UNH Commits Update 1-21-19: Spotlight on Will Margel

Will Margel
2020 UNH Commit

Player Spotlight - Will Margel

17-year-old Will Margel, the starting left winger on the Selects Hockey Academy U18 team and senior at the South Kent School, has been on a torrid scoring streak since the beginning of the 2018-19 season. Selects Hockey Academy is currently ranked #9 among all 18U Tier I AAA teams in the United States and Margel is their leading scorer. In 45 games played, Will leads the team in goals (34) and total points (67) and is second in assists (33).

Some prime examples of Margel's scoring touch came last week in successive home games. On January 13th, he scored a hat trick in a 5-2 victory over the Jersey Hitmen U18 team. Last Wednesday, Margel scored 2 more goals and distributed 4 assists in the 10-1 drubbing of the P.A.L. Junior Islanders. Here are the video highlights - Margel is #39 in the white jersey:



Yesterday, Will Margel scored his 34th goal of the season and added 2 assists in a 6-1 win over Team Illinois. He is now tied with 2018 alum Shane Pinto as the Selects Academy at South Kent School U18's all-time leading goal scorer. Pinto is a University of North Dakota commit who could be a 1st round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft. Margel is chasing 2018 alum Kyle Haskins, a Michigan State commit, for 18U's all-time leading scorer. Haskins tallied 80 points in 54 games last season and Will has 67 in 45 games so far this season. Margel plans to play in the United States Hockey League next season and enroll at UNH in the Fall of 2020.

News & Notes

National Collegiate Development Conference:

~ 2020 UNH Commits Aidan Curran and Zack Jones earned spots in the 2019 NCDC All-Star Game. It was held today at Merrimack College.

United States Hockey League:

~ 2019 Commit Nolan McElhaney, a defenseman for the Omaha Lancers who suffered a lower body injury in mid-October, is still recovering. His player profile on the USHL website incorrectly states that he played in games on November 13th and January 11th.

British Columbia Hockey League:

~ 2019 UNH Commit Chase Stevenson has tallied 17 goals and 26 assists in 46 games. He is tied for 14th in BCHL scoring and tied for 11th in assists.

German Development League (DNL):

~ 2020 UNH Commit Tim Stützle and the Jungadler Mannheim U20 team are currently on a playing tour in Ontario, Canada. This coming weekend, they will compete in the MacPherson Hockey Tournament at St. Andrews College.

New England Prep School Hockey:

~ UNH's newest commit, Morgan Winters, is the leading scorer on the Tabor Academy team. The 17-year-old sophomore, who is the starting center on the Seawolves squad, has scored 8 goals and 14 assists in 16 games. Among all New England Prep School hockey players, Winters is tied for 9th in assists and tied for 12th in scoring.

2018-19 Statistics

NOTE
The statistics for the commits, presented in the following table, are categorized by the projected year they will enroll in UNH. For example, the "2019 Commits" are projected to begin playing for UNH in the Fall of 2019. I have based these projections on a number of factors including:
~ If a National Letter of Intent has been signed.
~ The year the commit and UNH coaches originally targeted for enrollment in UNH.
~ How old the commit would be upon admission.
~ Number of years in junior hockey prior to admission.
~ The commit's performance in recent seasons as well as injuries.
~ Anticipated date of high school graduation.
~ Number of UNH players leaving the team at the end of the previous season and the position they played.

Player	Team	League	GP	Goals	Asst	Pts	PIM
2019 Commits
Lucas Bahn 9/11/99 (D)	West Kelowna Warriors	BCHL	46	2	15	17	12
Kalle Eriksson 9/15/99 (D)	Madison Capitals	USHL	9	1	2	3	6
	Omaha Lancers	USHL	24	1	12	13	6
Nolan McElhaney 4/22/99 (D)	Omaha Lancers	USHL	5	0	0	0	2
Chase Stevenson 1/13/99 (F)	Trail Smoke Eaters	BCHL	21	7	14	21	16
	Surrey Eagles	BCHL	25	10	12	22	37
2019 or '20 Commits
Connor Sweeney 5/5/00 (F)	Lawrence Academy	NE Prep	13	3	7	10	10
	Islanders Hockey Club	NCDC	1	2	0	2	0
	Little Bruins 18U	Tier I 18U	9	1	2	3	2
2020 Commits
Aidan Curran 1/22/01 (F)	NH Jr Monarchs	NCDC	36	6	29	35	30
Zack Jones 3/31/01 (F)	Boston Bandits	NCDC	32	4	21	25	8
Will Margel 3/16/01 (F)	Selects Academy 18U	Overall	45	34	31	67	14
		USPHL 18U	-	-	-	-	-
		BEAST Series	10	9	5	14	8
		NE Regionals	5	3	3	6	-
Tim Stützle 1/15/02 (F)	Mannheim Young Eagles	DNL U20	21	23	32	55	30
	Team Germany U20	Intnl	-	-	-	-	-
Marek Wazny 2/21/00 (F)	Maryland Black Bears	NAHL	34	5	9	14	16
2020 or '21 Commits
Nick Ardanaz 5/30/02 (D)	Delta Prep	CSSHL	24	1	20	21	6
	Vernon Vipers	BCHL	3	0	0	0	0
2021 Commits
Liam Devlin 1/7/01 (F)	St. Sebastian's	NE Prep	15	5	9	14	0
	Boston Jr. Eagles	EHF Selects	11	3	5	8	8
		Mass Regionals	3	3	0	3	-
2021 or '22 Commits
David Sacco 1/3/02 (F)	Lawrence Academy	NE Prep	12	3	7	10	22
Morgan Winters 12/8/01 (F)	Tabor Academy	NE Prep	16	8	14	22	4
	Little Bruins 18U	Tier I 18U	7	0	0	0	0
* = Signed National Letter of Intent