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RPI Recruit Thread 2017-18

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Obviously bad news, but I'm going to actually look at it in a positive light. A lot of the younger recruits (i.e. 16 year olds) of the previous coaching staff never really developed in my eyes. Some are still TBD as they haven't even gotten to campus yet. But in general, they never turned into top recruits.

This current staff had 3 (now 2) who were recruited as 16 YO (or younger) and look promising for sure. Clearly one kind of "popped" as he's now recruited to UM. The other 2 still have a LONG way to go, but again, promising as of now.

I had very little in expectations for the four players currently on the roster that this staff recruited. Picking up players at that late in the game is a massive crapshoot. Those players have all shown me things to varying degrees that I like, and I think all will have good careers at RPI. That's impressed me.

What I'm longwindedly trying to say is that I feel this staff has a decent eye for talent. Losing this player hurts, but I already have good faith that they'll be a good recruit to replace him in due time.

A positive second half to the season could go along way to making that happen.
 
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rsfs04 said:
Obviously bad news, but I'm going to actually look at it in a positive light. A lot of the younger recruits (i.e. 16 year olds) of the previous coaching staff never really developed in my eyes. Some are still TBD as they haven't even gotten to campus yet. But in general, they never turned into top recruits.

This current staff had 3 (now 2) who were recruited as 16 YO (or younger) and look promising for sure. Clearly one kind of "popped" as he's now recruited to UM. The other 2 still have a LONG way to go, but again, promising as of now.

I had very little in expectations for the four players currently on the roster that this staff recruited. Picking up players at that late in the game is a massive crapshoot. Those players have all shown me things to varying degrees that I like, and I think all will have good careers at RPI. That's impressed me.

What I'm longwindedly trying to say is that I feel this staff has a decent eye for talent. Losing this player hurts, but I already have good faith that they'll be a good recruit to replace him in due time.

A positive second half to the season could go along way to making that happen.
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My gut feeling is that Coach Smith did not expect all three of those players to show up. They all warrant full scholarships and my gut feeling is that we do not have three full scholarships among the forwards leaving in 2020. Clearly money can be rearranged, but that's my opinion.
 
Ralph Baer said:
My gut feeling is that Coach Smith did not expect all three of those players to show up. They all warrant full scholarships and my gut feeling is that we do not have three full scholarships among the forwards leaving in 2020. Clearly money can be rearranged, but that's my opinion.
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I don’t think you would recruit a player and not expect them to show up. You may consider it a possibility, but I doubt you expect it.

Regarding money, my gut says we won’t see the younger Cameron brother until at least 2021 anyway, so that wouldn’t be a big issue. We don’t get many players who come to RPI at the age of 18. It does happen occasionally though, so you never know.
 
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rsfs04 said:
I don’t think you would recruit a player and not expect them to show up. You may consider it a possibility, but I doubt you expect it.

Regarding money, my gut says we won’t see the younger Cameron brother until at least 2021 anyway, so that wouldn’t be a big issue. We don’t get many players who come to RPI at the age of 18. It does happen occasionally though, so you never know.
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You certainly could be correct that Mike C won't come until 2021. That crossed my mind when his name first came up.
 
Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2017-18

I wasn't going to post this until Sunday, but since there are three women's recruits (Hicks, Kaiser, Peterson) which I didn't know before, I might as well.

Code: 
 # Name                Ps commitm. Team (League)                   Year  DOB      Ht    Wt  Hometown
21 Tristan Ashbrook #   C 10/10/17 Lincoln Stars (USHL)            2018  07/16/98 5'10" 173 Manistique, MI
55 Cory Babichuk       LD 11/02/14 Surrey Eagles (BCHL)            2018  09/28/98 5'10" 170 Edmonton, AB
22 Jonathan Bendorf *  LW 08/15/15 Aberdeen Wings (NAHL)           2018  02/26/99 6'00" 180 Yardville, NJ
15 Matt Cameron        RW 07/28/16 New Jersey Titans (NAHL)        2019  06/08/00 5'11" 190 Berwyn, PA
16 Mike Cameron        LW 09/12/17 Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U16     2020  07/24/02 5'08" 158 Berwyn, PA
91 Danny DiGrande       C 11/06/17 Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)     2018  08/05/97 5'11" 185 Macomb, MI
 2 Brady Ferner #      RD 09/17/17 Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)    2018  08/27/97 5'10" 190 Dakota Dunes, SD
11 Tommy Lee           RW 09/24/17 Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)        2018  11/07/97 5'08" 166 Calgary, AB
16 Reid Leibold         C 09/08/17 Washington Little Caps U16      2020  10/23/01 5'10" 165 Ashburn VA
26 Jacob Modry         LD 07/19/15 Wenatchee Wild (BCHL)           2018  01/23/99 6'05" 185 El Segundo, CA

