UHL Collegians

[jmh]

There seem to be a lot of former college players in the UHL. I'm looking through the composite roster (very easy to access through this page (http://www.theuhl.com/cgi-bin/roster.php)), and these are the names I recognize. Feel free to make additions or corrections.

Adirondack:
Hugo Belanger (Clarkson)
Benjamin Blais (Quinnipiac)
Seamus Galligan (Union)
J.C. Ruid (Vermont)
Jason Wolfe (Merrimack)

Elmira:
Thomas Clayton (Niagara)
Gerry Hickey (Lowell)
R.C. Lyke (Mercyhurst)
Aaron Phillips (LSSU)
Jeremy Symington (SLU)

Flint:
Greg Kutchma (Lebanon Valley)
Jean-Francois Labarre (Brown)
Sean Weaver (Canisius)

Fort Wayne:
Marc Barlow (BGSU)
Kevin Kotyluk (Lowell)
Jake Ortmeyer (Miami)
Bart Stevens (Miami)

Kalamazoo:
Chad Alban (MSU)
Bryan Farquhar (WMU)
Eric Lawson (UAA)
Pat O'Leary (Minnesota)
Mark Phenow (Bemidji)
Jeff Reynaert (WMU)
Brian Rogers (Michigan Tech)
Tyson Turgeon (LSSU)

Missouri:
none that I recognize

Muskegon:
Shane Glover (UNO)
Brandon Snee (Union)

Port Huron:
Peter Bournazakis (RIT)

Quad City:
Joe Goodenow (MSU)
Andy Kollar (UND)
Anthony Lawrence (St. Thomas)
Liam McCarthy (Harvard)

Rockford:
Nick Angell (Minnesota)
Steve Cygan (UAA)
Brad Olsen (Mercyhurst)
Joe Statkus (BGSU)
Erik Wendell (Minnesota)

[jen]

Go IceHogs!!!!! :)


Adirondack:
Doug Schmidt (NMU)
James Patterson (DU)
Scott Ricci (CLarkson)

Elmira:
Jody Robinson (Mercyhurst)
Glenn Stewart (UNH)
Randy Murphy (Elmira)
Liam Garvey (MTU)

Flint:
Tom Perry (UMA)
Bobby Reynolds (MSU)
RJ Gates (UMA)
Lee Jelenic (Yale)
Jay Woodcroft (UAH)

FW:
Kevin Bertram (UML)
Tom Lawson (BGSU - very shortly)
Kelly Perrault (BGSU)
Bobby Stewart (Maine)
Kevin Schmidt (NMU)
Jason Selleke (OSU)

Kazoo:
Chad Dameworth (NMU)
Joe Pecoraro (Oswego and Fredonia)
Kurt Miller (LSSU)
Justin Cardwell (WMU)
Richard Keyes (MSU)

Missouri:
Dustin Whitecotton (Miami)
Riley Nelson (MTU)
Joe Ritson (DU)
Charlie Blythe (Amherst College)
Jason Gudmundson (CC)
Brian Regan (UMA)
Anthony Cappeletti (UML)

Muskegon:
Rustyn Dolyny (MSU)
Gary Ricciardi (FSU)
Billy Pugliese (UNO)
Jeff Lukasak (WMU)
Jeff Kozakowski (MSU)

PH:
Chris Mackenzie (Colgate)
Casey Harris (FSU)
Scott Drevitch (Maine and uML)

QC:
Andy Fermoyle (Mankato)
Bret Meyers (MTU)
Shawn Roed (Minn)
Dylan Mills (Minn)
Nick Ganga (OSU favorite ;))
Brian Bolf (St. Thomas)
Mike Possin (St. John's)
Jesse Rooney (Mankato)
Tom Menicci (St. Anselm)
Dan Hodge (Merrimack)

Rockford:
Matt Loen (UWEC)
Kenzie Homer (FSU)
Darwin Murray (Niagara)
Brant Nicklin (UMD)
Corwin Saurdiff (NMU)
Jason Stewart (SCSU)
Jay Hebert (Oswego)
Jeff Antonovich (UMD - 1 game)

[RichS]

Jen,

Last I heard, Scott Ricci had signed with Binghamton in the AHL.

Is Belanger still with Adirondack?

[jen]

Rich: He played for Binghamton on Sunday, but the rosters are supposedly current as of Monday (I think they might be wrong in Ricci's case - otherwise they just still list him, as a called up player). Belanger is indeed still there (man, he's been around forever).

