UNH Recruits Update: Dec-24-2012

Player of the Week - Brendan van Riemsdyk

The youngest son of the van Riemsdyk family is making his own mark at the Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, New Jersey. Like his brothers James and Trevor before him, 17-year-old Brendan van Riemsdyk has posted some impressive numbers for the CBA Colts. Over the first 9 games of the 2012-13 season, the 6'3", 189 lbs. forward has scored 3 goals and 12 assists. In their quest to return to the New Jersey Non-Public School Hockey Championship game, the Colts are currently in second place with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 1 tie. So far in his junior year at CBA, BvR is the team's third leading scorer and has the most assists, along with senior Glenn Florczak (who also plays for the Jersey Hitmen U-18 team).

In addition to playing a full slate of games for CBA, Brendan van Riemsdyk continues to play travel club hockey with the New Jersey Devils Youth Hockey Under-16 team. In 20 games, BvR has maintained a point-a-game clip with 12 goals and 10 assists. His 50 penalty minutes suggest that he plays with an edge. BvR is on target to enroll at UNH in either the fall of 2015 or 2016.

Latest Statistics

NOTE: The statistics for the recruits, presented in the table, are categorized by the year the player and UNH coaches have targeted for enrollment in UNH. For example, the "2013 Recruits" have a target of the Fall of 2013 to begin playing for UNH.

Player	Team	League	GP	Goals	Asst	Pts	PIM
2013 Recruits
Matias Cleland (D)	Waterloo	USHL	3	0	2	2	7
	Omaha Lancers	USHL	24	4	13	17	18
Tyler Kelleher (F)	USA U18 Team	USHL	14	7	7	14	8
	USA U18 Team	NCAA	13	6	4	10	2
Dylan Maller (D)	Tri-City Storm	USHL	26	0	0	0	24
Jordan Masters (F)	Jersey Hitmen	EJHL	8	2	2	4	23
Andrew Poturalski (F)	Cedar Rapids	USHL	18	4	6	10	15
2013 or '14 Recruit
Michael McNicholas (F)	Nanaimo Clippers	BCHL	31	10	21	31	6
2014 Recruits
Dylan Chanter (D)	Merritt Cents	BCHL	29	6	7	13	17
Adam Clark (G)	Salmon Arm	BCHL	22	11W	9L	2.42	.928
Shane Eiserman (F)	USA U18 Team	USHL	12	4	3	7	23
	USA U18 Team	NCAA	13	3	0	3	6
Cam Marks (D)	Coquitlam Express	BCHL	19	2	3	5	4
2014 or '15 Recruit
Jason Kalinowski (F)	Salisbury Prep	NEPSHC	6	3	8	11	-
2015 Recruits
Charlie Kelleher (F)	Junior Bruins U18	USEHL	38	9	10	19	8
Joseph Masonius (D)	Jersey Hitmen	EmpJHL	12	2	9	11	18
2015 or '16 Recruit
Liam Darcy (D)	Berwick Academy	NEPSHC	7	0	4	4	-
Patrick Grasso (F)	Des Moines	USHL	10	0	1	1	0
	Omaha Lancers U16	NAPHL	13	7	13	20	4
Brendan van Riemsdyk (F)	Jersey Devils U16	AYHL	20	12	10	22	50
	Christian Brothers	Jersey Prep	9	3	12	15	-

News & Notes

United States Hockey League:

~ 2013 recruit Matias Cleland has posted 3 assists in his last 4 games. He is now the second leading scorer among all USHL defensemen and has the second-most assists (18 in 27 games).

~ Tyler Kelleher, who will be playing for UNH next season, has scored 2 goals and added 3 assists in his last 5 USHL games. Kelleher continues to be the leading scorer and goal scorer on the U.S. National Team Development Program Under-18 team. He also has a +/- rating of +7 which is the second best on Team USA.

British Columbia Hockey League:

~ Adam Clark, UNH's goalie of the future, lead the Salmon Arm SilverBacks to two victories against the West Kelowna Warriors last week. Clark faced 70 shots on goal and made 67 saves. Clark's save percentage of .928 places him in a tie for 3rd among all BCHL goalies.

Eastern Junior Hockey League:

~ Early in December, Jordan Masters aggravated an upper body injury and has missed several games. The Jersey Hitmen forward is ready to return to the lineup when the season resumes in early January.

Empire Junior Hockey League:

~ 2015 recruit Joe Masonius has been named to the Empire Junior Hockey League All-Star Team. The All-Star game will be played over the weekend of January 21 and 22 at the Tri-Town Ice Arena in Hooksett, NH. In his rookie season in the EmpJHL, the 15-year-old defenseman has scored 2 goals and added 9 assists in 12 games.