More on Petrecki, Plus Some Good Old Fashioned Rumors

One of the things I didn't mention in the post below were the two western schools that were recruiting Nick Petrecki; Michigan and Wisconsin. While some saw Petrecki going to BC as a loss for these two schools, it should be noted each school already has a commitment from each of the top two defenseman for that year, Michigan with Tristan Llewellyn, and Wisconsin with Nigel Williams, and that each school has shown more interest in other defensive prospects for that class. Michigan's primary focus for the second defenseman in that class seems to be Kevin Shattenkirk, while Wisconsin seems to be going after Brendan Smith, who visited the campus this summer.

Now for the crazy internet rumors:

First off, Inside Hockey East, a relatively new blog focusing on Hockey East(duh), is claiming to have a rumor from an unnamed source that claims Sam Gagner will commit to Boston University. I'm still a little skeptical of the rumor just because of the unnamed source and relative newness of the blog, but they were the first to break the Petrecki story, so they may be on to something. If Gagner does choose BU, it would be a blow to many Gopher fans who penciled Gagner into the future lineup after stories of his family moving to Minnesota, where his father Dave, was a star for the North Stars.

An unfortunate corollary of that, however, is that ESPN will probably have to remind us that Sam is Dave's son 8000 times per broadcast in lieu of anything interesting like they did last year with Chris Bourque and his dad Ray. By the way, did you know that Chris Bourque is Ray Bourque's son? Can we go to a shot of Ray in the stands?

The other unsubstantiated internet rumor of the day comes from a Gopher Puck Live post from a poster called Jacky Robert that claims 2006 recruit Ryan Flynn has Wisconsin as a strong leader, followed by Minnesota, followed distantly by Boston College. Flynn is the top uncommitted forward left on the NTDP U18 team, and would be a huge signing for Wisconsin. I've gotta clean though. I have no clue how valid this rumor is, but I picked Flynn to go to Wisconsin for the Western College Hockey Pick'em Contest and I needed a little pick-me-up after being wrong about the whole Petrecki deal.