OT - Notre Dame Loses Major Hockey Recruit

Submitted by Clarence Beeks on

I thought this one was worth mentioning in light of the recent (perceived) exodus of Michigan commits to the CHL.  So, in an effort to show that it's not just a Michigan problem, as has been mentioned before, I give you:

Montreal Canadiens first-round pick Jarred Tinordi is taking the more common route to the National Hockey League.

The London Free Press reports that the 18-year-old defenceman has chosen to play with the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League next season, instead of joining Notre Dame.

With the move to the OHL, Tinordi will play a longer schedule and can attend the Canadiens' training camps. College players are not allowed to go to camps until they have left school and signed with their NHL team.


http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=330188

I really debated posting this because it's not Michigan-related at all (yes, I know, ensue "negging"), but please forgive me, as I thought that this was at least marginally newsworthy, especially in the slow period for hockey news.

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JustGoBlue

August 11th, 2010 at 2:11 PM ^

is the projected first-rounder that was going to come in next year, who's name escapes you.  That or Matia Marcantuoni (also very highly touted), who I'm not sure ever committed to Michigan, but did say that it was between Michigan or the OHL (obviously the OHL won).  Or maybe Jared Knight (I believe a second rounder this year?), who was committed to come in with this class but chose the OHL about a year ago.  Or, or or...

 

Whatever, it happens.  Good luck to the kids.

I would say that the exodus of Michigan commits to the CHL is real, not just perceived, though I would never be foolish enough to say that we're the only program that has to deal with it.  Every school that goes after highly-touted recruits has to try to fight off the CHL and fails at least as often as they succeed.  State lost last year's second OVERALL pick (Matt Duchene) to the CHL a couple years ago.  RPI may be losing Jerry D'Amigo, Harvard lost Louis Leblanc, both of whom could end up in the AHL or CHL.  Cam Fowler, another first rounder was committed to Notre Dame before ending up in the CHL.  It happens to every school, but that doesn't mean it's just a perception that it happens to Michigan.  It just seems a lot more like an exodus when it's 50% of your recruiting class :-(

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kdhoffma

August 11th, 2010 at 2:03 PM ^

Figured this was only a matter of time... what with the Knights being co-owned/coached by Dale Hunter who played with Jarreds dad (Mark) for a number of years in the NHL.

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BlueAggie

August 11th, 2010 at 2:32 PM ^

That's an interesting connection.  It seems like a lot of kids of NHL players end up in college hockey insteady of the OHL, so I was a little surprised to see Tinordi jump.  This makes sense though.

I've always figured that guys that came up through the CHL and then live in the US push their kids towards college because they saw firsthand what happened to the players that didn't make it.  If he's close to the owner/coach, maybe he figures his kid will be well taken care of.

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umichzach

August 11th, 2010 at 2:15 PM ^

while i don't mind seeing a rival team lose its recruits i still see this as a bad thing.  its sad to see kids turn down going to a great school so they can get to the NHL earlier.  i know not everyone values a degree the same but i think more kids need to look at red berenson as an idol instead of sydney crosby.  2 cents are up and giving up the soap box  

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JustGoBlue

August 11th, 2010 at 2:27 PM ^

Instead of POSSIBLY getting to the NHL earlier.  A first round pick in the OHL has no more guarantees of ever making the NHL than a first rounder in NCAA and so on.  It all comes down to the individual and how hard they work and how talented they really are against top competition. 

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