Here are some of the recruits signed by three Hockey East teams -
Providence, Lowell, and Merrimack. I only have names for the
Merrimack players at this time.
Listed after the player's name are: position, height, weight,
high school/last team, and hometown.
Providence College (notes provided by PC)
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Dean Capuano, D, 6-1, 185, Mount St Charles Academy; Cranston,
Rhode Island...tough, hard-nosed D who moves the puck well in
his own zone...natural leader with a good shot...team captain
of 1989-90 Mount St Charles state championship team [12th year
in a row - mike]...had 5-20-25 points...First Team All-State...
1989-90 Hockey Night in Boston All-Scholastic...HNiB's Rhode
Island Defensive Player of the Year.
Rob Concannon, LW, 5-10, 165, Northfield Mount Hermon; Dorchester,
Massachusetts...excellent two-way player with tremendous
quickness...natural scorer with great breakaway speed...led
Northfield in scoring with 28-42-70...New England Division I
Prep School leading scorer...served as team captain...led Don
Bosco High School to 1988-89 Mass. Division I title.
Mike Heinke, G, 5-10, 170, Avon Old Farms; Southington, Connecticut...
One of the top prep school goaltenders in the country...aggressive
stand-up goaltender...good quickness and is a solid technical
goalie...had 1.86 GAA this season...helped lead Avon Old Farms
to 1988-89 Div. I N.E. Prep School Championship...member of 1988-89
U.S. Select 17 Team...fifth round pick of New Jersey in 1989 NHL
draft...named the outstanding goalie of 1989 HNiB All-Star Game...
1989-90 HNiB All-Scholastic...HNiB's Connecticut Outstanding
goalie...played in 1990 N.E. Prep All-Star Game.
Brian McCarthy, LW/C, 6-2, 195, Pingree School; Salem, Massachusetts...
highly skilled player with breakaway speed and outstanding shot...
big, strong and tough in the offensive end of the ice...served as
team captain at Pingree School and led them to the N.E. Div. II
Prep School Championship...all-time leading scorer at Pingree...
set single season scoring record at Pingree (80 points) as a
junior...named HNiB Div. II Offensive MVP...1989-90 HNiB All-
Scholastic...named to All-Tournament Teamn at the Brooks-Governor
Dummer Christmas Tournament...played in High School All-American
Tournament...named MVP of the Pro-Elite Junior Division...member
of the N.E. Prep All-Star Team.
Ian Paskowski, D, 5-11, 185, Northwood Prep; Beverly, Massachusetts...
Solid, stay-at-home D...very consistent player who moves the puck
well and is outstanding in his own zone...righthanded D who had
8-27-35 at Northwood...named to 1988-89 Boston Globe All-Scholastic
Team at Beverly High School...played in HNiB All-Scholastic
Tournament in 1988-89.
Erik Peterson, C/LW, 5-10, 175, Brockton High; Brockton, Massachusetts...
Strong two-way player with outstanding hockey skills...handles the
puck well and has good speed...team captain at Brockton where he
finished career as school's all-time leading scorer...had 31-24-55
this season...named First Team All-Scholastic by Boston Herald and
Brockton Enterprise...Second Team All-Scholastic by Boston Globe...
Suburban League MVP and leading scorer...HNiB All-Scholastic...
played in High School All-American Tourney...member of 1988-89
U.S. Select 16 Team.
Brian Ridolfi, RW, 5-8, 165, Northwood; Pawtucket, Rhode Island...Spent
high school career at Mount St Charles...quick, scrappy two-way
player who gives his all on every shift...co-captain of Northwood
with 28-30-58 in 36 games this season...MVP at Schenectady and
Northwood Prep Tournaments...when at Mount, was named First Team
Providence Journal, First Team Woonsocket Call and First Team
All-State by the R.I. Coaches Association...named HNiB All-
Scholastic in 1988-89.
