Liautaud, a 5'10" 180 lb blueliner, spent the past two years at Canterbury. In his junior year in 2011-12, he had 12 points (5-7-12) in 28 games; this past season he had 21 points (4-17-21). In addition, Liautaud earned All-Tournament honors at the Cushing Holiday Tournament and was a co-winner of the Saints' Coaches Award this year.
Before matriculating at the Connecticut school, the Butler, NJ native played Tier 1 youth hockey for the North Jersey Avalanche and high school hockey at Depaul Catholic. In 2010-11, the Conn College bound defenseman was the second leading scorer on his DePaul team with 31 points (17-14-31), good enough to place him on the All-North Jersey 2nd team. Also, according to his Canterbury Admissions Ambassador profile, his favorite animal is the moose. Maybe he should play for Middlebury?
Tufts gets Camilletti, a 6'0" 198 lb defender from Hotchkiss. The Oakville, Ontario native spent the past three years bleeding blue and co-captained the 2012-13 Bearcat varsity hockey squad. In 2010-11 Camilletti had 7 points (1-6-7) and in 2011-12 he increased that to 11 (4-7-11). Before making his way to Lakeville, CT, Camilletti played Tier 1 youth hockey for the Toronto Marlboros. In January of 2010, The Greater Toronto Hockey League selected Camilletti to play in the GTHL Top Prospects Game.
If his twitter account is any indication, Camilletti is quite excited to be a Jumbo next year.
@tuftsadmissions THANK YOU SO MUCH!! #Tufts2017 #Jumbo
— Daniel Camilletti (@DanCam22) March 29, 2013
Williams Recruits win 18U National Title
Now the Patriots aren't the only championship team to play their home games in Foxboro, MA.In addition to playing for their respective prep schools, Williams recruits James McNamara (Choate) and George Hunkele (Lawerence) also played for the Neponset Valley River Rats at the USA Hockey Tier I 18U National Championships last weekend in Pittsburgh. On Sunday, the River Rats took home the national championship with a dramatic, come from behind 4-3 victory in OT against the St. Louis Blues.
James will join his brother, Ephs blueliner Brian McNamara, in Williamstown next year. Brian's 2005 North Jersey Avalanche team won the 12U National Championship in Fairbanks, Alaska, but Brian unfortunately missed it with a fractured femur.
Read More: USA Hockey - - Youth Tier-I 18U: Late-game, OT heroics spur Neponset Valley to first-ever 18U title
Former Hamilton Player, Joe Houk, in Frozen Four
Yesterday we explored the 'Cac coaching connections in the Frozen Four, which included former Hamilton coach Norm Bazin. Joe Houk, Bazin's best Continental player and the only sophomore to ever win NESCAC Player of the Year, also made the jump to Division I UMass- Lowell with his coach. With Lowell playing Yale in the Frozen Four today, David Hendrickson of USCHO has a piece on the offensive minded defenseman's rise from D-III to D-I.
After sitting out a year due to transfer rules, Houk made his D-I debut this year as a member of the River Hawks in 2012-13. Early on he had troubles adjusting to the higher level of competition, "accumulating a minu-6 statistic over the first seven games." But once Houk got his D-I frozen sea legs, he has rallied to tie for the team lead with a plus-17.
“Joe is an excellent offensive threat,” Bazin said at Wednesday’s news conference. “You haven’t seen that too much at the Division I level yet, but he’s maturing into that."
Read More: David Hendrickson USCHO - - Joe Houk follows Norm Bazin to success with Massacusetts-Lowell
D-III Week
We are in the middle of the NCAA's "D-III Week," which runs from April 8-14. Participating schools are holding events throughout the week to celebrate Division-III student athletes and the NCAA is giving away prizes on Facebook and twitter.
The official twitter hashtag is #d3week and the NCAA's D-III twitter handle is @NCAADIII. In addition, NCAA research @NCAAresearch is tweeting out interesting facts about D-III student athletics. For more on D-III week, see NCAA president Mark Emmert's video below.
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