USA Hockey Boys & Girls National Development Camps Underway

Girls Select 17/18

Wisconsin Players
G-Rachel Weber- Green
D-Brittany Carlson- Teal
D-Maggie Mickelson- Royal
F-Dawson Bancroft-Short- Gold
F-Brookley Rogers- Red

Former Wisconsin Player
G-Barb Bilko- Orange

Future Badgers
D-Ann Dronen- Teal
F-Hillary Knight- Royal
D-Olivia Jakiel- Royal

Today is the first day of game action. At this point the new USA Hockey website does not work nearly as well as the previous version, and I can't pull any game information off their site for the Girls Select 17/18. I have managed to get some for the Boys Select 16. At any rate, use the links provided for each player to see if the stats get updated eventually.


Boys Select 16

Wisconsin Players
G-Kyle Miller- Royal
D-Eric Johnson- Maroon
F-Cody Johnson- Royal
F-Nick Widing- Grey
F-Sean Little- Grey
F-Kord Miller- Maroon

Indicated He's Interested in Badgers
D-Bjorn Krupp- Royal

From the information I've been able to piece together, Royal downed Grey 8-2, while Maroon beat Navy 6-5. Nick Widing had an assist, Sean Little had a penalty, and Bjorn Krupp had a penalty. Eric Johnson is credited with one goal and two points, but no assists. The stats for every game are not working properly, so

National Select Camps: Boys Select 16/Girls Select 17 & 18

Here are the Boys Select 16 numbers after two days of games:

Wisconsin Players
G-Kyle Miller- Royal -No numbers available
D-Eric Johnson- Maroon -One goal and one assist (but is listed w/3 points total)
F-Cody Johnson- Royal -No stats yet
F-Nick Widing- Grey -one assist total
F-Sean Little- Grey -one assist
F-Kord Miller- Maroon -one and a half penalty minutes total

Indicated He's Interested in Badgers
D-Bjorn Krupp- Royal -one and a half penalty minutes total

Here are the Girls Select 17/18 numbers after one game:

Wisconsin Players
G-Rachel Weber- Green -No stats available
D-Brittany Carlson- Teal -No stats yet
D-Maggie Mickelson- Royal -Two penalty minutes
F-Dawson Bancroft-Short- Gold -Two penalty minutes
F-Brookley Rogers- Red -One goal, but credited with 2 points

Former Wisconsin Player
G-Barb Bilko- Orange -No stats available

Future Badgers
D-Ann Dronen- Teal -No stats yet
F-Hillary Knight- Royal -One goal, but credited with 2 points
D-Olivia Jakiel- Royal -No stats yet

Boys Select 16 & Girls Select 17/18

The USA Hockey Boys Select 16 Camp did not have games yesterday, but the Girls Select 17/18 Camp had a full slate. Here are the 4th day stats for Wisconsin players at the camp, as well as their stats totals for the first four days:

F Emily Kranz Green-1G, 1 P Totals: 4 G, 2 P
F Holly Lorms Orange-1 G, Totals: 2 G, 1 A, 1 P
D Maggie Mickelson Orange-None Totals: 1 P
F Abbey Olejniczak Red-None Totals: 1 A, 1 P
D Sue Schmitz Royal-1 P Totals: 1 G, 1 P
D Sam Turner Teal-1 P Totals: 3 P

The Brianna Decker Show/Girls Select 16 National Development Camp

Brianna Decker has been lighting up the Girls Select 16 National Development Camp. She currently leads all scorers after 3 games with 9 points....all of which are goals. Jamie Kenyon is tied for seventh in scoring at the camp with 4 points, while Lauren Unser has 3 points.

The top scorers can be found here, the goaltender numbers at this link and the results from all the games here.

Here's the list of Wisconsin players at this camp:

D Ashley Hietpas-Gold
D Corinne Imobersteg-Green
F Brianna Decker-White
F Jamie Kenyon-Royal
F Lauren Unser-Green

I've been high on Decker for a long time, and I hope UW can get her on board for the 2009-2010 season.

