In addition to the Jacks’ 30-man protected list, which includes returning players and signed tenders, Cressman and Jackalopes Assistant Coach and Director of Scouting Craig Sarner selected a trio of players from the St. Louis Blues U18 program (Brady Crabtree – F, Thomas Stahlhuth – D, Brandon Wilson – D).
Stewart recorded 3 goals and 13 assists last season. Prior to that he played for the St. Louis Amateur Blues. Lucas attended this year’s Pre Draft Camp and was a standout on the blue line.
Kolaz posted 17 goals and 20 assists in 40 games last season. He helped lead the Amatuer Blues to the Central District Championship. Kolaz attended this season’s Pre Draft Camp.
In the first round, the Warriors picked sixth overall and took forward Alec Pellegrino. Pellegrino is a 1995 birth year, who spent his 2012-13 season with the St. Louis Amateur Blues U18 team of the MWEHL. Pellegrino had 34 points in 35 games including 112 minuets in penalties. The 6’0, 194 lbs. Pellegrino is a native of Swansea, IL.
First Wenatchee Wild winger Jacob Barber (Dardenne Prairie, Mo.) helped assure that there would be a Game 5 in his team’s NAHL West Division semifinal series against the Fresno Monsters with a 2-goal effort Thursday in the fourth game of the series. Then he dominated Game 5 of the series Sunday with a hat trick that led the Wild to a 4-1 win over the Monsters and earned them a spot in the West Division finals.
The St. Louis Jr. Blues regular season leading scorer, Cody Guidorzi, has signed a tender with the Port Huron Falcons of the NAHL for next season.
The Michigan Warriors are right back in the playoff hunt in the North Division and got a big boost this weekend thanks to a road sweep of the Springfield Jr. Blues. Warriors goaltender Trevor Gorsuch, 18, started and won both games over the weekend as the native of St. Charles, Missouri, stopped 81 of a combined 83 shots in the two games and allowed just two goals all weekend, which included his second shutout of the season.
Jr. Blue forward Brycon Johnson has signed a tender to play for the Aberdeen Wings in 2013-14. Johnson is 3rd in team scoring and becomes the 2nd 1996 birth year Jr. Blues player to sign a tender for next year.
The Minot Minotauros are proud to announce that goaltender Tyler Parks has committed to play NCAA Division 1 Hockey for the St. Lawrence Saints next season. Parks is the first player to commit to a D1 program in Minotauros’ season and a half of existence.
3 St. Louis Area Goaltenders have been named to the 2013 NAHL Prospects Team:
Trevor Gorsuch – Michigan Warriors (Great Lakes)
Tyler Parks – Minot Minatours (Frontier)
Spencer Viele – Topeka Roadrunners (Midwest)
The North American Hockey League (NAHL) has announced the rosters for next month’s NAHL Top Prospects Tournament, presented by Combat Hockey, which will be held from February 18-20 at the Troy Sports Center in Troy, Michigan.
Michigan Warriors goalie Trevor Gorsuch came into this season fresh off an 18th birthday and as one of the elder statesman on a roster among the youngest in the North American Hockey League.
