Running list of Division I men’s players who have left school before graduating, since the end of the 2003-04 season. “Yr.” indicates the player’s most recent season.
School Player Yr. Status ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Alaska-Anchorage Curtis Glencross So. signed with Anaheim (NHL) Alaska-Anchorage Chris Fournier So. academically ineligible, left school Alaska-Fairbanks Aaron Voros Jr. signed with New Jersey (NHL) Boston University Ryan Whitney Jr. signed with Pittsburgh (NHL) Clarkson Matt Nickerson Fr. signed with Dallas (NHL) Massachusetts Greg Mauldin Jr. signed with Columbus (NHL) Maine Luc Aquino Fr. left team for major junior Maine Dustin Penner Jr. signed with Anaheim (NHL) Michigan Dwight Helminen Jr. signed with New York Rangers (NHL) Michigan State Lee Falardeau Jr. signed with New York Rangers (NHL) Michigan State Brock Radunske Jr. signed with Edmonton (NHL) Minnesota Keith Ballard Jr. signed with Phoenix (NHL) Minnesota Jake Taylor Fr. signed with New York Rangers (NHL) Minnesota Thomas Vanek So. signed with Buffalo (NHL) New Hampshire Ed Caron So. signed with Edmonton (NHL) North Dakota Brandon BochenskiJr. signed with Ottawa (NHL) North Dakota Zach Parise So. signed with New Jersey (NHL) North Dakota Nate Ziegelmann Fr. left school with the purpose of transferring St. Cloud State Tim Conboy So. cut from team, signed with San Jose (NHL) St. Cloud State Adam Coole Jr. graduated, foregoing senior year of eligibility St. Cloud State Garrett Larson Jr. released from team Union Bryan Campbell So. left team to concentrate on academics Union Tim Roth So. left team Union Max Seel Jr. left team to concentrate on academics Union Brent Williams Jr. left team Western Michigan Jeremy Cheyne Jr. lost eligibility, signed with Greenville (ECHL) Wisconsin Tom Sawatske So. left team for juniors Wisconsin Ryan Suter Fr. signed with Nashville (NHL) Yale Joe Callahan Jr. signed with Phoenix (NHL)
Players to Watch
Prominent underclassmen USCHO is keeping an eye on to see if they turn pro. Year listed is one just completed.
School Player Yr. Status ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Maine Jimmy Howard So. Drafted -- Detroit, 2nd (64th), 2003
Transfers
Players who have transferred this offseason, and will therefore be eligible in Sept. 2005 (Findlay players are immediately eligible due to that school dropping its program).
Name To From ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Batavanja Michigan Tech Findlay J.R. Bria Mass.-Lowell Colgate Scott Drewicki-* Merrimack Denver Jeremy Hall-* Mass.-Lowell Niagara Will Hooper Wayne State Findlay Jon Horrell Bowling Green Findlay Bobby Goepfert St. Cloud State Providence Ray Jean Bentley Maine Kenny Macaulay Vermont Findlay Larry Sterling Minnesota State Findlay Brandon Straub Colorado College Findlay Kris Wiebe Niagara Findlay Kurt Wright Robert Morris Findlay *-Eligible spring 2005
Coaching Changes
School New Coach Old Coach Reason for Departure ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alaska-Fairbanks Tavis MacMillan Guy Gadowsky Left for Princeton Army Brian Riley Rob Riley Retired Harvard Ted Donato Mark Mazzoleni Left for Green Bay (USHL) North Dakota Dave Hakstol Dean Blais Left for Columbus (NHL) Princeton Guy Gadowsky Len Quesnelle Fired D-III Babson Jamie Rice Paul Donato Retired Hamline Chris Brown Pat Cullen Resigned Marian Jasen Wise Chris Brown Left for Hamline Neumann Dennis Williams Nick Russo Resigned Nichols Lou Izzi Mark Jago Resigned St. Scholastica Cory Borys Resigned Wentworth Jonathan Deptula Bill Bowes Resigned Women Bowdoin Michele Amidon Kevin McGonagle Left for Robert Morris (was interim at Bowdoin) Colby Dave Venditti Jen Holsten Resigned (now assistant coach) Maine Guy Perron Rick Filighera Fired Mass.-Boston Laura Schuler Left for Northeastern Northeastern Laura Schuler Joy Woog Resigned Robert Morris Kevin McGonagle None New Program Southern Maine Amanda Adams Dave Venditti Left for Colby St. Olaf Tom Osiecki Resigned Union Tim Gerrish Fred Quistgard Resigned
