Recruits 2006: The New Thread

[ithacat]

There's a couple of updates on his recent games...I think Trotsky's referring to the post Who Wants a Goalie?

[ithacat]

[quote pfibiger]From an article on Greening posted on the bchl site:

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Colin Greening is much like your typical Newfie. The St. John's product loves listening to Great Big Sea and watching Trailer Park Boys and he's as friendly as a Care Bear.

The 6-foot-2, 200-pound left winger from the Nanaimo Clippers also flashed some awesome athleticism Wednesday night by earning MVP as the Coastal Conference outlasted the Interior 13-10 in the 36th B.C. Hockey League All-Star Classic in Salmon Arm.

Greening dangled his way to a six-point (three goals) night, while his regular linemate Blair Riley added three goals and two assists and Tyler Bozak of the Victoria Salsa had four assists to give the dynamic trio a 15-point game.
"It's fun to come to a place like this and meet all the great players in the league and show respect for them and see how down-to-earth all the guys are," said Greening, who is headed to the Cornell Big Red next fall.
"It's just a fun time and I really enjoyed it. It got a little more exciting near the end when they made it 11-10. We kind of joked we were going to trap them and keep the lead."[/quote]

There's an earlier article on the BCHL site that credits Greening with 4 goals & 3 assists. There's still no box score listed on the site.

http://www.bchl.bc.ca/leagues/1413/graphics/All%2DStar%2Epdf

[DeltaOne81]

[quote pfibiger]Colin Greening is much like your typical Newfie.[/quote]

Oh you might think it's goofy...
but Colin Greening is a newfie

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No? Anyone?

[David Harding]

Schafer has consistently said that he is interested in coaching at the highest (pro) level.  When is hard to predict, but a cautious administration would ponder a succession plan.  

The typical contract commits the school to paying the coach for the term of the contract.  It doesn't commit the coach to sticking with the school for that term.

[atb9]

[quote David Harding]Schafer has consistently said that he is interested in coaching at the highest (pro) level.  When is hard to predict, but a cautious administration would ponder a succession plan.  

The typical contract commits the school to paying the coach for the term of the contract.  It doesn't commit the coach to sticking with the school for that term.[/quote]

Wrong thread but just to toss it out: With the changes to NHL rules, don't you think Coach will have to continue to morph his tactics before he heads to the big show?

I'm excited about these recruits and the recruiting blog is going to be a new addiction for me.  Thanks for putting that out there!

[David Harding]

[q]atb9
Wrong thread [/q]I will only plead guilty of propogating thread drift.  In thread view it is clear that I was responding to the chain that went:[q]ithacat
I love the BCHL pipeline, but please bring in Casey Jones to oversee US recruiting (and prepare for Mike's eventual departure).[/q][q]Ben Rocky 04
Isn't Schafer signed to another 4 years after this season?[/q][q]David Harding
 Schafer has consistently said that he is interested in coaching at the highest (pro) level. When is hard to predict, but a cautious administration would ponder a succession plan.
The typical contract commits the school to paying the coach for the term of the contract. It doesn't commit the coach to sticking with the school for that term.
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[q]atb9
but just to toss it out: With the changes to NHL rules, don't you think Coach will have to continue to morph his tactics before he heads to the big show? [/q]Moving back towards the main thread theme, the players with higher aspirations are going to have to change and now may well be looking for programs that can help them grow in the new directions.  I'm far enough away that I don't get to watch games, but from the discussions here I'm getting the sense that the college game is moving the same way.

[ursusminor]

According to Heisenberg's list, Cornell has received commitments from another set of twins, Mike and Joe Devin from Catholic Memorial.  Since one plays defense, I guess that they won't replace the Abbotts.

[Trotsky]

Yes!  I was really worried about not having twins!!!

Bizarre that we grabbed kids from CM.  I thought they were a wholly-owned subsidiary of BC.

[ursusminor]

That's BU Greg. :-D

[Trotsky]

Pics: http://sports.bostonherald.com/highSchool/view.bg?articleid=119882

My daughter is going to think they're hot.  Great.

[Trotsky]

[quote ursaminor]That's BU Greg. :-D[/quote]
I thought BU's feeder program was Arlington.

[ursusminor]

Maybe, it has changed.  It used to CM.  BTW, both Devins are ranked by the NHL CSB.

[pfibiger]

The rumor i'd heard about the Devins was that they were 2007 recruits, and were expected to play a year in the USHL. That still seems likely, since we have a glut of forwards for next year.

Mike (the defenseman) is a B rated prospect by Central Scouting, hovering right around where Tony Romano and Blake Gallagher are. Joe is an A rated prospect.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote ursaminor]According to Heisenberg's list, Cornell has received commitments from another set of twins, Mike and Joe Devin from Catholic Memorial.  Since one plays defense, I guess that they won't replace the Abbotts.[/quote]
No, but they might then "replace" the McRaes.

[bothman]

What is interesting is that Ted Donato is a Catholic Memorial alum.  I wonder if Harvard was gunning for these twins and Cornell out-recruited them, or if Harvard passed.  I know that Harvard loses 2 defenseman (Pete Hafner & Ton Walsh), and they already have a commitment from Iam Tallet and hear that Chad Morin and Alex Biega are theirs to lose.