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News & Notes
Fitzgerald's offensive skills are on full display in these video highlights from those games. The first sequence is on the RoughRiders' power play. Fitzgerald (#19) skates like a forward, protecting the puck with his body, going strong to the net, and sliding a wrister under the defenseman's leg on goal. The resulting rebound is converted for a goal. On the second scoring play, he dekes the defender and snaps a powerful wrister from the blue line. The puck is redirected for a goal. In the final sequence, Fitzgerald shows outstanding vision and zips a cross ice pass to his forward for a one-timer.
Overall, Fitzgerald is one of the leading scorers among all USHL defensemen. His 2 goals and 15 assists in 20 games puts him in a tie for 7th. He's tied for 5th in assists by a USHL defenseman and tied for 6th in power play assists (6).
Ring is also a consistent scorer. He has scored at least 1 point in 75% of his 27 games this season. A scout from Neutral Zone evaluated Ring during a December 17th game between Sioux Falls and the Fargo Force:
"Finds the areas of the ice in the offensive zone where he can get pucks on net. Filters into the slot area untouched and when receiving passes gets the puck to the net quickly with a flick of the wrist (and power behind it). Scored the first 2 goals of the game for the Stampede in very similar fashion. Both may have looked like garbage whack in goals but realistically both displayed a high skill set. For example he filtered into the net front area untouched got to a loose puck and made a little extra move to deceive the goaltender and score [both goals were the same essentially]."It was Ring's first multi-goal of the season. Here are the video highlights:
2022-23 Statistics
| Player | NZ Stars** | Team | League | GP | Goals | Asst | Pts | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Commits | |||||||||
| Jed Baliotti 2/7/02 (G) | 3.5 | New Hampshire Jr Monarchs | NCDC | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2.36 | .921 |
| Springfield Jr Blues | NAHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .909 | ||
| Brendan Fitzgerald* 3/6/03 (D) | 4.0 | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | USHL | 20 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 55 | +7 |
| Nick Ring* 10/26/03 (F) | 3.75 | Sioux Falls Stampede | USHL | 27 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 10 | -3 |
| Jason Siedem 10/17/02 (F) | 3.75 | Blackfalds Bulldogs | AJHL | 37 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 16 | - |
| JP Turner* 1/31/03 (F) | 3.5 | Fargo Force | USHL | 27 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | +6 |
| Ronan Walsh 5/3/02 (F) | 3.5 | Aberdeen Wings | NAHL | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 55 | -3 |
| 2023 or '24 Commit | |||||||||
| Ryan Conmy* 10/23/04 (F) | 4.0 | Sioux City Musketeers | USHL | 26 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 4 | +3 |
| 2024 Commits | |||||||||
| Connor DeTurris 10/8/04 (F) | 3.75 | Janesville Jets | NAHL | 23 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 12 | +10 |
| Madison Capitols | USHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | ||
| Connor MacPherson* 3/2/05 (F) | 3.75 | Leamington Flyers | GOJHL | 27 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 23 | - |
| Ryan MacPherson* 3/2/05 (F) | 3.75 | Leamington Flyers | GOJHL | 32 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 10 | - |
| Ryan Philbrick* 6/20/04 (D) | 3.25 | Cushing Academy | NE Prep | 11 | 1 | 10 | 11 | - | - |
| Josh Player* 5/13/05 (D) | 3.5 | Green Bay Gamblers | USHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| Bishop Kearney 18U | 18U AAA | 32 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 0 | - | ||
| NEPACK 18U | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | |||
| Luca Primerano 3/17/05 (F) | 3.75 | Prince George Spruce Kings | BCHL | 30 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 4 | - |
| 2024 or '25 Commit | |||||||||
| Conner de Haro 10/17/05 (D) | 3.75 | Youngstown Phantoms | USHL | 21 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | +8 |
| Jack Sadowski 7/29/06 (F) | 3.75 | Kimball Union Academy | NE Prep | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | - | - |
| Islanders Hockey Club 18U Prep | EHF | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2025 Commits | |||||||||
| Price Grimes 1/28/06 (D) | 3.75 | Sioux Falls Power 16U | 16 AAA | 25 | 3 | 8 | 11 | - | - |
| T1EHL | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 25 | - | |||
| Niko Tournas 2/17/06 (F) | 3.75 | New Jersey Rockets 16U | THF 16U | 10 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 2 | - |
| NEPACK 16U | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | |||
| * = Signed National Letter of Intent | |||||||||
| ** = Neutral Zone 5-Star Rating | |||||||||
The statistics for the commits, presented in the above table, are categorized by the projected year they will enroll in UNH. For example, the "2023 Commits" are projected to begin playing for UNH in the Fall of 2023. I have based these projections on the following factors:
~ Number of UNH players leaving the team at the end of the previous season and the position they played.
~ Number of incoming transfer players and the position they play.
~ 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.
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