New Recruit - Evan Salmela

[Al DeFlorio]

Yale gets the Freeze's goalie.  Should see lotsa ice time next year in New Haven.:-P

http://www.chicagofreeze.com/news/2002/20021211.html

[Al DeFlorio]

Geez...there's a 'tender in that league named Zaniboni.  Can we get him, too? ::help::

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[calgARI \'07]

Fill me in on O'Byrne?

[Greg Berge]

O'Byrne is one of this year's most sought-after recruits, and he has allegedly narrowed it down to Maine or Cornell.

[calgARI \'07]

What position?  What team does he play for?

[DeltaOne81]

He's mentioned both

here: http://elf.hockey.cornell.edu/read.php?f=1&i=13276&t=13102

and here: http://elf.hockey.cornell.edu/read.php?f=1&i=12614&t=12597

and I'm sure there's more information at http://www.nanaimoclippers.com/ (man, what ugly uni's/colors).

[RichS]

Right...I heard from a BU parent, who's other son I coach in HS, that fans chanted "kill the midget" at him....::rolleyes::

[RichS]

Sounds like he might be able to "do the ice" when he's not playing.  :-D

[Jordan 04]

[q]Right...I heard from a BU parent, who's other son I coach in HS, that fans chanted "kill the midget" at him....[/q]

Absolutely accurate :-P

[RedFan]

And since this thread is about recruiting - pissing off parents is nothing to be proud of....

[RichS]

Thats true but in this case, the parents' son is already playing for BU, so pissing them off is kinda moot.

[Keith K]

Well, Adam asked him about next year in an on air interview last week I think.  He gave your typical cliched athlete's answer - that he's only concerned with this year right now and that he'd have to consult with his family, the coaches, the people he trusts, etc.  before making a decision.  It means he's keeping his options open.  I would've liked to hear "I'm going to stay four years at Cornell", but then again it's not like that would be a guarantee either.

This should not be construed as a rumor saying that he is leaving.  Simply reporting the situation, which is pretty obvious anyway.

[jtwcornell91]

Not to mention the guy's got to be pretty thin-skinned if he lets stuff like that bother him.  At least it's more creative than singsonging some guy's name three times and yelling "YOU SUCK!"

[David Harding]

So, prompted by the posts, we went to see Evan and the Freeze play Saturday night against the Springfield [MO] Spirits.  I haven't watched much hockey for years, so I'm not a really good judge of talent, but Evan looked pretty respectable to me.  

He didn't come off as the enforcer.  He did take some good slap shots and wrist shots.  He had an assist on a very pretty play.  From just beyond his own blue line he passed straight forward to the left wing near the other blue line.  The let wing took it in and passed across ice to the right wing (or maybe center) streaking in who put it away.  Evan's rotation was messed up a bit, as his partner drew a 10 minute misconduct in the second period.  He was moving back and forth from left to right defense through that stretch when he was on the ice.  

The Freeze goalie, on his way to Yale, looked good, stopping 20+ shots and letting one through, a nasty slap shot that got past his right (stick hand) shoulder.  

The arena has a banner for each Freeze alumnus who has moved on to better things.  You can see most of the list on their web site.  As I scanned the sheets, a "Cornell" jumped out at me.  Turns out our assistant coach, Brent Brekke was with the Freeze '97-'99 as assistant coach and director of player personnel (recruiter).
http://cornellbigred.ocsn.com/sports/m-hockey/mtt/brekke_brent00.html