Girls Select 16 National Development Camp

The Girls Select 16 National Development Camp is underway. There are no scores for today's games posted yet, so here are the Wisconsin players participating:

D Ashley Hietpas-Gold
D Corinne Imobersteg-Green
F Brianna Decker-White
F Jamie Kenyon-Royal
F Lauren Unser-Green

Girls Select 16 National Development Camp

Brianna Decker finished the Girls Select 16 National Development Camp tied for first in scoring with 11 goals and no assists for 11 points. Jamie Kenyon finished fifth in points with 5 goals and 3 assists for 8 points.

Final Stats-Girls Select 15/16

There are seven girls with Wisconsin ties attending the USA Hockey Girls Select 15/16 Camp. Here are their fifth day stats, as well as their totals for the camp:

F Dawson Bancroft Short (Prairie Du Sac)-None Total: 1 G, 2 Pim
D Brittany Carlson (Hudson)-2 Pim Total: 2 A, 10 Pim
F Brianna Decker (Dousman)-1 G, 1 A, 6 Pim Total: 4 G, 2 A, 14 Pim
D Ashley Hietpas (Little Chute)-1 A Total: 2 A, 6 Pim
F Jamie Kenyon (Sparta)-None Total: 2 G, 3 A, 6 Pim
F Amanda Kessel (Verona)-2 Pim Total: 5 G, 8 Pim
F Kimberly Tess-Wanat (Fond du Lac)-1 G, 2 A Total: 3 G, 2 A

Brianna Decker tied for 5th in scoring with 6 points, while Amanda Kessel, Kimberly Tess-Wanat and Jamie Kenyon finished tied for 10th in scoring with 5 points.

USA Hockey Girls Select 15/16 Camp-Day 3

There are seven girls with Wisconsin ties attending the USA Hockey Select 15/16 Camp. Here are their third day stats, as well as their three day totals:

F Dawson Bancroft Short (Prairie Du Sac)-None Total: 2 Pim
D Brittany Carlson (Hudson)-1 G, 1 A, 2 Pim Total: 1 G, 1 A, 8 Pim
F Brianna Decker (Dousman)-4 Pim Total: 2 G, 1 A, 8 Pim
D Ashley Hietpas (Little Chute)-None Total: 1 A, 6 Pim
F Jamie Kenyon (Sparta)-2 Pim Total: 1 G, 1 A, 6 Pim
F Amanda Kessel (Verona)-2 Pim Total: 2 Pim
F Kimberly Tess-Wanat (Fond du Lac)-None Total: 2 G

Other than Brittany Carlson, it was a pretty slow day on the good side of the stat sheet for the Wisconsin girls...

Four Down, One to Go for Girls Select 14's

The girls Select 14 Festival is underway in Rochester, New York. The following girls are there from Wisconsin, and here are their stats for the fourth day of games and their total stats for the Festival:

F-Macauly Bauer, Sheboygan-None Total: 1 G, 1 A, 2 Pim
D-Keela Patterson, Wisconsin Rapids-None Total: 1 G, 1 A, 4 Pim
D-Kelly Jaminski, Wisconsin Rapids-None Total: 1 A
D-Madison Kolls, Hudson-None Total: 2 A, 6 Pim
G-Alexandria Rigsby, Delafield-23 min, 16 shots, 15 saves, 1 ga Total: 92 min, 52 shots, 49 saves, .942 save pctg., 3 ga, 1.50 gaa-gave up one shootout goal

Day 4-Girls Select 15/16 Camp

There are seven girls with Wisconsin ties attending the USA Hockey Select 15/16 Camp. Here are their fourth day stats, as well as their four day totals:

F Dawson Bancroft Short (Prairie Du Sac)-1 G Total: 1 G, 2 Pim
D Brittany Carlson (Hudson)-None Total: 2 A, 8 Pim
F Brianna Decker (Dousman)-1 G Total: 3 G, 1 A, 8 Pim
D Ashley Hietpas (Little Chute)-None Total: 1 A, 6 Pim
F Jamie Kenyon (Sparta)-1 G, 2 A Total: 2 G, 3 A, 6 Pim
F Amanda Kessel (Verona)-5 G, 4 Pim Total: 5 G, 6 Pim
F Kimberly Tess-Wanat (Fond du Lac)-None Total: 2 G

Amanda Kessel had no points coming into today's game. She scored 5 goals today and racked up 4 penalty minutes when she wasn't scoring...Kessel and Kenyon are both in the top 10 in points with 5 a piece, with Decker close behind with 4 points-which puts her in the top 20 in points.

