INCH Recruiting Rankings

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Greening checks in as the #10 forward:

Remarkably, the top Canadian on our list checks in at 10. Greening is one of a handful of Cornell forwards who should have an impact, along with Blake Gallagher, Tony Romano and Justin Milo.

Harvard's Doug Rogers, at #17, is the only other ECACer on the list. I'd guess we'll see rankings for defensemen and goalies later in the week.

related to that, Chris Heisenberg has just ranked the incoming freshman himself based on immediate impact, and Blake Gallagher clocks in at #3 in the group of forwards:

[hockeyrecruits.blogspot.com]

Other ECAC forwards:

#14 Doug Rogers, Harvard
#17 Josh Gilliam, Dartmouth
#18 David McIntyre, Colgate

Defensemen:

#6 Alex Biega, Harvard

Biega is also the only ECAC player ranked in INCH's list of the top 20 incoming defensemen.

Two ECAC goalies make the list, though Troy Davenport does not. Zach Kleimann, Quinnipiac, and Kain Tisi, St. Lawrence, are in at 5 & 10.

Maybe Troy's not considered "incoming" as he's re-incoming? It would have been nice if he received a mention, particularly since his Des Moines teammate, Brian Foster, checks in at 3. Davenport received moore playing time last year, and deservedly so. He had a better year than Foster and dominated the USHL playoffs. Foster's younger so maybe that played into the ranking as well.


[insidecollegehockey.com]

I would have been more at ease if Ben Scrivens had made the list.

Will
I would have been more at ease if Ben Scrivens had made the list.

From the Big Red Puckhead site (ad: which is absolutely excellent and should be patronized by everybody!), reading between the lines it seemed like Scrivens is a great kid and by no means a traffic cone, but is not The Second Coming of Dryden, or Lenny, or whoever. Then again, McKee flew in completely under everybody's radar.

As was mentioned, they most likely excluded Troy because he's a re-enlist. Guessing also, since he was only out one year, that he took a leave to keep his options open.

Trotsky

Will
I would have been more at ease if Ben Scrivens had made the list.

From the Big Red Puckhead site (ad: which is absolutely excellent and should be patronized by everybody!), reading between the lines it seemed like Scrivens is a great kid and by no means a traffic cone, but is not The Second Coming of Dryden, or Lenny, or whoever. Then again, McKee flew in completely under everybody's radar.

Great point about McKee. Who can really tell? The kids play in such different leagues it's difficult to guage where they are in comparison. Right now, given that the pucks aren't flying Scrivens or DiLeo might be as good as Davenport.

Here's some comparative numbers (Davenport/Scrivens centric) from the aforementioned Big Red Puckhead:
[bigredpuckhead.blogspot.com]

I like the Viking Cup numbers. At least from that tournament, it looks like Scrivens and Richter (H------) both outplayed Stalock (#2) and Foster (#3).

As for the lists, nearly 3/4 of the players are from the USHL (16), the NTDP (14), and US HS/Prep (6). Another quirky thing is that the OPJHL and EJHL had 2 kids out of the 40 named to the forward/defensive list, yet had 5 of the 10 goalies.

Cornell's incoming class was ranked #8 overall by INCH. SLU was #`14. [www.insidecollegehockey.com]

[q]Keep an eye on: Colin Greening made our list of top 20 forwards. Three others – Blake Gallagher, Justin Milo and Tony Romano – were on the cusp.[/q]

Given some of the hype last spring, I'm surprised (but not disappointed) that Harvard didn't make the cut

Cornell has unquestionably the best class in the ECAC and I would put it top 5 in the NCAA. This is the best group of forwards Cornell has brought in a long time.

calgARI '07
Cornell has unquestionably the best class in the ECAC and I would put it top 5 in the NCAA. This is the best group of forwards Cornell has brought in a long time.

I want terribly to share the optimism, but I recall when it was just a matter of time until a recruit named Matt Connors would win the Hobey...

Trotsky

calgARI '07
Cornell has unquestionably the best class in the ECAC and I would put it top 5 in the NCAA. This is the best group of forwards Cornell has brought in a long time.

I want terribly to share the optimism, but I recall when it was just a matter of time until a recruit named Matt Connors would win the Hobey...

Not sure where all the Connors hype came from but when he put together 18 points in 28 games in the EJHL, I was pretty sure he wouldn't amount to much. Milo put up very impressive goal totals in a very tough league (specifically tough to score goals) while Gallagher put up outstanding goal totals in his league be it not as tough of a league, but impressive all the same. Greening had an excellent offensive season in the BCHL but I'm more excited about his size and play-making ability, something the left side has lacked for a few years. Scali is your typical Cornell player in that he works very hard, is versatile, physical, and has some offense as well. Romano is the big question mark. He put up unreal numbers but he played in a brutal brutal league that is pretty much at the level of Ithaca High School. But he played on the US select team and did very well so I think he definitely has the skill to play at this level. The transition is going to be a lot tougher for him though. Those five forwards bring a lot of offense with some pure goal scorers and some great playmakers along with the blue collar element. This is a very gifted group of forwards.