UNH Recruits Update: Feb-24-2014

Charlie Kelleher Ready
for USPHL Playoffs

Player of the Week - Charlie Kelleher

2013-14 has been the inaugural season for the 18U and 16U Divisions of the United States Premiere Hockey League. Over the February 16th weekend, the Boston Junior Bruins 18U team won four games and clinched the regular season title in the USPHL Northern Division. 2015 UNH Recruit Charlie Kelleher - a USPHL 18U All-Star - posted a goal and 4 assists including 2 game-winning assists. The Junior Bruins earned a bye in the opening round of the 18U Playoffs held this past weekend at the New England Sports Center in Marlborough, MA.

In the quarterfinal game on Sunday, the Junior Bruins and Bay State Breakers were tied 2-2 entering the third period. Kelleher had assisted on the Jr. B's first goal. A little over 12 minutes into the final stanza, Kelleher assisted on the game winning goal by Brett Strawn. Kelleher and the Jr. Bruins will play in one of the semifinal games next Saturday at Merrimack College's Lawler Arena. The USPHL 18U Championship Game will be played on Sunday at 1:00.

NOTE
The statistics for the recruits, presented in the table, are categorized by the year the player and UNH coaches have targeted for enrollment in UNH. For example, the "2014 Recruits" have a target of the Fall of 2014 to begin playing for UNH.

Player	Team	League	GP	Goals	Asst	Pts	PIM
2014 Recruits
Dylan Chanter  (D)	Vernon Vipers	BCHL	17	0	0	0	14
	Dubuque Fighting Saints	USHL	14	1	1	2	21
Adam Clark  (G)	Salmon Arm SilverBacks	BCHL	30	14W	14L	2.87	.911
Shane Eiserman  (F)	Dubuque Fighting Saints	USHL	37	10	16	26	65
Warren Foegele  (F)	St. Andrews College	CISAA	14	17	6	23	15
	Playoffs	CISAA	1	1	3	4	0
	St. Andrews College	MPHL	13	12	17	29	14
	Playoffs	MPHL	3	6	5	11	2
John Furgele  (D)	Jersey Hitmen	USPHL	43	7	28	35	16
Cameron Marks  (D)	Coquitlam Express	BCHL	55	4	22	26	12
Michael McNicholas  (F)	Vernon Vipers	BCHL	54	22	45	67	18
Andrew Poturalski  (F)	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	USHL	45	13	27	40	16
Jason Salvaggio  (F)	Indiana Ice	USHL	40	13	9	22	25
2015 Recruits
Rich Boyd  (D)	Cushing Academy	NEPSHC	31	10	30	40	-
Jason Kalinowski  (F)	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	USHL	42	5	20	25	56
Charlie Kelleher  (F)	Junior Bruins 18U	USPHL 18U	22	4	11	15	2
	Playoffs	USPHL 18U	1	0	2	2	0
	Junior Bruins Premiere	USPHL Premiere	2	2	2	4	0
Joseph Masonius  (D)	USA U17 Team	USHL	18	0	0	0	26
Chris Miller  (F)	Junior Bruins	USPHL	31	5	10	15	10
Danny Tirone  (G)	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	USHL	29	19W	8L	2.47	.920
Marcus Vela  (F)	Langley Rivermen	BCHL	52	11	10	21	37
2015 or '16 Recruits
Liam Darcy  (D)	Berwick Academy	NEPSHC	19	6	17	23	-
Patrick Grasso  (F)	Des Moines Bucs	USHL	44	8	8	16	9
Aaron O'Neill  (F)	Green Bay Gamblers	USHL	26	0	1	1	4
Ara Nazarian  (F)	Malden Catholic	Mass HS	20	20	27	47	-
Nick Nonis  (D)	Governor's Academy	NEPSHC	26	6	1	7	-
Brendan van Riemsdyk   (F)	Jersey Hitmen 18U	USPHL 18U	8	5	8	13	2
	Christian Brothers	Jersey Prep	12	17	13	30	-

News & Notes

United States Hockey League:

~ Two UNH recruits - Danny Tirone and Andrew Poturalski - were named to the midseason USHL All-Star Teams. 2015 recruit Danny Tirone was selected as the goalie for the First Team in the Eastern Conference. So far in his rookie season, Tirone has the 3rd best Save Percentage in the entire league (.920) and the 5th best Goals Against Average (2.47). He is currently on a 5-game winning streak for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders.

~ 2014 recruit Andrew Poturalski was named to the Second All-Star Team in the USHL Eastern Conference. He is currently tied for 9th in assists (27 in 45 games) in the USHL.

Prep School Hockey:

~ Over the weekend, 2014 UNH recruit Warren Foegele and St. Andrew's College won the Midwest Prep Hockey League Championship. The Saints defeated St. Francis High School 18-0 in the quarterfinals, and Stanstead College 5-2 in the semifinals.

In the Championship Game yesterday, St. Andrews defeated Ridley College 3-1. Foegele (#3 in Red Jersey) buried the Saints' third goal of the game on a beautiful feed from Matthew Kennedy:



Foegele was the leading scorer in the MPHL Playoffs with 6 goals and 5 assists in 3 games.

~ 2015 Recruit Rich Boyd finished the New England Prep School regular season strong posting 6 assists in the final three games. Boyd was the 2nd leading scorer among all New England Prep defensemen during the regular season. His 10 goals was the 2nd highest among the league's defensemen. He was just named to the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council's All-New England Team. The team is selected by the league's coaches.

Rich Boyd and his Cushing Academy teammates earned the 8th seed in the Elite 8 Division of the upcoming New England Prep Hockey Playoffs. The Penguins will face #1 Seed Salisbury School this Wednesday at 3:30 in Salisbury, CT.

High School Hockey:

~ 2015 or '16 recruit Ara Nazarian and the Malden Catholic Lancers were award the #2 Seed in the upcoming Massachusetts High School Super 8 Tournament. Nazarian was Malden Catholic's leading scorer in the regular season with 20 goals and 27 assists in 20 games.