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UNH commitments/recruits for 2010 and beyond

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Clark-Hislop-Cox said:
Update on goalie, Cody Campbell (who turns 18 next month). Since his trade from Fargo to the Cedar Rapids Roughriders of the USHL, he has had 3 wins and 1 loss with 1.81 goals against and a .939 save percentage. In other words, his play has improved since the trade.
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Correlation is not causation. His numbers may be better, but how much of that is because of the team in front of him? Also, fairly small sample size.
 
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Mowers10 said:
Correlation is not causation. His numbers may be better, but how much of that is because of the team in front of him? Also, fairly small sample size.
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Just trying to provide information. I have no idea how he'll pan out over the next couple of years. Is there any bigger question mark than who will replace Brian Foster next year?
 
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Clark-Hislop-Cox said:
Just trying to provide information. I have no idea how he'll pan out over the next couple of years. Is there any bigger question mark than who will replace Brian Foster next year?
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thats a tough question......first name starts with a"M"....second name starts with a "D".......no goalie that was a All-star level in the USHL is going to hang around for 2 years on the bench without having a committment that he will the "go to" guy in the future....that future is next year......also he will do fine..
 
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PSW said:
thats a tough question......first name starts with a"M"....second name starts with a "D".......no goalie that was a All-star level in the USHL is going to hang around for 2 years on the bench without having a committment that he will the "go to" guy in the future....that future is next year......also he will do fine..
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I agree. Digi looked solid in his start at Providence in December. He'll be the guy.
 
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That being said.. like Foster, DiG will only have 2yrs to play.. Keep your eyes on Wyer.. carrying the load for Valley of the EJHL currently.. +.900 after 26games, with some older(19, 20 and 20), and what appear to be rookie D guys. He'll come in in '11 and have a pretty good D nucleus in front of him along side Dig as a Sr. (Petresiak/Regan type scenario in regards to potentially splitting time). Then again, Scott and Campbell cuold surprise the heck out of us all!
 
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i'zonprize said:
That being said.. like Foster, DiG will only have 2yrs to play.. Keep your eyes on Wyer.. carrying the load for Valley of the EJHL currently.. +.900 after 25games, with some older(19, 20 and 20), and what appear to be rookie D guys.
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Yeah, also good for Wyer in the sense that he usually faces 40-55 shots per game. Shades of Foster playing at Bishop Brady way back when.
 
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Some seem to be assuming that Matt DiGirolamo is the heir apparent to Brian Foster and he will do fine. However, as I look back at the lines of succession that have occurred over the last 10 years, I don't have the same level of confidence that I have had in the past. The typical pattern when UNH has had a sure-thing young goalie is for him to get some meaningful icetime during his freshman and sophomore years.
Ayers - 4 games as Frosh; 20 games as Soph.
Pietrasiak - 2 games; 11 games.
Regan - 23 games; 22 games.
Foster - 7 games; 6 games.

DiGirolamo has had limited icetime over his first two years and he has played primarily because Foster was hurt.
I remember hearing a lot of positives about the young Foster, Regan, and Ayers. Why hasn't there been more hype surrounding DiGi?

I hope he does well next season, I just don't have a sense of certainty that he will.
 
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Clark-Hislop-Cox said:
I remember hearing a lot of positives about the young Foster, Regan, and Ayers. Why hasn't there been more hype surrounding DiGi?
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I remember being not so confident in Mikey when he was a freshman. His first start did not go well at all. He was also 3rd in line as a freshman. Clearly he had proved his spot but I never remember a lot of talk about him (it could also be because I was still new to UNH hockey at that point too).
 
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I think track record shows that when Umile doesn't have a clear number one guy, he'll look to platoon. I would be shocked if DiGirolamo and Campbell DON'T split time to start next season...
 
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UNHhockey29 said:
I remember being not so confident in Mikey when he was a freshman. His first start did not go well at all. He was also 3rd in line as a freshman. Clearly he had proved his spot but I never remember a lot of talk about him (it could also be because I was still new to UNH hockey at that point too).
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Digi's been on the team for 20 years?! :eek: :p
 
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UNHhockey29 said:
I remember being not so confident in Mikey when he was a freshman. His first start did not go well at all. He was also 3rd in line as a freshman. Clearly he had proved his spot but I never remember a lot of talk about him (it could also be because I was still new to UNH hockey at that point too).
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As I recall, Ayers had been drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks before he got to UNH. In that respect, he was like Regan and Foster - that is, a potential NHLer.
Also, Jeff Pietrasiak was drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes. DiGirolamo has not been drafted.
 
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Clark-Hislop-Cox said:
As I recall, Ayers had been drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks before he got to UNH. In that respect, he was like Regan and Foster - that is, a potential NHLer.
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Enter Wyer..

