RPI Recruit Thread 2021-22 (Part II)

[Ralph Baer]

@BiggbyCoffeeAAA alum, Sutter Muzzatti led @theaustinbruins in scoring this past season, earning an NCAA Division I commitment!
https://twitter.com/NAPHL/status/1545090265106595841


However, he earned the commitment before this season.

 

[Ralph Baer]

Doubtful he knows Colgate lost their best recruits

He posted a link in this tweet to a spreadsheet with his data to a detailed spreadsheet. He seems to have done a lot of work, but there is much garbage in it. E.g., Babich (one of our top 4 recruits) and Fawkes are two of our incoming recruits in the Fall. It will be better if he updates the players when only who actually shows up in the rosters is included.

Direct link to spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=1185908126.

 

[FLHockeyMom]

Seemingly confirmation of good 2022-23 destination for Al-Azem:

https://twitter.com/MarkDivver/status/1547031732997787650?cxt=HHwWhMC42cTKlPgqAAAA

 

[Engineers]

Fawkes is still coming?

 

[sezenack]

Fawkes is still coming?

No he got dropped awhile ago. Ralph was just saying that guy has him listed as coming in his rankings, so he doesn't have everything accurate

 

[Ralph Baer]

No he got dropped awhile ago. Ralph was just saying that guy has him listed as coming in his rankings, so he doesn't have everything accurate

That indeed was what i was saying. He has a lot of errors, but since he probably made them everywhere, it could be fairly correct. That is, except for QU who should be much higher..

 

[Ralph Baer]

Seemingly confirmation of good 2022-23 destination for Al-Azem:

https://twitter.com/MarkDivver/status/1547031732997787650?cxt=HHwWhMC42cTKlPgqAAAA

That is great, except for the fact that it increases the chance that he will be McDonald#2.

 

[Ralph Baer]

Re Al-Azem ---> GB on Finish Your Check, the USHL message board
http://finishyourcheck.com/topic/15...mp-green-bay/?do=findComment&comment=14926272.
Also see posts 54 - 57 on the thread. GB fans are surprised he made the cut.

 

[rpi82]

That is great, except for the fact that it increases the chance that he will be McDonald#2.

Ralph, I don't see much benefit in such speculation on future recruits. After all, it's not as if we haven't had a solid percentage of our D come from the USHL in recent years. We can and should be able to recruit such players.

De-commits come in all shapes and sizes. Some just don't take seriously the concept of commitment - just using school A as a place holder until they can get an offer from School B. Others may have been jerked around by the school - either unintentionally because they forecast wrong when an opening would be available or intentionally because the school didn't like the player's development. We just don't know what happened with McDonald. He may have lost faith when we didn't play. On the other hand, and I'm just guessing, the fact that he's going to a different school in a year in which he could have undoubtedly enrolled at his original commitment (unlike Ardanaz and Evans who appear to have enrolled because they could avoid UNH pushing them out an extra year) is probably a good clue. In any case, I'm going to privately hope that Ardanaz, Strom and Smolinski turn out to be better players (which is possible as the sixth round is pretty close to the crap shoot level) and I'll apply my small vindictive streak to secretly root against McDonald if I go to a game this year with my NU-alum daughter or NU grad student nephew.

 

[sezenack]

Re Al-Azem ---> GB on Finish Your Check, the USHL message board
http://finishyourcheck.com/topic/15...mp-green-bay/?do=findComment&comment=14926272.
Also see posts 54 - 57 on the thread. GB fans are surprised he made the cut.

I don't really care if they think politics are at play with his spot or not. He made the team, and I hope he plays well so he can come in 2023. We'll need RD with Hallbauer and Klee graduating

 

[sezenack]

Alazem is always liking tweets about RPI, whether it's from Red Army, DS, or the RPI athletics account. Wouldn't be concerned about him

 

[Ralph Baer]

I have changed added Budy and changed Cherepak to 2022. I have left in Aslanidis although I am almost positive that he is no longer a recruit.

