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  • #31
    Originally posted by Ralph Baer View Post
    I might as well be as biased as everyone else.

    RPI 1982
    John Carter
    Mike Dark
    Mark Jooris
    Kraig Nienhuis
    Adam Oates
    George Servinis

    All but Jooris (who played in the AHL) had at least a cup of coffee in the NHL.
    No guilt necessary. The topic is best recruiting class, all-time, for the program(s) you follow

    Excellent choice for RPI!

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    • #32
      Re: Best Recruiting Class All-Time

      Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
      Sure. No one from Minnesota got the joke at all. Only you.
      All the old timers get the joke. It NEVER gets old.
      Slap Shot - 444 might want to consider a restraining order.
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      • #33
        Re: Best Recruiting Class All-Time

        Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
        Sure. No one from Minnesota got the joke at all. Only you.
        I had a hunch that me having to explain it would bring some type of response like this. We can all stop holding our breath waiting now.

        Hey, I heard there are a number of proposed changes to the NCAA tournament that will be reviewed this off season. Michigan has gone way too long without a title even with the top recruiting class each year. This means things have to change because they just aren't fair anymore.

        Sorry.... went off topic. Please continue.

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        • #34
          Originally posted by MaizeRage View Post
          No. There was one Michigan parent--whose kid hasn't played college hockey for like 5 years, so it was a long time ago--who used to talk up Michigan's recruiting, and about a dozen Gopher fans who got all offended, because how could any team recruit better players than David Fischer and Pat White? Those Gopher fans never seemed to grasp that the real joke was their lack of self-awareness.
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          • #35
            Re: Best Recruiting Class All-Time

            Cornell had a class which went on to:

            -win a Calder Trophy
            -win a Conn Smythe Trophy
            -win 5 Vezina Trophies
            -win 6 Stanley Cups
            -make 5 All-Star game appearances
            -have a member inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame

            Not too shabby...

            (oh - it was the class of '69, which included a goalie named Ken Dryden )
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            • #36
              Re: Best Recruiting Class All-Time

              Originally posted by LynahFan View Post
              Cornell had a class which went on to:

              -win a Calder Trophy
              -win a Conn Smythe Trophy
              -win 5 Vezina Trophies
              -win 6 Stanley Cups
              -make 5 All-Star game appearances
              -have a member inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame

              Not too shabby...

              (oh - it was the class of '69, which included a goalie named Ken Dryden )
              Wouldn't that be the recruiting class of 1965? And no one else made the NHL as far as I recall. BTW, I still recall when that class as a freshman team soundly beat RPI's highly touted Watson-Scammell-Law freshman team.
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              • #37
                Re: Best Recruiting Class All-Time

                Originally posted by VermontfaninNY
                Number of Alumni Vezina,Lady Bing, Conn Smyth & Hart trophy winners this century from UVM 5...all other schools combined 2.
                That's a funny way to state those stats considering how much of this century is left, and how many years prior of NCAA hockey it excludes.
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                • #38
                  Re: Best Recruiting Class All-Time

                  Obviously a little biased and too early to tell, but I'd have to agree with FS23, UND '05 is pretty remarkable.

                  Brian Lee (2005, pick 9)
                  TJ Oshie (2005, pick 24)
                  Joe Finley (2005, pick 27)
                  Taylor Chorney (2005, pick 36)
                  Andrew Kozek (2005, pick 53)
                  Matt Watkins (2005, pick 160)
                  Jonathan Toews (2006, pick 3)
                  Ryan Duncan (Hobey Baker winner)

                  Obviously a little too early, but Toews and Oshie have had good NHL success and Lee, Finley, Chorney and Watkins (one game) have also seen NHL time. The argument gets a little strayed when you talk about Duncan, because there wasn't as much hype of him coming in, but he probably gave the most to the program. Kozek and Duncan both stayed in the AHL this season.

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                  • #39
                    Re: Best Recruiting Class All-Time

                    Originally posted by PhatKroger10 View Post
                    Obviously a little biased and too early to tell, but I'd have to agree with FS23, UND '05 is pretty remarkable.

                    Brian Lee (2005, pick 9)
                    TJ Oshie (2005, pick 24)
                    Joe Finley (2005, pick 27)
                    Taylor Chorney (2005, pick 36)
                    Andrew Kozek (2005, pick 53)
                    Matt Watkins (2005, pick 160)
                    Jonathan Toews (2006, pick 3)
                    Ryan Duncan (Hobey Baker winner)

                    Obviously a little too early, but Toews and Oshie have had good NHL success and Lee, Finley, Chorney and Watkins (one game) have also seen NHL time. The argument gets a little strayed when you talk about Duncan, because there wasn't as much hype of him coming in, but he probably gave the most to the program. Kozek and Duncan both stayed in the AHL this season.
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                    • #40
                      Re: Best Recruiting Class All-Time

                      for me Wisconsin's 1990-91 class stands out (in terms of individual talent, if you read Mike Kemp or Jeff Sauer's accounts, they landed every player they targeted in these classes)

