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Some more MN girls are starting to pop up on the site.

Concordia announces; Bethel adds even more
GAC announces 6/2
Updated 6/2 per Beyond the Dashers

Bethel University
Molly Eagles........D......Roseville HS
Hillary Hartwig.....F.......Elk River HS
Elizabeth Huss.....F.......Silver Bay HS
Sarah Kartak......F.......Lakeville South HS
Cali Miller.........F........Lakeville North HS
Jessica Newstrom....G.....Cambridge-Isanti HS
Sarah Olson.......D.......Byron HS / Dodge County
Melissa Vavra.....D.....Hopkins HS
Kate Wahlin.......F/D.....Lakeville South HS

College of St. Catherine
Cassandra Vennemann....D....St. Paul Johnson HS/St. Paul Blades
Kayla Lange.......G.......Anoka HS

Concordia College Minnesota
Kerry Blomberg.......F......N Wright County
Desiree Goret..........G......Rosemount HS
Macy Leland........D...........N Metro Stars
Aly Nelson.........D.............Maple Grove HS
Kaia Sele.........G...........Bemidji HS
Abby Vig...........D...........St. Louis Park HS
Jenna Westerham....F.......Hopkins HS

Concordia University Wisconsin
Samantha Meuwissen.......F.......Chaska HS/Minnesota Thoroughbreds
Sara Cole......D......The Blake School
Carly Piras........F........Eden Prairie HS

Gustavus Adolphus College
Jenna Christensen.......F.........Albert Lea HS
Lindsay Hjelm...............F/D.......Mounds View HS
Kelsey Kennedy.............D.........Eagan HS
Mia Kramka.................D...........Mounds View HS
Tamara Meuwissen..........F........Chaska HS/Minnesota Thoroughbreds

Hamline University
Ashley Maskel........D.........Eastview HS

Middlebury College
Madison Strybricki.....F/D.....Breck School

St. Michael's College
Allison Graf..........D.......Orono HS/Minnesota Thoroughbreds

St. Mary's University (Minnesota)
Brianna Drude........D/F.......North St Paul HS
Kaye Collier...........G..........Hibbing HS
Tara Rasmusen......F..........Kasson-Mantorville HS/Dodge County

St. Olaf College
Allison Umland.......F.........Wayzata HS
Nicole Stumpf........F.........Hill-Murray School

University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
Allison Malecek.....F.......Buffalo HS

University of Wisconsin, River Falls
Alyssa Black......F......Mankato West HS
Judy Daleiden.......F/D.....Blaine HS
Alyssa Jackson.....F/D.....Cambridge-Isanti HS
Alex Morey......F......Robbinsdale Armstrong HS/Minnesota Thoroughbreds
Shelby Rasmussen.......G........Wayzata HS
Jami Weiss...........F........Proctor/Hermantown/Marshall

University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Brooke Hanson.......F.......Maple Grove HS/Minnesota Thoroughbreds

University of Wisconsin, Superior
Alyssa Breu......D........Shattuck/UND (transfer)
Chelsey Wierschem.....F.....Willmar HS

Congratulations to the athletes!

Does anyone know anything about any of these girls?

A couple of them.

Any comments or predictions?

Kaye Collier G Hibbing. Excellent goalie that kept Hibbing in every game. I am surprised she didn't go to a D1 team.

Kaia Sele G Bemidji. Very intelligent and hard working with a lot of character. Gives up a soft goal from time to time. Also a very good softball player.

Hillary Hartwig F Elk River. A good player that benifitted playing with Jonna Curtis as most teams geared up to stop her.

Kerry Blomberg F N. Wright Co. Any game plan vs NWC had to involve stopping the Blomberg sisters. Smaller than her sister and played a weak schedule that made her stats look better than they really were. Not a bad player by any means but not as good as her stats. She should do well at D3.