 # Name                 Ps commitm. Team (League)                    Year  DOB      Ht    Wt  Hometown          NZ*s
17 Kareem Al-Azem       RD 09/24/20 Kimball Union Academy            2023  01/02/04 6'02" 197 Dunn Loring, VA   3.50 St Vi Sk To
11 Nicolas Ardanaz *    LD 04/03/22 West Kelowna Rockets (BCHL)      2022  05/30/02 5'10" 175 Langley, BC       3.75 x
35 Alex Aslanidis        G 05/02/22 Western Michigan Broncos (NCHC)  2022  01/20/01 6'05" 205 Moorestown, NJ    3.50 x
28 Alexander Babich      C 02/16/19 El Paso Rhinos (NAHL)            2023  03/13/03 5'10" 173 Chicago, IL       3.50 x
13 Mathieu Bourgault *# LW 12/10/20 Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)    2023  03/31/03 6'02" 176 St-Bruno-de-Montarville, QC 3.50 Sp St GS
16 Finn Brown *#        RW 10/07/19 Alberni Valley Bulldogs (BCHL)   2022  06/04/02 6'03" 190 Toronto, ON       3.75 St Sk To GS
 9 Brendan Budy          C 07/14/22 North Dakota (NCDC)              2022  06/06/00 5'11" 192 Langley, BC       4.25 SH Aw Vi Sk To
11 Felix Caron          RW 12/06/21 Col Esther-Blondin Phenix(QM18AAA) 23  12/01/04 5'10" 165 Terrebonne, QC    3.50 x
15 Danny Ciccarello *#  RW 10/31/20 Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL)  2022  03/23/01 6'00" 200 Kirkland, QC      3.25 Sp SH Vi Sk
 1 Carson Cherepak *     G 06/18/22 Dauphin Kings (MJHL)             2022  10/09/02 6'00" 161 Winnipeg, MB      3.50 x
14 John Evans *         RW 04/03/22 West Kelowna Rockets (BCHL)      2022  04/08/02 5'10" 158 South Surrey, BC  3.75 Sp SH Aw Vi Sk GS
12 Austin Heidemann *   RW 04/13/22 Mercyhurst University (AHA)      2022  06/27/99 6'00" 190 Maple Grove, MN   3.75 x
17 Tyler Hotson *#      LW 12/11/20 Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)      2023  03/17/03 6'00" 163 Stratford, ON     3.75 x    
 9 Jackson Kyrkostas     C 01/27/22 Islanders Hockey Club (NCDC)     2023  08/19/04 5'10" 165 Windham, NH       3.50 Sp Aw Vi
 7 Charlie Lieberman    RD 02/10/22 Janesville Jets (NAHL)           2024  01/12/04 6'04" 220 Naperville, IL    3.50 St Ch Vi
25 Sutter Muzzatti *#    C 10/30/20 Austin Bruins (NAHL)             2022  06/28/03 6'04" 203 Okemos, MI        3.75 St To
 1 Ryan Sanborn          G 10/05/21 The Hill School                  2024  01/15/05 6'02" 190 Brookfield, CT    4.00 Sp Aw Sk
55 Nick Strom *         LD 04/16/22 Western Michigan Broncos (NCHC)  2022  03/21/00 6'00" 185 Dayton, MN        3.75 x
 8 Max Smolinski *#     RD 12/22/20 Fargo Force (USHL)               2022  04/02/03 5'11" 171 Bloomfield Hills, MI 3.75 x
18 Hunter Wallace        C 09/14/21 Brooks Bandits (AJHL)            2023  02/05/03 5'07" 165 Oak Lake, MB      3.75 x

Women
19 Georgia Bailey        F 01/05/22 Northwood School (NAPHA)         2023  03/17/05 5'09" 125 Sherbrooke, QC    x.xx
87 Sabrina Beaudoin      F 05/22/22 John Abbott Coll. Islanders(QCHL)2022  10/24/01 5'07" 149 St. Sauveur, QC   3.75
 9 Alexis Brunet         F 12/06/21 Kingston Ice Wolves (OWHL)       2023  02/07/05 5'06" 165 Kingston, ON      3.25
13 Nina Christof *#      F 05/30/19 Selects Academy 19U              2022  08/18/03 5'04" 141 Hammelburg, Ger.  3.50
 8 Taryn Jacobs *#      LD 05/02/21 Southwest Wildcats               2022  01/25/04 5'05" 125 Walpole Island,ON x.xx
 6 Sophia Jones *        D 05/02/19 Connecticut Polar Bears 19U      2022  09/23/03 5'03" 135 Westfield, MA     3.75
 6                                  Williston Northampton School
22 Taryn Rathwell *      D 11/24/21 Kingston Ice Wolves (OWHL)       2023  01/28/04 5'04" 136 Belleville, ON    x.xx
xx Morgann Skoda         F 04/21/22 Connecticut Polar Bears 19U      2023  10/26/03 5'10" 170 Mont-Royal, QC    3.50
17                                  Choate Rosemary Hall
16 Kyley Toye *#         F 08/25/21 The Lawrenceville School         2022  02/03/03 5'08" 170 Brick, NJ         3.25
16                                  New Jersey Titans 19U-AAA

* In the RPI directory
# Known to have signed National Letter of Intent
[B]The years the men's recruits are listed as committed for are not necessarily accurate.[/B]
The dates on which some of the women are listed as committing on may be considerably after the actual dates.
I am assuming that Neutral Zone regards their Star ratings as public because they often tweet them with committals.