Bruce Shatel, D, 5-11, 175, Deerfield Academy; Morristown, New Jersey...
tough, physical D, strong in his own zone...moves the puck well...
can play both D and forward...had 8-29-37 in 24 games...led
Deerfield to the N.E. Prep School Tourney...captained team and was
recipient of 1989-90 Deerfield Cup...played in N.E. Prep All-Star
Game and HNiB All-Scholastic Tourney...
Chris Therien, D, 6-4, 220, Northwood Prep; Ottawa, Ontario...co-captain
at Northwood...left-handed D with an outstanding shot...gifted and
talented player who had 36-28-64 while playing defense...named to
All-Tournament Team at the Schenectady and Northwood Tourneys...
HNiB All-Scholastic.
PC Coach Mike McShane on the Friars' Class of 1994: "With this year's
group of incoming freshmen, we get strength, speed, scoring, and
defense all in one class. That usually doesn't happen. I really
think this will be a solid class. Because we lose 11 seniors to
graduation, we will be looking for them to step in and contribute
immediately."
University of Lowell (notes provided by ULowell)
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Normand Bazin, LW, 6-0, 185, Notre Dame Hounds Tier II; Notre Dame de
Lourdes, Manitoba...third member of the Hounds to come to Lowell,
joining Dave Stevens (Victoria, B.C.) and Tyler Lovering (Wilcos,
Saskatchewan)...tallied 18-25-43 in 30 games in the Saskatchewan
Junior Hockey League.
Shane Henry, C, 5-9, 165, Powell River Paper Kings Tier II; Vancouver,
British Columbia...second team all-star in B.C. Junior Hockey
League...finished 8th in league in scoring with 50-52-102 in just
45 games...second in league with seven SHG.
Mike Murray, RW, 6-1, 185, Cushing Academy; Cumberland, Rhode Island...
had 27-28-55 at Cushing.
Travis Tucker, D, 6-4, 205, Avon Old Farms; Suffield, Connecticut...
HNiB All-Scholastic...played in High School All-American
Tournament..."a big, strong, mobile defenseman who should help
shore up our defense around the net," says Coach Bill Riley.
Also, the Chiefs should have junior D Tomi Maarni (Rauma, Finland)
back next season. Maarni served his mandatory one-year military
obligation this past year. He was recruited by former Lowell
and BU assistant Pertti Hasanen, who just resigned from the
BU staff.
And, ULowell announced that it is going to move all sports to Division I
within the next few years except football which remains Div. III.
Currently, only hockey is Div. I, but the basketball team won the NCAA
Division II crown a couple of years ago and the baseball team has been
nationally ranked in Div. II several times over the past few years.
Part of the deal to go to Div. I is that a NEW ARENA will be built
in the city of Lowell not far from the school. This should help
ULowell's recruiting immensely. The Chiefs have been playing for years
at the Tully Forum in Billerica, MA, and players have to drive from
school to practice and back every day - and the rink, despite ULowell's
valiant attempts to upgrade it, really does need to be replaced.
What I can't understand is where the money is going to come from
to do this when the state is cutting the hell out of the higher
education budget.
Merrimack College
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Rob Atkinson, LW, 6-1, 165, Vernon Lakers; Moncton, New Brunswick.
Jim Gibson, LW, 6-2, 185, Trinity Pawling; Havertown, Pennsylvania.
Dan Hodge, D, 6-3, 215, Buckingham, Brown and Nichols School (prep);
Lynnfield, Massachusetts...son of Ken Hodge.
Cooper Naylor, C, 6-1, 175, Antigonish Bulldogs; Picton, Nova Scotia.
Jason Pagni, D, 6-0, 190, Avon Old Farms; Wallingford, Connecticut.
Plus, two more players from Saskatchewan, one with the great hockey
name of Findelay - it just rolls off the lips. "Cooper Naylor
across center ice, up to Findelay on the left side..."
- mike
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