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RPI Recruit Thread 2014-15 Part II

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Recruit announcement http://www.rpiathletics.com/news/2015/5/19/MHOCK_0519154944.aspx

No Fornaris or Manley. Sort of expected.

TROY, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's hockey team will add five forwards, two defensemen and a goaltender to the roster for the 2015-16 season, head coach Seth Appert has announced. The newcomers join a program that returns six defensemen, 11 forwards and two goalies.

"We are excited to welcome the Class of 2019 to the RPI Hockey family," Appert said. "This class brings a good mix of talent, speed, size and competitiveness to our program. We have goal scorers, playmakers, energy guys, puck movers, defenders and an elite goaltender all in the same class. Assistant coaches Bryan Vines and Nolan Graham have put in a lot of hours and countless miles on the road bringing this class to our program. I appreciate the work our assistant coaches have done and our fans will enjoy what this class brings to our program."

Below is the list of Rensselaer's recruits with their 2014-15 statistics and a quote from Appert:

Forwards
Lonnie Clary (5'11, 175)
Left Wing from Riverside, Calif. / Fairbanks (NAHL)•60 GP: 8 goals – 16 assists – 24 points
"Lonnie is a highly competitive, agitating type player who you love to have on your team and hate to play against. His energy, competitiveness and tenacity help drive his team while getting opponents off their game. He has a motor that just won't stop, which will add a great deal to our team and locker room."

Jesper Ohrvall (5'9 170)
Right Wing from Halmstad, Sweden / Fairbanks (NAHL)•32 GP: 26 goals – 16 assists – 42 points
"Jesper was the most dynamic goal scorer in the NAHL this season and one of the most prolific in all of junior hockey. He has the creativity, talent, competitiveness and mindset that goal scorers need to possess to become elite and we look forward to having him bring those attributes to RPI."

Alex Rodriguez (6'0, 185)
Right Wing from Miami, Fla. / Sioux City (USHL)•56 GP: 6 goals – 11 assists – 17 points
"Alex has the competitiveness, skating ability and tenacity to be a high energy forward with scoring ability. His play, his attitude and his team mentality make him the kind of teammate and player who is invaluable to a winning program. He will certainly become a fan favorite while wearing the Cherry and White."

Evan Tironese (5'10, 175)
Center from Qualicum Beach, B.C. / Alberni Valley (BCHL)•19 GP: 8 Goals – 25 Assists – 33 Points
"Evan has been one of the top offensive producers in junior hockey over the last three seasons, using great hockey intelligence and playmaking ability. He has proven himself to be a high level point producer in the USHL, BCHL and for Canada West at the World Junior A Challenge. We are excited to see him bring those abilities to the Houston Field House this fall."

Brady Wiffen (6'2, 205)
Left Wing from St. Mary's Ont. / Trenton (OJHL)•68 GP: 66 goals – 46 assists – 114 points
Brady had one of the best seasons anywhere in junior hockey, averaging almost a goal per game. He continued to mature his game throughout juniors and turned himself into an elite goal scoring power forward. He has hockey intelligence, size and natural goal scoring ability which we believe are traits that will carry on while playing for the Engineers."

Defense
Tommy Grant (6'3, 210)
Right Defense from Sparta, N.J. / Baystate (USPHL)•40 GP: 7 goals – 18 assists – 25 points
"Tommy is a big, competitive defender who is hard to play against night in and night out. He was the captain for Baystate and has size and defensive mentality that will translate well to the collegiate level. His work ethic and competitiveness will add to the mentality we want our program to play with."

Meirs Moore (5'9, 180)
Left Defense from Duluth, Minn. / Victoria (BCHL)•64 GP: 7 goals – 43 assists – 50 points
"Meirs is coming off a highly productive season in the BCHL where he was one of the top offensive defenseman in the league. He has the vision, playmaking abilty and power play skills to become an effective offensive defenseman. His skill level and passing ability will continue to help the transformation of our defense into a mobile, puck moving corps."

