September 14, 2004
Recruiting Trail: Top 20 Forwards

Travis Zajac leads the list of top forwards in the 2004 Inside College Hockey Recruiting Rankings, following teammate and fellow former Salmon Arm Silverback Brady Murray, who led last year's rankings. (Photo by Action Digital Imaging)

Inside College Hockey compiled our 2004 Recruiting Rankings with extensive input from college and junior coaches, as well as professional scouts. Other ratings:

Top 15 Defensemen & Top 10 Goalies
Top 15 Classes
Top Players by Origin
All-Name Team

Stay tuned in the coming days for our exclusive ranking of the top players by junior league or geographical area, as well as our annual all-name team.

TOP 20 INCOMING FORWARDS

No.

Name

School Last Team

1.

Travis Zajac

North Dakota Salmon Arm (BCHL)

2.

Chris Bourque

Boston University Cushing Academy

3.

Dan Bertram

Boston College Camrose (AJHL)

4.

Paul Stastny

Denver River City (USHL)

5.

Rastislav Spirko

North Dakota Tri-City (USHL)

6.

Shawn Weller

Clarkson Capital District (EJHL)

7.

Kris Chucko

Minnesota Salmon Arm (BCHL)

8.

Kevin Porter

Michigan U.S. NTDP

9.

Bryan Lerg

Michigan State U.S. NTDP

10.

Mike Howe

Minnesota River City (USHL)

11.

Nick Johnson

Dartmouth St. Albert (AJHL)

12.

Billy Ryan*

Maine Cushing Academy

13.

Jonathan Matsumoto

Bowling Green Cumberland (CJHL)

14.

Joe Pavelski

Wisconsin Waterloo (USHL)

15.

Matt Fornataro

New Hampshire Waterloo (USHL)

16.

Chad Kolarik

Michigan U.S. NTDP

17.

Bill Thomas

Nebraska-Omaha Tri-City (USHL)

18.

Nathan Davis

Miami U.S. NTDP

19.

Tom Fritsche

Ohio State U.S. NTDP

20.

Ray Sawada

Cornell Nanaimo (BCHL)

* Expected to be eligible in December 2004

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