STRENGTHS according to Neutral Zone (NZ doesn't include them for women):
Aw=Awareness/IQ, Ch=Character/Leadership, GS=Goal Scoring Ability, Sk=Skating, Sp=Speed, SH=Stick Handling Skill,
St-Strength, To=Toughness, Vi=Vision/Passing

 

[Ralph Baer]

 # Name                 Ps Team (League)                       Gm- G- A-  P- PM Next Gm
17 Kareem Al-Azem       RD Kimball Union Academy               33- 5-17- 22-  x (33-5-21-26 @USHR)
11 Nicolas Ardanaz      RD West Kelowna Rockets (BCHL)         53- 4-31- 35- 22
                           playoffs                            14- 0- 4-  4-  6
                           total                               66- 4-35- 39- 28
35 Alex Aslanidis        G Western Michigan Broncos (NCHC)  0- 0- 0-0-x.xx-.xxx
11 Alexander Babich      C Anchorage Wolverines (NAHL)         38- 8- 4- 12- 36 traded
28                         El Paso Rhinos (NAHL)               21- 4- 3-  7- 10
                           total                               59-12- 7- 19- 46
13 Mathieu Bourgault    LW Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)       51-12-20- 32- 25
                           playoffs                            12- 2- 3-  5-  6
                           total                               63-14-23- 37- 31
16 Finn Brown           RW Alberni Valley Bulldogs (BCHL)      47-15- 8- 23- 14
                           playoffs                            10- 1- 1-  2-  0
                           total                               57-16- 9- 25- 14
 9 Brendan Budy          C North Dakota (NCHC)                 22- 1- 0-  1-  6
11 Felix Caron          RW Coll Esther-Blondin Phenix (QM18AAA)36-19-27- 46- 48
                           other games                          6- 4- 3-  7- 10
                           playoffs                             6- 1- 4-  5-  6
                           total                               48-24-34- 58- 64
 1 Carson Cherepak       G Dauphin Kings (MJHL)            38-30- 7-0-2.21-.921
                           playoffs                        18-12- 4-0-2.32-.923
                           Centennial Cup                   5- 3- 2-0-1.19-.961
                           total                           61-45-13-0-2.16-.925
10 Danny Ciccarello     RW Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)       27- 4- 6- 10- 25 traded
15                         Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL)     16- 9- 4- 13- 48
                           playoffs                            11- 3- 3-  6- 20
                           total                               54-16-13- 29- 93
14 John Evans           RW West Kelowna Rockets (BCHL)         47-19-29- 48-  6
                           playoffs                            14- 9- 8- 17-  6
                           total                               61-28-37- 65- 12
12 Austin Heidemann     RW Mercyhurst University (AHA)         38-12-16- 28- 18
18 Tyler Hotson         LW St. Andrew's College (CISAA)         2- 0- 3-  3-  6
17                         Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)         60- 7-20- 27- 57
                           playoffs                             9- 2- 2-  4-  8
                           total                               71- 9-25- 34- 71
XX Jackson Kyrkostas     C Islanders Hockey Club 18U           20-16- 7- 23-  x
11                         Kimball Union Academy               29-10-33- 43-  x (28-10-31-41 @USHR)
 9                         Islanders Hockey Club (NCDC)         2- 1- 0-  1-  2
                           total                               51-27-40- 67-  x
 6 Charlie Lieberman    RD Selects Academy (PHC 18UAAA)        58- 7-18- 25-  x
 7                         Janesville Jets (NAHL)               9- 0- 2-  2-  0
                           total                               67- 7-20- 27-  x
25 Sutter Muzzatti       C Austin Bruins (NAHL)                50-12-34- 46- 82
                           playoffs                             3- 0- 1-  1-  6
                           total                               53-12-35- 47- 88
30 Ryan Sanborn          G Buffalo Regals 16U               5-xx-xx-x-2.60-.924 missing info
 1                         Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)   0- 0- 0-0-x.xx-.xxx
 1                         The Hill School                 29-xx-xx-x-2.28-.929
 8 Max Smolinski        RD Fargo Force (USHL)                  62- 4-17- 21- 24
                           playoffs                             2- 0- 1-  1-  2
                           total                               64- 4-18- 22- 26
55 Nick Strom           LD Western Michigan Broncos (NCHC)      0- 0- 0-  0-  0
18 Hunter Wallace        C Brooks Bandits (AJHL)               58-18-22- 40- 48
                           playoffs                            13- 4- 2-  6-  6
                           Centennial Cup                       5- 2- 2-  4-  8
                           total                               76-24-26- 50- 62

 

[Ralph Baer]

First post of 2023 info. I haven't changed Sanborn and Kyrkostas to USHL.