Goalie
Alec Dillon (6'5, 180)
From Victoria, BC / Tri City (USHL)•47 GP: 27 wins – 13 losses – 3 ties – 2.25 GAA - .917 SV%
"Alec is one of the top goaltending prospects entering NCAA hockey this fall. He has had productive seasons in both the BCHL and USHL, most recently helping Tri City to one of its best years in the last decade. His size, talent, work ethic and competitiveness give him the opportunity to become an elite collegiate goaltender. His arrival will help give us what we believe should be the best goaltending tandem in college hockey."
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Edit: I am not going to change a few sizes and weights to agree with the above. I fixed one stat error which I had in post 767. I think the other errors are in the RPI post, assuming the leagues have everything correct.
 
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Code: 
 # Name                Ps commitm. Team (League)                   Year  DOB      Ht    Wt  Hometown
22 Cory Babichuk       LD 11/02/14 CAC Gregg Distributors(Alb MAAA)2017  09/28/98 5'10" 155 Edmonton, AB 
27 Todd Burgess        RW 04/14/14 Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL)       2016  04/03/96 6'02" 180 Phoenix, AZ
19 Austin Cho          LD 02/24/14 St. Andrews College (CISAA)     2016  05/19/97 6'01" 190 Mississauga, ON
28 Lonnie Clary *      LW 04/13/15 Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL)       2015  09/20/94 5'11" 170 Riverside, CA
10 Carlos Fornaris      C 02/13/13 Topeka RoadRunners (NAHL)       2016  02/17/95 5'08" 157 Miami, FL
12 Jacob Hayhurst       C 02/13/14 Toronto Patriots(OJHL)          2016  01/20/97 5'08" 160 Mississauga, ON
 4 Tommy Grant *       RD 04/23/15 Bay State Breakers (USPHL)      2015  04/04/94 6'03" 210 Sparta, NJ
 5 Charles Manley *    LD 12/19/11 Estevan Bruins (SJHL)           2016  07/16/96 5'11" 185 Orchard Park, NY
15 Meirs Moore *       LD 05/20/13 Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)       2015  12/04/94 5'09" 180 Duluth, MN
88 Emil Ohrvall        LW 05/17/15 HV 71 J18 (J18 Elit)            2017  06/10/98 5'09" 148 Halmstad, Sweden
19 Jesper Ohrvall      RW 04/06/15 Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL)       2015  11/19/94 5'09" 170 Halmstad, Sweden
17 Alex Rodriguez *    RW 03/12/14 Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)    2015  12/15/95 6'00" 183 Miami, FL
15 Evan Tironese *     LC 05/01/12 Alberni Valley Bulldogs (BCHL)  2015  08/02/95 5'11" 175 Qualicum Beach, BC
94 Brady Wiffen *      LC 09/21/14 Trenton Golden Hawks (OJHL)     2015  06/09/94 6'03" 205 St. Marys, ON
30 Alec Dillon #        G 09/22/13 Tri-City Storm (USHL)           2015  05/05/96 6'05" 175 Victoria, BC


Women
 2 Kendra Farole       LD 03/15/15 California Wave U16             2016  01/29/98 5'05" 129 Huntington Beach, CA
76 Jaimie Grigsby *     F 04/15/14 Whitby Wolves (PWHL)            2015  04/18/97 5'09" 140 Whitby, ON
16 Josefine Hansen *#   D 12/19/13 Shattuck-St Mary's Prep         2015  01/24/97 5'02" 119 Princeton Junction, NJ
15 Morgan Ondrick       F 02/08/15 Chicago Young Amer. U16 (HPHL)  2017  10/06/98 5'08" 145 Shorewood, IL
12 Ana Orzechowski *#   D 01/10/14 Pittsburgh Penguins Elite(T1EHL)2015  12/24/96 5'06" xxx Tonawanda, NY
12 Taylor Schwalbe *#   F 09/17/14 Shattuck-St Mary's Prep         2015  05/15/97 x'xx" xxx Anchorage, AK
18 Makenna Thomas *     F 04/15/14 Chicago Young Americans (HPHL)  2015  07/12/97 5'06" 145 Hartland, WI
 1 Kira Bombay *        G 11/19/14 Nepean Jr. Wildcats (PWHL)      2015  09/19/97 5'06" 135 Ottawa, ON
35 Lovisa Selander *    G 04/15/14 SDE Hockey (Damlag)             2015  03/14/96 5'10" 152 Sollentuna, Sweden

* In the RPI directory
# Known to have signed Letter of Intent
The years the men's recruits are listed as committed for are not necessarily accurate.
The dates on which some of the women are listed as committing on may be considerably after the actual dates.
 