USA Hockey Girls Select 15/16 Camp-Day Two

There are seven girls with Wisconsin ties attending the USA Hockey Select 15/16 Camp. Here are their second day stats, as well as their two day totals:

F Dawson Bancroft Short (Prairie Du Sac)-None Total: 2 Pim
D Brittany Carlson (Hudson)-6 Pim Total: 6 Pim
F Brianna Decker (Dousman)-2 Pim Total: 2 G, 1 A, 4 Pim
D Ashley Hietpas (Little Chute)-1 A, 6 Pim Total: 1 A, 6 Pim
F Jamie Kenyon (Sparta)-1 G, 2 Pim Total: 1 G, 1 A, 4 Pim
F Amanda Kessel (Verona)-None Total: None
F Kimberly Tess-Wanat (Fond du Lac)-2 G Total: 2 G

Updates

I'm just back from vacation and thought I'd put out these updates first:

The July 1st cutdown of rosters from 30 players to 25 players took a pretty big toll on Wisconsin players. Here's the players whose status changed:

Jefferson Dahl-Des Moines-Was on protected list, now on affiliated list
Seth Soley-Green Bay-Was on protected list, now on affiliated list
Nick Graves-Green Bay-Was on protected list, now not listed
Niko Kapetanovic-Ohio-Was on protected list, now not listed
Jake Drewiske-Sioux Falls-Was not on their protected list and now is
Tedd Falk-Sioux Falls-Was on protected list, now not listed
Sean Wiles-Tri-City-Was on protected list, now not listed


Matt Ford scored a goal at Prospects Camp off an assist from Patrick Kane. Kane was playing on a line with Jonathan Toews, so I can just imagine how many chances Ford would have gotten if he was on a line with those two....


At the Boys Select 16 Camp, Nick Widing and Sean Little had the best numbers of the Wisconsin forwards, while Kyle Miller finished about 2/3 of the way down the goaltender list.


Brookley Rogers ended up as the top Wisconsin forward in terms of numbers of points at the Girls Select 17/18 Camp. Rachel Weber and Barb Bilko both finished around the end of the top 1/3 players or so for goaltenders.

Three Games Down at National Camps...

USA Hockey seems to have scrapped their website for now and are using the same stats package they use for Chicago Showcase. Hopefully that will make relaying players' statistics much easier and more reliable....

Here are the Boys Select 16 numbers after three days of games:

Wisconsin Players

G-Kyle Miller- Royal -75 minutes played, saved 29 of 31=93.55%, .067 GAA
D-Eric Johnson- Maroon -One penalty today, one goal, one assist and one penatly overall
F-Cody Johnson- Royal -No stats yet
F-Nick Widing- Grey -one assist today, two assists total
F-Sean Little- Grey -one assist today, two assists & three penalties total
F-Kord Miller- Maroon -one penalty total

Indicated He's Interested in the Badgers
D-Bjorn Krupp- Royal -one and a half penalty minutes total


Here are the Girls Select 17/18 numbers after two or three games (half the games from today still are not recorded):

Wisconsin Players
G-Rachel Weber- Green -25 minutes, saved 13 of 13, 0 GAA-2 games played
D-Brittany Carlson- Teal -1 penalty today, 4 penalties total-3 games played
D-Maggie Mickelson- Royal -1 penalty today, 3 penalties total-3 games played
F-Dawson Bancroft-Short- Gold -2 penalty minutes total-3 games played
F-Brookley Rogers- Red -1 assist today-1 goal, 2 assists and 1 penalty total-3 games played

Former Wisconsin Player
G-Barb Bilko- Orange -50 minutes played, saved 29 of 31, 93.55 sv. %, .67 GAA-3 games played
Future Badgers
D-Ann Dronen- Teal -No stats yet-3 games played
F-Hillary Knight- Royal -2 goals today-3 goals, 1 assist & 1 penalty total-3 games played
D-Olivia Jakiel- Royal -No stats yet-3 games played

