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Setpember
29, 2009
Recruiting Trail: Top 10 Goaltenders
Year in and year out, coming up with the list
of incoming goaltenders proves to be the most difficult undertaking
of putting together INCH's Recruiting Rankings. Why that is,
we're not sure—perhaps it's due in part to the netminder's
singular status in a team sport—but we do know that
it's a chore every fall.
Actually, filling the top spot in this year's
rankings was easy: St. Cloud State's Michael Lee was the easy
selection for the No. 1 position. After Lee, however, the
list is less defined.
Inside College Hockey compiled its 2009 Recruiting
Rankings with extensive input from college coaches as well
as professional scouts. Participants were asked to evaluate
recruits based on their projected impact at the college level,
not on their professional hockey prospects.
Also: Top
20 Forwards | Top
20 Defensemen
TOP
10 INCOMING GOALTENDERS
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Name |
School |
Last
Team |
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Michael Lee |
St. Cloud State |
Fargo (USHL) |
Lee, who was second in
the USHL in wins and save percentage last season,
was the recipient of the USA Hockey Dave Peterson
Goalie of the Year Award. Past winners include Cory
Schneider and Jeff Lerg.
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Shawn Sirman |
Maine |
Kingston (OJHL) |
The Ontario Junior Hockey
League playoff MVP ranked posted a 2.17 goals against
average and a .929 save percentage for the Voyageurs
last season.
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Kevin Murdock |
Minnesota State |
Lincoln (USHL) |
A Florida native who landed
in Mankato after stops at Shattuck St. Mary's and
Lincoln, Murdock led USHL netminders in both goals
against average and save percentage last season.
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Andrew Hare |
Niagara |
Burlington (OJHL) |
Hare's
23 wins last season ranked tied for fifth in the Ontario
Junior Hockey League, and his .914 save percentage
was the circuit's sixth-best mark.
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Keith Kinkaid |
Union |
St. Louis (NAHL) |
Kinkaid
backstopped St. Louis to its third straight North
American Hockey League championship, earning league
MVP and Goaltender of the Year honors in the process.
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Chris Rawlings |
Northeastern |
Cowichan Valley (BCHL) |
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Mike Johnson |
Notre Dame |
Cedar Rapids (USHL) |
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Mathieu Cadieux |
Quinnipiac |
Cobourg (OJHL) |
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Andrew Hammond |
Bowling Green |
Vernon (BCHL) |
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Mike Condon |
Princeton |
Belmont Hill (Mass.) H.S. |
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