Sophomore standouts for the upcoming season

[Saywhat?03]

Who is gonna make big contributions to their team and why??

[mnhockey30]

Horn for Benilde

[Saywhat?03]

Reilly from AHA, Horn from BSM, Schurhamer from STA and possibly krieger. Maybe Michaelson from AV, There were definetly some kids that made blips on the radar screen last year. Anyone know what these guys were up to during the off season

[Goldy23]

Breck has 3 returning Freshmen who all made contributions to last years state championship team in forwards Iverson and Traina, and defensemen Austin Ruddnick.

And yes. Mike Reilly very well may turn out to be the best of the three brothers.

[backchecker7]

I'd look out for Christian Horn. Sounds like he did well in the National Camp.

[bafata88]

With Boyd gone, Christian Horn could be the most prolific soph scorer; he is consistently strong; I really believe the Iverson kid from Breck has such a huge upside and is a natural scorer; people might remember his sick goal in the Class A championship game; the St. Thomas sophs are pretty strong; Reilly will do well, but it will be interesting to see how his scoring goes without such strong scorers in front of him.

[northwoods oldtimer]

I would expect Judd Peterson at Denfeld, Nate Repensky at Duluth East, Tyler Tatro at Bemidji, Brenk at Moorhead to have productive seasons in 2009-2010.

[PeterDenton]

Brock Kautz Rochester Century

Ryan Nicolay-Rochester Lourdes

[trev2k1]

I would expect Judd Peterson at Denfeld, Nate Repensky at Duluth East, Tyler Tatro at Bemidji, Brenk at Moorhead to have productive seasons in 2009-2010.

BRENK is a sick player. watched alot of him at advanced 15s

[HappyHockeyFan]

Michael Zajac from Eagan should be strong this year

[Washed Up]

Joe Morris-New Prague-Goalie. Starter last year.

[Jolly Roger]

I would expect Judd Peterson at Denfeld, Nate Repensky at Duluth East, Tyler Tatro at Bemidji, Brenk at Moorhead to have productive seasons in 2009-2010.

Don't you mean Judd Peterson at Duluth Marshall

[Teak]

Are you asking me??

Well, if you are, I would suggest that the best freshmen from the 2008-09 season might be the best sophomores for the 2009-10 season. Of course, I am just focusing on scorers here, so the defensive defensemen and goalkeepers will need their own cheerleader.

Just to finish the thought, here is the final list of freshmen regular season scoring for 2008-2009. I pulled out the 'games played' stat since most of these will have played 25 regular season games. Some teams, however, did not report all 25 (e.g., Duluth Denfeld showed only 16 total games in their summary). Oh well. It is rough measure.

(Goals – Assists)
51 points
Travis Boyd - Hopkins 26-25 (#1 on team)
38 points
Christian Horn – BenildeSM 23-15 (#2)
35 points
Sam Coborn – Park Rapids 14-21 (#2)
32 points
Austyn Young – South St. Paul 11-21 (#3)
28 points
Garret Schmitz – Red Lake Falls 12-16 (#2t)
26 points
A.J. Fossen – Spring Lake Park 9-17
Mike Reilly - Academy of Holy Angels 2-24
25 points
Gage Torrel – Monticello 12-13 (#3)
23 points
Zac McCarver – North St. Paul 11-12 (#3)
Nick Auman – Spring Lake Park 4-19
22 points
Nate Arentz – Lakeville North 13-9 (#2)
Dylan Zutz – Red Lake Falls 11-11
21 points
Tanner Jordan – Mahtomedi 12-9
20 points
Kyle Krueger – Prior Lake 8-12 (#2)
19 points
Mick Dhein – Richfield 14-5
A.J. Michaelson - Apple Valley 9-10 (#2)
17 points
Jared Kolquist – Hermantown 5-12
Brandon Parker – Faribault 1-16
16 points
Matt Pohlkamp – Brainerd 11-5 (#3)
Braden Devescovi – Bemidji 7-9
Zach Hartley (8th) – Minnehaha Acad. 4-12 (#3)
15 points
Eric Carlson – Albert Lea 9-6
Nate Traina – Breck 7-8
Michael Zajac - Eagan 5-10
Billy Foy – Ely/…/…./ 4-11
14 points
Cody Lowe – Providence Acad. 8-6 (#3)
Wes Iverson – Breck 8-6
Brady Skjei – Lakeville North 2-12
13 points
Riley Williams – Mound-Westonka 7-6
Jordan Stroh – North Metro 5-8 (#3)
Charlie Klos – Waconia 5-8
Nick Matthews – Ely 4-9
Judd Peterson – Duluth Denfeld 4-9
12 points
Eric Schurhammer – STA 2-10
11 points
Jay Dickman – St. Paul Johnson 7-4
Jake Oborsky – Red Wing 6-5
Austin Rudnick – Breck 5-6
Ethan Brekke – Detroit Lakes 4-7
Pete Kreiger - St. Thomas Academy 4-7
10 points
Cory Mack – East Grand Forks 6-4

[Jolly Roger]

Well I thought Judd transferred to Marshall

[observer]

You might have to wait a few weeks as half of the top sophomores were playing Bantam A last year. As a total number probably less than 10% of this season's sophomores, last year's freshmen, played high school hockey last year. Plus, scoring is just an ok measure of who are the best players. Don't get me wrong, several on the scoring list will be among the top sophomores but others will not. My top 5 returners from last years scoring list,

Boyd 93
Horn 93
Michaelson 94
Skjei 94
Dickman 93

[wbmd]

You might have to wait a few weeks as half of the top sophomores were playing Bantam A last year. As a total number probably less than 10% of this season's sophomores, last year's freshmen, played high school hockey last year. Plus, scoring is just an ok measure of who are the best players. Don't get me wrong, several on the scoring list will be among the top sophomores but others will not. My top 5 returners from last years scoring list,

Boyd 93
Horn 93
Michaelson 94
Skjei 94
Dickman 93

Too bad Boyd isn't playing for Hopkins this year. He isn't even playing in Minnesota.

