Phillipe Hudon

Swampy · November 22, 2009, 06:23:07 PM

BRPH is reporting that Phillipe Hudon, at 6'1" and 195 b.1993 from Choate, has committed to Cornell for 2011. He was also being recruited by Yale, Vermont, BC, BU, Harvard, Michigan, and Princeton. His coach describes him as "the full package," and USHR typecasts him by saying, "think Colin Greening." But perhaps the most enjoyable description to read is this one here ::banana::.

Swampy · November 22, 2009, 11:03:01 PM

More on Hudon. He was projected as the #2 pick in the QMJHL draft for his age group, except he made known his plans to go NCAA. The QMJHL Draft Guide describes him as:

Quote from: QJMHL Draft GuideThe No. 1 power forward available in the draft. He's a very intense, hard-hitting player who has a terrific shot. He's a big, strong player who goes straight to the net. Not a finesse player. A good skater, but still needs to improve in that area. He needs to work on his vision and overall two-way game, but he's an excellent player that any coach would love to have on his team.

He was also drafted #44 (by Green Bay) in the USHL Futures draft.

tretiak · November 23, 2009, 02:59:56 AM

Boo - Choate sucks. In all seriousness, good luck to him.

CUontheslopes · November 23, 2009, 09:21:59 AM

Glad he'll be joining us! Sounds like the type of big, physical forward we need more of!

Al DeFlorio · November 23, 2009, 10:14:43 AM

Quote from: CUontheslopesGlad he'll be joining us! Sounds like the type of big, physical forward we need more of!

More importantly, he's said to have a "terrific shot." Maybe he can hit open nets with it.

Trotsky · November 23, 2009, 10:32:43 AM

Quote from: Al DeFlorioMore importantly, he's said to have a "terrific shot." Maybe he can hit open nets with it.

Behave! ;-)

Needs to work on skating, has two years to do so. This sounds vaguely familiar (c.f. Baby, S.)

scoop85 · November 23, 2009, 12:42:10 PM

Hudon's apparent committment has yet to appear on Heisenberg's list. He usually gets those up right away.

scoop85 · November 23, 2009, 12:46:41 PM

Quote from: scoop85Hudon's apparent committment has yet to appear on the New Additions section Heisenberg's list. He usually gets those up right away.

I see he has now added Hudon's name to the Cornell list and in the Northeast players list for 2011 (where Heisenberg has him listed as the 3rd ranked recruit in the Northeast Region).

CUontheslopes · November 23, 2009, 12:51:55 PM

For someone who doesn't follow junior hockey at all (beyond oh look this guy's big and coming to Cornell) can someone comment on how big of a "win" this is for us recruiting-wise? Is he a Riley Nash caliber pick up? A little lower? What round might he be taken in an NHL draft? Thanks. It's just hard to get perspective with all these various jr leagues.

Trotsky · November 23, 2009, 01:36:57 PM

I don't know if it's a meaningful comparison, but Heisenberg's #3 rated player from New England in 2006 was Alex Biega. #2 was Tony Romano. Make of it what you will.

cbuckser · November 23, 2009, 01:54:45 PM

Hudon will play for Team Quebec in the U17 tournament next month. I think the players who participate in that tournament should be considered blue-chippers. Ben Thomson, who spurned his Cornell commitment to play for the Kitchener Rangers, will play for Team Ontario.

ithacat · November 23, 2009, 03:04:33 PM

Joakim Ryan, who's mentioned in the article linked above as having visited Cornell this past weekend, might also play in that tournament for Sweden. Ryan's from New Jersey but was once a top tennis prospect in Sweden. His mother is Catarina Lindqvist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catarina_Lindqvist

Swampy · November 23, 2009, 05:05:43 PM

Quote from: ithacatJoakim Ryan, who's mentioned in the article linked above as having visited Cornell this past weekend, might also play in that tournament for Sweden. Ryan's from New Jersey but was once a top tennis prospect in Sweden. His mother is Catarina Lindqvist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catarina_Lindqvist

Humm. Sounds like Murray, D., which is a good pairing with Bâby, S. ::drunk::

pfibiger · November 23, 2009, 07:43:47 PM

Quote from: CUontheslopesFor someone who doesn't follow junior hockey at all (beyond oh look this guy's big and coming to Cornell) can someone comment on how big of a "win" this is for us recruiting-wise? Is he a Riley Nash caliber pick up? A little lower? What round might he be taken in an NHL draft? Thanks. It's just hard to get perspective with all these various jr leagues.

Hudon was ranked #2 overall for the QMJHL draft until he made his NCAA intentions clear. Even knowing that, he was still drafted in the 2nd round.

http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/655765

He is a big deal. With Hudon, Bardreau, Ferlin, and Knisley, we have an amazing group of players coming in at the forward position in 2011.

Trotsky · November 24, 2009, 07:51:48 AM

We're also going to need to learn another version of Oh Canada.

Ô Canada!
Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!
Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
Il sait porter la croix!
Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.