UNH Recruits Update: Nov-18-2014

2015 UNH Recruit
Joseph Masonius

Player of the Week - Joseph Masonius

In his second season with the US National Team Development Program, defenseman Joseph Masonius (pronounced MA-SO-KNEE-US) is starting to attract noteworthy attention. Ryan Kennedy, the associate senior writer and NHL draft expert for The Hockey News, spent last weekend in Ann Arbor, Michigan taking in Team USA U-18 and University of Michigan games. Kennedy included Masonius in his list of prospects who impressed him. He wrote:

"By the end of the weekend, anytime I sensed a big hit coming, I just assumed it was Masonius – and I was usually right. The University of New Hampshire commit can rock opponents with his physicality and he also has a pretty decent point shot. Draft eligible in 2015."

Kennedy was referring to Masonius' play in two USHL matchups. On Friday, the NTDP U-18 team downed the Bloomington Thunder 4-3 in a shootout followed by a 9-3 drubbing of the Muskegon Lumberjacks on Sunday. In the Bloomington game, Masonius not only dispensed some solid hits, he also made a few offensive moves. Against Muskegon, Joseph posted his second assist in this season's USHL competition and played solid defense. His +/- rating in each game was +1. Here are some of the highlights:



Masonius is on track to enroll at UNH in the Fall of 2015. Current UNH players Shane Eiserman, Tyler Kelleher, and Brett Pesce are also veterans of the US National Team Development Program.

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 "2015 Recruits" have a target of the Fall of 2015 to begin playing for UNH.

Player	Team	League	GP	Goals	Asst	Pts	PIM
2015 Recruits
Jason Kalinowski  (F)	Bloomington Thunder	USHL	4	0	1	1	2
	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	USHL	5	0	0	0	4
Joseph Masonius  (D)	USA U18 Team	NCAA	6	1	1	2	4
		USHL	6	0	2	2	16
		NAHL	1	0	0	0	0
		Int'l.	4	0	1	1	14
Christopher Miller  (F)	Junior Bruins	USPHL	12	3	4	7	6
Danny Tirone  (G)	Junior Bruins	USPHL	15	10W	5L	2.47	.921
Brendan van Riemsdyk   (F)	Islanders Hockey Club	USPHL	21	16	5	21	42
Marcus Vela  (F)	Langley Rivermen	BCHL	21	3	13	16	26
2015 or '16 Recruits
Liam Blackburn  (F)	West Kelowna Warriors	BCHL	22	10	27	37	14
Liam Darcy  (D)	Berwick Academy	NEPSHC	0	0	0	0	0
	Islanders Hockey Club 18U	USPHL 18U	4	0	0	0	0
Patrick Grasso  (F)	Des Moines Bucs	USHL	16	3	9	12	6
Charlie Kelleher  (F)	Junior Bruins	USPHL	18	8	13	21	8
Aaron O'Neill  (F)	Green Bay Gamblers	USHL	2	0	0	0	0
Ara Nazarian  (F)	Des Moines Bucs	USHL	16	2	4	6	4
Nick Nonis  (D)	Powell River Kings	BCHL	22	0	1	1	16
2016 Recruits
Joey Cipollone  (F)	Selects Academy 18U	USPHL 18U	8	4	10	14	0
Justin Fregona  (F)	St. Andrews College	CISAA	0	0	0	0	0
		Non-Conf	9	7	5	12	14
Jake Ryczek  (D)	Sioux City Musketeers	USHL	16	2	0	2	4
2017 Recruits
Mike Robinson  (G)	Boston Jr Rangers	EHL	8	4W	4L	2.35	.937
	Lawrence Academy	NEPSHC	0	0	0	0	0
2017 or '18 Recruits
Eric Esposito  (F)	CT Wolfpack U16 Split	CT HC	34	17	15	32	44
	Loomis Chaffee	NEPSHC	0	0	0	0	0
Jason O'Neill  (F)	Skipjacks Hockey Club 18U	USPHL 18U	15	10	10	20	21