Early Departures 2021-22

[O-townClown]

Blake playing for EP seems like a massive longshot

He leads the USHL in scoring as last time I checked. So did Casey Mittelstadt when he returned for his senior year and he was the 8th pick. At some point the NHL teams have seen enough of a kid to know if they'll select them in the draft. He's past that point. My two cents is he should play wherever he thinks it'll be the most fun. Hockey's going to seem like work soon enough.

[Stang5280]

Blake playing for EP seems like a massive longshot

He leads the USHL in scoring as last time I checked. So did Casey Mittelstadt when he returned for his senior year and he was the 8th pick. At some point the NHL teams have seen enough of a kid to know if they'll select them in the draft. He's past that point. My two cents is he should play wherever he thinks it'll be the most fun. Hockey's going to seem like work soon enough.

In retrospect the Sabres probably wish they had seen less of Casey leading up to the draft

[ryguyMN]

Blake playing for EP seems like a massive longshot

He leads the USHL in scoring as last time I checked. So did Casey Mittelstadt when he returned for his senior year and he was the 8th pick. At some point the NHL teams have seen enough of a kid to know if they'll select them in the draft. He's past that point. My two cents is he should play wherever he thinks it'll be the most fun. Hockey's going to seem like work soon enough.

In retrospect the Sabres probably wish they had seen less of Casey leading up to the draft

Casey’s game was sort of revitalized when the Sabres shook up their coaching staff mid-season last year. He was promoted to first line center to start this season, but he was unfortunately injured in their first game.

He and Sammy Walker were two players I enjoyed watching the most at the HS level in the last ten years or so.

[WestMetro]

some adjustments needed to the latest version of the page 1 departure list ? Home school forum reps to provide confirmation of changes .

[Brodziak Fan Club]

Last I heard Jimmy Clark was planning to do before and after in the USHL and was named captain at Edina. Is there different info out there?

[WarmUpTheBus]

Danny Nelson of Maple Grove is with the USNTDP U17 in Finland. Is it just for the 4 nations tournament?

[O-townClown]

Danny Nelson of Maple Grove is with the USNTDP U17 in Finland. Is it just for the 4 nations tournament?

Must be. He was playing Elite League two weeks ago and then rostered on an IIT team. National team must have had a temporary opening.

[WestMetro]

I ran into Carter Krenke this morning at his brothers bantam tourney at BIG . He is back from Omaha and will be back with Blake this year .

Jimmy Clark has been at Edina capt skates last week

Hoping myself by tonite/ tomorrow we will hear that both Prior Lake boys decided to come back ,

[bardown27]

Have a hard time seeing Bump come back, 2nd leading scorer in Omaha in his draft year.

Anyone have any word on if Gavin O’Connell is coming back for Wayzata?

[O-townClown]

I ran into Carter Krenke this morning at his brothers bantam tourney at BIG . He is back from Omaha and will be back with Blake this year .

Jimmy Clark has been at Edina capt skates last week

Love these updates. And straight from the horse's mouth!

[InThePipes]

Have a hard time seeing Bump come back, 2nd leading scorer in Omaha in his draft year.

Hearing rumblings that multiple PL players may remain in Jr, can anyone verify?

[The Exiled One]

Have a hard time seeing Bump come back, 2nd leading scorer in Omaha in his draft year.

Hearing rumblings that multiple PL players may remain in Jr, can anyone verify?

Sam Rice was with St. Cloud in the NAHL, Justin Kingery was with Fairbanks AAA, and Will Schumacher was with the MN Magicians of the NAHL. How many of these three?

(And Bump, of course, who's doing quite well with Omaha. He's already on the list.)

[BP]

Have a hard time seeing Bump come back, 2nd leading scorer in Omaha in his draft year.

Hearing rumblings that multiple PL players may remain in Jr, can anyone verify?

Sam Rice was with St. Cloud in the NAHL, Justin Kingery was with Fairbanks AAA, and Will Schumacher was with the MN Magicians of the NAHL. How many of these three?

(And Bump, of course, who's doing quite well with Omaha. He's already on the list.)

Sam Rice actually has been with Chippewa the past 2 weekends. He has performed quite well.

I don't believe Schumacher is coming back.

[Gotothenetman]

Hearing rumblings that multiple PL players may remain in Jr, can anyone verify?

Sam Rice was with St. Cloud in the NAHL, Justin Kingery was with Fairbanks AAA, and Will Schumacher was with the MN Magicians of the NAHL. How many of these three?

(And Bump, of course, who's doing quite well with Omaha. He's already on the list.)

Sam Rice actually has been with Chippewa the past 2 weekends. He has performed quite well.

I don't believe Schumacher is coming back.

Been told by the Steel that Rice is likely going back.

[WestMetro]

Now hearing today we will be seeing ALL Lakers back at Dakotah for the season !

[InThePipes]

Now hearing today we will be seeing ALL Lakers back at Dakotah for the season !

Confirmed that they are at tryouts this week? That's huge for them!

[WestMetro]

Pipes , a little more complicated but my post stands for itself

And yes , good for the kids IMHO , the program, and state of hockey

[O-townClown]

And yes , good for the kids IMHO , the program, and state of hockey

Agree a million percent. We all celebrate how awesome Minnesota HS hockey is. So good that kids don't have to leave. In order for that to be the case you need kids staying to play it. Good for these guys.

To me when a Paul Bittner leaves it is completely different from a player on a Top 15 team facing a solid schedule. Prior Lake has a chance to reach the state tournament and these kids will never be forgotten in their hometown if they do. You don't get the same thing playing Junior hockey in Iowa.

[Gotothenetman]

Well that helps avoid a 1st round loss. Will see if Joe can get by the semi's maybe

[O-townClown]

Why is Justin Kingery listed as leaving? He played on a fall midget team like almost every other kid. Did he leave school?

[BP]

Well that helps avoid a 1st round loss. Will see if Joe can get by the semi's maybe

Whoa!

[WestMetro]

Why is Justin Kingery listed as leaving? He played on a fall midget team like almost every other kid. Did he leave school?

As I said in my post above , all Lakers will now be back for the season !

[TheNightman]

Is Reed Kluender from SSP coming back? My guess would be no.

[ironranger2]

Can someone confirm what the current rules are with regards to these kids playing in juniors? Did they have to be back for the first day of practice to be eligible to play? Or is it similar to youth hockey where they have to be rostered by a certain time (i.e. 1st of the year).

I know last year was a little different with Covid, but I was wondering what the most current rules from MSHSL are.

There seems to be a thread on this every year, but it always seems to change on what is allowed.

[WestMetro]

A good article by Loren Nelson on the Prior Lake kids.

https://twitter.com/legacy_hockey/statu ... 82592?s=21