tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327069433246447816.post2014472915978798008..comments2024-03-21T17:47:00.116-04:00Comments on Thank You Terry: Four AcesKyle Rossihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988727251887693489noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327069433246447816.post-22903573921715967282011-03-27T10:34:36.445-04:002011-03-27T10:34:36.445-04:00Following the team this year (as I have for many m...Following the team this year (as I have for many many years) has been frustrating. Their inconsistency was a problem. Agree that Saad has potential (nothing to do with sibling genetics which people are always using in the same sentences when talking about his performance). He needs to rest on his own laurels which he is capable of doing. Steinour had a somewhat disappointing showing in the WUG games playing with and against "the best" of the league. I really like the overall play of Morrone better . From what I've seen Richie Obrien and even McDonough have a good shot of playing beyond next year.driver90https://www.blogger.com/profile/11770189239078948600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327069433246447816.post-24315204359037326752011-03-26T14:13:04.816-04:002011-03-26T14:13:04.816-04:00Totally agree about Saad. Also think Steinour is...Totally agree about Saad. Also think Steinour is a possibility. Doubtful about the rest. Heard another goalie has committed. <br /><br />It will be tough for the current roster of players who came to PS thinking they would play for 4 years. Going to NCAA D1 is great for PS, but you have to feel for the current players. I<br />wondered if that's why the last season was so up and down.wowsa_whohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306691950310536616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327069433246447816.post-58399790210474640892011-03-26T12:31:00.021-04:002011-03-26T12:31:00.021-04:00Just to fill in some of the AJs - Steinour was 11-...Just to fill in some of the AJs - Steinour was 11-11-22 on the same team where Lewis was 6-13-19 (with Steinour being a couple years older obviously). Winchester was 0-8-8 on the 2008-09 NJ Rockets. For a couple of the young-ish Icers, you can find their team's current roster on the league site and click on older kids until you get lucky with one who's been there three seasons, then click on the 2008-09 team name. Daley had a great career in the AJ - per the 2008-09 Icers program, he was captain for two years, scored 40 goals, top ten in the league.<br /><br />Really, I think a lot of what you're seeing now is a transitional recruiting class to go with a transitional everything else. I can elaborate on that if anyone wants.<br /><br />If we're going to name drop current Icers that could play NCAA, I always mention George Saad when that comes up. Senior in 2012-13. He was 12-7-19 in the NAHL, where his NHL first-rounder brother was 29-18-47, and we've all seen glimpses of his freakish skill set IF he stays healthy.<br /><br />And yeah, let's leave the ACHA by stomping everything in sight. Only way to do it in my book, I don't care if we needed DI recruits to make it happen.Kyle Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03988727251887693489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327069433246447816.post-48430156389716869752011-03-26T11:08:06.834-04:002011-03-26T11:08:06.834-04:00I agree, it would be great to end with an ACHA Nat...I agree, it would be great to end with an ACHA National Championship. My previous comment was related to whether any of the current players would move up to the NCAA team. Cerutti and Polidor will both be seniors next year, so they won't move up. Morrone and Brocollo will be juniors, so theoretically they could play on the NCAA team as seniors. This assumes all of them are planning on graduating on time....wowsa_whohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306691950310536616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327069433246447816.post-73330733599763656862011-03-26T10:20:50.849-04:002011-03-26T10:20:50.849-04:00Tried to do some digging. Unfortunately I couldn&...Tried to do some digging. Unfortunately I couldn't find archived stats for the AJ but I did for the EJ. Cerutti led the list with 71 points, Polidor had 27 and a committment to play D-1 hockey at Air Force until he changed his mind and decided to go to Penn State, Morrone had 18 points and Broccoli had 6. It's hard to compare past players with present because other circumstances influence points--injuries, playoff chances, and opportunities. Also, as in ALL sports different birthyears produce a stronger and better group of players overall. Penn State has always aggressively recruited players from these two leagues and being that they have gone to Nationals every year since its inception and have won several national championships I would say their history of finding impact players year to year speaks for itself. This year should be no different but that's yet to be proven I guess but I sure hope so. It would be nice to end the D-1 club era on a high before D-1 varsity kicks in.driver90https://www.blogger.com/profile/11770189239078948600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327069433246447816.post-21573181707723393912011-03-26T09:08:33.702-04:002011-03-26T09:08:33.702-04:00Although some of the Icers may have come from the ...Although some of the Icers may have come from the AJ and EJ, were they the impact players that these new recruits are?wowsa_whohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306691950310536616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327069433246447816.post-68136985593984495102011-03-25T10:05:49.833-04:002011-03-25T10:05:49.833-04:00Yep looked it up on the ACHA website; 5 from th...Yep looked it up on the ACHA website; 5 from the EJHL (Broccolo and Polidor from Green Mt., Cerutti from Bay State, Morrone from Jr Bruins and Zitarelli from the Monarchs) and 5 from the AJ (Collins and Louks from Phila Jr. Flyers Daley and Winchester from the N.J. Rockets and Steinour as you mentioned from Bulldogs.driver90https://www.blogger.com/profile/11770189239078948600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327069433246447816.post-31638231730020692932011-03-25T09:47:31.751-04:002011-03-25T09:47:31.751-04:00First off, thanks!
I actually wrote this post wi...First off, thanks! <br /><br />I actually wrote this post with the Icers' program open so I could look for connections, which obviously led to the Steinour thing - you're right though, those two leagues have been stomping grounds for a long time. Without having it in front of me at the moment, probably half of the current team came from one of the two. <br /><br />As for the rest of it, yeah, the current and past guys deserved this too, no argument here. I guess the difference now is the DI team, which means if someone commits, it goes on Heisenberg's site and even PennStateHockey.com's getting in on the fun (which is a new thing as far as I remember). Used to be "the rest of us" had no idea who was coming until they showed up on campus in the fall.Kyle Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03988727251887693489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327069433246447816.post-20915880502675748972011-03-25T09:23:22.349-04:002011-03-25T09:23:22.349-04:00You have done such a great job in covering the tea...You have done such a great job in covering the team and all the history and we have enjoyed reading your articles. However, there is so much written about these recruits from the EJ and AJ but since you are a history buff take a look at the current icer roster; many of them were the top players in these same leagues without getting all this fanfare. Also many past players came from these leagues.driver90https://www.blogger.com/profile/11770189239078948600noreply@blogger.com