[High Flyer]

You might have to wait a few weeks as half of the top sophomores were playing Bantam A last year. As a total number probably less than 10% of this season's sophomores, last year's freshmen, played high school hockey last year. Plus, scoring is just an ok measure of who are the best players. Don't get me wrong, several on the scoring list will be among the top sophomores but others will not. My top 5 returners from last years scoring list,

Boyd 93
Horn 93
Michaelson 94
Skjei 94
Dickman 93

forwards
Horn
Michealson
Zajac
Jordon
Peterson
Trina

defensemen
Schurhamer
Smith
Bushey
Johnson
Horton
Madigan

F/D
Reilly

[Slap Shot]

I could be wrong, but I thought Tonka had a Fr or two see some good ice time last year?

[Teak]

You might have to wait a few weeks as half of the top sophomores were playing Bantam A last year. As a total number probably less than 10% of this season's sophomores, last year's freshmen, played high school hockey last year. Plus, scoring is just an ok measure of who are the best players. Don't get me wrong, several on the scoring list will be among the top sophomores but others will not. My top 5 returners from last years scoring list,

Boyd 93
Horn 93
Michaelson 94
Skjei 94
Dickman 93

Yes sir, agreed. The best players are not always the top scorers, and the top scorers are not always the best players. So, how does one rate players? At least putting together a list of the top scorers gives one a place to start, otherwise threads like these devolve into single line postings that are not that interesting.

Plus, there is really no way to evaluate Bantam A's unless someone has put the information online as they do for the high school teams:

http://mbhsh.stats.pointstreak.com

[Teak]

I could be wrong, but I thought Tonka had a Fr or two see some good ice time last year?

Yeah, you are correct. I was tracking them along with the other freshmen, but neither had any significant points so they didn't make the list. I think that one was named Erik Baskin....does that name ring a bell?

[brandy38]

I could be wrong, but I thought Tonka had a Fr or two see some good ice time last year?

Yeah, you are correct. I was tracking them along with the other freshmen, but neither had any significant points so they didn't make the list. I think that one was named Erik Baskin....does that name ring a bell?

I've seen Baskin play a little bit in the recent past and can say that he's really talented. To me, he's got great size and scoring ability.
No, I'm not a relative/teammate

McCarver of NSP is also pretty good. Did he also go to the NTDP?

[cchky]

The totals from Pointstreak are off due to teams not reporting. Here are the totals from the StarTrib.

Name School Pos Goals Assists Pts
Travis Boyd Hopkins F 26 25 51
Christian Horn Benilde-St. Margaret's F 24 15 39
Sam Coborn Park Rapids F 15 23 38
Austyn Young South St. Paul F 11 21 32
Garrett Schmitz Red Lake Falls D 13 16 29
AJ Fossen Spring Lake Park F 9 19 28
Nate Arentz Lakeville North F 17 10 27
Judd Peterson Duluth Denfeld F 11 16 27
Mike Reilly Academy Of Holy Angels D 2 25 27
Gage Torrel Monticello/Annandale/Maple Lake F 12 13 25
AJ Michaelson Apple Valley F 12 12 24
Zac McCarver North St Paul F 11 13 24
Dylan Zutz Red Lake Falls F 11 12 23
Nick Auman Spring Lake Park D 4 19 23
Tanner Jordan Mahtomedi F 13 9 22
Adam Eisenmenger Windom Area D 14 7 21
Jack Swanberg LeSueur-Henderson/St. Peter F 13 8 21
Kyle Krueger Prior Lake F 8 13 21
Brandon Parker Faribault D 1 20 21
Mick Dhein Richfield F 14 6 20
Matt Pohlkamp Brainerd F 11 7 18
Cody Lowe Providence Academy F 11 7 18
Nate Traina Breck F 8 10 18
Jay Dickman St. Paul Johnson F 10 7 17
Billy Foy Ely/Babbitt F 5 12 17
Eric Schurhamer St. Thomas Academy D 3 14 17
Eric Carlson Albert Lea F 9 7 16
Wesley Iverson Breck F 9 7 16
Braden Devescovi Bemidji F 7 9 16
Michael Zajac Eagan F 6 10 16
Austin Rudnick Breck D 5 11 16
Brady Skjei Lakeville North D 2 14 16
Chris Gassert Moose Lake Area F 8 5 13
Riley Williams Mound-Westonka F 7 6 13
Tyler Schultz Prairie Centre Area F 7 6 13
Jake Oborsky Red Wing F 7 6 13
Jordan Stroh North Metro F 5 8 13
Marshall Klitzke Providence Academy D 5 8 13
Charlie Klos Waconia F 5 8 13
Jake Bushey Duluth Marshall D 4 9 13
Nick Matthews Ely/Babbitt F 4 9 13
Pete Krieger St. Thomas Academy F 4 9 13
Sean Mostrom Providence Academy F 3 9 12
Ethan Brekke Detroit Lakes D 4 7 11
Erik Baskin Minnetonka F 4 7 11
Cory Mack East Grand Forks F 6 4 10
Sam Klein Buffalo D 3 7 10

[backcheck101]

Where did you find individual stats?

[Teak]

Nice work cchky, updating the list.

Where on the Star Trib's website are those stats kept? I looked last season, but the Trib seemed even further behind in updating than did the Pointstreak website, which is quite easy to use.

[MrBoDangles]

Calvin Miska will be a big addition to a much improved North Branch team.