2025 Usports Recruiting

[CGHockey]

Reilly Mayne - MJAHL/Usport 23-24 - Nipissing
Deandres De Jesus - OJHL - Nipissing
Mason Chitaroni - NOJHL (37 O/Q games) - Nipissing
Danny Akouche - AJHL (127 QMJHL games) - Nipissing
Alexis Beaulac - AJHL (118 QMJHL games) - Nipissing
Cole Jenkin - CCHL - Nipissing

 

[dm8895]

Reilly Mayne - MJAHL/Usport 23-24 - Nipissing

Played senior hockey this year, he’s obviously a different case but I have wondered if we see the odd senior guy appear…

I know UNB has students playing senior hockey who are former junior guys who possibly would have ended up on CIS teams if they had come along after the rule change … I can’t imagine UNB adding these type of guys but I’m sure other schools have guys in similar situations.

 

[CGHockey]

Played senior hockey this year, he’s obviously a different case but I have wondered if we see the odd senior guy appear…

I know UNB has students playing senior hockey who are former junior guys who possibly would have ended up on CIS teams if they had come along after the rule change … I can’t imagine UNB adding these type of guys but I’m sure other schools have guys in similar situations.

This is a complete guess from me and could be 100% wrong but I am guessing he may been asked to leave the team for not maintaining a certain GPA... Again, I could be very wrong and its a complete guess but its pretty unusual to leave a team, go play senior hockey then come back to the same team

 

[dm8895]

This is a complete guess from me and could be 100% wrong but I am guessing he may been asked to leave the team for not maintaining a certain GPA... Again, I could be very wrong and its a complete guess but its pretty unusual to leave a team, go play senior hockey then come back to the same team

Could be any number of things . Mike Thomas did something similar at UNB, was attending fire fighting school, decided to go back to university .

 

[dm8895]

Logan O’Neil - Pictou MHL - StFx

Good add for X.

 

[AUS Fan]

Since Jan 1, 2025 there are 52 recruits to CIS teams on Elite Prospects. 2 are CHL. The rest are Junior A or lower.

The same period in 2024, there were 49 recruits with 7 being CHL and 3 ECHL.

 

[dm8895]

Since Jan 1, 2025 there are 52 recruits to CIS teams on Elite Prospects. 2 are CHL. The rest are Junior A or lower.

The same period in 2024, there were 49 recruits with 7 being CHL and 3 ECHL.

Besides Jacob Holmes who is a really weird case, I don’t believe anyone else came from anything below Junior.A did they?

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

I’m actually surprised there had only been 7 CHLers announced at this time last year.

I suppose the big difference being there were many more potential CHL recruits still available last year versus this year.

 

[RED ARMY EAST]

Jules Boilard F Baie-Comeau CHL to Moncton.

 

[dm8895]

Ryan Evanhuis -
Surrey BCHL - U.Toronto

Damen Boose -
Collingwood OJHL - McGill

Roenick Jodoin -
164 OHL gp -Salmon Arm BCHL - Acadia

Travis Verbeek
Whitecourt AJHL - Laurier

Nathan Bolduc
205 Q gp Terrebonne QJHL - Concordia

Brayden Schmitt
Cape Breton QMJHL - Acadia

Jerome Gilbert
Summerside MHL - McGill

Ian Michelone (G)
Pickering OJHL - Queens

Charles-Antoine Beauregard
Sherbrooke QMJHL- Concordia

Dawson Smith (G)
Robert Morris NCAA - York

Eric Johnston
239 WHL gp , former PA Raiders captain…
Vernon BCHL - Saskatchewan

 

[AdamMcg83]

Besides Jacob Holmes who is a really weird case, I don’t believe anyone else came from anything below Junior.A did they?

Yes, there have been a handful of players from the GOJHL - most, however, have Jr A or Major Jr experience.

 

[CGHockey]

Ryan Evanhuis -
Surrey BCHL - U.Toronto

Damen Boose -
Collingwood OJHL - McGill

Roenick Jodoin -
164 OHL gp -Salmon Arm BCHL - Acadia

Travis Verbeek
Whitecourt AJHL - Laurier

Nathan Bolduc
205 Q gp Terrebonne QJHL - Concordia

Brayden Schmitt
Cape Breton QMJHL - Acadia

Jerome Gilbert
Summerside MHL - McGill

Ian Michelone (G)
Pickering OJHL - Queens

Charles-Antoine Beauregard
Sherbrooke QMJHL- Concordia

Dawson Smith (G)
Robert Morris NCAA - York

Eric Johnston
239 WHL gp , former PA Raiders captain…
Vernon BCHL - Saskatchewan

So far, the recruits do not seem to be that different from last year in terms of pedigree. Kind of encouraging in my opinion

 

[dm8895]

Yes, there have been a handful of players from the GOJHL - most, however, have Jr A or Major Jr experience.

Totally OT but question for the Ontario guys …how good is the GOJHL actually ? I follow Jr.A and constantly see people arguing it’s as good as the mid-lower end CJHL leagues but without ever laying eyes on it , it’s hard to have any opinion on this .

 

[CGHockey]

Totally OT but question for the Ontario guys …how good is the GOJHL actually ? I follow Jr.A and constantly see people arguing it’s as good as the mid-lower end CJHL leagues but without ever laying eyes on it , it’s hard to have any opinion on this .

I would argue the top team teams would be pretty decent in the CCHL or OJHL. Fair amount of good 16-17 year olds in the league who are not quite OHL ready.

 

[MiamiHockeyII]

Totally OT but question for the Ontario guys …how good is the GOJHL actually ? I follow Jr.A and constantly see people arguing it’s as good as the mid-lower end CJHL leagues but without ever laying eyes on it , it’s hard to have any opinion on this .

There are too many GOJHL teams, which dilutes the talent pool, but it's equivalent to a low-end Jr A loop. Better than the NOJHL, weaker than the CCHL, roughly on par with the MJHL.

 

[AdamMcg83]

I would argue the top team teams would be pretty decent in the CCHL or OJHL. Fair amount of good 16-17 year olds in the league who are not quite OHL ready.

As a reference point, Leamington just made the move in 2023 from the GOJHL to the OJHL, while keeping a big chunk of their roster in tact. They won the GOJHL in '23, and then finished 4th overall in the OJHL in '24 (34-14-8).