UML Recruiting: Finally in the 20s!

[boblav1]

Recruit list is up to 16 with only 4 still playing (Sisson, McGraw, Kresl and Grumley).

Recruit stats (regular season and playoffs) as of 4/19/26.

Recruit	DOB	Pos.	Team	NZ	GP	G	A	T	-	GP	G	A	T
Misha Volotovskii	06/23/05	F	Vancouver (WHL)	3.75	61	17	17	34	-
Joe McGraw	12/13/05	F	Sioux Falls (USHL)	3.75	49	13	20	33	-	2	0	0	0
Charlie Kresl	01/27/06	F	Bismarck (NAHL)	3.75	51	18	48	66	-	2	0	0	0
Easton Jacobs	01/29/06	F	Surrey (BCHL)	3.50	48	13	8	21	-
Nick Wellenreiter	02/17/06	F	North Bay (OHL)	3.75	68	23	33	56	-	10	1	2	3
Carson Olsen	03/03/06	D	Kamloops (WHL)	3.50	65	2	15	17	-	4	0	0	0
Abzal Alibek	03/29/06	F	Philadelphia (NAHL)	N/A	46	12	20	32	-
Harrison Franssen	05/04/06	F	Oshawa (OHL)	3.75	64	24	18	42	-
Kolin Sisson	09/30/06	F	Chicago / Fargo (USHL)	3.75	59	21	36	57	-	2	2	2	4
Wyatt Herres	01/27/07	D	Waterloo / Chicago (USHL)	3.50	44	4	12	16	-
Kyle Jones	02/27/07	G	Moose Jaw (WHL)	3.75	29	5.04	0.862		-
Aiden Young	04/18/07	F	Peterborough (OHL)	4.00	62	23	35	58	-	6	0	2	2
Stephen Grumley	04/29/07	D	Sherwood Park (BCHL)	4.00	41	17	24	41	-	8	1	2	3
Tristen Buckley	12/19/07	F	Spokane (WHL)	3.75	46	6	7	13	-	2	0	0	0
Owen McCarthy	02/20/08	D	Trail (BCHL) / Victoria (WHL)	3.75	41	0	7	7	-
Anthony Pedalino	04/29/08	D	Woodbridge (U18 AAA) /	3.50	28	1	5	6	-

 

[UMLFan]

So my first attempt at where this roster is now that the transfer portal is open. Anyone in bold Italics is newly added. (since I last did this) I'm leaving Kroll as a freshman in the 2026 class for now, since he started in the second half of last year.

26/27 roster

Defense (10):
Seniors: Anthony Dowd, Sean Kilcullen
Juniors: Daniel Buchbinder, Dominic Payne
Sophomore: Tnias Mathurin, Nate Misskey, Josh Mori
Freshmen: Ryan Kroll, Stephen Grumley, Carsen Olsen

Forwards (17):
Seniors: Jaiden Moriello, Jan Vaarwerk
Juniors: Chris Delaney, Jacob MacDonald, Libor Nemec, Dominick Rivelli
Sophomores: David Adaszynski, Cole Lonsdale, Dalyn Wakely
Freshmen: Abzal Alibek, Harrison Franssen, Easton Jacobs, Charles Kresl, Joseph McGraw, Kolin Sisson, Misha Volotovskii, Nicholas Wellenreiter

Goalies (3):
Senior: Cole Moore
Junior:
Sophomore: Austin Elliot, Nikola Goich
Freshman:

This leaves us at 30 on the roster, with the class breakdown being:
Seniors: 5
Juniors: 6
Sophomores: 8
Freshmen: 11

27/28 roster

Defense (14):
Seniors: Daniel Buchbinder, Dominic Payne
Juniors: Tnias Mathurin, Nate Misskey, Josh Mori,
Sophomore: Ryan Kroll, Stephen Grumley, Carsen Olsen
Freshmen: Wyatt Herres, Owen McCarthy, Anthony Pedalino

Forwards (14):
Seniors: Chris Delaney, Jacob MacDonald, Libor Nemec, Dominick Rivelli
Juniors: David Adaszynski, Cole Lonsdale, Dalyn Wakely
Sophomores: Abzal Alibek, Harrison Franssen, Easton Jacobs, Charles Kresl, Joseph McGraw, Kolin Sisson, Misha Volotovskii, Nicholas Wellenreiter
Freshmen: Tristen Buckley, Aiden Young

