Camping Season

Summer is the season for camping. Here's a rundown:
 
NHL Prospect Development Camps
A number of current, future, and past UND players will be taking part in NHL prospect development camps this summer. Below is a rundown of UND's attendees (a fun one to keep an eye on is the New York Islanders' Orange vs. Blue prospect scrimmage, which they stream live on their website):

Team	Player	Camp Roster
Anaheim	Keaton Thompson
Boston	Zane Gothberg
Calgary	Corban Knight
Chicago	Nick Mattson	Roster
	Luke Johnson	Roster 2
Edmonton	Dillon Simpson
Florida	Rocco Grimaldi	Roster
Los Angeles	Derek Forbort
	Paul LaDue
Montreal	Mark MacMillan
Nashville	Wade Murphy	Roster
New York Islanders	Brock Nelson
San Jose	Gage Ausmus
Tampa Bay	Brendan O'Donnell
Toronto	Andrew MacWilliam
Winnipeg	Tucker Poolman

New York Rangers                Adam Tambellini              Roster
                                                     Carter Rowney

USA Hockey Select 17 Development Camp
A few future Sioux took part in USA Hockey's recent Select 17 player development camp, which features many of the top 1996 birth year players in the US. Nick Schmaltz and Ryan Mantha were named camp All-Stars following their five games of pool play and Austin Poganski was a key component of Team Royal, which won the camp championship. Here are the stat lines from the UND commitments:

Player	Gm	G	A	Pts
Ryan Mantha	6	0	1	1
Austin Poganski	6	1	4	5
Nick Schmaltz	6	1	2	3

This camp is the basis for building USA Hockey's Select Under-18 team, which will compete in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in August. All three were named to the team and will don the red, white, and blue next month in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Check out USA Hockey's release for more information on the Ivan Hlinka Tournament, and here is the full roster (Word doc).
 
USA Hockey Select 16 Development Camp
This week, USA Hockey's Select 16 development camp kicks off, featuring some of the top 1997 birth year talent in the United States. UND currently has just one 1997 commitment in Christian Evers, and he will be attending the camp. There are several other players of UND/local interest taking part in the camp as well:

Player	Hometown	Team	Notes
Tye Ausmus	East Grand Forks, MN	Red	Defenseman, EGF HS
Tarek Baker	Verona, WI	Royal	Rumblings of UND interest
Matt Christian	Grand Forks, ND	Forest	Forward, Red River HS
Charlie Churchill	Grand Forks, ND	Red	Goaltender, Red River HS
Christian Evers	Waukee, IA	Orange	UND D commit, NTDP U-17
Spencer Kuhlman	Gand Forks, ND	Gold	Played last two years at SSM
Tanner Tweten	East Grand Forks, MN	Grey	Forward, EGF HS

Recruit Profile: Ryan Gropp (Decommitted)

Photo-BCHL.com

Current Team:   Penticton Vees (BCHL)
Potential Arrival at UND:  2014
Position:  Forward
Birthday:  September 16th, 1996
Hometown:  Kamloops, BC, Canada
Height:  6'3"
Weight: 190
Shoots:  Left


Committment Update: Decommitted from UND in October of 2013 in order to sign with the Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL).

Profiles & Press Clippings:

• BCHL 2013-14 Profile/Stat Page
• Elite Prospects Profile/Stat Page
• Brad Schlossman Blog: Commitment Post (July 2013)
• Taking Note: Gropp Picks North Dakota (July 2013)
• GF Herald: Canadian Standout Commits to UND (July 2013-Expiring Link)
• Penticton Western News: Vees, Gropp Want Him To Be Among BCHL's Best (Aug 2013)
• Vees Central: Gropp Excited About World Championship (Dec 2012)
• Taking Note: Gropp, Hicketts Near Fork in Hockey's Road (July 2012)

2013-14:

• He will play for the Penticton Vees of the BCHL.
• He was one of 42 players invited to Hockey Canada's Ivan Hlinka Tournament Under-18 Selection Camp.

2012-13:

• He recorded 31 points (12G, 19A) in 50 regular season games with the BCHL's Penticton Vees. He also chipped in with nine points (4G, 5A) in 15 postseason games.
• He was named the BCHL Interior Conference Rookie of the Year.
• He was a finalist for the CJHL's national Rookie of the Year Award.
• He represented Canada's Team Pacific at the World Under-17 Challenge, recording three points (2G, 1A) in five tournament games.

2011-12:

• He played for the Okanagan Hockey Academy Under-18 AAA team, producing 51 points (21G, 30A) in 41 games. He also appeared in two games with the BCHL's Penticton Vees, scoring one goal.
• He represented Team Canada at the 2012 Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria, notching nine points (6G, 3A) in six tournament games. His six goals led the tournament while helping Canada earn the bronze medal as the team's second leading point producer.
• He was a member of Team BC at the Western Canada Under-16 Challenge Cup in Moose Jaw, SK, where he scored two goals in four games.
• He was one of 42 players selected to attend the National Hockey League Player's Association Mentorship Camp.

2010-11:

• Played for the Kamloops Jardine's Blazers Bantam Tier 1 team, scoring 128 points (62G, 66A) in 58 regular season games. In the postseason, he added 14 points (7G, 7A) in nine games.