More incoming freshman videos
Thanks to the Vancouver Canucks Web site, we have the opportunity to view Central Scouting video of 100 top-ranked draft eligibles, including three incoming freshmen. Colby Cohen is #25, Kevin Shattenkirk #34 and Nick Bonino #89. The Shattenkirk video is the same in the link posted here on June 6. Cohen, a right-shot defenseman, shown playing the left side, displays the blazing shot that made him the USHL’s top-scoring defenseman in more than five seasons. The Bonino clip shows exactly what one talent evaluator says about him: “First round draft choice hands, but his wheels will make him a third rounder.” If Mike Boyle can improve his skating, BU has quite a weapon.
Four Terriers to go (Junior National) camping
Two current Terriers and two incoming freshmen are among the 45 skaters invited to Lake Placid for the 2007 National Junior Evaluation Camp in August. Rising sophomores Brian Strait and Luke Popko and new recruits Kevin Shattenkirk and Colin Wilson will compete for spots on the U.S. squad that will travel to the Czech Republic in December for the IIHF World Junior Championships. Goalie Brett Bennett had attended a pre-camp goalie evaluation last month, but was not invited to Lake Placid. Even so, BU’s representation at the camp will total five because the Junior National Team coach is John Hynes, also coach of the 2007-2008 NTDP U18s.
USA Hockey has introduced version 2.0 of its Web site. It is a visual improvement, but still under construction and the archive portion of the site is not yet available.
There was more good news for Shattenkirk. Kevin Paul Dupont reported in The Globe’s Bruins Blog he was among five draft prospects invited to Boston for a battery of tests and interviews.
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