UNH Recruits Update: Week 14

Player of the Week - Jason Kalinowski*

Early in his second season of prep school hockey, 16-year-old forward Jason Kalinowski (DOB 7/2/95) has nearly equalled his scoring totals from last season. A junior at The Salisbury School, Kalinowski has scored 6 goals and 4 assists in the first 11 games. In Salisbury's two victories last week against Deerfield and Taft, Kalinowski tallied 2 goals and 2 assists. The right-handed winger is currently the 3rd leading scorer on the very talented Salisbury squad and is 2nd in goals scored. Combine Kalinowski with fellow 1995-born, UNH recruits Tyler Kelleher at center and Shane Eiserman at left wing and you've got a potent offensive threat.
* Photo credit: Dave Arnold Photography

NOTE
The statistics for the recruits, presented in the table, are categorized by the projected year they will enroll in UNH. For example, the "2012 Recruits" are projected to begin playing for UNH in the Fall of 2012. I have based these projections on a number of factors including:
~ How old the player would be upon admission.
~ Number of years in junior hockey prior to admission.
~ Anticipated date of high school graduation.
~ Number of seniors leaving the team at the end of the previous season.
~ The player's performance in the current season.

Player	Team	League	GP	Goals	Asst	Pts	PIM
2012 Recruits
Dan Correale	Nanaimo Clippers	BCHL	6	2	2	4	2
Maxim Gaudreault	Sioux City	USHL	30	7	7	14	20
Jamie Hill	Waterloo	USHL	27	5	11	16	34
Collin MacDonald	Jersey Hitmen	EJHL	31	20	13	33	12
Harry Quast	Bay State	EJHL	30	7	18	25	36
Kyle Smith	Junior Bruins	EJHL	27	13	27	40	8
2012 or '13 Recruit
Brett Pesce	Jersey Hitmen	EJHL	17	1	5	6	18
2013 Recruit
Jordan Masters	Muskegon	USHL	24	4	8	12	37
Matias Cleland	Waterloo	USHL	17	0	3	3	17
Dylan Maller	Tri-City	USHL	20	1	2	3	4
Andrew Poturalski	Buffalo Jr Sabres	OJHL	21	12	17	29	12
2013 or '14 Recruit
Michael McNicholas	Muskegon	USHL	15	2	3	5	6
2014 Recruits
Shane Eiserman	Cushing Academy	NEPSAC	14	7	14	21	-
Tyler Kelleher	USA U17 Team	USHL	14	5	7	12	14
2015 Recruits
Jason Kalinowski	Salisbury Prep	NEPSAC	11	6	4	10	-

News & Notes

United States Hockey League:
~ Tyler Kelleher and the U.S. Under-17 National Team advanced to the gold medal game of the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge but lost to the Russian team 4-7. Kelleher had two assists in the final game including one on a pretty rush into the offensive zone and manuever around a Russian defender on the first goal of the game. The NTDP U-17 team returns to USHL action on January 13th.
~ Jordan Masters has been selected to compete in the first ever USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game on January 24th. The game will showcase many of the top USHL players eligible for the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.

Eastern Junior Hockey League:
~ Over the last couple of weeks, 2012 or 2013 Recruit Brett Pesce played in four college hockey games as a member of the U.S. NTDP U-18 Team. Some of his highlights included:
- A +2 rating in the Minnesota State University-Mankato game.
- Playing in the starting lineup against the University of Wisconsin.
- A +1 rating against Northeastern University.
- Three blocked shots in the Boston University game.
- No penalties in any of the four games.
Pesce will rejoin the Jersey Hitmen of the EJHL.
~ 2012 Recruits Kyle Smith, Collin MacDonald, and Harry Quast have been selected to play in the 2012 EJHL All-Star Game. The game will be played on Monday, Jan 16th at noon at the Tri-Town Arena in Hooksett, NH.

British Columbia Hockey League:
~ 2012 Recruit Dan Correale, who was out of action from August to mid-December following shoulder surgery, regained his scoring touch last week. In the Nanaimo Clippers' game against Surrey, Correale scored a short-handed goal and assisted on the game-tying goal. Against the Langley Rivermen, he scored another game-tying assist and earned the #2 Star.

Ontaria Junior Hockey League:
~ 2013 Recruit Andrew Poturalski will return to the Buffalo Junior Sabres' lineup tonight in a home game against the Georgetown Raiders. Poturalski broke his ankle during practice in mid-November.