Women 
44 Mary Jane Alexander  D 09/23/16 Chicago Young Amer. U19 (JWHL)  2019  11/08/00 5'08" 140 Deerfield, IL
14 Julia Blitz          F 11/28/16 Washington Pride U19 (JWHL)     2019  08/14/01 X'XX" XXX Potomac, MD
22 Sarah Bukvic         F 12/16/16 Stoney Creek Sabres (PWHL)      2019  07/25/01 5'05" 130 ..., ON
22 Mikayla Capelle #    F 01/25/17 Okanagan Hockey Acad Prep(CSSHL)2018  03/07/00 5'05' 130 Dawson Creek, BC
20 Emma Hicks           F 11/06/17 Etobicoke Jr. Dolphins (PWHL)   2018  03/22/00 5'03" 135 Burlington, ON
10 Ellie Kaiser         C 11/28/17 Chicago Mission U16             2020  01/19/02 5'08" 125 ..., IL
12 Emily King          LW 03/15/17 Cretin-Derham Hall (Suburb.East)2019  10/30/00 5'04" 130 St. Paul, MN
                                   Minnesota Northern Starzz
 3 Hannah Price        RD 09/27/17 Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16   2019  02/03/01 5'10" 140 Cannonsburg, PA
39 Maddy Peterson       F 11/29/17 Princeton HS (Mississippi 8)    2019  06/28/01 5'04" 126 Princeton, MN
29 Amanda Rampado       G 01/31/17 Stoney Creek Sabres (PWHL)      2019  11/27/01 5'05" 145 Grimsby, ON
17 Delaney Weiss #      D 09/09/16 Chicago Young Amer. U19 (JWHL)  2018  11/30/99 5'07" 152 Lake Forest, IL

* In the RPI directory
# Known to have signed National 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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As usual, I will post the BCHL summaries in the AM. Lee and Modry are both playing, Lee has a minor penalty.
 
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Code: 
 # Name                Ps Team (League)                      Gm- G- A-  P- PM Next Gm
21 Tristan Ashbrook     C Lincoln Stars (USHL)               13- 3- 3-  6-  8 12/02/17
15 Cory Babichuk       LD Central Illinois Flying Aces (USHL) 8- 0- 2-  2-  2 released
55                        Surrey Eagles (BCHL)                9- 0- 4-  4-  8 12/02/17
                          total                              17- 0- 6-  6- 10
 5 Jonathan Bendorf    LW Philadelphia Rebels (NAHL)         12- 4- 2-  6-  2 traded
22                        Aberdeen Wings (NAHL)               7- 3- 4-  7-  2 12/02/17
                          total                              19- 7- 6- 13-  4
15 Matt Cameron        RW New Jersey Titans (NAHL)           19- 4- 4-  8-  8 12/02/17
16 Mike Cameron        LW Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U16 (T1EHL)15- 5- 8- 13-  4 12/02/17
                          Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U16 (AYHL)  9- 8-11- 19-  0 12/02/17
                          Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U16 (HPL)   X- X- X-  X-  X done missing games
                          nonleague                           0- 0- 0-  0-  0 01/12/18
                          correction for double counting     -1 -1 -0  -1  -0
                          total                              23-12-19- 31-  4 
91 Danny DiGrande       C Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)        15- 1- 1-  2- 14 12/02/17
 2 Brady Ferner        RD Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)       16- 1- 2-  3-  6 12/02/17
11 Tommy Lee           RW Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)           30-12-13- 25- 28 12/08/17
16 Reid Leibold         C Washington Little Caps U16 (AYHL)   8- 8- 4- 12-  0 12/09/17
                          Washington Little Caps U16 (NAPHL)  8- 4- 2-  6- 34 12/02/17
                          nonleague                           4- 4- 3-  7-  2 done missing games
                          total                              20-16- 9- 25- 36
26 Jacob Modry         LD Wenatchee Wild (BCHL)              29- 0- 4-  4-  8 12/02/17
 
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