Re: Wisconsin Recruiting Vol. IV - It's all coming together
Not sure your question about how many choose to play NCAA is any good either. I think in the last 40 or so years, there have only been a few #1's eligible to play NCAA. Joe Murphy and Rick DiPietro had already played NCAA at MI St and BU respectively. Eric Johnson did go to MN after being drafted #1. Kane went to the London Knights and Matthews went to Sweden instead of college, but that remained in doubt for quite awhile. I think every other #1 was ineligible to play NCAA.
So of the 5, 2 played NCAA hockey before, one of the other three went to the NCAA after. DiPietro is the only NCAA eligible #1 to actually play on a regular NHL roster the year after he was drafted.
Originally posted by Koho
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So of the 5, 2 played NCAA hockey before, one of the other three went to the NCAA after. DiPietro is the only NCAA eligible #1 to actually play on a regular NHL roster the year after he was drafted.
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