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One of the earliest after a late schedule announcement.

05/19/15
06/12/14
07/15/13
07/19/12
07/25/11
05/24/10
05/06/09
06/17/08
04/25/07
05/15/06
06/13/05
2004 missing
2003 missing
07/18/02
 
Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2014-15 Part II

This is quite a list of recruits. I see a lot of potential there and people who know a lot more than I do have looked over this list and made some very positive comments. But, as i have felt for many years, potential is only an asset on paper. If these boys can adapt and play fundamentally sound NCAA level hockey, then we really could have something here. The onus is on the coaching staff to turn the contents of this list into a functioning fundamentally sound team. A warm welcome to all of these recruits. i hope they all enjoy a wonderful experience in Troy. Go RED!!!!!!!
 
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DrDemento said:
This is quite a list of recruits. I see a lot of potential there and people who know a lot more than I do have looked over this list and made some very positive comments. But, as i have felt for many years, potential is only an asset on paper. If these boys can adapt and play fundamentally sound NCAA level hockey, then we really could have something here. The onus is on the coaching staff to turn the contents of this list into a functioning fundamentally sound team. A warm welcome to all of these recruits. i hope they all enjoy a wonderful experience in Troy. Go RED!!!!!!!
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SA was more verbose overall than the last few seasons. That is appreciated. I certainly agree that the players have to reach their potential. We will see. Go White!!!!!!! ;)
 
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Appreciative of the early announcement. It's still May yet October seems just a few strides away. Go, Red!
 
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Red Cloud said:
He's done it in the past. Can't seem to help it.
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I am sure that we will see it all over the league this year. I have heard it on USHL videos, but I suspect that he doesn't like it as I didn't notice it on his Twitter account at all.
 
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From the directory:

Name: Lonnie Lee Clary
Class: First-Year Student
Curriculum: Business and Management

Name: Thomas Grant
Class: First-Year Student
Curriculum: Economics

That leaves Dillon and Ohrvall as not yet in the directory. I will modify post 783.
 
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This has fallen off the front page.

