Season Preview - Part V: Freshmen by Team

The WCHA Blog’s season preview continues today by looking at each WCHA team’s freshman class for the 2007-08 season. On occasion a team can elect to alter their plans later in the month by brining in an additional player (such as SCSU recruit Luca Cunti being cleared by the NCAA Clearinghouse), but these should be up to date.

For each player, I’ve listed out their position, name, team and league where they played last year, and their age as of Oct. 31, 2007.

Season Preview Archive
Part I: Conference Schedules
Part II: Non-Conference Schedules
Part III: Top 5 Returning Scorers By Team
Part IV: Goal Production Lost By Team

Alaska Anchorage

F – Sean Wiles (Tri-City – USHL) / 20
F – Craig Parkinson (Cowichan Valley – BCHL) / 21
F – Nick Haddad (Fairbanks – NAHL) / 20
F – Tommy Grant (Westside – BCHL) / 21
F – Winston Daychief (Cowichan Valley – BCHL) / 19
F – Brad McCabe (Alaska – NAHL) / 19
D – Luka Vidmar (Chicago – USHL) / 21
D – Kane Lafranchise (Spruce Grove – AJHL) / 19
G – Matthew Gordon (Burnaby – BCHL) / 20
G – Aaron Mayo (South Anchorage High School – USHS) / 18

Colorado College

F – Tyler Johnson (Cloquet High School) / 18
F – Stephen Schultz (Lincoln – USHL) / 19
D – Ryan Lowery (Lincoln – USHL) / 19
D – Brett Wysopal (Tri-City – USHL) / 19
G – Tyler O’Brien (St. Paul’s Prep School, Concord, N.H.) / 19
G – Richard Bachman (Cedar Rapids – USHL) / 20

Denver

F – Steve Cunningham (Burnaby – BCHL) / 21
F – Dusty Jackson (Southern Minnesota – NAHL) / 21
F- Tyler Bozek (Victoria – BCHL) / 21
F – Jesse Martin (Tri-City – USHL) / 19
F – Kyle Ostrow (Nanaimo – BCHL) / 20
F – Anthony Maiani (Sioux City – USHL) / 18
D – Jon Cook (Camrose – AJHL) / 21
D – Chris Nutini (Wichita Falls – NAHL) / 20
D – John Ryder (Ohio – USHL) / 18
D – Joey Brehm (Edina High School – USHS) / 18
G – Marc Cheverie (Nanaimo – BCHL) / 20
G – Eddie Guinn (Cleveland – CSHL) / 20

Michigan Tech

F – Casey Pierro-Zabotel (Merritt – BCHL) / 18
F – Bennett Royer (Calgary – AJHL) / 19
F – Eric Kattelus (Indiana – USHL) / 20
F – Jordan Baker (Olds – AJHL) / 19
D – Deron Cousens (Penticton – BCHL) / 20

Minnesota

F – Drew Fisher (Sioux Falls – USHL) / 20
F – Patrick White (Grand Rapids High School) / 18
F – Mike Hoeffel (USNTDP) / 18
D – Stu Bickel (Sioux Falls – USHL) / 21
D – Cade Fairchild (USNTDP) / 18
D – Kevin Wehrs (Cedar Rapids – USHL) / 19
G – Alex Kangas (Indiana – USHL) / 20

Minnesota Duluth

F – Mike Montgomery (Southern Minnesota – NAHL) / 21
F – Rob Bordson (Cedar Rapids – USHL) / 19
F – Kyle Schmidt (Fairbanks – NAHL) / 20
F – Justin Fontaine (Bonnyville – AJHL) / 19
F – Cody Danberg (Nanaimo – BCHL) / 20
D – Chad Huttel (Hermantown High School) / 18
D – Evan Oberg (Camrose – AJHL) / 19
G – Kenny Reiter (Alaska / St. Louis – NAHL) / 21

Minnesota State

F – Brett Peterson (Indiana – USHL) / 19
F – Mike Louwerse (Blake High School) / 19
F – Andy Sackrison (Tri-City – USHL) / 19
F – Ryan Galiardi (Alexandria – NAHL) / 21
D – Kurt Davis (Green Bay – USHL) / 21
D – Channing Boe (Green Bay – USHL) / 21
D – Ben Youds (Shattuck-St. Mary’s – USHS) / 19
D – Peter Lompado (Shattuck-St. Mary’s – USHS) / 18
G – Austin Lee (Fargo-Moorhead – NAHL) / 19

North Dakota

F – Brett Davidson (Neepawa – MJHL) / 20
F – Matt Frattin (Fort Saskatchewan – AJHL) / 19
F – Brad Malone (Sioux Falls – USHL) / 18
F – Evan Trupp (Penticton – BCHL) / 20
D – Derrick LaPoint (Green Bay – USHL) / 19
D – Jake Marto (Omaha – USHL) / 21

St. Cloud State

F – Tony Mosey (Salmon Arm – BCHL) / 19
F – Aaron Marvin (Warroad High School) / 19
F – Nick Oslund (Tri-City – USHL) / 19
F – Brian Volpei (Salmon Arm – BCHL) / 19
F – Garret Roe (Indiana – USHL) / 19
D – Brett Barta (Waterloo – USHL) / 20
G – Dan Dunn (Wellington – OPJHL) / 19

Wisconsin

F – Sean Dolan (Chicago – USHL) / 19
F – Pat Johnson (Lincoln – USHL) / 18
F – Josh Turnbull (Waterloo – USHL) / 19
F – Kyle Turris (Burnaby – BCHL) / 18
D – Craig Johnson (Fairbanks – NAHL) / 20
D – Cody Goloubef (Oakville – OPJHL) / 17
D – Brendan Smith (St. Mike’s – OPJHL) / 18
D – Ryan McDonagh (Cretin-Derham Hall High School) / 18
G – Scott Gudmandson (Omaha – USHL / Salmon Arm – BCHL) / 19*

* - For argument’s sake, I’ll count Gudmandson as a BCHL player since that is where he finished last season.