2008 USHL ALL-STAR GAME ROSTER

[wbmd]

There are some Minnesota kids on here that left high school early for the USHL.

http://ushl.com/news/story.cfm?id=740

[STEV16]

thanks!

[wblsuperfan A]

Jake Hansen - Sioux Falls

Ginos All Day, Baby!

[GRAF 705]

chris hepp, that guy is so dirty. ANyone think he will ever play pros or minors?

[whitebearsuperfan !]

Jake Hansen is a stud, he's definitely the hottest player in the league now that they put him on a line with Connolly

[Lucia4President]

Jake Hansen is a stud, he's definitely the hottest player in the league now that they put him on a line with Connolly

Man crush?

[Rossbury21]

Blake Kessel?
Any relation to the ex gopher Phil?

[Bash Brother]

Blake Kessel?
Any relation to the ex gopher Phil?

Little Brother actually.

[wblsuperfan'E']

Jake Hansen - Sioux Falls

Ginos All Day, Baby!

Gino's all day! Gino's all day!

[Sioux Fan]

How many MN kids are in the USHL anymore? Used to be about 80% wonder what the number is now. maybe 20% or less.

what percent of the All Stars are MN guys?

[Rossbury21]

Blake Kessel?
Any relation to the ex gopher Phil?

Little Brother actually.

Thanks

[Hockeyguy_27]

Blake Kessel?
Any relation to the ex gopher Phil?

Little Brother actually.

Thanks

I forgot about Tyler Thompson. He put up some big numbers as a junior and then left Benilde his senior year. Good to see he is having success.

[Blue&Gold]

Let's see if I missed any:
East -
Brady Hjelle G - Cedar Rapids - I-Falls
Drew LeBlanc F - Chicago - Hermantown
Joe Schiller F - Green Bay - Detroit Lakes
Nick Larson F - Waterloo - Apple Valley
Brett Olson F - Waterloo - WI, but didn't he play for a Duluth team?
Tyler Thompson F - Cedar Rapids - Wayzata
Brock Montpetit F - Waterloo - WI but played for SSM

West -
Chris Hepp D - Omaha - Savage
Matt Crandell D - Sioux City - St. Cloud
Jared Festler F - Lincoln - Little Falls
Chris Connolly F - Omaha - Duluth
Jack Connolly F - Sioux Falls - Duluth
Jake Hansen F - Sioux Falls - WBL
Andrew Conboy F - Omaha - Rosemount

(Fixed per posts below)

[wbmd]

Let's see if I missed any:
East -
Brady Hjelle G - Cedar Rapids - I-Falls
Drew LeBlanc F - Chicago - Hermantown
Joe Schiller F - Green Bay - Detroit Lakes
Nick Larson F - Waterloo - Apple Valley
Brett Olson F - Waterloo - WI, but didn't he play for a Duluth team?

West -
Chris Hepp D - Omaha - Savage
Matt Crandell D - Sioux City - St. Cloud
Jared Festler F - Lincoln - Little Falls
Chris Connolly F - Omaha - Duluth
Jack Connolly F - Sioux Falls - Duluth
Andrew Conboy F - Omaha - Rosemount

Were you listing players who bypassed their high school season in Minnesota this year?

If so, you missed Jake Hansen (W.B.L. and Sioux Falls).

[gomnhky]

Also missed: Tyler Thompson (East) - played for BSM and from Wayzata MN
Brock Montpetit (East) - ?? he played for SSM last year but not
sure if he is from MN or WI originally

Congrats and good luck to all of these players - good representation of Minnesota and High School Hockey!

[Blue&Gold]

Let's see if I missed any:
East -
Brady Hjelle G - Cedar Rapids - I-Falls
Drew LeBlanc F - Chicago - Hermantown
Joe Schiller F - Green Bay - Detroit Lakes
Nick Larson F - Waterloo - Apple Valley
Brett Olson F - Waterloo - WI, but didn't he play for a Duluth team?

West -
Chris Hepp D - Omaha - Savage
Matt Crandell D - Sioux City - St. Cloud
Jared Festler F - Lincoln - Little Falls
Chris Connolly F - Omaha - Duluth
Jack Connolly F - Sioux Falls - Duluth
Andrew Conboy F - Omaha - Rosemount

Were you listing players who bypassed their high school season in Minnesota this year?

