Men's Hockey Roster Additions for 2013-14

Men's hockey announces ten newcomers for 2013-14 season.

On paper, it's a great team. These five (of the 10 entering hockey recruits, more than usual) have a lot of promise based on their play and awards last year. Is Gillam our next goalie after Andy Iles' final season?

Holden Anderson,Defenseman — 6-feet, 185 pounds — Montreal, Quebec ... a two-time participant in the Central Canada Cup Challenge and a two-time invitee to the Team Canada World Junior A camp.

Matt Buckles, Forward — 6-foot-2, 205 pounds — Toronto, Ontario ... Buckles represented Team Canada East in the 2012 World Junior 'A' Challenge and was named a member of the South Division All-Stars at the Central Canada Cup All-Star Challenge for a second straight season ... ranked 134th in the mid-term rankings and 117th in the final rankings. The CSS announced in May 2013 that Buckles was the recipient of the OJHL Top Prospect Award.

Mitch Gillam, Goalie — 6-feet, 180 pounds — Peterborough, Ontario — Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) ... nomination for the prestigious 2013 RBC Canadian Junior Hockey League Player of the Year. He was named the Chiefs' most valuable player in both 2012 and 2013, as well as the rookie of the year in 2012.

Clint Lewis, Defense — 6-foot-2, 210 pounds ... fourth straight season the Big Red has added a player directly from the esteemed U.S. National Team Development Program, following in the footsteps of Andy Iles '14, Cole Bardreau '15 and Gavin Stoick '16. .... Lewis was ranked 164th among North American skaters on the NHL Central Scouting Service's mid-term rankings for the 2013 draft, then 181st in the final rankings.

Patrick McCarron, Defense — 6-foot-2, 210 pounds — Burnsville, Minnesota — U.S. National Team Development Program ... successful three-year stint with the St. Michael's Buzzers of the Ontario Junior Hockey League, ... , helping the team capture the OJHL championship while being named the league's Defenseman of the Year and a first-team all star. McCarron was also the winner of the inaugural Canadian Junior Hockey League Defenseman of the Year honor, which was selected from a pool spanning all 10 of Canada's Junior A leagues.

I will be interested to see how Sade does. Hitmen are Tier 3 but turning out some good college players recently. They're a credible organization.

Here is the full list:

Holden Anderson
Defenseman — 6-feet, 185 pounds — Montreal, Quebec — Hawkesbury Hawks (CCHL)
Anderson joins the Big Red after two seasons with the Hawkesbury Hawks of the Central Canada Hockey League. He had 13 goals and 29 assists for 39 points last season, finishing one point behind the team's scoring leader while serving as an assistant captain. He was also selected as a CCHL Second Team All-Star in 2013 and was a two-time participant in the Central Canada Cup Challenge and a two-time invitee to the Team Canada World Junior A camp. Pervious to his time at Hawkesbury, Anderson played at the prep level with South Kent School.

Matt Buckles
Forward — 6-foot-2, 205 pounds — Toronto, Ontario — St. Michael's Buzzers (OJHL)
Buckles enjoyed a breakout season with the St. Michael's Buzzers of the Ontario Junior Hockey League in 2012-13, when he helped the squad to the league championship as the leading scorer with 40 goals and 31 assists for 71 points in 50 games. (Classmate Patrick McCarron was second on the team in scoring). Buckles represented Team Canada East in the 2012 World Junior 'A' Challenge and was named a member of the South Division All-Stars at the Central Canada Cup All-Star Challenge for a second straight season, after posting 15 goals and 21 assists for 36 in just 46 games with the Toronto Lakeshore Patriots in 2011-12. Buckles was named a 'B' prospect on the NHL Central Scouring Service's preliminary 2013 draft watch list. He was then ranked 134th in the mid-term rankings and 117th in the final rankings. The CSS announced in May 2013 that Buckles was the recipient of the OJHL Top Prospect Award.

Ryan Coon
Goalie — 5-foot-10, 165 pounds — Wildwood, Mo. — Taft School
Coon joins the Big Red from Taft School, which competes in the prestigious Founders League along with some of the best hockey prep school programs in New England. Prior to his time at Taft, Coon competed with the Saint Louis Selects at the AAA level and was a member of the All-Academic Team in 2010.

