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This is kind of a duplicate of Yost Built's post, but you know me and Questing For Information on hockey recruits. Also tight ends have commenced raining from the sky; Tim will be along shortly to let you know about MI TE Devin Funchess and OH TE AJ Williams, who both just committed.

Michigan's added another member to its 2011 class, one Andrew Sinelli of the USHL's Youngstown Phantoms. Sinelli's current stats (6-3-9 in 45 games) imply he's going to be an end-of-the-roster type but a couple years ago he was a more notable prospect. After leading the Select 14 camp in scoring he was invited to the subsequent Select camps and the NTDP selection camp; along the way he ended up committing to Michigan State.

USHR's available notes on Sinelli follow. His NTDP camp performance:

Andrew Sinelli, Honeybaked Under-16 – Just OK. Blended in, didn’t stand out in any way.

A later appearance at the Select 17s:

28 -- 5’11”, 170 lb. Andrew Sinelli (#16 Grey) – Honeybaked kid moving on to USHL. Nice skills. Michigan State recruit.

He put up 17 points in his first year in the USHL and was then exposed in the expansion draft; his new team flipped him to Youngstown after a few games at the beginning of the season. That's a precipitous decline and now even Sinelli describes himself like he's JJ Swistak:

"I am a high energy forward,” said Sinelli. “I like to play physical and I am not afraid to block some shots. I will have to compete for my playing time and my work in Youngstown on the penalty kill will allow me to succeed on the college level.”

He's a '92—a year older than someone right out of high school—so it's not likely he busts out or anything, but he might have a little more pop than his grim USHL numbers imply.

If there aren't any unexpected departures from the forward corps that brings Michigan to 14 for next year, a fairly comfortable number. At this instant that's projected to rise to 15 in 2012 and a crowded 16 in 2013 but the chances there's no attrition between now and then are zero, so Michigan will should be able to squeeze in everyone they've currently got in the boat if they, you know, want to come.

That should just about do it for Michigan's recruiting for the next three(!) years with the exception of a couple more defensemen and a backup goalie in 2012. I did this in excel:

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[Should I have gotten rid of the red squiggles, you ask? Haters. ]

Shuart is listed as a 2012 or 2013 player but he is the same age as the 2013 kids so I put him there for now; it seems clear Michigan is not banking on all of these 2013 kids showing up.

Bonus Max Domi: Domi showed at an NCAA prospect camp in Toronto and said this:

Max is super-skilled and opened the scoring for Team Navy Blue with a laser to the top corner off the rush. Tenacious on the puck, Domi battles through traffic and is a stout 5-foot-9, 184 pounds. Selected by Indiana in the United States League futures draft, Domi is leaning towards the University of Michigan right now, but is waiting until after the OHL draft to make his final decision. … A top-five talent for the OHL draft, don’t be surprised if his stock falls because of the Michigan factor. “I’m pretty confident most OHL teams know I’m leaning towards Michigan,” he said.

FWIW.

Comments

Michigan Arrogance

April 22nd, 2011 at 12:38 PM ^

next year could be a long year. M lost a ton of experience up front and on the blue line.I'm not sure what Miami loses, but I think ND is a young team. It would be good to see this kind of chart for the top 3-5 teams in the CCHA.

lhglrkwg

April 22nd, 2011 at 1:03 PM ^

I will not get my hopes up for Domi till he's in a Michigan jersey

I will not get my hopes up for Domi till he's in a Michigan jersey

I will not get my hopes up for Domi till he's in a Michigan jersey

I will not get my hopes up for Domi till he's in a Michigan jersey

/repeat till 2012 season

JustGoBlue

April 22nd, 2011 at 1:40 PM ^

does not make me optimistic...  Him saying he knows that SOME OHL teams might stay away because they know he's "leaning towards Michigan" reeks of normal OHL backdoor deals, to me...

But goodness does he sounds like bigger and bigger time everytime there's something about him.  I really, really hope we land him.

JustGoBlue

April 22nd, 2011 at 1:34 PM ^

quite a bit offensivley.  They lose Camper, Miele and two more forwards, of which one was almost a point a game and the other about half that.  They also lose one d-man, who sounds like a solid shut-down D-man (names are Cannone and Vaive for the forwards, LoVerde for the D, if that helps at all).  They do, however, return most of their defense, Reilly Smith (28-26-54) and both their goalies, Reichard and Knapp.  But, they're incoming forward class is quite strong.  It probably won't replace what they lost (it's not easy to replace just a Miele, much less him and the other 3), but it won't be horrible.  Smith may also suffer a drop in production without Miele/Camper whichever one was on his line to assist him.  They'll probably be very good, but probably not as good as they were this year (especially towards the end, when they really showed what they could do) or last year, when they were a deserved #1 most of the season. 

Notre Dame was very, very young.  They lose two senior forwards with mostly about 25 points, mostly assists, then Calle Ridderwall (who you might remember from the 2008 Frozen Four...) who against had about 25 points, but mostly goals, then a D-man in their senior captain, who had some assists, but seemed more stay-at-home.  They should be on run-away favorite in the CCHA next year.

Top four will almost certainly be Notre Dame then Miami then Michigan, with WMU in there, behind ND, but I'm not sure where, but ND will probably be high in the national polls from the beginning of the season on and a favorite to make the Frozen Four again, perhaps even the favorite for the national title.

BlueDragon

April 22nd, 2011 at 8:58 PM ^

Definitely CCHA favorite for sure.  On WMU--are they retaining the personnel to keep up their scary PP?  That same question goes double for Miami; I remember us having a lot of problems against their PP on the road.

As for Michigan, I remember in another thread you hoped Michigan would give more of a classic offensive look rather than the more solid, penalty-kill-rich game Michigan played near the end of last season.  What are our chances at winning the CCHA again in the regular season and in the tournament?  As for UMD and UND, where are they going to be next season?

Clarence Beeks

April 22nd, 2011 at 9:57 PM ^

I realize I'm going to come across as kind of bitchy on this, but I'm kind of curious as to why the existing board thread on this got no mention for breaking this (at least in terms of Michigan news sources) when this information was posted here on our board last night long before Yost Built posted it.  Personally, I don't care about getting any credit for it (that's not at all what this post is about and I'd be saying this same thing if someone else had posted it), but instead what bothers me is that it seems likely lately there is a developing trend of snubbing board posts, and our posters, to give mention of other sites instead.  I'm just curious if there is a reason for it, that's all...

Clarence Beeks

April 22nd, 2011 at 10:44 PM ^

Ah, I'd missed that.  That's fair, I guess, considering some of what's gone on with the board content of late.  It wasn't something I was mad about, just more curious, since I'd seen it happen a couple of times now.  It is a shame, though, if that's the case, as there still is a lot of great content on the board.