Anders Lee to Harvard?

GopherHockeyRube · Post by **GopherHockeyRube** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:12 pm

Shooter in his column this morning stated that he has made a commitment to Harvard following Hornets teamate Marshall Everson? Your thoughts?

HShockeywatcher · Post by **HShockeywatcher** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:22 pm

Nice.

Sparlimb · Post by **Sparlimb** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:34 pm

Shooter is slightly more factual than Sid, but not much. I'd take that with a grain of salt and mayve read it to mean Anders Lee has heard the name "Harvard" before.

Lucia4President · Post by **Lucia4President** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:18 pm

Congratulations if this is true. I was hoping the Gophers would pick him up. He is a great player, and he should do well in college.

GopherHockeyRube · Post by **GopherHockeyRube** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:23 pm

Lucia4President wrote: I was hoping the Gophers would pick him up. He is a great player, and he should do well in college.

It would have been a real coup for the Gophers if they could have gotten Lee as well as convince Everson to back out of his committment to join Buddish at the U. Who really knows the Gophers interest though.

mnhcky23 · Post by **mnhcky23** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:41 am

So how reliable is this info? Has it been made clear that he is choosing hockey over football in college or not yet?

hockeywatcher4 · Post by **hockeywatcher4** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:47 am

Edina university is sure producing a boat load of talent

STC18 · Post by **STC18** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:49 am

I'm guessing he would pick hockey over football. That'd be a nice tandem for Harvard to pick up, congrats if he is actually goin there.

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:14 pm

STC18 wrote:That'd be a nice tandem for Harvard to pick up, congrats if he is actually goin there.

There you go, yet another example of a private school recruiting the best players! They should be forced to play in their own regional for the NCAA tournament!

DmanDad1980 · Post by **DmanDad1980** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:19 pm

Wow

I was really hoping the Gophers would land this kid

He is so strong in the offensive zone, not many Dmen can knock him off his feet, and the U needs more Lee types; strong, very good skater, good hands, and a player w/ hockey sense... something I have not seen in this years UofM squad

komada77 · Post by **komada77** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:15 am

DmanDad1980 wrote:Wow

I was really hoping the Gophers would land this kid

He is so strong in the offensive zone, not many Dmen can knock him off his feet, and the U needs more Lee types; strong, very good skater, good hands, and a player w/ hockey sense... something I have not seen in this years UofM squad

What team doesn't need more players like that?

EHSFan08 · Post by **EHSFan08** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:24 am

Ya, he and Marsh are both going to Harvard. I think it will be a great fit and it will be fun to watch those two kids at the next level together

SiouxRecruit · Post by **SiouxRecruit** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:05 pm

Congrats to Anders. Good player going to a pretty good team.

scoreboard33 · Post by **scoreboard33** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:09 pm

Congrats to Anders, but I am not as high on him as everyone else is. I think he looks at his skates and the puck too much and therefore doesn't see the ice as well as Everson and Budish and usually ends up missing an open pass. He usually ends up beating a defender and scoring anyway, but once someone can get him to skate with his head up, he will be a force to reckon with.

sticksuphigh · Post by **sticksuphigh** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:01 pm

scoreboard33 wrote:Congrats to Anders, but I am not as high on him as everyone else is. I think he looks at his skates and the puck too much and therefore doesn't see the ice as well as Everson and Budish and usually ends up missing an open pass. He usually ends up beating a defender and scoring anyway, but once someone can get him to skate with his head up, he will be a force to reckon with.

Too bad for him, you sound like a either a NHL scout or a Bantam B-2 player. That was very funny.

Goldy Gopher · Post by **Goldy Gopher** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:24 pm

scoreboard33 wrote:Congrats to Anders, but I am not as high on him as everyone else is. I think he looks at his skates and the puck too much and therefore doesn't see the ice as well as Everson and Budish and usually ends up missing an open pass. He usually ends up beating a defender and scoring anyway, but once someone can get him to skate with his head up, he will be a force to reckon with.

