UNH Recruits Update: Feb-4-2013

Adam Clark Covers the Net (Photo: sasilverbacks.com)

Player of the Week - Adam Clark

UNH Recruit Adam Clark
 (Photo: sasilverbacks.com)

Last week, 6'6" Adam Clark of the Salmon Arm SilverBacks extended his winning streak to three in a row and showed why he is one of the elite goalies in the British Columbia Hockey League. On Friday night, the Chilliwack Chiefs, who have the 4th highest points in the BCHL, visited Salmon Arm. Clark turned aside 25 out of the 26 shots he faced as the SilverBacks defeated the Chiefs 3-1. He was awarded the #3 Star of the Game.

The following night, the SilverBacks travelled to Vernon to face their divisional rivals. Salmon Arm came away with another 3-1 victory. This time, Adam Clark made 34 saves. In 28 complete games so far this season, Clark has made 30 or more saves in 21 of them.

Adam Clark's save percentage has improved to .928 which places him in a tie for 3rd among all BCHL goalies. His 2.46 goals against average is the 7th best in the league. Last season, Clark posted a .885 save percentage and 4.33 goals against. That level of improvement in his second season in the BCHL has earned Clark recognition by NHL scouts. Clark has made his way onto the NHL Central Scouting Service "Midterm Rankings". He is currently ranked #32 among all North American goalies.

Adam Clark is on target to enroll at UNH in the fall of 2014. If all goes according to plan, Clark will be a freshman during Casey DeSmith's senior season. DeSmith currently has the best GAA and Save% in Hockey East.

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	38	6	19	25	30
Tyler Kelleher  (F)	USA U18 Team	USHL	17	7	8	15	8
	USA U18 Team	NCAA	20	11	8	19	16
Dylan Maller  (D)	Tri-City Storm	USHL	39	1	4	5	37
Jordan Masters  (F)	Jersey Hitmen	EJHL	16	2	5	7	32
Andrew Poturalski (F)	Cedar Rapids	USHL	30	7	12	19	21
2013 or '14 Recruit
Michael McNicholas  (F)	Nanaimo Clippers	BCHL	35	10	22	32	6
2014 Recruits
Dylan Chanter  (D)	Merritt Cents	BCHL	42	8	9	17	23
Adam Clark  (G)	Salmon Arm	BCHL	29	15W	12L	2.46	.928
Shane Eiserman  (F)	USA U18 Team	USHL	15	4	4	8	23
	USA U18 Team	NCAA	20	3	3	6	6
Cam Marks  (D)	Coquitlam Express	BCHL	31	2	4	6	6
2014 or '15 Recruit
Jason Kalinowski  (F)	Salisbury Prep	NEPSHC	14	7	16	23	-
2015 Recruits
Charlie Kelleher  (F)	Junior Bruins U18	USEHL	38	9	10	19	8
Joseph Masonius  (D)	Jersey Hitmen	EmpJHL	17	5	12	17	24
	Jersey Hitmen	EJHL	3	0	0	0	4
2015 or '16 Recruit
Liam Darcy  (D)	Berwick Academy	NEPSHC	21	2	13	15	-
Patrick Grasso (F)	Des Moines	USHL	10	0	1	1	0
	Omaha Lancers U16	NAPHL	22	13	21	34	8
Brendan van Riemsdyk (F)	Jersey Devils U16	AYHL	22	16	13	29	50
	Christian Brothers	Jersey Prep	19	12	27	39	-

News & Notes

United States Hockey League:

~ 2013 recruit Matias Cleland scored the game-winning goal as the Omaha Lancers defeated the Fargo Force 2-1 on Saturday night. Cleland assisted on Omaha's first goal and fired 6 shots on goal. With 27 total points so far this season, Cleland is the 2nd leading scorer among all USHL defensemen.

~ Also on Saturday night, Andrew Poturalski scored the second game-winning goal of his rookie season with the Cedar Rapids Rough Riders. Cedar Rapids defeated the Youngstown Phantoms 5-2.

Team USA:

~ 2013 recruit Tyler Kelleher, 2014 recruit Shane Eiserman, and the U.S. National Under-18 Team are on their way to Jankoping, Sweden to compete in the Five Nations Tournament. Team USA will face teams from the Czech Republic, Russia, Finland and Sweden.

Prep School Hockey:

~ 2015 or '16 recruit Liam Darcy scored the game-winning goal for Berwick Academy in a 3-2 victory over Brooks Academy.

~ Last Saturday was a busy and productive day for Brendan van Riemsdyk. In a 4:00 game, BvR posted a goal and 3 assists as the Christian Brothers Academy shut out Marlboro 13-0. Later that day, in an 8:30 PM game with the New Jersey Devils Youth U-16 team, BvR scored a hat trick and added 2 assists. The Devils defeated the Junior Titans 5-3. BvR is scoring at a rate of over 1-point per game with the Devils and 2-points per game with CBA.