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With the recent signing of B.J. Radovich from Hermantown with the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL I was wondering of some other players who we all became familiar with as Minnesota youth who are now "living the dream" and are getting paid to play hockey.

Here are a few from the top of my head:
Derek Plante - Cloquet - SC Langenthal (Switzerland)
B.J. Radovich - Hermantown - Wheeling (ECHL)
Joe Jensen - Maple Grove - Wheeling (ECHL)
P.J. Atherton - Edina - Reading (ECHL)

Zamboni Guy wrote:With the recent signing of B.J. Radovich from Hermantown with the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL I was wondering of some other players who we all became familiar with as Minnesota youth who are now "living the dream" and are getting paid to play hockey.

Here are a few from the top of my head:
Derek Plante - Cloquet - SC Langenthal (Switzerland)
B.J. Radovich - Hermantown - Wheeling (ECHL)
Joe Jensen - Maple Grove - Wheeling (ECHL)
P.J. Atherton - Edina - Reading (ECHL)

I think that there are probably quite a few to add to this list.

theref wrote:

Zamboni Guy wrote:With the recent signing of B.J. Radovich from Hermantown with the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL I was wondering of some other players who we all became familiar with as Minnesota youth who are now "living the dream" and are getting paid to play hockey.

Here are a few from the top of my head:
Derek Plante - Cloquet - SC Langenthal (Switzerland)
B.J. Radovich - Hermantown - Wheeling (ECHL)
Joe Jensen - Maple Grove - Wheeling (ECHL)
P.J. Atherton - Edina - Reading (ECHL)

I think that there are probably quite a few to add to this list.

I would totally agree, that's why I threw it out here.

Here's another I just ran into:
Aaron Slattengren - Proctor - Augusta (ECHL)

of course

Matt Niskanen- Virginia- Dallas Stars NHL
Sean Hill- Duluth- Minnesota Wild NHL

Here's a MN high school NHL list from followthepuck.com

http://minnesota-high-school-hockey.blo ... -list.html

Zamboni Guy wrote:

theref wrote:

Zamboni Guy wrote:With the recent signing of B.J. Radovich from Hermantown with the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL I was wondering of some other players who we all became familiar with as Minnesota youth who are now "living the dream" and are getting paid to play hockey.

Here are a few from the top of my head:
Derek Plante - Cloquet - SC Langenthal (Switzerland)
B.J. Radovich - Hermantown - Wheeling (ECHL)
Joe Jensen - Maple Grove - Wheeling (ECHL)
P.J. Atherton - Edina - Reading (ECHL)

I think that there are probably quite a few to add to this list.

I would totally agree, that's why I threw it out here.

Here's another I just ran into:
Aaron Slattengren - Proctor - Augusta (ECHL)

I heard Slattengren just got called up to the AHL...

Zamboni Guy wrote:

theref wrote:

Zamboni Guy wrote:With the recent signing of B.J. Radovich from Hermantown with the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL I was wondering of some other players who we all became familiar with as Minnesota youth who are now "living the dream" and are getting paid to play hockey.

Here are a few from the top of my head:
Derek Plante - Cloquet - SC Langenthal (Switzerland)
B.J. Radovich - Hermantown - Wheeling (ECHL)
Joe Jensen - Maple Grove - Wheeling (ECHL)
P.J. Atherton - Edina - Reading (ECHL)

I think that there are probably quite a few to add to this list.

I would totally agree, that's why I threw it out here.

Here's another I just ran into:
Aaron Slattengren - Proctor - Augusta (ECHL)

Okay, so I'm giving this a shot:

Keith Ballard - Phoenix - L.O.W.
Jamie Langebrunner - New Jersey - Cloquet
Matt Cullen - Carolina - Virginia
Peter Mueller - Phoenix -
Dusting Buflygn - Chicago - Roseau
Brandon Bochenski - Anahiem
Ryan Carter - Anaheim
Colin Stuart - Atlanta
Mark Stuart - Boston
Casey Borer - Carolina
Bret Hedican - Carolina
David Tanabe - Carolina
Jordan Leopold - Colorado
Kurt Sauer - Colorado
Wyatt Smith - Colorado

Okay, I got to Colorado and now I give up for a while.