Ask the teams that he played against this year and I'm sure most of them will tell you that he is already a force to reckon with.

boblee · Post by **boblee** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:33 pm

It must be pretty well known by Harvard. I read an article about it online yesterday. I can't remember where it was though.

scoreboard33 · Post by **scoreboard33** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:58 pm

Goldy Gopher wrote:
scoreboard33 wrote:Congrats to Anders, but I am not as high on him as everyone else is. I think he looks at his skates and the puck too much and therefore doesn't see the ice as well as Everson and Budish and usually ends up missing an open pass. He usually ends up beating a defender and scoring anyway, but once someone can get him to skate with his head up, he will be a force to reckon with.
Ask the teams that he played against this year and I'm sure most of them will tell you that he is already a force to reckon with.

I think he is a very good player, he is probably the best player in the state with his speed, size, strength and shot. He knows where to go on the ice to score goals and is just as likely to fight for the pucks in corners and play defense as he is to score goals, however in the state tournament, when he was just about to receive the puck and when he got the puck, he would put his head down and kind of quit seeing the entire ice. It is just a very small thing, but he doesn't seem to be a great passer and especially when he has skated with the puck for a while he usually ends up shooting, even if a player has skated open along with him. It may seem like a small thing, however it hurts his ability to be a double threat on offense and if it goes uncorrected it will hurt his game at the next level.

Hockeyguy_27 · Post by **Hockeyguy_27** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:03 pm

I spoke to his father Friday and Lee has NOT committed to Harvard yet. This was premature but he still might go there. He is also getting recruited as a football QB by the Gophers and by a number of other D1 hockey schools.

mulefarm · Post by **mulefarm** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:40 pm

I heard he has a visit lined up to Wisconsin.

Edinagoalie0 · Post by **Edinagoalie0** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:48 pm

I'm not sure he's officially committed, but I know he plans on going to Harvard. There's no way that he would pick football over hockey, hes way better at hockey than he is at football.

scoreboard33 · Post by **scoreboard33** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:43 pm

Hockeyguy_27 wrote:I spoke to his father Friday and Lee has NOT committed to Harvard yet. This was premature but he still might go there. He is also getting recruited as a football QB by the Gophers and by a number of other D1 hockey schools.

I don't know that he would want to play QB for the Gophers as they have Gray coming in and Alipate commited. I think he still might play football and has all the tools to be a D1 QB.

DmanDad1980 · Post by **DmanDad1980** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:11 pm

komada77 wrote:
DmanDad1980 wrote:Wow

I was really hoping the Gophers would land this kid

He is so strong in the offensive zone, not many Dmen can knock him off his feet, and the U needs more Lee types; strong, very good skater, good hands, and a player w/ hockey sense... something I have not seen in this years UofM squad
What team doesn't need more players like that?

Kids with this kind of versatile ability don't come around often, and when one of the premier hockey schools in the country has a kid w/ this ability in its backyard...

Unfortunately looking at this years Gopher squad... they really do need this type of player to compliment the Ness & Lofquist (small, mobile, playmakers) type of players coming in...

This year U squad; zero finishers; zero playmakers; poor hands all around up front...

Would liked to have seen more of Budish/Everson/Lee as a unit for the U, instead it may be 1/3rd Gophers - 2/3rds Crimson... As a Gopher fan, not the best outcome... Greedy yes I know...

Goldy Gopher · Post by **Goldy Gopher** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:36 pm

DmanDad1980 wrote:
This year U squad; zero finishers; zero playmakers; poor hands all around up front...

I know they're down this year, but that might be a little bit of a stretch.

Video Guy · Post by **Video Guy** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:39 am

scoreboard33 wrote:
Hockeyguy_27 wrote:I spoke to his father Friday and Lee has NOT committed to Harvard yet. This was premature but he still might go there. He is also getting recruited as a football QB by the Gophers and by a number of other D1 hockey schools.
I don't know that he would want to play QB for the Gophers as they have Gray coming in and Alipate commited. I think he still might play football and has all the tools to be a D1 QB.

He could run the spread O better than Alipate. Gray has had a fractured wrist. I would look in to it. He can run he proved that as well.

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