If you remember, I did early season all-stars. With the real all-star rosters to be announced soon, I thought I'd take the opportunity to give more predictions on the rosters. I will be naming 13 forwards, 7 defensemen, and 3 goalies.
East Division:
F - John Kemp (Indiana) - Early season all-star.
F - Gregory Squires (Indiana) - Not Listed.
F - Paul Carey (Indiana) - Early season all-star.
F - Tyler Thompson (Cedar Rapids) - Early season all-star.
F - David Boehm (Cedar Rapids) - Early season all-star.
F - Brett Olson (Waterloo) - Not Listed.
F - Billy Maday (Waterloo) - Early season honorable mention.
F - Brian O'Neill (Chicago) - Early season all-star.
F - Drew LeBlanc (Chicago) - Not Listed.
F - C.J. Lee (Green Bay) - Not Listed.
F - Matt Leitner (Ohio) - Early season all-star.
F - Tim Hall (Ohio) - Early season all-star.
F - Mike Seidel (Cedar Rapids) - Early season honorable mention.
D - John Carlson (Indiana) - Early season all-star.
D - Ben Blood (Indiana) - Early season all-star with Des Moines.
D - Blake Kessel (Waterloo) - Early season all-star.
D - Will Weber (Chicago) - Early season all-star.
D - Chad Billins (Waterloo) - Not Listed.
D - Cameron Burt (Green Bay) - Early season all-star.
D - Matt Donovan (Cedar Rapids) - Early season all-star.
G - Scott Darling (Indiana) - Not Listed.
G - Brady Hjelle (Cedar Rapids) - Early season all-star.
G - Joe Howe (Waterloo) - Not Listed.
Honorable Mention:
F - Brent Gwidt (Indiana) - Not Listed.
F - Doug Jones (Cedar Rapids) - Not Listed.
F - Kyle Flanagan (Cedar Rapids) - Not Listed.
F - Simon Olsson (Chicago) - Early season honorable mention.
F - Brian Dowd (Chicago) - Early season honorable mention.
F - Joe Schiller (Green Bay) - Not Listed.
F - Derek Roehl (Ohio) - Early season all-star.
F - Paul Weisgarber (Waterloo) - Early season honorable mention.
D - Luke Witkowski (Ohio) - Early season honorable mention.
D - Bryce Aneloski (Cedar Rapids) - Early season all-star.
D - John Lee (Waterloo) - Early season honorable mention.
G - Neil Conway (Green Bay) - Not Listed.
Dropped Out: (All-Stars only)
F - Andy Miele (Chicago) - Off to college, otherwise would be listed.
F - Andrew Miller (Chicago)
F - Craig Smith (Waterloo)
F - Brock Montpetit (Waterloo)
G - Aaron Crandall (Green Bay)
West Division:
F - Steve Quailer (Sioux City) - Not Listed.
F - Travis Oleksuk (Sioux City) - Not Listed.
F - Barry Almeida (Omaha) - Early season all-star.
F - Matt Thurber (Omaha) - Early season all-star.
F - Chris Connolly (Omaha) - Early season all-star.
F - Jack Connolly (Sioux Falls) - Early season honorable mention.
F - Jake Hansen (Sioux Falls) - Early season all-star.
F - Nick Dineen (Sioux Falls) - Early season honorable mention.
F - Ryan Kretzer (Lincoln) - Early season honorable mention.
F - Jason Gregoire (Lincoln) - Early season all-star.
F - Rick Carden (Lincoln) - Not Listed.
F - Mike Cichy (Tri-City) - Early season all-star.
F - Michael Dorr (Des Moines) - Not Listed.
D - Matt Crandell (Sioux City) - Early season all-star.
D - Seth Helgeson (Sioux City) - Early season honorable mention.
D - Eric Springer (Sioux Falls) - Not Listed.
D - Scott Kishel (Sioux Falls) - Not Listed.
D - Matt Bartkowski (Lincoln) - Not Listed.
D - Jake Newton (Lincoln) - Early season honorable mention.
D - Keir Ross (Omaha) - Early season all-star.
G - Josh Robinson (Sioux City) - Early season honorable mention.
G - Drew Palmisano (Omaha) - Early season all-star.
G - David Reekie (Lincoln) - Not Listed.
Honorable Mention:
F - Chris Knowlton (Des Moines) - Not Listed.
F - Jared Festler (Lincoln) - Early season all-star.
F - Chris Forfar (Lincoln) - Not Listed.
F - Travis Novak (Omaha) - Early season all-star.
F - Spencer Heichman (Sioux City) - Early season all-star.
F - Donnie Hallmark (Sioux City) - Early season all-star.
F - Mitch Bruijsten (Sioux City) - Not Listed.
F - Joe Miller (Sioux City) - Early season honorable mention.