That kid is seeing more rubber right now than Rt.93N. at 5:30. and was ranked Top 25Goalie prospects last yr prior to the draft there w/ a kid who was between the pipes who the Terriers took home the NCAA's last yr.
http://www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/11299/college_commitments_of2009eligibles/

Troaling on google.. found this Gem that mentions Hill, Smith, Wyer and Knodel all in the same publication..

http://ushr.com/news/20090301
 
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NCAA watcher said:
With the start of another junior hockey season, it seems like a good time to get a fresh start on the future with another recruiting thread. I can only say "Thank God" they've gone back to the BCHL rather than relying on the USHL. And please keep looking in Westside, hint hint. Lastly, don't get too attached to these kids. We've learned that these commitments mean nothing, with the cream of the 2009 recruiting class having not arrived this fall.
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With the regular season of the British Columbia Hockey League coming to an end, I thought it could be useful to reflect back on Watcher's post (from Sept. 2009) and see how the UNH recruits performed.

Joey Laleggia (6/24/92) - Penticton Vees
The Vees finished the regular season in 2nd place in the BCHL Interior Conference. In 54 games, Laleggia scored 13 goals and 52 assists. He finished the season as the 22nd leading scorer in the BCHL. He was a runnerup for the Top Defenseman Award which was won by a fellow named Brendan Ellis who committed to Merrimack. In December, Laleggia played in the Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Games which includes the top 40 NHL prospects across the CJHL. Laleggia won the Top Defenseman Award in that game.

Grayson Downing (4/18/92) - Westside Warriors
The Warriors finished the regular season in 3rd place in the BCHL Interior Conference. In 43 games, Downing scored 18 goals and 18 assists. He finished just outside the top 100 in BCHL scoring. Along with Laleggia, he played in the Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Games in December. He apparently suffered a concussion-like injury in that game and missed several games in the middle of the season.

Under the heading of sour note, Cam Reid, former UNH recruit, finished the season with 27 goals and 45 assists in 54 games with the Westside Warriors.

A question for Watcher and Dan (who attended Westside and Penticton games) - what can you tell us about Trevor Bailey (3/21/89). He was the leading scorer for the Warriors with 41 goals and 44 assists in 56 games. Overall, he was the 7th ranked scorer in the BCHL. I looked at a few websites and it doesn't look like he has committed to play NCAA hockey. At 21, is he too old for Hockey East?
 
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Dan said:
I think track record shows that when Umile doesn't have a clear number one guy, he'll look to platoon. I would be shocked if DiGirolamo and Campbell DON'T split time to start next season...
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I don't think this will happen....DiGi will have to play his way OUT of the job. Campbell has not been ripping it up in the "U" ....why would he be able to do it next year at a higher level. Campbell will be good to go in 2 years....
 
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PSW said:
Campbell has not been ripping it up in the "U" ....why would he be able to do it next year at a higher level.
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Because Campbell has a solid track record and pedigree - including representing the United States internationally. Without having watched Campbell in person, I can only assume that what I read and hear is relatively accurate...

Goalie statistics, moreso than any other position, have to be taken with a grain of salt as they are so dependent on the rest of the team. He's also had tough luck, being paired with top goaltender's like Mike Lee (SCSU) and Zane Gotheberg (UND) in Fargo and now a 20+ year old in Cedar Rapids...But as stated above, Campbell has been MUCH better since moving to a defensive minded Cedar Rapids team.

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=119102

You can also certainly put me in the group that thinks if UNH thought DiGirolamo was THE GUY next year he'd have more than 95 minutes of PT this season. At some point you gotta let a kid get some experience, if you expect him to carry the entire load in the upcoming year...

By comparison, Foster started 11 games and appeared in 13 behind Regan (a much tougher goalie to steal time from, IMO) his first two seasons. To date, DiGirolamo has appeared just eight times, making four? five? starts (mostly due to a Foster injury last year...)...
 
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Clark-Hislop-Cox said:
A question for Watcher and Dan (who attended Westside and Penticton games) - what can you tell us about Trevor Bailey (3/21/89). He was the leading scorer for the Warriors with 41 goals and 44 assists in 56 games. Overall, he was the 7th ranked scorer in the BCHL. I looked at a few websites and it doesn't look like he has committed to play NCAA hockey. At 21, is he too old for Hockey East?
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Thats the biggest key - he's 21 and is playing his fourth full season in the BCHL. He has put up 31, 60, 59 and 85 points over his four seasons, so he has scored and he skated pretty well when I saw him. But you'd think that, with those numbers and the amount of time spent in the BC League, people a lot smarter than me have seen quite a bit of him and he remains unsigned (I dont see a WHL history??)...

Downing on the other hand does not turn 18 until April and should be a real keeper by his Soph. season. Losing Reid is a BIG dissapointment...
 
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Clark-Hislop-Cox said:
A question for Watcher and Dan (who attended Westside and Penticton games) - what can you tell us about Trevor Bailey (3/21/89). He was the leading scorer for the Warriors with 41 goals and 44 assists in 56 games. Overall, he was the 7th ranked scorer in the BCHL. I looked at a few websites and it doesn't look like he has committed to play NCAA hockey. At 21, is he too old for Hockey East?
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I had the same question. When I checked with a scout who knows the league, I was told that Bailey and another unsigned high scoring '89 had some "bad habits". I didn't push to find out if the scout was referring to hockey or euphemistically referring their study habits or social demeanor.

It seems there are good reasons why certain players are allowed to "slip through the net".
 
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