Eric Freschi
Forward — 5-foot-10, 188 pounds — Bloomington, Minnesota — Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
Freschi joins the Big Red from the same Dubuque Fighting Saints program in the United States Hockey League that sent Joakim Ryan '15 to East Hill. Freschi posted 16 goals and 16 assists with a sparkling plus-20 rating during the 2012-13 regular season, then helped the Fighting Saints capture the Clark Cup title. His 16 goals ranked fourth on the team, coming on the heels of a 19-point campaign in his first season with the team. Prior to his USHL days, Freschi played for Bloomington Jefferson HS in Minnesota.

Mitch Gillam
Goalie — 6-feet, 180 pounds — Peterborough, Ontario — Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)
Gillam joins the Big Red after a two highly decorated seasons with the Chilliwack Chiefs of the British Columbia Hockey League, culminating with a nomination for the prestigious 2013 RBC Canadian Junior Hockey League Player of the Year. He was named the Chiefs' most valuable player in both 2012 and 2013, as well as the rookie of the year in 2012. He posted a 27-18-1 record with a 2.53 goals-against average and .928 save percentage in the 2012-13 season, which earned him BCHL First Team All-Star honors for and the Vern Dye Memorial Trophy for the Coastal Conference's Most Valuable Player. He was a BCHL Second Team All-Star in 2012 and the league's Rookie All-Star goalie selection.

Jeff Kubiak
Forward — 6-foot-3, 205 pounds — Tinley Park, Illinois — Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
Kubiak joins the Big Red after two season in the United States Hockey League, where he had 20 goals and 24 assists for 44 points over 109 games. He spent a season and a half with the Chicago Steel — the same junior program that produced assistant coach Topher Scott '08 — before a midseason trade landed him in Muskegon. He finished the 2012-13 season strong with the Lumberjacks, producing eight points in 20 regular-season games, and a goal and an assist in three playoff games. Kubiak also played in the 2012 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, where he scored the winning goal for Team East.

Clint Lewis
Defense — 6-foot-2, 210 pounds — Burnsville, Minnesota — U.S. National Team Development Program
Lewis' arrival marks the fourth straight season the Big Red has added a player directly from the esteemed U.S. National Team Development Program, following in the footsteps of Andy Iles '14, Cole Bardreau '15 and Gavin Stoick '16. He helped the USNTDP win the Four Nations Tournament in each of his two seasons with the team, recording one goal and 13 assists in 111 games. Before joining the USNTDP, Lewis played midget-level hockey at famed Shattuck St. Mary's in Minnesota, which has helped produce NHLers like Sidney Crosby, Zach Parise, Jonathan Toews and Drew Stafford, as well as Big Red teammate Kirill Gotovets '14. Lewis was ranked 164th among North American skaters on the NHL Central Scouting Service's mid-term rankings for the 2013 draft, then 181st in the final rankings.

Patrick McCarron
6-foot-3, 185 pounds — Etobicoke, Ontario — St. Michael's Buzzers (OJHL)
McCarron joins the Big Red after a very successful three-year stint with the St. Michael's Buzzers of the Ontario Junior Hockey League, where he was teammates with classmate Matt Buckles. McCarron served as the Buzzers' captain in 2012-13, helping the team capture the OJHL championship while being named the league's Defenseman of the Year and a first-team all star. McCarron was also the winner of the inaugural Canadian Junior Hockey League Defenseman of the Year honor, which was selected from a pool spanning all 10 of Canada's Junior A leagues. He finished the season with nine goals and 49 assists for 58 points in just 52 games, leading the league in scoring by defensemen.

Eric Sade
Defense — 6-feet, 190 pounds — Washington, D.C.— New Jersey Hitmen (EJHL)
Sade joins the Big Red after helping the New Jersey Hitmen win the Eastern Junior Hockey League championship. He had three goals and 14 assists for 17 points in 44 games from the blue line, matching his point total from the 2011-12 campaign he spent with the North American Hockey League's New Mexico Mustangs. He was named the Mustangs' Rookie of the Year and was also placed on the NAHL All-Star team. Sade graduated from St. Albans High School in Washington, D.C., where he also competed in football and track & field — helping set a school record in the 4x100 relay. He was also presented the Headmaster's Award in 2011 for best exemplifying the core values of the school.