Code: 
 # Name                Ps Team (League)                      Gm- G- A-  P- PM Next Gm
22 Cory Babichuk       LD CAC Gregg Distributors (Alb MAAA)  32- 4-14- 18- 38
                          playoffs                            5- 0- 0-  0-  2 
                          total                              37- 4-14- 18- 40
27 Todd Burgess        RW Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL)          46-15-21- 36- 48
                          playoffs                            6- 2- 2-  4-  4
                          total                              52-17-23- 40- 52
19 Austin Cho          LD St. Andrews College (CISAA)        15- 1-12- 13-  6
                          playoffs                            4- 1- 2-  3-  2
                          non-league                         32- 6-20- 26- 17
                          NISIC Tournament                    5- 1- 2-  3-  0
                          total                              56- 9-36- 45- 25
28 Lonnie Clary        LW Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL)          54- 8-15- 23-123
                          playoffs                            6- 0- 1-  1-  8
                          total                              60- 8-16- 24-131
10 Carlos Fornaris      C Topeka RoadRunners (NAHL)          50- 9-19- 28- 30
                          playoffs                            8- 2- 4-  6-  2
                          total                              58-11-23- 34- 32
 4 Tommy Grant         RD Bay State Breakers (USPHL)         38- 7-18- 25- 58
                          playoffs                            2- 0- 0-  0-  2
                          total                              40- 7-18- 25- 60
12 Jacob Hayhurst       C Toronto Patriots (OJHL)            49-23-32- 55- 16
                          playoffs                           22- 9-14- 23- 12
                          Dudley-Hewitt Cup                   4- 2- 3-  5-  0
                          total                              75-34-49- 83- 28
 5 Charles Manley      LD Estevan Bruins (SJHL)              48- 4- 9- 13- 14
                          playoffs                            5- 1- 2-  3-  0
                          total                              52- 5-11- 16- 14
15 Meirs Moore         LD Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)          58- 7-40- 47- 44
                          playoffs                            6- 0- 3-  3-  4 
                          total                              64- 7-43- 50- 48
88 Emil Ohrvall        LW HV71 J18 (J18 Elit)                19-13-16- 29- 12
                          HV71 J18 (J18 Allsvenskan)          7- 5- 6- 11-  2
                          HV71 J20 (Superelit)                2- 0- 1-  1-  2
                          total                              28-18-23- 41- 16
19 Jesper Ohrvall      RW Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL)          26-24-12- 36-  8
                          playoffs                            6- 1- 4-  5- 14 
                          total                              32-25-16- 41- 22
17 Alex Rodriguez      RW Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)       51- 6-11- 17- 80
                          playoffs                            5- 0- 0-  0-  6
                          total                              56- 6-11- 17- 86
15 Evan Tironese       LC Alberni Valley Bulldogs (BCHL)     19- 8-25- 33- 28
94 Brady Wiffen        LC Trenton Golden Hawks (OJHL)        52-53-39- 92- 66
                          playoffs                           16-13- 9- 22- 14  
                          total                              68-66-48-114- 80
30 Alec Dillon          G Tri-City Storm (USHL)          41-23-11-4-2.27-.914
                          playoffs                        6- 4- 2-0-2.17-.923
                          total                          47-27-13-4-2.26-.915
Women
 2 Kendra Farole       LD California Wave U16                 x- x- x-  x-  x
76 Jaimie Grigsby       F Whitby Wolves (PWHL)               32-10-11- 21- 12
                          playoffs                            9- 2- 5-  7-  2
                          non-league                         19- 4- 6- 10-  2
                          total                              60-16-22- 38- 16
16 Josefine Hansen      D Shattuck-St. Mary's Prep           46- 2- 5-  7- 12 missing games
15 Morgan Ondrick       F Chicago Young Americans U16 (HPHL) 13- 5-11- 16- 24
                          non-league                          x- x- x-  x-  x
12 Ana Orzechowski      D Pittsburgh Penguins Elite (T1EHL)   x- x- x-  x-  x
12 Taylor Schwalbe      F Shattuck-St. Mary's Prep           56-12-16- 28-  8 missing games
18 Makenna Thomas       F Chicago Young Americans (HPHL)      5- 5- 4-  9-  0
                          non-league                          x- x- x-  x-  x
 1 Kira Bombay          G Nepean Jr. Wildcats (PWHL)     20-11- 6-2-1.73-.935
                          playoffs                        7- 4- 3-0-2.04-.917
                          non-league                     12- 6- 4-2-2.32-.xxx
                          total                          39-21-14-4-1.94-.xxx
35 Lovisa Selander      G SDE hockey (Damlag)             x- x- x-x-6.13-.874 looks wrong
                          non-league                      x- x- x-x-x.xx-.xxx
 
Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2014-15 Part II

Ralph Baer said:
From the directory:

Name: Lonnie Lee Clary
Class: First-Year Student
Curriculum: Business and Management

Name: Thomas Grant
Class: First-Year Student
Curriculum: Economics

That leaves Dillon and Ohrvall as not yet in the directory. I will modify the post 783.
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Isn't the actual spelling Öhrwall?
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
Isn't the actual spelling Öhrwall?
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I commented on that recently (post 776). That is the Swedish spelling, but he has been using Ohrvall in the US. See his page for Fairbanks as an example http://nahl.stats.pointstreak.com/playerpage.html?playerid=8007422&seasonid=12872. Interestingly, Elite Hockey Prospects http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=37022 uses a hybrid of Öhrvall. I am going with Ohrvall since I am pretty sure he will use that at RPI. I am sure you will continue with Öhrwall. :p I have been looking for Jesper or ohr* to be safe in the RPI directory.


Edit: The recruit announcement used Ohrvall with a V.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
I commented on that recently (post 776). That is the actual Swedish spelling, but he has been using Ohrvall in the US. See his page for Fairbanks example http://nahl.stats.pointstreak.com/playerpage.html?playerid=8007422&seasonid=12872. Interestingly, Elite Hockey Prospects http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=37022 uses a hybrid of Öhrvall. I am going with Ohrvall since I am pretty sure he will use that at RPI. I am sure you will continue with Öhrwall. :p I have been looking for Jesper or ohr* to be safe in the RPI directory.
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Do thye use the accent on the S for Bubela's first name in the directory?
 
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Of course not, and I don't use Bär.
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Your example is being an insufferable troll, which I could be if you'd like me to do so. ;) The example I gave is actually in his name, and I was wondering about ASCII limitations (despite the fact that Ö exists in the ASCII alphabet).
 
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