UNH Recruits Update: Week 4

Player of the Week - Mike Vecchione

This time last year, Mike Vecchione was a senior at Malden Catholic preparing for his final season of high school hockey. As the team's captain, Vecchione went on to lead Malden Catholic to the Massachusetts Super 8 Championship. A year later, Vecchione moved half way across the country to Kearney, Nebraska to play for the Tri-City Storm of the United States Hockey League. On Saturday night in his fifth game in the USHL, Vecchione helped lead the Storm over the Sioux City Musketeers for their first away-game victory of the season. He generated 4 shots on goal, scored a power play goal and added an assist. The night before, Vecchione had an assist in a loss to the Indiana Ice. Mike Vecchione is now the second leading scorer on the Storm and his 5 points has him tied for 7th in total points in the USHL.
**UPDATE**
Vecchione's goal against the Musketeers can be viewed on this video (courtesy of KTIV TV).

Player	Team	League	GP	Goals	Asst	Pts	PIM
2012 Recruits
Dan Correale	Grande Prairie	AJHL	Injured	0	0	0	0
Maxim Gaudreault	Sioux City	USHL	7	2	2	4	2
Jamie Hill	Waterloo	USHL	7	2	2	4	0
Collin MacDonald	Jersey Hitmen	EJHL	12	12	6	18	4
Kyle Smith	Junior Bruins	EJHL	13	8	14	22	0
Mike Vecchione	Tri-City	USHL	6	2	3	5	2
2012 or '13 Recruit
Jordan Masters	Muskegon	USHL	6	0	2	2	8
2013 Recruits
Matias Cleland	Waterloo	USHL	3	0	0	0	9
Dylan Maller	Tri-City	USHL	injured	0	0	0	0
Brett Pesce	Jersey Hitmen	EJHL	4	0	0	0	2
Andrew Poturalski	Buffalo Jr Sabres	OJHL	14	10	15	25	10
2013 or '14 Recruit
Michael McNicholas	Muskegon	USHL	2	0	0	0	0
2014 Recruits
Shane Eiserman	Cushing Academy	NEPSAC	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Kelleher	USA U17 Team	USHL	6	4	2	6	4
2015 Recruits
Jason Kalinowski	Salisbury Prep	NEPSAC	0	0	0	0	0

New & Notes

Midweek, the NHL Central Scouting Service released the "2012 NHL Entry Draft Players to Watch" list for North American players in junior leagues in the United States, junior "A" leagues in Canada, and high school/prep school leagues. Two players committed to play at UNH were on the list. 2012 Recruit Collin MacDonald, who is currently the 2nd leading goal scorer in the Eastern Junior Hockey League, was given a "B" rating - indicating that he has the potential to be drafted in Rounds #3 through #5 in the NHL Entry Draft next summer. 2013 Recruit Andrew Poturalski, who is tied for 4th in scoring in the Ontario Junior Hockey League, was given a "C" rating - having the potential to be drafted in Rounds #6 or #7.