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October
18, 2011
Recruiting Trail: Top 20 Forwards
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Previous
Top Forwards
2010: Jaden Schwartz, Colorado College
2009: Louis Leblanc, Harvard
2008: Jordan Schroeder, Minnesota
2007: Kyle Turris, Wisconsin
2006: Kyle Okposo, Minnesota
2005: Phil Kessel, Minnesota
2004: Travis Zajac, North Dakota
2003: Brady Murray, North Dakota |
For just the second time in nine seasons, the
No. 1 spot on Inside College Hockey's list of forwards does
not belong to a WCHA freshman. That honor goes to Boston College's
John Gaudreau, the 2011 United States Hockey League Rookie
of the Year who originally committed to Northeastern before
flipping to the Eagles in August. He's the first Hockey East
forward to earn the top position.
Of the top 20 forwards in our rankings, seven
are from the CCHA, six are from ECAC Hockey, five are from
WCHA, and two are from Hockey East. USHL alums hold seven
of the 20 spots in this year's rankings.
Inside College Hockey compiled its 2011 Recruiting
Rankings with input from college coaches and 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 Defensemen | Top
10 Goalies | Top
15 Classes
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John Gaudreau |
Boston College |
Dubuque (USHL) |
2011 USHL Rookie of the
Year scored 36 goals and 72 points in 60 regular-season
games for Dubuque.
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Tyler Biggs |
Miami |
U.S. NTDP |
Father, Don, played 16 pro seasons mostly
in the AHL and IHL and had brief stints with Minnesota
and Philadelphia
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Jimmy Mullin |
Miami |
Fargo (USHL) |
2011 All-USHL first team
selection scored 293 points during his four-year prep
career at Shattuck St. Mary's.
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Zach Hyman |
Michigan |
Hamilton (OJHL) |
2011 Canadian Junior Hockey
League Player of the Year finished second in the OJHL
with 102 points in 43 games.
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Rocco Grimaldi |
North Dakota |
U.S. NTDP |
Member of U.S. teams that
won gold medals at the IIHF World Under-18 Championship
in 2010 and 2011.
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Phil Di Giuseppe |
Michigan |
Villanova (OJHL) |
Scored 30-49—79
in 59 games last season; possible first-round pick
in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft
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Brian Ferlin |
Cornell |
Indiana (USHL) |
Power forward, a Jacksonville,
Fla., native, scored 73 points in 55 games for the
USHL's Indiana Ice.
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Jacob Laliberte |
Rensselaer |
Cornwall (CCJHL) |
Central Canada Junior
A Hockey League MVP and league's top scorer tallied
133 points in 62 regular-season games.
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Kyle Rau |
Minnesota |
Eden Prairie (Minn.) H.S. |
Minnesota's Mr. Hockey
in 2011, given to state's top prep player; brother,
Chad, played for Colorado College.
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Blake Coleman |
Miami |
Indiana (USHL) |
2011 USHL Player of the
Year scored 92 points, the best offensive output by
a USHL player in more than a decade.
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Mark MacMillan |
North Dakota |
Penticton (BCHL) |
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Evan Rodrigues |
Boston University |
Georgetown (OJHL) |
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Will Kessel |
Western Michigan |
Green Bay (USHL) |
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Nick Weberg |
Yale |
Faribault (Minn.) Shattuck St. Mary's |
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Austin Czarnik |
Miami |
Green Bay (USHL) |
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Blake Pietila |
Michigan Tech |
U.S. NTDP |
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Matt Peca |
Quinnipiac |
Pembroke (CCJHL) |
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Phillip Hudon |
Cornell |
Choate Rosemary Hall (Conn.) |
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Caleb Herbert |
Minnesota Duluth |
Sioux City (USHL) |
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Petr Placek |
Harvard |
Hotchkiss (Conn.) School |
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