UNH Recruits Update: Week 28

Player of the Week - Maxim Gaudreault

In the next to last game of the regular season, 2012 UNH Recruit Maxim Gaudreault scored the game-winning goal against the Sioux Falls Stampede. He also added 2 assists and finished the game with a +3 rating. In his second season with the Sioux City Musketeers of the USHL, Gaudreault has doubled his offensive output in most categories. His goal scoring increased from 6 last season to 15 this season. His total points improved from 14 to 31. Gaudreault's 5 game-winning goals tied him for the lead on the Sioux City squad. His +/- rating for the entire 60-game season was +4.

Sioux City finished the regular season in 5th place in the Western Conference of the USHL. Gaudreault and his Musketeer teammates will face the Fargo Force in the best-of-three, first-round playoff series beginning tonight.

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	25	9	13	22	14
Maxim Gaudreault	Sioux City	USHL	60	15	16	31	57
Jamie Hill	Waterloo	USHL	54	10	26	36	61
Collin MacDonald	Jersey Hitmen	EJHL	45	27	18	45	14
	Playoffs	EJHL	6	2	1	3	0
Brett Pesce	Jersey Hitmen	EJHL	17	1	5	6	18
Harry Quast	Bay State	EJHL	45	8	24	32	58
	Playoffs	EJHL	2	0	0	0	0
Jamie Regan	Philly Revs	EJHL	25	9W	16L	3.97	.903
Kyle Smith	Junior Bruins	EJHL	43	24	38	62	32
	Playoffs	EJHL	2	1	1	2	0
2013 Recruits
Jordan Masters	Muskegon	USHL	31	5	10	15	39
Matias Cleland	Waterloo	USHL	41	1	9	10	62
Dylan Maller	Tri-City	USHL	39	3	6	9	10
Andrew Poturalski	Buffalo Jr Sabres	OJHL	33	16	22	38	32
	Playoffs	OJHL	8	5	2	7	4
2013 or '14 Recruit
Michael McNicholas	Muskegon	USHL	48	5	4	9	16
2014 Recruits
Dylan Chanter	Merritt Cents	BCHL	53	2	11	13	47
	Playoffs	BCHL	8	1	1	2	0
Shane Eiserman	Cushing Academy	NEPSAC	29	18	26	44	-
	Playoffs	NEPSAC	1	0	0	0	-
Tyler Kelleher	USA U17 Team	USHL	36	17	13	30	26
2015 Recruits
Jason Kalinowski	Salisbury Prep	NEPSAC	25	12	15	27	-
	Playoffs	NEPSAC	2	2	1	3	-

News & Notes

United States Hockey League:

The first round of the USHL Playoffs begin tonight. The top 2 teams in the Eastern and Western Conferences earned a bye for the opening round. In each Conference, the #3 seed plays the #6 seed and the #4 seed plays the #5 in a best-of-three series. The higher seed has the home ice advantage for the entire first round.

The following UNH Recruits will be playing in the opening round of the playoffs:

~ Jamie Hill, Matias Cleland and the Waterloo Black Hawks finished #3 in the Western Conference and will face the #6 seed, Tri-City Storm. Dylan Maller is not expected to play for the Storm in the first round due to injury.

~ Maxim Gaudreault and the Sioux City Musketeers finished #5 in the Western Conference and will play #4 seed Fargo Force.

~ Tyler Kelleher and Team USA finished #6 in the Eastern Conference and will play #3 Dubuque Fighting Saints.