                      Jason Zent 92g-68a-160
                      Chris Tucker 37g-44a-81
                      Andrew Schier 53g-115a-168
                      Dan Plante 42g-49a-91 (3 year-player)
                      Blaine Moore 57g-72a-129
                      Jeff Sanderson
                      Matt Buss

                      the following year 91-92 they added more firepower
                      Kelly Fairchild 56g-83a-139
                      Brian Rafalski 20g-80a-100
                      Maco Balkovec 16g-64a-80
                      Jamie Spencer 46g-59a-105
                      Mike Doers
                      Mike Strobel 49g-51a-100
                      Mark Strobel 21g-42a-63
                      Chris Tok
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                      • #41
                        Originally posted by PhatKroger10 View Post
                        Obviously a little biased and too early to tell, but I'd have to agree with FS23, UND '05 is pretty remarkable.

                        Brian Lee (2005, pick 9)
                        TJ Oshie (2005, pick 24)
                        Joe Finley (2005, pick 27)
                        Taylor Chorney (2005, pick 36)
                        Andrew Kozek (2005, pick 53)
                        Matt Watkins (2005, pick 160)
                        Jonathan Toews (2006, pick 3)
                        Ryan Duncan (Hobey Baker winner)

                        Obviously a little too early, but Toews and Oshie have had good NHL success and Lee, Finley, Chorney and Watkins (one game) have also seen NHL time. The argument gets a little strayed when you talk about Duncan, because there wasn't as much hype of him coming in, but he probably gave the most to the program. Kozek and Duncan both stayed in the AHL this season.
                        Yeah, that was a pretty sick draft class.

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                        • #42
                          Originally posted by solovsfett View Post
                          for me Wisconsin's 1990-91 class stands out (in terms of individual talent, if you read Mike Kemp or Jeff Sauer's accounts, they landed every player they targeted in these classes)

                          Jason Zent 92g-68a-160
                          Chris Tucker 37g-44a-81
                          Andrew Schier 53g-115a-168
                          Dan Plante 42g-49a-91 (3 year-player)
                          Blaine Moore 57g-72a-129
                          Jeff Sanderson
                          Matt Buss

                          the following year 91-92 they added more firepower
                          Kelly Fairchild 56g-83a-139
                          Brian Rafalski 20g-80a-100
                          Maco Balkovec 16g-64a-80
                          Jamie Spencer 46g-59a-105
                          Mike Doers
                          Mike Strobel 49g-51a-100
                          Mark Strobel 21g-42a-63
                          Chris Tok
                          Another great one. Pretty solid two-year stretch for Sconnie. Thanks for posting Solo!

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                          • #43
                            Re: Best Recruiting Class All-Time

                            Gopher fans - Consensus on the 1976-77 class, or does anyone have any others?

                            I am still amazed that a 3-year stretch of Gopher recruiting classes produced 8 Gold medalists. Gotta be considered the glory days of Gopher hockey. I guess that's why those classes stick out the most to me.

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                            • #44
                              Re: Best Recruiting Class All-Time

                              Originally posted by LynahFan View Post
                              Cornell had a class which went on to:

                              -win a Calder Trophy
                              -win a Conn Smythe Trophy
                              -win 5 Vezina Trophies
                              -win 6 Stanley Cups
                              -make 5 All-Star game appearances
                              -have a member inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame

                              Not too shabby...

                              (oh - it was the class of '69, which included a goalie named Ken Dryden )
                              I don't remember hearing of any of these awards in college hockey?


                              Shouldn't a college recruiting class be judged on how the players performed in college? Stu Bickel was a last minute pick-up for the Gophs, played one year with the Gophs (solid defender but not spectacular) and has played himself into an NHL spot. That doesn't make him a better recruit than Grant Bischoff or Ryan Duncan. (I don't think Duncan played NHL, did he?)

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                              • #45
                                Re: Best Recruiting Class All-Time

                                Originally posted by Koho View Post
                                I don't remember hearing of any of these awards in college hockey?


                                Shouldn't a college recruiting class be judged on how the players performed in college? Stu Bickel was a last minute pick-up for the Gophs, played one year with the Gophs (solid defender but not spectacular) and has played himself into an NHL spot. That doesn't make him a better recruit than Grant Bischoff or Ryan Duncan. (I don't think Duncan played NHL, did he?)
                                Well, then. You'll have a hard time finding a better class than the one that entered Cornell in fall of '66. They weren't eligible to play their freshman year, but in their 3 years of eligibility, they went 83-4 (.954). I'm sure this must be the best NCAA record for any individual class.
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