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Whats the best d1 college a defenseman should go to..

Irishmans Shanty wrote:UMD

You ain't a kiddin. If you are halfway decent and go to UMD, you may never have to come off the ice...


Little shot at my UMD friends...

what for tho.. besides brett hull(forward) they have not produced any notable players. and i'm talking defenseman not just players in general.

BEMIDJI STATE

or if you REALLY REALLY like to play defense......

Michigan State

name 5 defenseman bemidgi state or michigan state have produced into nhl players..

UND

Sid

eagleskater81 wrote:Whats the best d1 college a defenseman should go to..

There isn't one "best" answer to give for this because some of it will depend on how a player would fit into a particular program's style of play.

i'm sayin what is the best college know for developing or recruiting good defensman. or u could ask who is the best defensive d1 school in the country (historically speeking).

Out of the five schools you decided to put in your poll, Minnesota and UND have had the most success in recent years in terms of recruiting defensemen, getting them to all American status, making the NHL, etc.

eagleskater81 wrote:i'm sayin what is the best college know for developing or recruiting good defensman. or u could ask who is the best defensive d1 school in the country (historically). or the best d1 school for a 2 way defenseman.

I would say in the recent history, the Gophers have produced the most defensive talent. Three NHL standouts, 1 who won the Hobey, not to mention the defensive corps that will be leaving in the next couple years. Hands down Minnesota.

For those of you who aren't too familiar with Gopher hockey, the three I'm referring to are Jordan Leopold, Paul Martin, and Keith Ballard.

Gopher Blog wrote:Out of the five schools you decided to put in your poll, Minnesota and UND have had the most success in recent years in terms of recruiting defensemen, getting them to all American status, making the NHL, etc.

if you've got any other colleges besides those 5 feel free i just felt those were the top 5.

I'd say Minnesota because of the talent they can recruit. Alex Goligoski and Mike Vannelli were two of the top three college defensemen in assists this year with 30 and 29, respectively. Add to that players like Erik Johnson, but then again he didn't really fit into the system according to Johnson.

eagleskater81 wrote:what for tho.. besides brett hull(forward) they have not produced any notable players. and i'm talking defenseman not just players in general.

Curt Giles....ever heard of him?

yea actually i have. didn't even think about that. but if your trying make a case that umd has a good program for defensman. name a couple more.

Norm McIver
Tom Kurvers

Just naming a few, but definitely not the numbers of the Gophs.

eagleskater81 wrote:what for tho.. besides brett hull(forward) they have not produced any notable players. and i'm talking defenseman not just players in general.

Dave Langevin - who just happens to be the uncle of Michigan State's Jim McKenzie.

Add Brett Hauer to those UMD defenseman made good.

Colorado College need a D-man for next year
Great academics too.

Mark Stuart - Richard Petiot - Eric Rud

eagleskater81 wrote:Whats the best d1 college a defenseman should go to..

Why? Are you good enough to play D1?

Jordan Leopold

Small detail:

It is Denver University, not the University of Denver.

Before you say it doesn't matter...think about this...

University of Minnesota or Minnesota University...

boblee wrote:Small detail:

It is Denver University, not the University of Denver.

Before you say it doesn't matter...think about this...

University of Minnesota or Minnesota University...

A smaller detail although it matters little but DU is now known as the University of Denver, go figure. Everyone knows it as Denver University (DU) but the scholars seemed to have made the change to mess with our minds.

Life at DU
The 4,432 undergraduate students at the University of Denver come from all 50 states and all over the world. For all their differences, DU students have one thing in common: They value close relationships with faculty mentors and the chance to learn by doing.

Wanna learn how to play disciplined defense? Go to Wisconsin

You may not rack up the stats, but you will learn how to be a very succesfull defensemen.

You can go to the Gophers as some suggested and get some chances to score, but also look silly when your caught out of position and the other team has an odd man rush thanks to you.

wisconsinprephockey wrote:You can go to the Gophers as some suggested and get some chances to score, but also look silly when your caught out of position and the other team has an odd man rush thanks to you.

Is this why the Gophers have helped put more defensemen in the NHL recently than Eaves and Co. have? Not to mention, it is only a matter of time before EJ and Goligoski get there in the next year or two. Heck, maybe even Vannelli.

Wisconsin is more about a conservative, defensive system than it is about developing defensemen. If you sit back and simply try to clog things up like they do, it may keep the scoring down but it isn't doing much to develop guys for the more wide open NHL of today.