RPI Recruit Thread 2018-19 (Part II)

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2018-19 (Part II)

Given the ages of the kids, any possibility we see recruits in the next couple weeks? Obviously the staff will be traveling out here, but I have to think they'll be closely watching on Sunday. Maybe an assistant stays behind?

Always the possibility.

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2018-19 (Part II)

Always the possibility.

You have to figure given these are 14-18 year olds, and with most kids coming in around 19 or 20 unless they're really something special in which case get them in as soon as you can, it'd probably be 2021 that would fill in a bit. So maybe not the highest of priority, but you never know.

[Wicked Slappaahs]

[QUOTE=Ralph Baer;6765463]Always the possibility.

I believe Jewell was on the road this past weekend, so the staff is hard at it.

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2018-19 (Part II)

update on Northwood's (Leibold) playoff games

 # Name                 Ps Team (League)                       Gm- G- A-  P- PM Next Gm
21 Tristan Ashbrook      C Lincoln Stars (USHL)                34-11- 8- 19- 16 02/22/19
16 Alexander Babich     LW Chicago Mission 15U (HPHL 15U)      20- 8-14- 22- 16 completed
                           HPHL playoffs                        0- 0- 0-  0-  0 completed
                           Chicago Mission 15U (nonleague)      0- 0- 0-  0-  0 completed
                           Illinois state playoffs              0- 0- 0-  0-  0 02/21/19
                           total                               20- 8-14- 22- 16
55 Cory Babichuk        LD Spruce Grove Saints (AJHL)          26- 6-14- 20- 26 02/22/19
 7 John Beaton          LW Kemptville 73's (CCHL)              48-10-32- 42- 10 02/21/19
17                         Canada East in WJAC                  4- 1- 3-  4-  0 completed
 9                         Team East in CJHL Prospects game     1- 1- 0-  1-  0 completed
23 Jack Brackett        LW Boston Bandits (NCDC)               36-16-14- 30-  2 02/20/19
18                         Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)      5- 0- 0-  0-  0 no longer with team
                           total                               41-16-14- 30-  2
23                         Team National in NCDC All-Star game  0- 0- 0-  0-  0 D.N.P.
15 Matt Cameron         RW Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)         13- 1- 3-  4-  2 traded
 9                         Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)         25- 2- 5-  7- 25 02/22/19
                           total                               38- 3- 8- 11- 27
 2 Dylan Davies         LD Austin Bruins (NAHL)                33- 0- 4-  4- 27 02/22/19
24 Zach Dubinsky        LW Lincoln Stars (USHL)                 6- 1- 2-  3- 19 02/22/19
 9 Eric Fawkes           C Winkler Flyers (MJHL)               55-12-18- 30- 46 02/22/19
 9                      LW MJHL Garbutt (SJHL-MJHL showcase)    2- 0- 2-  2-  0 completed
13 Gunnarwolfe Fontaine LW Chicago Steel (USHL)                43-16-16- 32-  4 02/22/19
12 Rory Herrman         LW Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)           34-10-12- 22- 46 02/22/19
18 Max Itagaki          RW Chicago Mission 16U (HPHL 16U)      15- 6- 6- 12-  4 completed
                           HPHL playoffs                        0- 0- 0-  0-  0 completed
                           Chicago Mission 16U (nonleague)      0- 0- 0-  0-  0 02/23/19
                           total                               15- 6- 6- 12-  4
 4 Simon Kjellberg      LD Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)      43- 2- 3-  5-  8 02/22/19
 6 Mason Klee           RD Lincoln Stars (USHL)                45- 2- 6-  8- 60 02/22/19
26 Reid Leibold          C Northwood School Jr. (USPHL 18U)    12- 6- 8- 14-  0 completed
                           playoffs                             0- 0- 0-  0-  0 02/22/19 2 games
                           Northwood School Jr. (other)         1- 0- 0-  0-  0 03/02/19 missing games
                           total                               13- 6- 8- 14-  0
11 Hunter McDonald      LD Rochester Coalition 16U (Beast)     12- 1- 1-  2- 14 completed
                           other                                0- 0- 0-  0-  0 03/09/19 missing games
 6                         Fairport High School                17-12-12- 24- 45 season completed
                           sectional playoffs                   1- 0- 0-  0-  2 02/21/19
                           total                               30-13-13- 26- 51
12 James McIsaac      C/RW Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)         39- 7- 9- 16- 48 02/21/19
30 Brett Miller          G Austin Bruins (NAHL)            18- 9- 5-0-2.70-.889 02/22/19
33                         Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)  1- 0- 1-0-5.00-.839 no longer with team
                           total                           19- 9- 6-0-2.83-.886
15 Christian Sarlo      LW North Jers. Avalan.Prem.18U (Beast) 11-10- 3- 13-  2 no longer with team 
                           North Jers. Avalan.Prem.18U (T1EHL)  8- 6- 2-  8-  2 no longer with team 
                           North Jers. Avalan.Prem.18U (AYHL)   6-11- 9- 20-  6 no longer with team 
11                         Chicago Steel (USHL)                31-10- 8- 18-  4 02/22/19
                           total                               56-37-22- 59- 14

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2018-19 (Part II)

I believe Jewell was on the road this past weekend, so the staff is hard at it.