 # Name                 Ps commitm. Team (League)                    Year  DOB      Ht    Wt  Hometown          NZ*s
xx Kareem Al-Azem       RD 09/24/20 Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)        2023  01/02/04 6'02" 197 Dunn Loring, VA   3.50 St Vi Sk To
28 Alexander Babich      C 02/16/19 El Paso Rhinos (NAHL)            2023  03/13/03 5'10" 173 Chicago, IL       3.50 x
13 Mathieu Bourgault *# LW 12/10/20 Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)    2023  03/31/03 6'02" 176 St-Bruno-de-Montarville, QC 3.50 Sp St GS
xx Felix Caron          RW 12/06/21 Kelowna Warriors (BCHL)          2023  12/01/04 5'10" 165 Terrebonne, QC    3.50 x
17 Tyler Hotson *#      LW 12/11/20 Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)      2023  03/17/03 6'00" 163 Stratford, ON     3.75 x
11 Jackson Kyrkostas     C 01/27/22 Kimball Union Academy            2023  08/19/04 5'10" 165 Windham, NH       3.50 Sp Aw Vi
 7 Charlie Lieberman    RD 02/10/22 Janesville Jets (NAHL)           2024  01/12/04 6'04" 220 Naperville, IL    3.50 St Ch Vi
 1 Ryan Sanborn          G 10/05/21 The Hill School                  2024  01/15/05 6'02" 190 Brookfield, CT    4.00 Sp Aw Sk
18 Hunter Wallace        C 09/14/21 Brooks Bandits (AJHL)            2023  02/05/03 5'07" 165 Oak Lake, MB      3.75 x

Women
19 Georgia Bailey        F 01/05/22 Northwood School (NAPHA)         2023  03/17/05 5'09" 125 Sherbrooke, QC    x.xx
 9 Alexis Brunet         F 12/06/21 Kingston Ice Wolves (OWHL)       2023  02/07/05 5'06" 165 Kingston, ON      3.25
22 Taryn Rathwell      * D 11/24/21 Kingston Ice Wolves (OWHL) 2023 01/28/04 5'04" 136 Belleville, ON x.xx
xx Morgann Skoda         F 04/21/22 College Champlain Cougars (QCHL) 2023  10/26/03 5'10" 170 Mont-Royal, QC    3.50

* In the RPI directory
# Known to have signed National Letter of Intent
[B]The years the men's recruits are listed as committed for are not necessarily accurate.[/B]
The dates on which some of the women are listed as committing on may be considerably after the actual dates.
I am assuming that Neutral Zone regards their Star ratings as public because they often tweet them with committals.

STRENGTHS according to Neutral Zone (NZ doesn't include them for women):
Aw=Awareness/IQ, Ch=Character/Leadership, GS=Goal Scoring Ability, Sk=Skating, Sp=Speed, SH=Stick Handling Skill,
St-Strength, To=Toughness, Vi=Vision/Passing

 # Name                 Ps Team (League)                       Gm- G- A-  P- PM Next Gm
xx Kareem Al-Azem       RD Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)            0- 0- 0-  0-  0
28 Alexander Babich      C El Paso Rhinos (NAHL)                0- 0- 0-  0-  0
13 Mathieu Bourgault    LW Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)        0- 0- 0-  0-  0
xx Felix Caron          RW Kelowna Warriors (BCHL)              0- 0- 0-  0-  0
17 Tyler Hotson         LW Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)          0- 0- 0-  0-  0
11 Jackson Kyrkostas     C Kimball Union Academy                0- 0- 0-  0-  0
 7 Charlie Lieberman    RD Janesville Jets (NAHL)               0- 0- 0-  0-  0
 1 Ryan Sanborn          G Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)   0- 0- 0-0-x.xx-.xxx
 1                         The Hill School                  0- 0- 0-0-x.xx-.xxx
18 Hunter Wallace        C Brooks Bandits (AJHL)                0- 0- 0-  0-  0

 

[Engineers]

Ryan Shaw committed to us. Forward out of Westminster prep. Excellent pickup

 

[Ralph Baer]

Ryan Shaw's Elite Prospects page. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w4Zo5azvRWMiuN4Puxj5aRRhwOGmt-DENEsRapKxmfI/htmlview#
He played in the recent Select 17 tourney.