Jake Weidner
Forward — 6-foot-2, 200 pounds — Grand Valley, Ontario — Elmira Sugar Kings (GOJHL)
Weidner joined the Big Red after leading the Elmira Sugar Kings in scoring and finish sixth in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League scoring race with 28 goals and 55 assists for 83 points in just 49 regular-season games. He then added four goals and four assists for eight points in six playoff games. Weidner was named a GOJHL First Team All-Star in 2013 and was also presented the league's Sportsmanship & Ability Award. In 2011, he was tabbed as the circuit's Best Defensive Forward. In 2011-12, Weidner posted 41 points in 49 games with the Ontario Junior Hockey League's Newmarket Hurricanes.

Is Rauter not coming in a surprise? He will nearly turn 21 as a freshman.

BTW, Patrick McCarron's height/weight etc on the Cornell site are a mistaken repeat of Lewis'.

His info should read:

6-foot-3, 185 pounds — Etobicoke, Ontario — St. Michael's Buzzers (OJHL)

Corrected above.

Has anyone ever attempted to study the correlation between junior stats and success (however you wish to defi it) at the college level? Every recruit seems to have impressive statistics but it's hard to say whether any of it means anything more than the kid is qualified to be a college player. You'd obviously have to correct for such things as league quality and age.

I'm pretty sure that at least some pro organizations do something like this. But I'm asking about public, not proprietary, studies.

I like we have a defenseman named "Sade". He will enjoy inflicting pain upon the opponents.

French Rage
I like we have a defenseman named "Sade". He will enjoy inflicting pain upon the opponents.

Be glad you're not my age; this was the first association that came to my mind:

jtwcornell91

French Rage
I like we have a defenseman named "Sade". He will enjoy inflicting pain upon the opponents.

Be glad you're not my age; this was the first association that came to my mind:

Which you have now reminded us of.

I think what I am trying to say is, fuck you John.

Sade? Please let us not recruit a player named Morris Albert.

Rauter separated his shoulder and had surgery. He will turn 21 after his freshman season if he comes the season after next. He only has 27 junior games under his belt so probably needs some seasoning. I hope he makes it, my kids play for the same youth organization that he played for. Unbelievable sniper as a 16 year old......

Buckles goes in round 4:

4 98 Florida Matt Buckles F Cornell (I)


Read more: [www.uscho.com]

(Mike McCarron went late first round)

And if you're wondering Nolan de Jong went 7-197.

jeff '84
Buckles goes in round 4:

4 98 Florida Matt Buckles F Cornell (I)


Read more: [www.uscho.com]

(Mike McCarron went late first round)

And more on McCarron from CHN and USCHO.

In 49 games with the U-18 squad in 2012-13, McCarron posted 11 goals and 18 assists for 29 points, while racking up 166 penalty minutes.

Read more: [www.uscho.com]


McCarron said that he had spent the previous two weeks working out in Kalamazoo, Mich., with Western Michigan’s strength and conditioning coach and some of his future Broncos teammates. His major junior rights, however, are held by the Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights, and both London and Kalamazoo are situated about two hours away from his home in Grosse Pointe, Mich.

“I’ll probably make a decision in the next week and get back to you guys,” he joked with media members.

He said there were positives to both choices. Playing in college would allow him to build up his legs and body more, and he added that education was also a priority in his family. At Western, he also would get to play for head coach and former NHL bench boss Andy Murray.

Concerning the OHL, he said it was more of a pro-style game that also permitted fighting, and might also get him to the NHL more quickly.

Read more: [www.uscho.com]

Why would he get to build up his legs and body more in college vs. the OHL?

Sounds like education is more a priority for his family than for himself.

margolism
Why would he get to build up his legs and body more in college vs. the OHL?

It's a workout.

margolism
Why would he get to build up his legs and body more in college vs. the OHL?

Sounds like education is more a priority for his family than for himself.

The official spin is that college teams spend more time on practice and conditioning than CHL teams do.

Weder

margolism
Why would he get to build up his legs and body more in college vs. the OHL?

Sounds like education is more a priority for his family than for himself.

The official spin is that college teams spend more time on practice and conditioning than CHL teams do.

CHL workout is called the Aluminum Curl.

Weder

margolism
Why would he get to build up his legs and body more in college vs. the OHL?

Sounds like education is more a priority for his family than for himself.

The official spin is that college teams spend more time on practice and conditioning than CHL teams do.

Is it spin if it's true? OHL teams had 68 games last year. Generally 3 games each week.

Jim Hyla
OHL teams had 68 games last year. Generally 3 games each week.

The Barrie Colts played 22 addtional games in the post-season. That's a 90-game season. In the WHL: Edmonton played 72 + 22 = 94.

That's not counting 4 or 5 exhibition games.