Carly Piras is a wonderful person and phenomonal student. I am very happy to see her on this list. She was a strong D and was a great captain to for a very young squad last season at EP.

keepitreal wrote:Concordia announces; Bethel adds even more
GAC announces 6/2
Updated 6/2 per Beyond the Dashers

Bethel University
Molly Eagles........D......Roseville HS
Hillary Hartwig.....F.......Elk River HS
Elizabeth Huss.....F.......Silver Bay HS
Sarah Kartak......F.......Lakeville South HS
Cali Miller.........F........Lakeville North HS
Jessica Newstrom....G.....Cambridge-Isanti HS
Sarah Olson.......D.......Byron HS / Dodge County
Melissa Vavra.....D.....Hopkins HS
Kate Wahlin.......F/D.....Lakeville South HS

College of St. Catherine
Cassandra Vennemann....D....St. Paul Johnson HS/St. Paul Blades
Kayla Lange.......G.......Anoka HS

Concordia College Minnesota
Kerry Blomberg.......F......N Wright County
Desiree Goret..........G......Rosemount HS
Macy Leland........D...........N Metro Stars
Aly Nelson.........D.............Maple Grove HS
Kaia Sele.........G...........Bemidji HS
Abby Vig...........D...........St. Louis Park HS
Jenna Westerham....F.......Hopkins HS

Concordia University Wisconsin
Samantha Meuwissen.......F.......Chaska HS/Minnesota Thoroughbreds
Sara Cole......D......The Blake School
Carly Piras........F........Eden Prairie HS

Gustavus Adolphus College
Jenna Christensen.......F.........Albert Lea HS
Lindsay Hjelm...............F/D.......Mounds View HS
Kelsey Kennedy.............D.........Eagan HS
Mia Kramka.................D...........Mounds View HS
Tamara Meuwissen..........F........Chaska HS/Minnesota Thoroughbreds

Hamline University
Ashley Maskel........D.........Eastview HS

Middlebury College
Madison Strybricki.....F/D.....Breck School

St. Michael's College
Allison Graf..........D.......Orono HS/Minnesota Thoroughbreds

St. Mary's University (Minnesota)
Brianna Drude........D/F.......North St Paul HS
Kaye Collier...........G..........Hibbing HS
Tara Rasmusen......F..........Kasson-Mantorville HS/Dodge County

St. Olaf College
Allison Umland.......F.........Wayzata HS
Nicole Stumpf........F.........Hill-Murray School

University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
Allison Malecek.....F.......Buffalo HS

University of Wisconsin, River Falls
Alyssa Black......F......Mankato West HS
Judy Daleiden.......F/D.....Blaine HS
Alyssa Jackson.....F/D.....Cambridge-Isanti HS
Alex Morey......F......Robbinsdale Armstrong HS/Minnesota Thoroughbreds
Shelby Rasmussen.......G........Wayzata HS
Jami Weiss...........F........Proctor/Hermantown/Marshall

University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Brooke Hanson.......F.......Maple Grove HS/Minnesota Thoroughbreds

University of Wisconsin, Superior
Alyssa Breu......D........Shattuck/UND (transfer)
Chelsey Wierschem.....F.....Willmar HS

Congratulations to the athletes!

Any news out of Augsburg yet?

Some good schools on the list above; however there are some tremendous D3 shools out east both academically and hockey wise such as Amherst, Middlebury, Trinity and Williams. They each present the opportunity to go to a great school and pursue hockey.

It seems like only a few kids pursue this opportunity every year yet several MN kids have done extremely well in the league the last couple of years.

FYI - Here's the link to beyondthedashers for this season's class - although many schools don't believe in posting on here (meaning it may not be up-to-date for many schools):

http://www.beyondthedashers.com/files/C ... tments.pdf

And here's next year's but I don't believe there are any listed yet with it being so early:

http://www.beyondthedashers.com/files/C ... isting.pdf

Any news out of Augsburg yet?[/quote]

Yah, they were/are looking for another assistant coach to fill the spot they didn't interview for last year...go figure. Do they even recruit? I don't think I ever saw them at any SEC games last year.

Hansonbrother wrote:Any news out of Augsburg yet?

Yah, they were/are looking for another assistant coach to fill the spot they didn't interview for last year...go figure. Do they even recruit? I don't think I ever saw them at any SEC games last year. [/quote]

Rumor on the east side is that they recruited Carissa Miller from Woodbury. I find this interesting that they picked a somewhat weak program and if the rumor is true, that they recruited a player who wasn't even the strongest senior in her previous program.

JAF -

What is the purpose of the rip on the high school kid? Her parents do something to you?

FrankThom wrote:JAF -

What is the purpose of the rip on the high school kid? Her parents do something to you?

