Monday, January 07, 2008

New Commits

Via Chris Heisenberg...

Nebraska-Omaha added two more recruits from their favorite hockey hotbeds. Forward Brent Gwidt from the Indiana Ice, and forward David Morley of the Aurora Tigers in Ontario will both be joining the Mavericks. Gwidt is a 6th round draft pick of the Washington Capitals. Morley is a smaller forward, that likely won't join the Mavericks until 2010.

Northern Michigan added Alberta defenseman Bob Lindemulder for either next year or the year after.

Traverse City(NAHL) forward Clinton Bourbonais committed to Air Force. It's an interesting commitment because Bourbonais was listed as a 'player to watch' by NHL Central Scouting, which most Air Force Cadets are not. Bourbonais is a talented player, and also an excellent student, so he should fit in well at the Academy.

And finally, it wouldn't be a post about commitments if Alaska wasn't involved. The Nanooks added NAHL defenseman Aaron Gens for next season. That brings the unofficial list of players committed to Alaska to 17, nearly enough to field an entire team.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I hope coach Delcastillo isnt recruiting to replace the team, to his way, in 1 season. The kids that were already there are also their for an education, one I hope they still get with a new coach without having to transfer or go to the whl.

Eric Carlson said...

And besides the 17--I'm not sure of the count anymore--there's also freshman forward Ryan Houle who was added as a transfer from Bowling Green at the semester break and saw his first action on Saturday at Ohio State after a total of three practices. Houle basically went straight from Bowling Green to Columbus where he joined the team for their four-game road trip. Houle never played for the Falcons after missing all of last year with a medical redshirt and quitting after the fourth game this year. Still he apparently could and did transfer and play immediately as a non-scholarship player.

Anonymous said...

"Still he apparently could and did transfer and play immediately as a non-scholarship player."

I had no idea you could do that. Interesting. I'm assuming he was a walk-on on Bowling Green as well?

Anonymous said...

who cares uaf will suck no matter how many people they bring in to there school

Anonymous said...

Wouldn't the 17 commitments to Alaska be over the next 3 seasons?

Anonymous said...

I don't understand how Houle got around the rule of having to sit out a year. Are you sure there were no NCAA rules broken here?