Joey Benik commits to St. Cloud
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 3:59 pm
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Joey Benik commits to St. Cloud
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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 4:06 pm
congrats
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:17 pm
Wonder if they will let him continue to play suckhole hockey...?
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:19 pm
good for benik good team, and program over there at St. Cloud, it'll be nice to see how he progresses
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:19 pm
very much agree with this one. If he cant score against decent teams i cant see him doing anything in the WCHA. IF St.Cloud plays the little sisters of the poor every game like franny does than he will be an amazing player. (but who wouldnt be?)MnPride2 wrote:Wonder if they will let him continue to play suckhole hockey...?
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:36 pm
Gophs missed out on a couple dandies in Benik and Hanowski.
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:29 pm
congrats
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:38 pm
Yes he is definantly a one way player and does get caught playing suckhole, but I imagine Motzko will form him into a more well rounded player, also probobly a year of juniors, but he can score gotta give him that. Congrats
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:14 pm
Anyone not from St. Francis or a St. Francis fan, is this kid D1 material? The same guy who played for them last year? The team that got beat by Benilde 16-0 and 12-0? Didn't they lose to Cambridge this year? This is a huge shocker.
RE
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:24 pm
What a joke
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:11 pm
I think this is a hard-earned scholarship by a hard-working kid. Sure Benik has been playing poor-quality teams, but anybody who can put up numbers like him is something special. He knows how to shoot well through screens and score goals. He also made the select 15 national team a couple years back.
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:17 pm
Definitely not convinced that he's a D1 player
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:20 pm
congrats Joey !!
A St. Francis player getting a D1 free ride.
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:14 am
MNHockey75 wrote:Anyone not from St. Francis or a St. Francis fan, is this kid D1 material? The same guy who played for them last year? The team that got beat by Benilde 16-0 and 12-0? Didn't they lose to Cambridge this year? This is a huge shocker.
Shocker?? Sorry, play somebody. St. Cloud is really reaching with this committment. Play a city conference and we see where he is at. There are a a lot of kids that have to play a tougher schedule and may be not get goals against a tougher level of play. Who watches these conferences?
Joey
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:36 am
Congrats Joey ! 
Weak conference or not, still impessive totals.
If Ben Hanowski deserve's it, so do you!
Weak conference or not, still impessive totals.
If Ben Hanowski deserve's it, so do you!
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:55 am
agreed. festler, hanowski, benik
Re: A St. Francis player getting a D1 free ride.
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:35 am
Benilde-St. Margaret'sLakeviewing wrote:MNHockey75 wrote:Anyone not from St. Francis or a St. Francis fan, is this kid D1 material? The same guy who played for them last year? The team that got beat by Benilde 16-0 and 12-0? Didn't they lose to Cambridge this year? This is a huge shocker.
Shocker?? Sorry, play somebody. St. Cloud is really reaching with this committment. Play a city conference and we see where he is at. There are a a lot of kids that have to play a tougher schedule and may be not get goals against a tougher level of play. Who watches these conferences?
Chisago Lakes
Irondale
Robbinsdale Cooper
Spring Lake Park
St. Francis
St. Louis Park
Totino-Grace
Yeah, play a city conference! Who ever heard of any of these teams? Irondale... that must be somewhere up in da range!
It's not the conference schedule that's weak, it's their non-conference schedule. Compare St. Francis (bottom 14% schedule strength) versus Benilde (top 20%). To be fair, you can't really compare Benik to Hanowski either, as the Flyers' schedule strength is at the 50th percentile.DENIED wrote:Congrats Joey !
Weak conference or not, still impessive totals.
If Ben Hanowski deserve's it, so do you!
Regardless, Joey didn't set the schedule... all he can do is play as best as he can. I think the Huskies are gambling with this one, but as the saying goes, "Fortes fortuna adiuvat". Congrats, and good luck Joey!
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:40 am
Congrats. I've heard from a couple people that he his a great young man. so good for you and prove that na sayers wrong.
Re: Joey
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:32 am
DENIED wrote:Congrats Joey !
Weak conference or not, still impessive totals.
If Ben Hanowski deserve's it, so do you!
AGREED!!
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:16 pm
Congrats to Joey Benik! Don't fool yourselves nay-sayers and suckhole-callers, coach Motzko knows more about hockey and hockey players than you. This kid can strait up play hockey. Great news about a kid from St. Francis!
Re: Joey
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:53 pm
Bold statement,DENIED wrote:Congrats Joey !
Weak conference or not, still impessive totals.
If Ben Hanowski deserve's it, so do you!
Benik= 15 national camp.... and did he even play in the elite league???Hanowski= 15,16,17 national camp has been playing in the elite league since he was a sophomore. His junior year was in the top 5 in scoring in the elite league and would have this year if it wasn't of an injury. Also the fact that hanowski is likely to get darfted this summer puts him in a little different category.
Other then that being maybe the dumbest comment I've read on this forum, congrats to the kid, weak or tough schedule it's tough to teach scoring.
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:50 pm
Congrats to the kid, hopefully a year of juniors will round him out to be a solid player.
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:05 pm
If Mitch Ryan, Ryan Peckskamp, and Jon Ammerman can't get into the line-up, how is Benik? For those who compared him to Festler and Hanowski, you obviously don't know what you're talking about.
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:25 pm
That is not a fair evaluation by any means. Are you saying Tyler Lapic is not D1 because he doesn't produce against Holy Angels? It's extremely hard to get anything done when you are all by yourself. I'm not saying Benik deserves the scholarship because I have never seen him play, but to say he doesn't deserve it because his team was blown out twice by an outstanding BSM team is just dumb. I guess time will tell whether he does deserve it or not.MNHockey75 wrote:Anyone not from St. Francis or a St. Francis fan, is this kid D1 material? The same guy who played for them last year? The team that got beat by Benilde 16-0 and 12-0? Didn't they lose to Cambridge this year? This is a huge shocker.
And along with the guy who was wondering what Benik is like... anyone have an actual evaluation of his hockey skills?
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:56 pm
I don't post here much, but I've been reading this board for years now.
I remember precious few years ago when people on here were bad-mouting Blake Wheeler and TJ Oshie ("overrated"); I wonder where those two are now?
I'm not saying this kid is Blake Wheeler. What I am saying is that scouts and coaches at SCSU have significantly more hockey knowledge and scouting acumen than anyone sitting and spouting off on an anonymous message board. If they didn't think he was "DI material", like all you experts ponder, then I wonder why they would recruit him? Obviously they see something in him, eh?
I remember precious few years ago when people on here were bad-mouting Blake Wheeler and TJ Oshie ("overrated"); I wonder where those two are now?
I'm not saying this kid is Blake Wheeler. What I am saying is that scouts and coaches at SCSU have significantly more hockey knowledge and scouting acumen than anyone sitting and spouting off on an anonymous message board. If they didn't think he was "DI material", like all you experts ponder, then I wonder why they would recruit him? Obviously they see something in him, eh?