2015-2016 Division III Commitments

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Can someone explain why there are only three Canadians? Have things changed so that it's no longer attractive for Canadians to consider these schools? Just curious.

Also could have a lot to do with the crack-down on what some schools had been doing....Providing Canadian hockey players with athletic scholarships in the guise of "financial aid" to foreign students....seems that little game is over.

[Cali]

The only reason UWO was even in the playoffs was because of phenomenal goaltending.

Not meaning to hijack the thread but comments like these make me shake my head. First off, last time I checked, hockey is a team game and the goalie is but one member of that team. Secondly, the only reason that they made the playoffs is because they only lost 1 game in Regulation the entire year. Unless I'm living in Bizarro world, that's a phenomenal season by any ones standards. The Western haters out there are always lurking aren't they?

[123kidd]

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This is an NCAA DIII commitment thread - start a CIS thread.
UW-River Falls:
Jesse Anderson......F......East Ridge HS - MN
Brianna Storms......G.....Moorhead HS - MN
Jillayne Gilbert......F......Proctor/Hermantown - MN
Isabelle Brosseau....D.....Eden Prairie HS - MN
Victoria Holman....F.....Chaska/Chanhassen HS - MN

UW-Eau Claire:
Monica Sjodin.....D.....Anoka HS - MN
Nicole Bartels.....D.....Alexandria HS - MN
Lexi Wilson.........F.....Eagan HS - MN

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McGill over the years has regularly beaten middle of the road D1 programs. I doubt that Platty or Elmira could play with a team of that calibre. While I am sure that their supporters would disagree, the days when strong D3 teams could beat many D1 teams are gone. Look at the Sacred Heart vs Yale games this season. SC was a middle of the pack D3 school and lost to a bottom half D1 team 10-2 and 13-0. Certainly Platty and Elmira would do better, but they aren't closing that gap.

Plattsburgh and Elmira beat up on middle-tier DIII programs by scores similar to 10-2 as well. Am I saying that either team would be .500 in DI play? Highly unlikely, But would they be able to get a win in a one-off game against a lower-tier DI program? Yes, in a highly-cometitive game, they would have a shot.

I don't know enough about McGill to say whether or not Plattsburgh or Elmira could compete with them.

[JRG]

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[QUOTE=123kidd;6147076]This is an NCAA DIII commitment thread - start a CIS thread.
UW-River Falls:
Jesse Anderson......F......East Ridge HS - MN
Brianna Storms......G.....Moorhead HS - MN
Jillayne Gilbert......F......Proctor/Hermantown - MN
Isabelle Brosseau....D.....Eden Prairie HS - MN
Victoria Holman....F.....Chaska/Chanhassen HS - MN

UW-Eau Claire:
Monica Sjodin.....D.....Anoka HS - MN
Nicole Bartels.....D.....Alexandria HS - MN
Lexi Wilson.........F.....Eagan HS - MN
Erin Goodell........D....Woodbury HS - MN

[SeymoreHockey]

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Not meaning to hijack the thread but comments like these make me shake my head. First off, last time I checked, hockey is a team game and the goalie is but one member of that team. Secondly, the only reason that they made the playoffs is because they only lost 1 game in Regulation the entire year. Unless I'm living in Bizarro world, that's a phenomenal season by any ones standards. The Western haters out there are always lurking aren't they?

Not a Western hater at all. Know the coach and have followed them closely over the years as my D was recruited there and we lived in London for nearly a decade...check out the stats on their goaltender...she was more than STELLAR....she was awesome. The rest of the team...mediocre.

[Cali]

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Not a Western hater at all. Know the coach and have followed them closely over the years as my D was recruited there and we lived in London for nearly a decade...check out the stats on their goaltender...she was more than STELLAR....she was awesome. The rest of the team...mediocre.

Not mediocre at all. The team gelled like no other that I have seen. They bought into the coach's defense-first philosophy and had great timely scoring, all year. I don't need to look at the stats as I watched the majority of the games live. The goalie was great, no question about it, but the team-first philosophy was even better. Campbell's stats were on par with Nehring of Guelph and Kesteris of Toronto. Why didn't either one of those teams win Nationals? To say that the team wouldn't have made the playoffs without the goalie is doing everybody, including the coach that you know, a great disservice.

[icehawk]

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Kara Tupa from UND is transferring to Concordia/Moorhead this coming fall.

[Canuckwatcher]

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Hamilton College

Jenna Jewell....... F ........St. Albert Slash (AMMFHL).........St. Albert, Canada

[123kidd]

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Gustavus:

Paige Press..........G...........Park-Cottage Grove HS
Erin Moes............D...........Hastings HS
Brooke Pahlen......F...........Eastview HS
Marina Chapman...D..........North Wright County
Laine Fischer........D.........Northfield HS
Madison Bergren.....F........Mahtomedi HS

St. Scholastica:

Sarah Fairbanks.....F.......Hibbing/Chisholm
Mackenzie Hietala....D....Bemidji HS
Kennedy Houge......D....Hill-Murray HS
Calie Hart...........F........Stillwater HS

[Hux]

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Utica
Kayla Dion ................D ..............(Boston Shamrocks) ...........Colchester, VT

Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Logan Harper ............F ...............(Boston Shamrocks) ................Gurnee, IL

Wesleyan
Jaquie Kilar ..............D ...............(Boston Shamrocks) ...............Weare, NH

[123kidd]

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St. Thomas:
Leah Schwartzman...........F........Breck HS
Frances Marshall.......G..........Thief River Falls HS
Ellie Tabaka.............F.............Tartan HS
Mackenzie Torpy........G..........Stoughton Icebergs/Team Wisconsin
Becca Zarembinski......F.......Hill Murray HS
Demi Cooper..............D.......Henry Sibley HS
Heidi Hannula........D..........Coon Rapids HS

[icehawk]

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Concordia-Moorhead
Sage Barta.......F.........Bismarck,ND

[shoot2score]

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Three players from the Boston Jr. Shamrocks 19U Tier 2 team
Hannah Sullivan - Woburn HS - Sacred Heart
Erica Lissner - Woburn HS - Utica
Maddi Ricci - Austin Prep - Stevenson
All three are forwards

[Hello]

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St. Norbert College Announces Commitments on twitter @SNC_Whockey

KJ Wallace.............F..........Westman Wildcats..........Oak Lake, Manitoba
Kelli Sorge.............D.........Madison Capitols............Waukasha, WI
Abbie Canton.........F..........Elk River High School......Zimmerman, MN
Lauren Michael.......F..........HoneyBaked............... ...Livonia, MI
Rebecka Olsson......F..........Djurgardens IF..............Stockholm, Sweden
Jessica Schlaff........F..........Keweenaw Storm...........Houghton, MI