CIS off season (Recruiting)

RED ARMY EAST

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Recruiting

The Daily Gleaner has announced that Clapperton will be joining UNB. He is expected to play this weekend.
The pipeline
UNB- 7 OHL, 6 QJHL, 2 WHL, 1 USA. UNB has shifted recruiting from the WHL to the Q in the past couple of years. Since Kevin Dickie left for Acadia, the V-Reds have had little influence from the West. The shift has been to the Q. UNB had as many as 7-8 WHL players when they hosted in 2012. I remember the complaints from Alberta after a lopsided exhibition loss to UNB at Claire Drake Arena, that recruits like Kyle Bailey, Daine Todd, Ben Wright, etc were being lured to UNB. In fact, it was word of mouth from these guys, the players did the recruiting!!
ST FX- 6 OHL, 6 WHL, 3 USA. Strong influence from the Western Hockey League.
Acadia- 7, OHL, 6 WHL. Also heavy recruiting from the WHL.
SMU- OHL-11, WHL-3. Always recruit heavy from the OHL.
So why are Western players choosing Acadia or X?? Is it word of mouth or are they being enticed?? Or is it their wish to go to a competitive environment with a good fan base ?
 
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Today's article in the Chronicle Herald says SMU did not add anyone over the break as they are expected to get Duffy/Johnston/Doornbosch back tomorrow night. Tipoff (broken hand) and D'Orazio (upper body) remain out.

Stienburg said "knowing that we'll probably have all five of them back at some point, it didn't make sense to bring someone else in."
 

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When do CIS Universities start recruiting for the 2016-17 season? And if known, when do they normally want a signing/commitment by?
 

AdamMcg83

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When do CIS Universities start recruiting for the 2016-17 season? And if known, when do they normally want a signing/commitment by?

Early recruiting is happening right now, but commitments are rare before the April/May timeframe. OA major junior players won't make public their plans until after their junior teams are eliminated, and coaches usually won't announce commitments until the player has gained official admission into school.
 

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More Guys are starting to commit school earlier if they know where they want to go and that school has limited space available on team.

This recruiting year, has seen more guy commit early than I can remember. Example : PEI, Western, SMU, Ottawa have early commitments of note. And I am sure there are more that we don't know about until said player gets accepted in school.
 

leafhky88

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Also add:

D - Kyle Locke (Aurora, OJHL) - UOIT
F - John Deacon (Valley, MHL) - Ottawa
G - Alex Fotinos (Aurora, OJHL) - York
D - Elie Berube (Chicoutimi, QMJHL) - UQTR
D - Allan Caron (Rouyn-Noranda, QMJHL) - UQTR
 

leafhky88

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Does anyone have a complete list for Ottawa.

Per the CIS LOI (and some from MHL) site, also add:

F - Christian Antoski (Nepean, EBJCHL) - RMC
F - Gabriel Slight (Drummondville, QMJHL) - UQTR
F - Malik Johnson (Campbellton, MHL) - UOIT
D - Michael Poirier (Dieppe, MHL) - Ottawa
F - Mathieu Newcomb (Dieppe, MHL) - Ottawa
D - Anthony Beaulieu (Acadie-Bathurst, QMJHL) - Ottawa
F - Antoine Pouliot (Baie-Comeau, QMJHL) - Ottawa
F - John Deacon (Valley, MHL) - Ottawa
F - Cody Drover (Dieppe, MHL) - Ottawa
F - Tristan Frei (Melfort, SJHL) - Regina

For Ottawa they sit at:
D - Matt Dunlop (Markham, OJHL)
F - Brendan Jacome (Georgetown, OJHL)
F - Marco Azzano (Markham, OJHL)
D - Michael Poirier (Dieppe, MHL)
F - Mathieu Newcomb (Dieppe, MHL)
D - Anthony Beaulieu (Acadie-Bathurst, QMJHL)
F - Antoine Pouliot (Baie-Comeau, QMJHL)
F - John Deacon (Valley, MHL)
F - Cody Drover (Dieppe, MHL)
 

tarkus26

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Heard Ryan Falkenham (ex Halifax Moosehead captain) will be suiting up for Dalhousie in the Fall. Missed all of this season after undergoing hip surgery.
 

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Conor McGlynn Kingston Frontenacs & Adam Bateman (Formerly of Saint John Sea Dogs) heading to SMU
 

connor macdavid

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Per the CIS LOI (and some from MHL) site, also add:

For Ottawa they sit at:
D - Matt Dunlop (Markham, OJHL)
F - Brendan Jacome (Georgetown, OJHL)
F - Marco Azzano (Markham, OJHL)
D - Michael Poirier (Dieppe, MHL)
F - Mathieu Newcomb (Dieppe, MHL)
D - Anthony Beaulieu (Acadie-Bathurst, QMJHL)
F - Antoine Pouliot (Baie-Comeau, QMJHL)

F - John Deacon (Valley, MHL)
F - Cody Drover (Dieppe, MHL)

Beaulieu actually joins the team from Quebec's junior A league. Had an unspectacular four-year Q career mainly w/Victoriaville before getting released as an OA this year by Acadie-Bathurst.

Pouliot joins from the same team as Beaulieu (Saint-Agathe) in the Quebec Junior A league. Played one full year in the Q (2014-15 w/Baie-Comeau).

Neither one stands out, but Grandmaitre has done well to nail down one legitimate major junior player in Beaulieu.
 

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According to the CIS Letter of Intent page...UPEI has added former NHL draft picks D Austin Levi (3rd round in 2010, played AHL/ECHL in 13/14 and 14/15 but no mention of where he played this past year) and F Cody Payne (5th round in 2012, also no mention of where he played this past year).

It also mentions Riley Wittingham, but there is no mention of him on eliteprospects.com. This is in addition to D Bobby Zinkan, which was announced earlier.
 

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