Wednesday, July 23, 2008

U-18 Select Team

I forgot to mention this last week, but USA Hockey named their roster that will play at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial tournament.

Here is the roster:

2008 United States Under-18 Select Team

No. Name Ht (cm) Wt (kg) Birthdate S/C Hometown 2007-08 Team
GOALTENDERS (2)
1 John Cullen 5-11 (180) 180 (82) 4/20/91 L Hamburg, N.Y. Maksymum (N.Y.) Hockey Club (Jr. B)
30 Casey DeSmith 5-11 (180) 160 (73) 8/13/91 L Rochester, N.H. Seacoast Spartans (N.H.)/Berwick Academy (Maine)

DEFENSEMEN (7)
2 Collin Bowman 6-3 (190) 200 (91) 6/13/91 R Littleton. Colo. Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
3 Brian Dumoulin 6-3 (190) 197 (89) 9/6/91 L Biddeford, Maine Biddeford (Maine) H.S./Seacoast Spartans (N.H)
4 Nick Leddy 5-11 (180) 180 (82) 3/20/91 L Eden Prairie, Minn. Eden Prairie (Minn.) High School
5 Eamonn McDermott 5-10 (178) 170 (77) 12/17/91 R Shaker Heights, Ohio Cleveland Barons (midget)
6 Paul Phillips 6-0 (183) 200 (91) 7/16/91 L Darien, Ill. Cedar Rapids Rough Riders (USHL)
7 Brendan Rempel 6-3 (190) 200 (91) 4/24/91 R Willington, Conn. Avon (Conn.) Old Farms School
8 Beau Schmitz 5-10 (178) 185 (84) 3/26/91 R Howell, Mich. U.S. National Under-17 Team

FORWARDS (12)
9 Shane Berschbach 5-9 (175) 140 (64) 5/19/91 L Clawson, Mich. Detroit Little Caesars (midget)
10 Tyler Brown 6-0 (183) 195 (88) 4/4/91 L Westland, Mich. Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
11 Zach Budish 6-4 (194) 225 (102) 5/9/91 R Edina, Minn. Edina (Minn.) High School
12 Caleb Herbert 5-10 (178) 165 (75) 10/12/91 R Bloomington, Minn. Bloomington Jefferson (Minn.) High School
14 Sean Little 5-11 (180) 185 (84) 4/15/91 R Fond du Lac, Wis. Madison (Wis.) Capitols (AAA)
15 Christopher McCarthy 6-1 (185) 175 (80) 7/30/91 R Collegeville, Pa. Berkshire School (Mass.)
16 Nick Oliver 6-2 (188) 195 (88) 5/4/91 L Wannaska, Minn. Roseau (Minn.) High School
17 Garrett Peterson 5-11 (180) 184 (83) 9/13/91 R Manhattan, Ill. Team Illinois
18 Tyler Pitlick 6-2 (188) 180 (82) 11/1/91 R Centerville, Minn. Centennial (Minn.) High School
19 Ryan Walters 5-11 (180) 185 (84) 7/30/91 L Rosemount, Minn. St. Thomas Academy (Minn.)
20 Steven Whitney 5-7 (170) 160 (73) 2/18/91 R Wakefield, Mass. Lawrence Academy (Mass.)
21 Alex Wideman 5-7 (170) 150 (68) 12/13/91 L St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis AAA Blues (midget)

This looks like a pretty good roster. The US doesn't choose NTDP players for this event in order to give exposure to a different mix of kids, and it should do just that. It should allow a couple players like Zach Budish, Collin Bowman, and Walters a little more exposure for next summer's draft, while allowing some lesser-known players the opportunity to wear a Team USA jersey overseas and hopefully get some more college exposure.

3 comments:

CHRE said...

I pointed this out on my blog, but only one player from last year's U18 Select Team hasn't committed to college or gone Major Junior (Kitto). So yes, this should increase their exposure significantly.

Anonymous said...

Hey USA hockey! Do you think you could add a few more Minnesota boys to the roster?

Anonymous said...

If they want to win they should add more...