She is a good player. However her previous school graduated six seniors. Four of which were forwards. Look at the stats. Two had more points then her. We are also talking about woodbury which hasn't been the strongest girls hockey program. Why not try to recruit from a proven program?

Just because you don't play for a "proven" high school program, whatever that is defined as, doesn't mean you don't have potential to be a great college player. Woodbury plays in the SEC which is one of the toughest conferences in the state if not the toughest. They recently graduated one of the best goalies I have seen in high school the past couple of years.

hockeywild7 wrote:Just because you don't play for a "proven" high school program, whatever that is defined as, doesn't mean you don't have potential to be a great college player. Woodbury plays in the SEC which is one of the toughest conferences in the state if not the toughest. They recently graduated one of the best goalies I have seen in high school the past couple of years.

This is very true. I assume you are talking about emily klatt. If Carissa Miller is playing for augsburg, which at this point isn't confirmed, she is a great addition. Yes, there were girls that had more points than her, however she is a playmaker. She set up plays better than most of the girls on woodbury last season.

ROYALmoose25 wrote:

hockeywild7 wrote:Just because you don't play for a "proven" high school program, whatever that is defined as, doesn't mean you don't have potential to be a great college player. Woodbury plays in the SEC which is one of the toughest conferences in the state if not the toughest. They recently graduated one of the best goalies I have seen in high school the past couple of years.

This is very true. I assume you are talking about emily klatt. If Carissa Miller is playing for augsburg, which at this point isn't confirmed, she is a great addition. Yes, there were girls that had more points than her, however she is a playmaker. She set up plays better than most of the girls on woodbury last season.

Sorry for the rip. If anything it was a rip on Augsburg, not the girl. I wish her all the luck. I wonder who you are ROYALmoose25. Next time let's pick a covert nickname.

Just_Another_Fan wrote:

ROYALmoose25 wrote:

hockeywild7 wrote:Just because you don't play for a "proven" high school program, whatever that is defined as, doesn't mean you don't have potential to be a great college player. Woodbury plays in the SEC which is one of the toughest conferences in the state if not the toughest. They recently graduated one of the best goalies I have seen in high school the past couple of years.

This is very true. I assume you are talking about emily klatt. If Carissa Miller is playing for augsburg, which at this point isn't confirmed, she is a great addition. Yes, there were girls that had more points than her, however she is a playmaker. She set up plays better than most of the girls on woodbury last season.

Sorry for the rip. If anything it was a rip on Augsburg, not the girl. I wish her all the luck. I wonder who you are ROYALmoose25. Next time let's pick a covert nickname.

Thanks for the tip.

hockeywild7 wrote:Just because you don't play for a "proven" high school program, whatever that is defined as, doesn't mean you don't have potential to be a great college player. Woodbury plays in the SEC which is one of the toughest conferences in the state if not the toughest. They recently graduated one of the best goalies I have seen in high school the past couple of years.

Can I ask this question though, If you were a college coach, wouldn't you look for players at programs that are perennially strong. I guess my thought process is simple, "There's a reason teams are strong...good players make them strong."
Don't mistake me here, I'm not saying that there aren't good players in bad programs, or lesser programs, because there are great players in lesser programs. I think its easy to look in the paper and find leading scorers around the state and try and recruit them. However, I don't feel that you always get the best players that way. There are many GREAT players that don't score.
What I'm driving at without stating specifics, I watch and follow a team that is typically pretty good, and I've heard that very few of their players ever get talked to by any of the D-3 schools. That makes no sense to me.

Hansonbrother wrote:

hockeywild7 wrote:Just because you don't play for a "proven" high school program, whatever that is defined as, doesn't mean you don't have potential to be a great college player. Woodbury plays in the SEC which is one of the toughest conferences in the state if not the toughest. They recently graduated one of the best goalies I have seen in high school the past couple of years.

Can I ask this question though, If you were a college coach, wouldn't you look for players at programs that are perennially strong. I guess my thought process is simple, "There's a reason teams are strong...good players make them strong."
Don't mistake me here, I'm not saying that there aren't good players in bad programs, or lesser programs, because there are great players in lesser programs. I think its easy to look in the paper and find leading scorers around the state and try and recruit them. However, I don't feel that you always get the best players that way. There are many GREAT players that don't score.
What I'm driving at without stating specifics, I watch and follow a team that is typically pretty good, and I've heard that very few of their players ever get talked to by any of the D-3 schools. That makes no sense to me.

