasn't up earlier. I'll make him a 2014.
Yes. I erased my post of that after I saw that bothman posted it as well as something else from ushr.
Thanks for the collegehockeyinc link which wasn't up earlier. I'll make him a 2014.Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2012-13
Turk-That summary about Drew Melanson says it quite succinctly. You cannot help but notice him-he is just so smooth and effortless that you do not think he is even moving-until you notice him catching up to someone or just flying past everyone. For those who have watched RPI hockey for a long time-he may be the one of the fastest I have ever seen who will be at RPI. Kelly Askew was a rocket-Brad Tapper could tear up the ice-Brinkworth was very quick. But Melanson, who has that kind of speed, just looks like it comes so easy. I don't profess to be a scout or understand what other abilities you need to be a star in college hockey-but this kid can just flat out skate.
Turk-That summary about Drew Melanson says it quite succinctly. You cannot help but notice him-he is just so smooth and effortless that you do not think he is even moving-until you notice him catching up to someone or just flying past everyone. For those who have watched RPI hockey for a long time-he may be the one of the fastest I have ever seen who will be at RPI. Kelly Askew was a rocket-Brad Tapper could tear up the ice-Brinkworth was very quick. But Melanson, who has that kind of speed, just looks like it comes so easy. I don't profess to be a scout or understand what other abilities you need to be a star in college hockey-but this kid can just flat out skate.
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Turk-Not a whole lot to add to what you probably can find-but we saw him play 4 games last year. One game he had 4 assists and one game 2 goals. He is pretty tall-I would guess my height a shade over 6'. He is not huge but he is solid so I would guess 180 pounds. Looks bigger on the ice (but then again in high school the kids are much smaller) but seems to play big. My kind of player as he hits hard and does not shy away from being in front of the net. That's the good news. The bad-We usually sit where all the guys with pads and laptops sit who evaluate players. He is on a few lists and of course Yale and Princeton were there for every game. The kids I liked at Delbarton were of course melanson, Baiocco(will be a star in my estimation), Melnick (real small but he is a JL kind of player), the Agostino's (take your pick), and Tom Davis. Because of the competition it is very hard to rate the quality of these kids. They have absolutely superb coaching-the team does everything well and practices every aspect of the game-and they just keep rolling out the lines and defense pairings. You sometimes have trouble knwoing who is out there since they just keep coming and every line justkeeps the pressure on and every defense pair works together as if they were joined at the hip. The only Ivy team that I have never seen a rep from there is Cornell. But I am a bit surprised to know that Hagerty has not inked somewhere-perhaps he is not going the NCAA route? We will try to find out what we can and let you know.
Turk-Not a whole lot to add to what you probably can find-but we saw him play 4 games last year. One game he had 4 assists and one game 2 goals. He is pretty tall-I would guess my height a shade over 6'. He is not huge but he is solid so I would guess 180 pounds. Looks bigger on the ice (but then again in high school the kids are much smaller) but seems to play big. My kind of player as he hits hard and does not shy away from being in front of the net. That's the good news. The bad-We usually sit where all the guys with pads and laptops sit who evaluate players. He is on a few lists and of course Yale and Princeton were there for every game. The kids I liked at Delbarton were of course melanson, Baiocco(will be a star in my estimation), Melnick (real small but he is a JL kind of player), the Agostino's (take your pick), and Tom Davis. Because of the competition it is very hard to rate the quality of these kids. They have absolutely superb coaching-the team does everything well and practices every aspect of the game-and they just keep rolling out the lines and defense pairings. You sometimes have trouble knwoing who is out there since they just keep coming and every line justkeeps the pressure on and every defense pair works together as if they were joined at the hip. The only Ivy team that I have never seen a rep from there is Cornell. But I am a bit surprised to know that Hagerty has not inked somewhere-perhaps he is not going the NCAA route? We will try to find out what we can and let you know.
Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2012-13
I should have read the posts more carefully as bothman had this in Post #551
Ralph Baer
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Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2012-13
We'll forgive you.
I should have read the posts more carefully as bothman had this in Post #551
We'll forgive you.
Ralph Baer
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Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2012-13
I think that you have already said it, but it appears that most Delbarton players choose the Ivy route. Melanson appears to be a sgnificent exception.
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Yes, but can he use that speed under control? Johnny Rogic also has speed, after all...
Yes, but can he use that speed under control? Johnny Rogic also has speed, after all...
Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2012-13
Parker Reno is a great addition for RPI. I've seen him at Lincoln's tryout camp the past two seasons. The Stars drafted him in the 2011 USHL Futures Draft, so I assume he'll play for Lincoln next season (2013-14) before moving on to RPI. I guess there's a possibility he'd jump from MN high school hockey to college, but I'd guess he'll play one season in the USHL before going on to RPI.