 

[Ralph Baer]

Shaw's USHR page https://www.ushr.com/neprep/team/stats/2021/62?playerId=29090

 

[Ralph Baer]

Added Ryan Shaw

 # Name                 Ps commitm. Team (League)                    Year  DOB      Ht    Wt  Hometown          NZ*s
xx Kareem Al-Azem       RD 09/24/20 Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)        2023  01/02/04 6'02" 197 Dunn Loring, VA   3.50 St Vi Sk To
28 Alexander Babich      C 02/16/19 El Paso Rhinos (NAHL)            2023  03/13/03 5'10" 173 Chicago, IL       3.50 x
13 Mathieu Bourgault *# LW 12/10/20 Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)    2023  03/31/03 6'02" 176 St-Bruno-de-Montarville, QC 3.50 Sp St GS
xx Felix Caron          RW 12/06/21 Kelowna Warriors (BCHL)          2023  12/01/04 5'10" 165 Terrebonne, QC    3.50 x
17 Tyler Hotson *#      LW 12/11/20 Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)      2023  03/17/03 6'00" 163 Stratford, ON     3.75 x
11 Jackson Kyrkostas     C 01/27/22 Kimball Union Academy            2023  08/19/04 5'10" 165 Windham, NH       3.50 Sp Aw Vi
 7 Charlie Lieberman    RD 02/10/22 Janesville Jets (NAHL)           2024  01/12/04 6'04" 220 Naperville, IL    3.50 St Ch Vi
 1 Ryan Sanborn          G 10/05/21 The Hill School                  2024  01/15/05 6'02" 190 Brookfield, CT    4.00 Sp Aw Sk
19 Ryan Shaw            LW 08/01/22 Westminster Prep                 2025  01/29/05 5'09" 165 E. Longmeadow, MA 3.50 SH Aw Vi
18 Hunter Wallace        C 09/14/21 Brooks Bandits (AJHL)            2023  02/05/03 5'07" 165 Oak Lake, MB      3.75 x

Women
19 Georgia Bailey        F 01/05/22 Northwood School (NAPHA)         2023  03/17/05 5'09" 125 Sherbrooke, QC    x.xx
 9 Alexis Brunet         F 12/06/21 Kingston Ice Wolves (OWHL)       2023  02/07/05 5'06" 165 Kingston, ON      3.25
22 Taryn Rathwell *      D 11/24/21 Kingston Ice Wolves (OWHL)       2023  01/28/04 5'04" 136 Belleville, ON    x.xx
xx Morgann Skoda         F 04/21/22 College Champlain Cougars (QCHL) 2023  10/26/03 5'10" 170 Mont-Royal, QC    3.50

* In the RPI directory
# Known to have signed National Letter of Intent
[B]The years the men's recruits are listed as committed for are not necessarily accurate.[/B]
The dates on which some of the women are listed as committing on may be considerably after the actual dates.
I am assuming that Neutral Zone regards their Star ratings as public because they often tweet them with committals.

STRENGTHS according to Neutral Zone (NZ doesn't include them for women):
Aw=Awareness/IQ, Ch=Character/Leadership, GS=Goal Scoring Ability, Sk=Skating, Sp=Speed, SH=Stick Handling Skill,
St-Strength, To=Toughness, Vi=Vision/Passing

 

[Ralph Baer]

tweet of commitment
https://twitter.com/MassNZ/status/1554268750022680576

 

[jericho]

Ralph, I don't see much benefit in such speculation on future recruits. After all, it's not as if we haven't had a solid percentage of our D come from the USHL in recent years. We can and should be able to recruit such players.

De-commits come in all shapes and sizes. Some just don't take seriously the concept of commitment - just using school A as a place holder until they can get an offer from School B. Others may have been jerked around by the school - either unintentionally because they forecast wrong when an opening would be available or intentionally because the school didn't like the player's development. We just don't know what happened with McDonald. He may have lost faith when we didn't play. On the other hand, and I'm just guessing, the fact that he's going to a different school in a year in which he could have undoubtedly enrolled at his original commitment (unlike Ardanaz and Evans who appear to have enrolled because they could avoid UNH pushing them out an extra year) is probably a good clue. In any case, I'm going to privately hope that Ardanaz, Strom and Smolinski turn out to be better players (which is possible as the sixth round is pretty close to the crap shoot level) and I'll apply my small vindictive streak to secretly root against McDonald if I go to a game this year with my NU-alum daughter or NU grad student nephew.

probably going to happen a lot more.