More Recruiting News

After claiming that Boston University had received a commitment from 2007 prospect Sam Gagner, and then repeating that same rumor three days later, Inside Hockey East has retracted their statements regarding Gagner. I had said that I would wait to see how this rumor panned out before deciding how much credibility to assign them, and now it looks like they deserve very little. I'll leave them on the link sidebar, but I'd take whatever they have to say with a grain of salt. The sad thing is, they've probably got three times the readership of this blog.

Michigan Rivals board poster bmcgowan got a chance to see the NTDP U18 team play last night and posted his impressions. Basically, he said Minnesota recruit Erik Johnson was the best player on the ice, which isn't shocking, followed by Billy Sweatt, who should be a great player for Colorado College someday, and BU recruit Greg Squires. He also said that Pat Kane didn't do anything spectacular, but still had a decent game. He was a little less kind to Michigan commit Chris Summers, who apparently had an off night last night.

The recruitment of NTDP U18 forward Ryan Flynn seems to be the biggest recruiting story out there right now. I had originally posted the rumor that he was favoring Wisconsin over Minnesota and Boston College. It now looks like BC has pretty much dropped out of the mix and it will be a battle between Minnesota and Wisconsin for his services. Flynn will most likely make his decision during the early signing period in the second week of November.

The Gophers are busy fighting a two-front recruiting war. While they battle eastern neighbor Wisconsin for Ryan Flynn, they're also battling western neighbor North Dakota for the services of Thief River Falls Lincoln HS/Sioux Falls Stampede forward Mike Forney. An impressive Select 17 Festival performance earned Forney a partial scholarship offer to Minnesota. Right now, Forney is the starting quarterback for his high school's football team, and will join the Sioux Falls Stampede of the USHL when his season is over. I wouldn't expect an announcement from his him at least until the high school football season is over.