Players to watch in Texas

[Pinball]

Turtle aka Scott Miller (Oregon) - He'll be putting on a face-off clinic...

I heard he is Justin Combs like, possibly Justin Combs child

[Timbalaned]

Turtle aka Scott Miller (Oregon) - He'll be putting on a face-off clinic...

I heard he is Justin Combs like, possibly Justin Combs child

Not fully, he was adopted by Combs and Chuck Norris, but they instilled everything they knew in him.

[MidwestLaxer]

From the CCLA I'd watch Kauffman (Goalie) Kohlitz (FOGO) and Blechman (Att) from Michigan. Can't count out Hammit and Morales either.

Blechman could be one of the most improved players (from last year) I have seen in a long time.

[Philip Rohlfing]

From Florida i would watch for

#13 Rob Lombard, M
#11 Blaine Patrick, A
and #18 David Roland, D

[Danny Hogan]

i'de watch for the Grizzlys to be hoisting their old for his age coach on their shoulders after a great championship run.

[TMcCourt]

Does anyone know if Scott Miller was a freshman and the same guy who faced off for Oregon in 2004 at nationals (first round oregon won 14-10)? If this was the case then Justin Ashenfelter, the All American face off man from BC, was a freshman at the time and I watched them face off a number of times. Ashenfelter virtually dominated every team in face offs that BC played that entire season and continued to dominate the first half against Oregon (winning something like 7 of 9) but ran into some trouble in the second half as Oregon's face off man made some adjustments and began to win the battles (he probably won about 60%+ in the second half). It was pretty impressive to watch those two go at it. If it was Miller, I hope those two get to go head to head again because it sounds like Miller has been winning the face offs in all his games and I know Ashenfelter has been destroying his opponents. The last time they went head to head I would call it a draw with Ashenfelter winning the first half and Oregon's guy winning the second half. It would be fun to watch a few years later.

[the lax]

Peter Nelson attack UMD
Adam Schnirel defense CSU

[mholtz]

I'd say without a doubt Brekhan Kohlitz is a player to watch. MSU's faceoff guy was 60% on the year but won only 9 of 30 faceoffs he took against UM this year (most of them where Kohlitz).

[Chris Gaffney]

Yeah, Turtle was a freshman in 04, and he took the majority of our face-offs.

[NomaBlueCollar]

Big #10 Warren Pringle. Enough said.

[wapiti]

From the RMLC (B) Players

Westminster
James Nebecker #7 (Att)
James Brand #6 (Mid/Att)
Roman Schoewe #21 (Att)

UNC
Brian Evans #22 (Att)
Jake Smith #3 (Mid)
Grant Platt #88(G)

Ft. Lewis
Chad Murphy #6 (Att)
Ryan Stolley #15 (D)
Erik Johnson #23 (Att)

[Beta]

I think Emory's defense and Fort Lewis' attack will be a good matchup to watch.

[Project Mayhem]

The Westfall brothers and Eric Nelson from ASU always put up big numbers and are fun to watch. Should be a great game.

[Chowdah Head]

Hey guys, I just thought it would be nice to get a list going of players to watch in Texas. Not only the scorers, but also the hard-nosed middies, and hard-hitting defensemen.

One of my favorite players at last year's tournament was Tyler Monteath of BYU. This year, of the teams I've seen, I'm looking forward to watching the following players:

Craig Sini - Goaltender, Northeastern
Chris Cook - Attack, Northeastern
T.R. Hoffman - Goaltender, BC
Justin Ashenfelter - FOGO, BC
Austin Gardner-Smith - Attack, BC
Brian Kinsella - Attack, BC

Give me some other names to watch out for in Texs.

Definitely some big guns representing the PCLL. But I think BC defensemen Chris Ward and Patrick O'Brien should be high up on the list. They're both big, strong defensemen with great stick skills. Combined with their athletic midfield units plus Austin Gardner-Smith at attack, look for BC to pull out a few wins.

[YoungOne]

i hear peter tumbas is good