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High School Hockey Preview #4 - Janesville Bluebirds
posted by Chris Walby at 10/27/2009
D Playa and I are teaming up to provide boys high school hockey previews for teams from around the state. While we’d love to preview all 90+ teams we just don’t have the manpower to get to them all. So, we spent some time discussing amongst ourselves which teams have had recent success, and might be poised to repeat that success. We also considered any teams on the rise that might be worthy of coverage, and of course all of the State Tournament teams from last season automatically get previews. We’ve come up with a list of around 30 teams we intend to preview, and may add to that list depending upon availability of information and general interest from readers about specific teams. Feel free to e-mail us directly at dplayawi@hotmail.com and chris@wiscohockey.com if you have any questions or comments about our previews. You can also leave comments at the bottom of each post if we’ve missed a player or there’s other information we have not uncovered that you’d like to share with other readers (players injured, not going out this season, playing somewhere else, etc.). Some previews can be found at the Hockey in Wisconsin Blog and others at the WiscoHockey Blog.
Boys High School Hockey Preview: Janesville Bluebirds
The Numbers:
Record last season- 22-6-0
Goals lost to graduation- 96 of 120 goals= 96%
Assists lost to graduation- 161 of 181 assists= 89%
Scoring lost to graduation- 257 of 300 points= 86%
Players Lost:
Everyone but the kitchen sink. Gone are 12 seniors and a ton of experience. Former Team Wisconsin Majors Ross Mauerman (28-25-53) and David Jacobson (GAA 2.20) are the team’s biggest loss. Gone too are Zach Bayruether (12-34-46), Logan Leminrade (20-21-41), Derek Mussey (11-17-28), Michael Valentine (8-16-24), Grant Jahns (7-6-13), Sly Flynn (5-8-13), Bentley Geldard (1-6-7), Danny Folker (2-4-6), Tyler Parks (2-4-6), Paul Tlutsy (0-1-1) and Jordan Buggs (0-0-0).
Who Returns?:
Three Janesville natives, but rookie Bluebirds, will be counted on to contribute immediately in order for Janesville to have any success during the early portion of the schedule. Former Madison Capitols, Ron Lindgren, Cody Iverson and Cody Stettin will log some serious ice time in their first year as Janesville Bluebirds. Also in the mix is junior Joe Allen (12-7-19), senior Aaron Jacobson (7-6-13), senior Ryan Shelton (3-3-6) and junior Sean Macdougall (2-3-5). In goal, James Tucker and freshman Tyler Lewis will compete for the starting role, both have zero varsity experience. Janesville was one win away from the WIAA State Tournament last season, but they’ll have a tough road back to the sectional finals in 2010.
Top 5 Returning Point-Getters Slated to Return; Their Grade Level This Year & Their 2008-2009 Numbers:
F Joe Allen, Sr.- 12 goals, 7 assists for 19 points
F Aaron Jacobson, Sr.- 7 goals, 6 assists for 13 points.
F Ryan Shelton, Sr. - 3 goals, 3 assists for 6 points.
F Sean Macdougall, Jr. - 2 goals, 3 assists for 5 points.
F Owen Ahlstrom, Jr. - 0 goals, 0 assists for 0 points. (Owen played one game at the varsity level)
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