Big, rangy d-man with above-average feet and good hands. I would say he's more of an all-around defenseman than say a stay-at-home or offensive d-man. He looked outstanding at Lincoln's camp this past June in Minneapolis. He wants to finish his senior season at Edina, but I think the Lincoln coaches would have taken him this season if he wanted to leave Edina early.
BTW, you guys are getting an unbelievable player in Jake Wood. I call him "The Wrecking Ball." So much fun to watch him live. He's small, but he doesn't play like it.
Parker Reno is a great addition for RPI. I've seen him at Lincoln's tryout camp the past two seasons. The Stars drafted him in the 2011 USHL Futures Draft, so I assume he'll play for Lincoln next season (2013-14) before moving on to RPI. I guess there's a possibility he'd jump from MN high school hockey to college, but I'd guess he'll play one season in the USHL before going on to RPI.
Big, rangy d-man with above-average feet and good hands. I would say he's more of an all-around defenseman than say a stay-at-home or offensive d-man. He looked outstanding at Lincoln's camp this past June in Minneapolis. He wants to finish his senior season at Edina, but I think the Lincoln coaches would have taken him this season if he wanted to leave Edina early.
BTW, you guys are getting an unbelievable player in Jake Wood. I call him "The Wrecking Ball." So much fun to watch him live. He's small, but he doesn't play like it.
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Ralph Baer
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Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2012-13
A cake eater... reporting on a Cake Eater. Is that like putting a humidifier next to a dehumidifier and turning both of them on?
I should have read the posts more carefully as bothman had this in Post #551
A cake eater... reporting on a Cake Eater. Is that like putting a humidifier next to a dehumidifier and turning both of them on?
Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2012-13
You are asking the most important question. We have had a few speedy boys before-Kelly Askew comes to mind first as one who was as fast as you can be-but often out of control with the puck and more missed opportunities than anything else.
You are asking the most important question. We have had a few speedy boys before-Kelly Askew comes to mind first as one who was as fast as you can be-but often out of control with the puck and more missed opportunities than anything else.
Ralph Baer
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Askew, however, was probably the wirst of them. Rogic doesn't appear to have as bad a case of it, and Melanason, to me, is still an unknown.
Ralph Baer
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Chris Heisenberg lists Reno as a 2013 recruit. I will change him in my file to 13/14 (which I will post after tomorrow's Alberni game), and I will email him asking him if he has any ifno on when Reno is coming to Troy.
Chris Heisenberg lists Reno as a 2013 recruit. I will change him in my file to 13/14 (which I will post after tomorrow's Alberni game), and I will email him asking him if he has any ifno on when Reno is coming to Troy.
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As always, I'm interested in who we beat out for Reno. I think I read somewhere that he was rated in top 5 among D men in Minnesota. I notice that a few of his teams appear on Heisenberg's list....hope we're chasing them too.
As always, I'm interested in who we beat out for Reno. I think I read somewhere that he was rated in top 5 among D men in Minnesota. I notice that a few of his teams appear on Heisenberg's list....hope we're chasing them too.
Ralph Baer
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Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2012-13
Edit: never mind, it wasn't in a link.
One of the links says something about it. Now I have to find it.As always, I'm interested in who we beat out for Reno. I think I read somewhere that he was rated in top 5 among D men in Minnesota. I notice that a few of his teams appear on Heisenberg's list....hope we're chasing them too.
Edit: never mind, it wasn't in a link.
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Ralph Baer
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Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2012-13
CH answered my email, and he said that Reno is indeed a 2013 recruit. I'll believe that unless we hear something else. That might have been why we were able to sign him. Perhaps everyone else wanted him to spend a year in the USHL. (Yeti won't approve.)
I add that he did indeed lose power until last Thursday. He left town but didn't have his password to update his file while gone. (That sounds like what I often do.)
CH answered my email, and he said that Reno is indeed a 2013 recruit. I'll believe that unless we hear something else. That might have been why we were able to sign him. Perhaps everyone else wanted him to spend a year in the USHL. (Yeti won't approve.)
I add that he did indeed lose power until last Thursday. He left town but didn't have his password to update his file while gone. (That sounds like what I often do.)
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Interesting. If he's ready to make that jump, might as well do it. He's a talented kid. Not too many though can make that jump from high school hockey to college. Most often, those Minny kids play at least one year of USHL before making that jump. Getting 60+ games under your belt at the USHL level can obviously help make a player be much more prepared for the speed of the game at RPI.
That's my sales pitch.
Interesting. If he's ready to make that jump, might as well do it. He's a talented kid. Not too many though can make that jump from high school hockey to college. Most often, those Minny kids play at least one year of USHL before making that jump. Getting 60+ games under your belt at the USHL level can obviously help make a player be much more prepared for the speed of the game at RPI.
That's my sales pitch.
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