From my experience D3 coaches are trying to fit puzzle parts together and the recruiting is often subtle. Of course it is often after the fact (D1 ignorance so to speak). Great players find the school that fits - hopefully they fit the coaches system. If you attend games in either the MIAC or NCHA you'll notice that the "team" usually has a player style. A good example would be GA - not the biggest - fast, controls center ice, good toughness in the corners.

Most of the schools look for the "fit" not for the team they played for.

Hansonbrother wrote:

hockeywild7 wrote:Just because you don't play for a "proven" high school program, whatever that is defined as, doesn't mean you don't have potential to be a great college player. Woodbury plays in the SEC which is one of the toughest conferences in the state if not the toughest. They recently graduated one of the best goalies I have seen in high school the past couple of years.

Can I ask this question though, If you were a college coach, wouldn't you look for players at programs that are perennially strong. I guess my thought process is simple, "There's a reason teams are strong...good players make them strong."
Don't mistake me here, I'm not saying that there aren't good players in bad programs, or lesser programs, because there are great players in lesser programs. I think its easy to look in the paper and find leading scorers around the state and try and recruit them. However, I don't feel that you always get the best players that way. There are many GREAT players that don't score.
What I'm driving at without stating specifics, I watch and follow a team that is typically pretty good, and I've heard that very few of their players ever get talked to by any of the D-3 schools. That makes no sense to me.

From my experience D3 coaches are trying to fit puzzle parts together and the recruiting is often subtle. Of course it is often after the fact (D1 ignorance so to speak). Great players find the school that fits - hopefully they fit the coaches system. If you attend games in either the MIAC or NCHA you'll notice that the "team" usually has a player style. A good example would be GA - not the biggest - fast, controls center ice, good toughness in the corners.

Most of the schools look for the "fit" not for the team they played for in high school.

Puck Bag wrote:

Hansonbrother wrote:

hockeywild7 wrote:Just because you don't play for a "proven" high school program, whatever that is defined as, doesn't mean you don't have potential to be a great college player. Woodbury plays in the SEC which is one of the toughest conferences in the state if not the toughest. They recently graduated one of the best goalies I have seen in high school the past couple of years.

Can I ask this question though, If you were a college coach, wouldn't you look for players at programs that are perennially strong. I guess my thought process is simple, "There's a reason teams are strong...good players make them strong."
Don't mistake me here, I'm not saying that there aren't good players in bad programs, or lesser programs, because there are great players in lesser programs. I think its easy to look in the paper and find leading scorers around the state and try and recruit them. However, I don't feel that you always get the best players that way. There are many GREAT players that don't score.
What I'm driving at without stating specifics, I watch and follow a team that is typically pretty good, and I've heard that very few of their players ever get talked to by any of the D-3 schools. That makes no sense to me.

From my experience D3 coaches are trying to fit puzzle parts together and the recruiting is often subtle. Of course it is often after the fact (D1 ignorance so to speak). Great players find the school that fits - hopefully they fit the coaches system. If you attend games in either the MIAC or NCHA you'll notice that the "team" usually has a player style. A good example would be GA - not the biggest - fast, controls center ice, good toughness in the corners.

Most of the schools look for the "fit" not for the team they played for in high school.

I haven't seen a MIAC or NCHA game, but I have seen one of the MIAC teams practice, and I'm convinced that the high school team that a friend of mine coaches could beat them. So based on your argument of looking for players that "Fit", wouldn't they be better off putting a system together based on exploiting their players talents versus trying to make players fit the system?

Ha - I didn't say they are right - it just seems to be what they do. You'll see some bad hockey in the MIAC and NCHA but you will also see some of the best DIII in the country - GA, St. Thomas, Superior, River Falls, Point and even Eau Claire - They (listed) are also the ones that don't over recruit and I think tend to get those puzzle parts as needed.

You look at the other schools and you'll see a ton of recruits and a lot of cuts before the season.

Augsburg is interesting and I agree that you don't see them pop up much in the recruiting rumor mills. I would guess that's why the hockey there has not been as top notch as you would think.