September 18, 2005
Recruiting Trail: The Hotbeds

College hockey recruiters face long roads to find the best players, stretching from Fairbanks to Boston and Texas to Ontario. Here are ten players from each major source – either by league or geographically – who we expect to make an impact in college.

Inside College Hockey compiled our 2005 Recruiting Rankings with extensive input from college and junior coaches, as well as professional scouts. Other ratings:

Top 20 Forwards
Top 15 Defensemen & Top 10 Goalies
Top 15 Classes
All-Name Team

U.S. NATIONAL TEAM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Name

SchoolLast Team

Jeff Frazee

Minnesota

Nathan Gerbe

Boston College

Jack Johnson

Michigan

Zach Jones

North Dakota

Phil Kessel

Minnesota

Jason Lawrence

Boston University

Zach MacVoy

Michigan

Mark Mitera

Michigan

Jack Skille

Wisconsin

Ryan Stoa

Minnesota

UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE

Name

School Last Team

Justin Abdelkader

Michigan State Cedar Rapids

Brock Bradford

Boston College Omaha

Chris Butler

Denver Sioux City

Tim Kennedy

Michigan State Sioux City

Jeff Lerg

Michigan State Omaha

Brett Motherwell

Boston College Omaha

Chad Rau

Colorado College Des Moines

Dan Reidel

Ferris State Lincoln

Brock Trotter

Denver Lincoln

Blake Wheeler

Minnesota Green Bay

U.S. PREP & HIGH SCHOOLS

Name

School Last Team

R.J. Anderson

Minnesota Centennial (Minn.) HS

Taylor Chorney

North Dakota Shattuck St. Mary's (Minn.)

Michael Gergen

Minnesota Duluth Shattuck St. Mary's (Minn.)

Shea Guthrie

Clarkson St. George's (R.I.) Prep

Brian Lee

North Dakota Moorhead (Minn.) HS

Matt Niskanen

Minnesota Duluth Virginia (Minn.) HS

T.J. Oshie

North Dakota Warroad (Minn.) HS

Jerry Pollastrone

New Hampshire Salisbury (Conn.) Prep

Jon Quick

Massachusetts Avon Old Farms (Conn.)

Jonathan Toews

North Dakota Shattuck St. Mary's (Minn.)

NORTH AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE

Name

School Last Team

Nick Biondo

Ohio State Cleveland

Ben Bishop

Maine Texas

Brad Cooper

Providence Texas

Pat Galivan

Western Michigan Texarkana

Jason Kearney

Bentley Soo

Brandon Marino

Bemidji State Helena

Bryan Plaszcz

Maine Santa Fe

Alex Semenov

Merrimack Springfield (Ill.)

Matt Shouneyia

Michigan State Cleveland

Matt Taormina

Providence Texarkana

EASTERN JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE

Name

School Last Team

Alex Berry

Massachusetts Jr. Bruins

Kevin DeVergilio

St. Lawrence Bay State

Matt Duffy

Maine New Hampshire

Matt Generous

St. Lawrence Jr. Falcons

Ryan Ginand

Northeastern Jr. Bruins

Nevin Hamilton

UMass Lowell Jr. Bruins

Chris Higgins

Boston University New Hampshire

Mike Karwoski

Yale Apple Core

Tim Kunes

Boston College Jr. Falcons

Cody Wild

Providence Jr. Bruins

BRITISH COLUMBIA HOCKEY LEAGUE

Name

School Last Team

Peter Bogdanich

Colgate Chilliwack

Tim Crowder

Michigan State Victoria

Ryan Duncan

North Dakota Salmon Arm

Derek Janzen

Northern Michigan Chilliwack

Andrew Kozek

North Dakota Surrey

Les Reaney

Niagara Williams Lake

Ben Street

Wisconsin Salmon Arm

Michael Teslak

Michigan Tech Prince George

Matt Watkins

North Dakota Vernon

Brandon Yip

Boston University Coquitlam

ALBERTA, MANITOBA & SASKATCHEWAN

Name

School Last Team

Jay Beagle

Alaska Anchorage Calgary Royals

Lane Caffaro

Union Ft. McMurray

T.J. Fast

Denver Camrose

Chad Johnson

Alaska-Fairbanks Brooks

Jeff Marshall

Maine LaRonge

Mason Raymond

Minnesota Duluth Camrose

Troy Schwab

Lake Superior State Kindersley

MacGregor Sharp

Minnesota Duluth Camrose

Tyler Swystun

Michigan Camrose

Brett Wilson

Princeton Calgary Royals

ONTARIO & EASTERN PROVINCES

Name

School Last Team

Ryan Angelow

Michigan Tech Oakville

Ryan Bellows

Dartmouth Ft. Erie

Andrew Cogliano

Michigan St. Michael's

Shawn Fensel

St. Lawrence Nepean

Brock McBride

St. Lawrence Cornwall

Mitch O'Keefe

Ferris State Hawkesbury

Kevin Schmidt

Bowling Green St. Michael's

Nicholas St. Pierre

Colgate Hawkesbury

Nick Sucharski

Michigan State Wexford

Chris Trafford

Mercyhurst Kanata

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