Eight Wisconsinites or UW Women's Players in Chowder Cup

The Women's Chowder Cup Tournament is underway, with three different teams carrying UW players or Wisconsinites. The most interesting is probably the Minnesota Ice Cats Elite. Forward & Wisconsinite Emily Kranz, who will be a Sophomore this season, is on the team along with incoming defensive recruit Amile Windmeier. Most players on this team are 1988 birthdates, with some 1989 birthdates. The lone exception is forward & Wisconsinite Brianna Decker who is a 1991 birthdate. Decker is fresh off of dominating the Girls Select 16 National Development Camp. It's very telling that a group of players who are all returning or incoming Division I hockey players made an exception for a player who is going to be a Junior in high school.

The other teams in the tournament featuring UW players are the East Coast Wizards and Junior Bruins Black. Returning forward Meggan Duggan and returning forward Erika Lawler are playing for the Wizards while incoming Forward Hilary Knight and returning forward Kyla Sanders are playing for the Junior Bruins Black.

In the first day of action, the Minnesota Ice Cats Elite faced off against the East Coast Wizards, as they are in the same bracket. The Ice Cats prevailed by a score of 4-3. Meghan Duggan had a goal for the Wizards, while Brianna Decker had a goal for the Ice Cats. The Junior Bruins dismantled their first day opponent 10-0 with Hilary Knight scoring 3 goals and tallying 3 assists, and Kyla Sanders scored 2 goals.

The Women's Chowder Cup AA bracket, which features all of the aforementioned teams, can be found here.

Girls with Wisconsin Ties at the USA Hockey Select 15/16 Camp

There are seven girls with Wisconsin ties attending the USA Hockey Select 15/16 Camp. Here are their first day stats totals:

F Dawson Bancroft Short (Prairie Du Sac)-2 Pim
D Brittany Carlson (Hudson)-None
F Brianna Decker (Dousman)-2 G, 1 A, 2 Pim
D Ashley Hietpas (Little Chute)-None
F Jamie Kenyon (Sparta)-1 A, 2 Pim
F Amanda Kessel (Verona)-None
F Kimberly Tess-Wanat (Fond du Lac)-None

Guess Who's Back...Back Again....

No, it's not Slim Shady, it's DPlaya. I just got back from what was the least relaxing excuse for a vacation I have ever been on. Two years in a row now my Summer escape to the North woods has sucked...Last year illness to our then 1-year old forced an early end to our vacation when we packed up at 2 AM to get back home where we could find an open pharmacy/medical attention. This year four separate plumbing problems at the cabin we were staying at really put a damper on things as it's a family-owned cabin and repairs had to be made on the spot...maybe we won't even try to have a Summer getaway next year!

I've started to catch up on all the happenings over the past 4 days and put up a couple of posts already. Looks like the games at the USA Hockey Boys Select 17 start the night of Sunday, July 9th, and the Girls Select 15/16 games start the night of Monday, July 10th. I'll have a breakdown of each day's point totals for all players with Wisconsin ties, as well as their cumulative numbers so stop back again soon.

Vacation Time

I'm packing up the DPlaya family and heading for the Northwoods of Wisconsin through the coming weekend. I'll be back with posts on players with Wisconsin ties at the USA Hockey Boys Select 17 and the Girls Select 15/16 as they both begin on July 8th. Hopefully the USHL and/or it's teams will also release their 25-man rosters by then as well so I can break that down upon my return. So far, only Omaha has done so.

Bantam Select 15's for Chicago Tryouts

Here is the list of Bantam Select 15's that made the Chicago Tryout.

I had mentioned that seven of the eight forwards that made the tryout in my journal entry about the WAHA Festival late last month, as well as four of the six defensemen. Not bad for limited viewing of 64 forwards, 40 defensemen and 16 goaltenders. At the same time I was watching the girls WAHA Festival with 54 forwards, 36 defensemen and 12 goaltenders. That's 222 players to watch over a day and a half with games being played on two rinks simultaneously!