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News & Notes
USA Hockey National Championships:Will Margel - From April 3-8, Will Margel and the Selects Hockey Academy/Central Connecticut Selects 18U team competed in the 2019 USA Hockey Tier I National Championship. They won two games and lost one in Pool Play, defeated #1 ranked Shattuck St. Mary's 8-6 in the Quarterfinals, beat the Yale Jr. Bulldogs 6-2 in the Semifinals, and won the Championship Game 3-2 in overtime against the North Jersey Avalanche.
Margel finished the tournament tied for 1st in scoring (13 pts), tied 2nd in assists (8) and tied 3rd in goals (5) in 6 games. These video highlights show all of his goals plus two assists from the Shattuck St. Mary's victory:
On Wednesday, Will Margel signed a National Letter of Intent with UNH. He is a senior at the South Kent School. Next season, he will play junior hockey and enroll at UNH in the Fall of 2020. Margel has not yet decided where to play next year. In May, 2017, he was selected by the Sioux Falls Stampede in the 9th round of the USHL Futures Draft.
Robert Cronin - A month after Robert Cronin's season with The Gunnery School ended, he rejoined the Yale Junior Bulldogs 18U team in the USA Hockey Nationals. They won all three games in Pool Play and beat the Mid Fairfield Jr. Rangers 7-2 in the Quarterfinals.
That set up a matchup against Will Margel and Central Connecticut Selects in the Semifinals. Robert Cronin scored both of the Yale Jr. Bulldog's goals and tied the game 2-2 late in the second period. However, the Selects team scored 4 unanswered goals and won 6-2. Will Margel scored the Selects' second and sixth goals. Across the Bulldog's five games, Robert Cronin scored 6 goals and an assist. He tied for 2nd in goal-scoring in the tournament. Here are all of his goals:
After Cronin graduates from The Gunnery later this spring, he plans to play one or two seasons of junior hockey before enrolling at UNH. He anticipates playing in either the United States Hockey League or British Columbia Hockey League next year. As an undrafted prospect, it will be interesting to see if he is selected in the United States Hockey League annual draft on May 7th and/or the North American Hockey League draft on June 4th.
Liam Devlin - Another UNH commit to compete in the USA Hockey Tier I 18U National Championships was Liam Devlin. After his season with The St. Sebastian's School was over, he rejoined the Boston Junior Eagles 18U team for the tournament. The Jr. Eagles won all three games in the Pool Play including a 4-1 defeat of Margel and the Central CT Selects. Devlin scored their 4th goal. In the Quarterfinals, the Jr. Eagles lost to Northwood Prep 3-6. Overall, Liam Devlin tallied 2 goals and 3 assists in 4 games.
Next year, Liam Devlin will be a senior captain for St. Sebastian's. Following his senior year, Devlin plans to play one year of junior hockey then enroll at UNH in Fall 2021. So far, he has been drafted by the South Shore Kings in the National Collegiate Development Conference. He will be eligible for the upcoming USHL and NAHL's drafts.
David Sacco - UNH commit David Sacco competed in the Tier I 16U National Championships. After his sophomore hockey season with Lawrence Academy ended, Sacco rejoined the Cape Cod Whalers 16U team. The Whalers won all three games in Pool Play but lost to the Pittsburgh Pens Elite in the Quarterfinals. Pittsburgh went on to win the 16U Championship. Sacco tallied 2 assists for the Whalers in 4 games.
Next year, David Sacco will be a junior at Lawrence Academy. When he committed to UNH last August, he indicated that he plans to enroll at UNH in either the Fall of 2020 or 2021. In January, 2018, Sacco was drafted by the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs in the National Collegiate Development Conference Futures Draft. He will be eligible for the upcoming USHL and NAHL's drafts.
German Development League U20 Division I Championship:
Tim Stützle - In the middle of March, Tim Stützle and the Jungadler Mannheim won the 2019 DNL U20 Division I Championship. In the opening, best-of-three series, the Young Eagles beat the Eisbären (Polar Bears) Juniors Berlin two games to one. Stützle tallied 2 goals and 2 assists in the decisive third game.
Mannheim faced Kölner Junghaie (Young Sharks) in the championship round. Jungadler won the first game 3-2 and Stützle assisted on the first goal. In Game 2, Mannheim overwhelmed Berlin 6-2 to cap off the championship. Stützle scored 2 more goals and 2 assists. Stützle finished the playoffs tied for 2nd in scoring (11 pts), 2nd in assists (7) and tied 2nd in goals (4) in 5 games.
