Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Wisconsin Players on USHL Protected Lists

The USHL Blog has compiled the protected list for 2007-2008 for each USHL team. I took a look at all of the lists, and have broken out the Wisconsin players on each:

Cedar Rapids-Michael Johnson, Madison Capitals
-Eric Springer, Team Illinois
Chicago-Aaron Schmit, Culver
Des Moines-Jefferson Dahl, Eau Claire Memorial
Green Bay-Nick Graves, Green Bay Jr. Gamblers
-Ryan Little, Fond du Lac HS
-Seth Soley, Eau Claire Memorial
Indiana-Brent Gwidt, Lakeland HS
Lincoln-Travis Erstad, SPASH
-Ross Henry, Team Illinois
Affiliated List for Lincoln-Taylor Kuypers, Madison Edgewood
Ohio-Justin Cseter, Menomonie HS
-Niko Kapetanovic, Wisconsin AAA
Omaha-Jake Hauswirth, Marquette Rangers NAHL
-Justin Johnson, Eau Claire North
-Matt Thurber, Madison Capitals
Sioux City-Kyle Lundey, Middleton
Sioux Falls-Tedd Falk, Homestead HS
-Sam Zabkowicz, Culver
Tri-City-Kyle Ensign, New Richmond HS
-Sean Wiles, Beloit
Waterloo-Blake Kessel, Madison Capitals
-Keegan Meuer, Madison Capitals/Memorial HS
-Brett Olson, Superior HS
-Craig Smith, Madison Capitals
Affiliated List for Waterloo-Brock Montpetit

Note that Sioux Falls did not protect Jake Drewiske.

In 2006-2007 there were 22 Wisconsinites on USHL rosters. There are currently 24 Wisconsinites on USHL protected lists and 2 Wisconsinites on USHL affiliated lists.