One of the better defensemen in the South Central Hockey League (SCHL), who led his team in scoring last season as a junior. Mattern is a smart puck mover with a habit of finding shooting lanes from the blue line. 

Absolutely dominant in Southeastern Conference (SEC) action. Webster has a 21-1-0 record all-time against conference opponents, and posted career bests in goals-against average (2.09), save percentage (.936) and wins (14) last season as a junior. 

A scrappy work-hard with great effort and feet that don’t stop moving. I wouldn’t consider Stasienko to be a high-volume producer at face value, yet he’s quietly scored 40 goals and 94 points ahead of his fourth season of varsity hockey.  

The Yellowjackets graduated their top four scorers from a season ago. Crozier may just be the guy to fill that offensive void, considering he was a point-per-game producer last season as a junior, and a decorated AAA background before that.

Could be the Copper Kings’ most improved player from a season ago. Boberg had a good fall season with the 18U Wisconsin Windigo in the North American Prospects Hockey League (NAPHL), and I expect both him and Calumet to take a huge step this winter. 

Howell is 19-5-0 all-time when Huotari records a point and 3-10-1 when he does not. Stop Huotari, stop the Highlanders, but that’s a tall task considering he scored 42 points last season as a junior. 

He has a career goals-against average of 1.56 and save percentage of .926 over the span of his three varsity seasons. Marquette’s playing style doesn’t call upon Kelly to make a flurry of saves — he’s faced 30 or more shots just six times in his career — but when needed, he’s as good as…

Missed all but five games last season with an injury. DuMont returns for his senior year on the heels of a strong fall campaign in the Michigan Developmental Hockey League (MDHL). Remember, this was a guy who scored 29 points in 26 games just two years ago. 

Anderson didn’t get much run support last season with the Eagles in the bottom 10 in the state for goals scored. But, he proved to be one of the best goalies in the Michigan Developmental Hockey League (MDHL) this fall, with a 2.70 goals-against average and .937 save percentage against top-level competition. 

One-half of the Chemics’ version of ‘Sonic and Knuckles.’ Sanborn skates pretty well and makes smart plays with the puck. Led the team in every major category last season as a junior with 20 goals, 22 assist and 42 points.