Yes, AC's are often scouting and not at the RPI games.

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2018-19 (Part II)

They agree with Heisenberg and me that he is for 2022.

Xander Babich (Chicago Mission 15's) has committed to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for 2022-2023. @RPI_Hockey @XanderBabich16 @ChicagoMission @HPHL_Hockey

— Hockey Commitments (@HockeyCommits) February 19, 2019

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2018-19 (Part II)

Wednesday’s game

Brackett https://www.usphl.com/view#/game-summary/211

I will post the summary whenever.

[Wicked Slappaahs]

Yes, AC's are often scouting and not at the RPI games.

Yes, that's what I was getting at. 😛

[Wicked Slappaahs]

They agree with Heisenberg and me that he is from 2022.

Xander Babich (Chicago Mission 15's) has committed to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for 2022-2023. @RPI_Hockey @XanderBabich16 @ChicagoMission @HPHL_Hockey

— Hockey Commitments (@HockeyCommits) February 19, 2019

Seems like a nice pickup. Stats look like he's currently about 5'11 170 ish....with plenty of time to fill out. Left hand shot. Attends science HS in CHI, so he ought to be fine with the school work.

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2018-19 (Part II)

Seems like a nice pickup. Stats look like he's currently about 5'11 170 ish....with plenty of time to fill out. Left hand shot. Attends science HS in CHI, so he ought to be fine with the school work.

I am concerned about the 3.25* rating by Neutral Zone, but it could improve or they could be wrong. Only about 10% at that level end up at D-I schools. Then again, Savory was also a 3.25.

[jericho]

They agree with Heisenberg and me that he is from 2022.

He’s from 2022? How did RPI professors invent a time machine and there was nothing on the news about it?

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2018-19 (Part II)

He’s from 2022? How did RPI professors invent a time machine and there was nothing on the news about it?

fixed

[rpi82]

I am concerned about the 3.25* rating by Neutral Zone, but it could improve or they could be wrong. Only about 10% at that level end up at D-I schools. Then again, Savory was also a 3.25.

I'm not too worried about it and I don't think I'd be too excited if they gave him a 4.0. He won't even celebrate his 16th birthday for another 3 weeks. The best NHL scouts drafting 18 year olds have mixed results. Recruiting 15 years olds will have even more variability. We have to have faith in our coaches and hope he develops as they project. I like how some of Smith's early recruits (Fontaine, Sarlo, Beaton, etc.) are developing. Perhaps he has a good eye for potential.

P.S. Not only did the NZ scouts underestimate Savory, but he was also much older and more developed at the time. Savory's junior coach said he was the best junior goalie in Canada. While that was probably part hometown hyperbole for a guy that was still playing Junior B, it was probably a better assessment than NZ's, which I suspect was based as much on the level he was playing as his actual play.

[rsfs04]

I'm not too worried about it and I don't think I'd be too excited if they gave him a 4.0. He won't even celebrate his 16th birthday for another 3 weeks. The best NHL scouts drafting 18 year olds have mixed results. Recruiting 15 years olds will have even more variability. We have to have faith in our coaches and hope he develops as they project. I like how some of Smith's early recruits (Fontaine, Sarlo, Beaton, etc.) are developing. Perhaps he has a good eye for potential.

P.S. Not only did the NZ scouts underestimate Savory, but he was also much older and more developed at the time. Savory's junior coach said he was the best junior goalie in Canada. While that was probably part hometown hyperbole for a guy that was still playing Junior B, it was probably a better assessment than NZ's, which I suspect was based as much on the level he was playing as his actual play.

rpi82, I agree with all of that, spot on. Like Ralph, I also use NZ and do like it a lot. But I don’t take what they have in there as gospel, they watch literally 1000’s of kids, they can’t rate them all accurately. Also, I believe the ratings are more right now, they aren’t projecting. I will say if they’re a 4 or higher I assume they must be good, but not beingthat doesn’t necessarily mean they’re not good recruits.

Most importantly, based on our small sample size, I feel Smith and his staff know what they’re looking for, and are doing an overall good job at recruiting.

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2018-19 (Part II)

rpi82, I agree with all of that, spot on. Like Ralph, I also use NZ and do like it a lot. But I don’t take what they have in there as gospel, they watch literally 1000’s of kids, they can’t rate them all accurately. Also, I believe the ratings are more right now, they aren’t projecting. I will say if they’re a 4 or higher I assume they must be good, but not beingthat doesn’t necessarily mean they’re not good recruits.

Most importantly, based on our small sample size, I feel Smith and his staff know what they’re looking for, and are doing an overall good job at recruiting.

I agree that NZ is not the end all. It does give interesting information if taken with a grain of salt.