Troy Hesketh
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:18 pm
Sounds like he will play for D3 Hamline.... has there ever been a 3rd round NHL pick to play D3? Is he playing juniors anywhere?
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Don't quote me on this, but there was a Wisconsin kid from Steven's Point, Travis Erstad, who pulled his verbal commitment from Wisconsin to play for D3 Stevens Point. And he was drafted by the Blues. I never heard what happened to him, or why he did what he did, so I can't judge him for it, but it was kind of weird at the time. It sounded kind of weird that he would just decide not to go. Maybe it was academics, but there are other d1 schools in division 1 that aren't as difficult to get into. Hesketh everyone knew it was academics, but then he never got his junior career on track and was traded a lot and just really fell off the radar.wblhcky24 wrote:Sounds like he will play for D3 Hamline.... has there ever been a 3rd round NHL pick to play D3? Is he playing juniors anywhere?
How would everyone know it's academics? Not sure how you can come to that assertion. Doesn't Hamline have an academic standard? Could it be that he did not improve his game after high school?siouxforce19 wrote:Don't quote me on this, but there was a Wisconsin kid from Steven's Point, Travis Erstad, who pulled his verbal commitment from Wisconsin to play for D3 Stevens Point. And he was drafted by the Blues. I never heard what happened to him, or why he did what he did, so I can't judge him for it, but it was kind of weird at the time. It sounded kind of weird that he would just decide not to go. Maybe it was academics, but there are other d1 schools in division 1 that aren't as difficult to get into. Hesketh everyone knew it was academics, but then he never got his junior career on track and was traded a lot and just really fell off the radar.wblhcky24 wrote:Sounds like he will play for D3 Hamline.... has there ever been a 3rd round NHL pick to play D3? Is he playing juniors anywhere?
It was well documented when it was announced he was no longer committed to the Badgers in Badger hockey circles that his test scores didn't meet the academic qualifications to be accepted to Wisconsin. I know Wisconsin is a highly regarded academic institution, not sure on their standards, or Hamline's, but that was the word at the time. True or not, that was what was said during that time. It wasn't that long ago...breakout wrote:How would everyone know it's academics? Not sure how you can come to that assertion. Doesn't Hamline have an academic standard? Could it be that he did not improve his game after high school?siouxforce19 wrote:Don't quote me on this, but there was a Wisconsin kid from Steven's Point, Travis Erstad, who pulled his verbal commitment from Wisconsin to play for D3 Stevens Point. And he was drafted by the Blues. I never heard what happened to him, or why he did what he did, so I can't judge him for it, but it was kind of weird at the time. It sounded kind of weird that he would just decide not to go. Maybe it was academics, but there are other d1 schools in division 1 that aren't as difficult to get into. Hesketh everyone knew it was academics, but then he never got his junior career on track and was traded a lot and just really fell off the radar.wblhcky24 wrote:Sounds like he will play for D3 Hamline.... has there ever been a 3rd round NHL pick to play D3? Is he playing juniors anywhere?
breakout wrote:A former Hamline player who graduated last year couldn't get through the NCAA Clearing House got into Hamline.siouxforce19 wrote:wblhcky24 wrote:Sounds like he will play for D3 Hamline.... has there ever been a 3rd round NHL pick to play D3? Is he playing juniors anywhere?
How would everyone know it's academics? Not sure how you can come to that assertion. Doesn't Hamline have an academic standard? Could it be that he did not improve his game after high school?
Not trying to defend Hesketh. Maybe you can come up with something other than word of mouth.siouxforce19 wrote:It was well documented when it was announced he was no longer committed to the Badgers in Badger hockey circles that his test scores didn't meet the academic qualifications to be accepted to Wisconsin. I know Wisconsin is a highly regarded academic institution, not sure on their standards, or Hamline's, but that was the word at the time. True or not, that was what was said during that time. It wasn't that long ago...breakout wrote:How would everyone know it's academics? Not sure how you can come to that assertion. Doesn't Hamline have an academic standard? Could it be that he did not improve his game after high school?siouxforce19 wrote: Don't quote me on this, but there was a Wisconsin kid from Steven's Point, Travis Erstad, who pulled his verbal commitment from Wisconsin to play for D3 Stevens Point. And he was drafted by the Blues. I never heard what happened to him, or why he did what he did, so I can't judge him for it, but it was kind of weird at the time. It sounded kind of weird that he would just decide not to go. Maybe it was academics, but there are other d1 schools in division 1 that aren't as difficult to get into. Hesketh everyone knew it was academics, but then he never got his junior career on track and was traded a lot and just really fell off the radar.