Goalies (3):
Senior:
Junior: Austin Elliot, Nikola Goich
Sophomore:
Freshman: Kyle Jones

This leaves us at 31 on the roster, with the class breakdown being:
Seniors: 6
Juniors: 8
Sophomores: 11
Freshmen: 6

 

[boblav1]

I wonder how soon they will need to get down to the roster limit of 26. How many of players who entered the portal were Designated Student-Athletes? They don't count toward the roster limit of 26, they also take that designation with them.

It sounds like the coaches are trying to get the roster limit increased to 28.

 

[Will]

I wonder how soon they will need to get down to the roster limit of 26. How many of players who entered the portal were Designated Student-Athletes? They don't count toward the roster limit of 26, they also take that designation with them.

It sounds like the coaches are trying to get the roster limit increased to 28.

The Gopher Puck portal tracker shows if an athlete is a DSA or not, and none of our entries were

 

[Will]

So my first attempt at where this roster is now that the transfer portal is open. Anyone in bold Italics is newly added. (since I last did this) I'm leaving Kroll as a freshman in the 2026 class for now, since he started in the second half of last year.

26/27 roster

Defense (10):
Seniors: Anthony Dowd, Sean Kilcullen
Juniors: Daniel Buchbinder, Dominic Payne
Sophomore: Tnias Mathurin, Nate Misskey, Josh Mori
Freshmen: Ryan Kroll, Stephen Grumley, Carsen Olsen

Forwards (17):
Seniors: Jaiden Moriello, Jan Vaarwerk
Juniors: Chris Delaney, Jacob MacDonald, Libor Nemec, Dominick Rivelli
Sophomores: David Adaszynski, Cole Lonsdale, Dalyn Wakely
Freshmen: Abzal Alibek, Harrison Franssen, Easton Jacobs, Charles Kresl, Joseph McGraw, Kolin Sisson, Misha Volotovskii, Nicholas Wellenreiter

Goalies (3):
Senior: Cole Moore
Junior:
Sophomore: Austin Elliot, Nikola Goich
Freshman:

This leaves us at 30 on the roster, with the class breakdown being:
Seniors: 5
Juniors: 6
Sophomores: 8
Freshmen: 11

27/28 roster

Defense (14):
Seniors: Daniel Buchbinder, Dominic Payne
Juniors: Tnias Mathurin, Nate Misskey, Josh Mori,
Sophomore: Ryan Kroll, Stephen Grumley, Carsen Olsen
Freshmen: Wyatt Herres, Owen McCarthy, Anthony Pedalino

Forwards (14):
Seniors: Chris Delaney, Jacob MacDonald, Libor Nemec, Dominick Rivelli
Juniors: David Adaszynski, Cole Lonsdale, Dalyn Wakely
Sophomores: Abzal Alibek, Harrison Franssen, Easton Jacobs, Charles Kresl, Joseph McGraw, Kolin Sisson, Misha Volotovskii, Nicholas Wellenreiter
Freshmen: Tristen Buckley, Aiden Young

Goalies (3):
Senior:
Junior: Austin Elliot, Nikola Goich
Sophomore:
Freshman: Kyle Jones

This leaves us at 31 on the roster, with the class breakdown being:
Seniors: 6
Juniors: 8
Sophomores: 11
Freshmen: 6

Might be worth worth putting an asterisk or something next to names whose eligibility doesn't align with their class, for example Buchbinder will still have 3 years left since he missed all but one game, and Kroll will also have 3 years even though he came in midseason.

 

[umlhockey22490]

I see classon and jones still havent been looked at, any chance they could remove themselves and return to the team?

 

[boblav1]

The Gopher Puck portal tracker shows if an athlete is a DSA or not, and none of our entries were

Thanks, I noticed that too, I just wonder how accurate it is.

 

[Will]

I see classon and jones still havent been looked at, any chance they could remove themselves and return to the team?

I assume you meant Johnson? But as Bob mentioned, we don't know if they are at the roster limit already, since we don't know how many DSAs they have. Also we currently have 10 D, which seems like a lot