[jmh]

Thanks, jen. I figured there'd be plenty of guys I didn't recognize... you're good at this. :)

[redraider13]

Here's what I know, mostly about Adirondack.

Ricci was called up to Binghamton. They needed some D-men there in a pinch. He will probally get sent down again pretty quickly though. The Adirondack coach said he wasn't expecting him back this weekend though.

Belanger is indeed awesome. The fans literally cheer as soon as he comes over the boards. I think he just took back the league lead in points. Here's a picture from their website. You can't see the puck, but check out the water bottle.

http://www.adirondackicehawks.com/gallery/021006vselmira/pix_6.jpg

Schmidt and Blais are towards the bottom of the defenseman depth chart at the moment, but aren't looking too badly. Patterson has been a very hard nosed player for them, and hasn't been too bad with the puck either.

Galligan hasn't seen much playing time, he was acquired after the team cut somebody, and needed someone to skate immediatly.

Wolfe is the backup goalie, and one of the only rookie goalies in the league. He did have a very nice game last weekend though, earning the win over Port Huron, and the first star of the game honors.

Ruid had an early offensive slump, now is on a new line, and seems to be picking things up again.

From other teams...
Elmira.
Last game they had was pretty fight filled. What I really remember was Symington nearly getting into a brawl with the other goalie after they were playing "catch" as the ref was sorting out some other penalties. Evidently the other guy was making fun of him. He went in the other goalies direction after the game, but refs broke it up. I know Stewart is not well liked, something about ending someones career with an illegal hit years ago.

Dissapointed to see that Mackenzie of Port Huron is a Colgate alumnus. As I was browsing this list, I was thinking to myself "What school did that ********* MAckenzie go to?" I'm still picking my jaw up off the floor. He was the UHL player of the month for October, but at a game last week, I was unfortunate enough to see him disobeying arena protocol by trying to come out onto the ice before the home team had been introduced. An arena security guard actually tried to stop him, and got pretty much thrown out of the way and then manhandled once he was on the ground. Disgusting to say the least.

[RichS]

Originally posted by jen
Rich: He played for Binghamton on Sunday, but the rosters are supposedly current as of Monday (I think they might be wrong in Ricci's case - otherwise they just still list him, as a called up player). Belanger is indeed still there (man, he's been around forever).

Guess i had more current info about Scott because I read the Bing Sens site...have to since I grew up there!

Hugo ...been around forever? :confused: Yikes....I'm nearly 20 yrs his senior...what does that say about me? :rolleyes:

Thanks for the info Jen...as always!! :D

[redraider13]

Some news from Adirondack.

- Tonight was Hugo Belanger night. The mayor issued an official proclaimation making today Hugo Belanger day in Glens Falls. He was honored with a ten minute pregame cerimony, and given the teams MVP award after the game.

- Jason Wolfe of Merrimack got rookie of the year, and most involved with community service.

[college hockey fan]

Originally posted by redraider13


Wolfe is the backup goalie, and one of the only rookie goalies in the league. He did have a very nice game last weekend though, earning the win over Port Huron, and the first star of the game honors.
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it didnt take wolfe long to capture the number one job, as to date has appeared in 49 games, with a .904 save percentage and the only goalie on the roster to last the entire year.

also jeff reynaert of western michigan plays for Quad City and was named goalie of month last month.

brian regan (UMASS-Amherst) plays for Missouri and was goalie of week

cam mcCormick (lowell) is now listed on elmira's roster.

[ScottK]

Originally posted by college hockey fan


cam mcCormick (lowell) is now listed on elmira's roster.

I believe that's the 4th team this year now for Cam.

San Diego (WCHL) 1 game
Florida (ECHL) 17 games
Flint (UHL) 2 games
and now Elmira (UHL) 1 game

[redraider13]

McCorrmick has been dressing for Elmira while Symington (SLU) has been up in Binghamton. However, their coach doesn't seem too interested in putting him in.

Wolfe had an amazing season. He gave the IceHawks their all when they really needed it.

[jen]

Saw Missouri vs. Kazoo this weekend, however neither Alban (Kazoo) nor Regan (Missouri) were in net. Some guys that played: Anthony Cappelletti (UML), Pat O'Leary (Minn), Charlie Blyth (Amherst College), Joe Ritson (DU), Dustin Whitecotton (Miami). Erik Wendell was on the Missouri roster, but I don't remember if he played. Ritson had a great game - 2 G, not sure how many assists. Whitecotton was also awesome - he had a bunch of points and was one of the quickest guys on the team.

[Bronco]

One More WMU Bronco in the UHL...

Kalamazoo K-Wings, Josh Akright
:)