Wellll since I'm a little desparate for good news on the hockey front and I don't feel like sleeping right now I thought I'd throw this together. NHL Central Scouting released their 2013 rankings for each of the 4 North American Junior A Leagues (USHL, the Q, the O, and the W)
No Michigan recuits showed up in the CHL rankings but here's our guys in the USHL. I used Chris Heisenberg's spreadsheet to figure out the commitments of the USHL guys (didn't bother with CHL). I was pretty surprised that USHL guys have so consistently committed to colleges. Nice to see that from a NCAA vs OHL fight! perspective
Michigan commits bolded
| UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RANK | PLAYER | POSITION | TEAM | COLLEGE COMMITMENT |
| SKATERS | ||||
| 1 | JT Compher | LW | USA U-18 | Michigan |
| 2 | Ian McCoshen | D | Waterloo | BC |
| 3 | Hudson Fasching | RW | USA U-18 | Minnesota |
| 4 | Steven Santini | D | USA U-18 | BC |
| 5 | Keaton Thompson | D | USA U-18 | North Dakota |
| 6 | Michael Downing | D | Dubuque | Michigan |
| 7 | Michael McCarron | RW | USA U-18 | Western Michigan |
| 8 | Luke Johnson | C | Lincoln | North Dakota |
| 9 | Gustav Olofsson | D | Green Bay | Colorado College |
| 10 | Ross Olsson | RW | Lincoln | Northeastern |
| 11 | Blake Heinrich | D | Sioux City | Minnesota-Duluth |
| 12 | Tyler Motte | C | USA U-18 | Michigan |
| 13 | Jake Guentzel | C | Sioux City | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 14 | Sean Malone | C | USA U-18 | Harvard |
| 15 | Trevor Moore | LW | Tri-City | Denver |
| 16 | Brendan Harms | RW | Fargo | Bemidji State |
| 17 | Connor Clifton | D | USA U-18 | Quinnipiac |
| 18 | Taylor Cammarata | C/LW | Waterloo | Minnesota |
| 19 | Evan Allen | C | USA U-18 | Michigan |
| 20 | Will Butcher | D | USA U-18 | Denver |
| 21 | Garrett Gamez | RW | Tri-City | Denver |
| 22 | Thomas Ebbing | LW | Chicago | Bowling Green |
| 23 | Zack Pittman | D | Lincoln | |
| 24 | Jacob Montgomery | LW | Sioux City | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 25 | Frederik Tiffels | LW | Muskegon | |
| LV | John Hayden | C | USA U-18 | Yale |
| GOALIES | ||||
| 1 | Eamon McAdam | G | Waterloo | Penn State |
| 2 | Calvin Petersen | G | Waterloo | Notre Dame |
| 3 | Sean Romeo | G | Youngstown | |
| 4 | Charlie Lindgren | G | Sioux Falls | St Cloud |
| 5 | Hunter Miska | G | USA U-18 |
Western College Hockey Blog (who sometimes frequents this blog) indicated that the top 6 USHL guys are considered possible 1st rounders which would put both Compher and Downing in that top round.
Edit: The link to the relase might be nice. LINK
Double Edit: Obviously there are no Michigan recruits in the CHL because they would be ineligible
No worries, but this is posted in the mgo.licio.us links.