Here are Stützle's game-winning third goal and insurance fifth goal in the final playoff game:
Tim Stützle is on track to enroll at UNH in the Fall of 2020. Last May, he was selected by the Sioux City Musketeers in the 2018 USHL Phase I Draft. He will be eligible for the 2020 NHL Draft.
2018-19 Statistics
NOTEThe statistics for the commits, presented in the above table, are categorized by the projected year they will enroll in UNH. For example, the "2020 Commits" are projected to begin playing for UNH in the Fall of 2020. I have based these projections on the following factors:
~ 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 | |||||||
| Kalle Eriksson 9/15/99 (D) | Madison Capitals | USHL | 31 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 14 |
| Omaha Lancers | USHL | 24 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 6 | |
| Lucas Herrmann 8/1/00 (F) | Madison Capitals | USHL | 53 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 52 |
| Nolan McElhaney 4/22/99 (D) | Omaha Lancers | USHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chase Stevenson* 1/13/99 (F) | Trail Smoke Eaters | BCHL | 32 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 26 |
| Playoffs | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | ||
| Surrey Eagles | BCHL | 25 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 37 | |
| 2020 Commits | |||||||
| Aidan Curran 1/22/01 (F) | NH Jr Monarchs | NCDC | 50 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 36 |
| Playoffs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Zack Jones 3/31/01 (F) | Boston Bandits | NCDC | 50 | 4 | 31 | 35 | 20 |
| Playoffs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Will Margel* 3/16/01 (F) | Selects Academy 18U | Overall | 64 | 45 | 55 | 100 | 18 |
| USPHL 18U | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Playoffs | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| BEAST Series | 10 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 8 | ||
| NE Regionals | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | ||
| USA 18U Nationals | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Tim Stützle 1/15/02 (F) | Mannheim Young Eagles | DNL U20 | 21 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 30 |
| Playoffs | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | Team Germany U20 | Intnl | - | - | - | - | - |
| Connor Sweeney 5/5/00 (F) | Lawrence Academy | NE Prep | 26 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 20 |
| Playoffs | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| Islanders Hockey Club | NCDC | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Little Bruins 18U | Tier I 18U | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Mass Districts | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | ||
| Marek Wazny 2/21/00 (F) | Maryland Black Bears | NAHL | 53 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 28 |
| 2020 or '21 Commits | |||||||
| Nick Ardanaz 5/30/02 (D) | Delta Prep | CSSHL | 33 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 18 |
| Playoffs | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vernon Vipers | BCHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nicholas Cafarelli 12/31/01 (F) | Cushing Academy | NE Prep | 31 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 18 |
| Playoffs | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Eastern MA Senators 18U | Tier I 18U | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Mass Districts | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | ||
| Robert Cronin 8/15/00 (F) | The Gunnery | NE Prep | 31 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 2 |
| Playoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Yale Jr. Bulldogs 18U | BEAST Series | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | |
| USA 18U Nationals | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Jack Ring 12/18/00 (F) | Boston Advantage U18 | T1EHL | 29 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 26 |
| ECEL | 17 | 9 | 10 | 19 | - | ||
| Northeast Generals | NAHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Sacco 1/3/02 (F) | Lawrence Academy | NE Prep | 23 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 32 |
| Playoffs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | ||
| Cape Cod Whalers 16U | Mass Districts | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | |
| USA 16U Nationals | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2021 Commits | |||||||
| Liam Devlin 1/7/01 (F) | St. Sebastian's | NE Prep | 27 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 2 |
| Playoffs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| Boston Jr. Eagles | EHF Selects | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | |
| Mass Districts | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | - | ||
| USA 18U Nationals | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 | ||
| Cy LeClerc 5/14/02 (F) | Seacoast Spartans 16U | ECEL | 17 | 25 | 18 | 43 | - |
| Overall | 60 | 55 | 57 | 112 | - | ||
| 2021 or '22 Commits | |||||||
| JP Turner 1/31/03 (F) | Avon Old Farms | NE Prep | 25 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| Playoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NV River Rats 16U | Mass Districts | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | |
| Morgan Winters 12/8/01 (F) | Tabor Academy | NE Prep | 23 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 4 |
| Little Bruins 18U | Tier I 18U | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mass Districts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 2022 or '23 Commits | |||||||
| Nick Ring 10/26/03 (F) | Boston Advantage U16 | T1EHL | 28 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
| ECEL | 15 | 6 | 4 | 10 | - | ||
| * = Signed National Letter of Intent | |||||||
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