Steve Wagner (Grand Rapids) Peoria (AHL) and St. Louis (NHL)
Alex Goligoski (Grand Rapids) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) and AHL All Star
Grant Clafton (Grand Rapids) Corpus Christi (ECHL)

boblee wrote:Steve Wagner (Grand Rapids) Peoria (AHL) and St. Louis (NHL)
Alex Goligoski (Grand Rapids) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) and AHL All Star
Grant Clafton (Grand Rapids) Corpus Christi (ECHL)

Throw Kelly Fairchild(Grand Rapids/Hibbing)to that list. Vienna, Austria.

it says mueller played for breck but he never went to their high school

he played as an 8th grader but agewise he was a 9th grader (held back a year by parents) but left after that year for ann arbor

Don't forget about Jason Blake. Does anyone else remeber when he was good? What happened?

Josh Johnson - South Carolina (ECHL) - Esko/Cloquet

Wyatt Smith signed with the Lighting, I like to see him stick with the big club all year.

Looks like Jack Hillen (CC- Holy Angels) has made the Islanders final roster for 08-09. Congrats!

Jimmy Kilpatrick - Las Vegas Wranglers (ECHL)

A few players with Minnesota ties have popped up on the roster of the new Ontario Reign of the ECHL playing down here in sunny Ontario, California.

Jon Francisco - Hermantown, MN - Minnesota-Duluth
Dan Knapp - Hermantown, MN
Mike Howe - Oakdale, MN - Minnesota-Twin Cities
Kellen Briggs - Minnesota-Twin Cities

http://www.tsn.ca/columnists/darren_dre ... cStory_nhl

3 minnesotans in the top ten rookies this year. Not bad.

The Dallas Stars have signed former Minnesota Wild and St. Cloud State Huskies player, Mark Parrish.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=390676

Zamboni Guy wrote:The Dallas Stars have signed former Minnesota Wild and St. Cloud State Huskies player, Mark Parrish.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=390676

Parrish had a hat trick last night for Dallas.

As a 1st time poster to the Pro Hockey forum. I am curious to know why there are not alot of American Born Goalies, let alone Minnesota born Goalies in the NHL..?

My son is a PeeWee age goalie and he asked that question the other day and I tried to look and see and I could only come up with 3 in the NHL rosters..With Miller being the only US born starter, I believe.....

Does anyone think that will change? Is it because of lack training at Goaltending here in Minnesota and the entire US? Could it be that it is a limited number of spots available? Favortism? Politcis? etc.

Any insight would be helpful. I bet there are alot of US born goalies in the Minors and such, but seems like very very few make it to the NHL.

Lets not forget Toby Peterson (Jefferson)Dallas Stars,Tom Gilbert(Jefferson)Edmonton Oilers

Zamboni Guy wrote:A few players with Minnesota ties have popped up on the roster of the new Ontario Reign of the ECHL playing down here in sunny Ontario, California.

Jon Francisco - Hermantown, MN - Minnesota-Duluth
Dan Knapp - Hermantown, MN
Mike Howe - Oakdale, MN - Minnesota-Twin Cities
Kellen Briggs - Minnesota-Twin Cities

Mike Howe is from St. Cloud. Played his prep hockey at Apollo.

Chad Anderson -Chisago Lakes -Hamilton Bears -AHL Philadelphia Phantoms-07-08
John Swanson St Cloud ATO Norfolk Admirals AHL

Sean Curry (Burnsville H.S.) Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)

Dan Sexton, Apple Valley, MN (Anaheim Ducks) His first NHL game was when they were at the Wild a couple days ago. Story from their website is the link.


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