If so, you missed Jake Hansen (W.B.L. and Sioux Falls).

NO, this is the list of MN players in the USHL All-Star game on 1/29. I did fix the above post with those that I missed.

[ColdasIce]

surprised to see no nico saccheti, a draft choice in the NHL already and can't make the all star game??? what gives here

[Blue&Gold]

surprised to see no nico saccheti, a draft choice in the NHL already and can't make the all star game??? what gives here

Played 26 games, has 9 points and is a -5.. That's not all-star material in the USHL. Most of the D players have many more points than that. For the most part, the press regarding the player coming into the league isn't going to put them into the all-star game. Only performance and numbers.

[slapshot89]

Good to see Festler and Leblanc on there

[The Exiled One]

surprised to see no nico saccheti, a draft choice in the NHL already and can't make the all star game??? what gives here

Apparently Saccheti is too awesome for the All-Star game, which is why the Gophers wanted him and SCSU got stuck with crappy LeBlanc.

Sorry Hammy, couldn't resist.

Other future Huskies in the game include Festler and Hepp (yes, I realize he's a goon).

[Blue&Gold]

Hope this comes across OK. It shows where the player comes from, USHL team, and college (if committed).

SCSU is well represented.. (since it came up)

East Division All-Stars (Team RBK)
Goaltenders
Brady Hjelle - MN - Cedar Rapids - UMD
Matt DiGirolamo - PA - Waterloo - UNH
Defense
Matt Tomassoni - IL - Cedar Rapids - Miami of Ohio
Tim Buttery - MI (87) - Chicago - MI State
Ryan Little - WI - Green Bay - UW
John Carlson - NJ - Indiana - Umass
Greg Pateryn - MI - Ohio - UofMI
Blake Kessel - WI - Waterloo - UNH
Forwards
David Boehm - FL - Cedar Rapids - UMass
Doug Jones - GA (87) - Cedar Rapids - Dartmouth
Tyler Thompson - MN - Cedar Rapids - -
Drew LeBlanc - MN - Chicago - SCSU
Brian O'Neill - PA - Chicago - Yale
Joe Schiller - MN - Green Bay - MSU
John Kemp - CA (87) - Indiana - UNO
Greg Squires - NY - Indiana - West MI
Paul Carey - MA - Indiana - BC
Nick Larson - MN - Waterloo - -
Brett Olson - WI (87) - Waterloo - MI Tech
Brock Montpetit - WI - Waterloo - UW

West Division All-Stars (Team CCM)
Goaltenders    
Drew Palmisano - MI - Omaha - MI State
Josh Robinson  - MI - Sioux City - -
Defense
Austin Handley  - MI - Des Moines - MI State
Matt Bartkowski - PA - Lincoln - Ohio State
Ross Henry  - WI - Lincoln - -
Chris Hepp - MN - Omaha - SCSU
Matt Crandell - MN - Sioux City - -
Eric Springer  - WI - Sioux Falls - -
Forwards
Jared Festler -  MN - Lincoln - SCSU
Jason Gregoire - MAN - Lincoln - UND
Barry Almeida - MA - Omaha - BC
Chris Connolly - MN - Omaha - BU
Andrew Conboy - MN - Omaha - MI State
Spencer Heichman - CA - Sioux City - Quinnipiac
Steve Quailer - CO - Sioux City - Northeastern
Alex Tuckerman - MA - Sioux City - Northeastern
Nick Dineen - NE - Sioux Falls - CC
Jake Hansen - MN - Sioux Falls - MN
Jack Connolly - MN - Sioux Falls - UMD
Alex Hudson - CA - Tri-City - UNO

[snapdog]

surprised to see no nico saccheti, a draft choice in the NHL already and can't make the all star game??? what gives here

Played 26 games, has 9 points and is a -5.. That's not all-star material in the USHL. Most of the D players have many more points than that. For the most part, the press regarding the player coming into the league isn't going to put them into the all-star game. Only performance and numbers.

Very well said. Hype is only hype. With the higher speed of the USHL and all the nice talent its a whole different game than High School.