F - David Grun (Sioux Falls) - Early season honorable mention.
F - Phil Ginand (Tri-City) - Not Listed.
F - Jordan Willert (Tri-City) - Not Listed.
F - Danny Heath (Tri-City) - Not Listed.
D - Ross Henry (Lincoln) - Not Listed.
D - Sam Zabkowicz (Sioux Falls) - Not Listed.
D - Gabe Guentzel (Sioux Falls) - Early season all-star.
G - Fredrik Bergman (Des Moines) - Early season honorable mention.
G - Shane Madolora (Omaha) - Early season honorable mention.
G - Steve Thompson (Sioux City) - Not Listed.
Dropped Out: (All-Stars only)
F - Nico Sacchetti (Omaha)
F - Derek Elliot (Des Moines)
D - Patrick Wiercioch (Omaha)
D - Cameron Cooper (Tri-City)
G - Joe Rodwell (Des Moines)
16 comments:
Nice work Ryan!! I wish I knew enough about the whole league to argue a bit with some of your selections, but from the guys I've seen your picks look good.
One thing I'd like to point out. Rob Madore of the Steel is a much better goalie than some of his numbers would have one believe. He's always 1st or 2nd in shots seen in the league yet his save percentage is over .900. The kid plays in a very aggressive system where the Dmen take a lot of chances, and he sees a lot of quality shots, but usually keeps the Steel in games. I would give him an honorable mention.....
The West's goalies are big time goalies for sure.
Glad to see Forfar on your list. He wasnt going to get any chance at Waterloo.
Hes a quality two way player and comes to play hard every night.
Would love to see him jump into the All Star game.
Danny Heath is a defenseman for Tri city not a forward
Alex Hudson (TC) deserves to be on this list
Doesn't take a lot of knowledge to look at Pointstreak and pick from cold, hard stats.
If I were picking, I'd move Mitch Bruijsten to the dropped list. He's been pretty unimpressive in the games I've seen him play.
Forfar deserves to be on the list. He's played quite well since going to Lincoln.
Ryan,
You say tomato, I say tomato.
No way Chad Billings
Des Moines gets shut out!!!!
-gbpuckfan
ooops - they didn't ... I was looking on the east roster. silly me.
Ryan, you did a pretty good job on this! Defense was probably your biggest misses. (The roster is posted over at USHL.com)
How can Lincoln's #1 scorer not be on the all-star team!!
East Division All-Stars
Goaltenders
Brady Hjelle - Cedar Rapids
Matt DiGirolamo - Waterloo
Defense
Matt Tomassoni - Cedar Rapids
Tim Buttery - Chicago
Ryan Little - Green Bay
John Carlson - Indiana
Greg Pateryn - Ohio
Blake Kessel - Waterloo
Forwards
David Boehm - Cedar Rapids
Doug Jones - Cedar Rapids
Tyler Thompson - Cedar Rapids
Brian O’Neill - Chicago
Drew LeBlanc - Chicago
Joe Schiller - Green Bay
Greg Squires - Indiana
John Kemp - Indiana
Paul Carey - Indiana
Brett Olson - Waterloo
Nick Larson - Waterloo
Brock Montpetit - Waterloo
West Division All-Stars
Goaltenders
Drew Palmisano - Omaha
Josh Robinson - Sioux City
Defense
Austin Handley - Des Moines
Matt Bartkowski - Lincoln
Ross Henry - Lincoln
Chris Hepp - Omaha
Matt Crandell - Sioux City
Eric Springer - Sioux Falls
Forwards
Jared Festler - Lincoln
Jason Gregoire - Lincoln
Andrew Conboy - Omaha
Chris Connolly - Omaha
Barry Almeida - Omaha
Alex Tuckerman - Sioux City
Steve Quailer - Sioux City
Spencer Heichman - Sioux City
Jake Hansen - Sioux Falls
Jack Connolly - Sioux Falls
Nick Dineen - Sioux Falls
Alex Hudson - Tri-City
What do I win?
"Doesn't take a lot of knowledge to look at Pointstreak and pick from cold, hard stats."
Well of course it is. At this point in the season, the "all-stars" should be the ones scoring more, should they not? =)
It's not as easy as you seem to think, as you have to take into considering their stats, age, and if they are a player tagged as a player to watch by the NHL.
Every team is guaranteed a All-Star roster spot every year. It is like making sure the same kid is not picked last everyday for kickball at recess. I figured maybe Des Moines' waterboy might make the All-Star team.
Is it just me or does it seem odd that the East has two defensemen with a +/- of -14?!! I know stats are not everything, but they do tell you something.
i agree that a -14 isn't an all star statistic but kessel has tons of points and is leading defenseman in scoring! Little is more of a defensive d-man that is on a struggling team and faces other's top lines. I have seen both players and I think both are deserving.
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