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Welcome 2010-2011 Capital District Selects Junior Players! Our Season is just beginning. If you are interested in playing for our team contact
Jim Salfi @ 518-421-6280- We have a few spots available on each of our
Junior teams. Take advantage of your local Junior Hockey team and give
your player the best proven way to develop skills and technique while playing against the best players in the league.
Players Born 1995----1990
CD Select Ready for the Upcoming Season
The Junior A team will have a lot of new faces after placing 14 players into College last year. New faces include: 4 players from Florida- Defensemen Brett Nussbaum, 6’2 - 210lbs, Brad Jones 6’2-200lbs and Sean Casey 6’3-210lbs along with speedy forward Dan Derasmo. St Louis has also proven to be a new home town of players for the CD Selects. Three players led by Zack Cavallini (son of former NHLer Paul and nephew of former NHLer, Gino)
The Team is strongly supported by veteran goalie Brian Robbins who recently participated in the rookie camps of both the New York Rangers and the New York Islanders where he performed extremely well. Last Season, Brian averaged 45 saves a game for the Selects, while maintaining a 92% save average.
The Junior B team which has the function of developing players for the A team has a good crop of players hopefully that can fulfill that role Lead by veteran Defensemen Max Grande and Forward Jeremy Wick, both extremely strong academically and athletically talented who will definitely play College Hockey Bolstering the team will be highly touted goalie Brandon Bechard from Plattsburgh , NY who has tremendous potential This years team is comprised of veteran players as well as some outstanding young local players looking to pursue the path of playing Jr A then on to College Hockey
Both Selects teams start practicing August 23rd to prepare for an extremely ambitious schedule…
Knickerbacker Arena Directions below:
Click HERE to locate directions for other area arenas:
Directions From East Mass Pike West to the End. Take Rt 90 into NYS and get off at B 1 Exit ( Rt 90 towards
Albany ) Take Rt 787 North to Rt 7 east Cross River and bear right towards Downtown Take right onto Hutton
Street Go to the River and turn right onto River Street and go to 103rd street and turn right. Go to dead end Rink
is on the left
From the West
NY State thruway East to Exit 24 Take Rt 87 North to Rt 7 east . Then follow directions from above when on
Rt 7 East
From South
NY State thruway North to Exit 23 Take Rt 787 North to Rt 7 east . Then follow directions from above when on
Rt 7
From North Rt 87 south to Rt 7 east . Then follow directions from above when on Rt 7
"CD Select Continues to Impress NHL Scouts"
The Capital District Junior A Team continues to feed quality NCAA hockey programs with talent and this spring recently had five former players get drafted or sign NHL contracts.
The San Jose Sharks took former CD Select talent, (2004/05) Nick Petrecki, a 6'3, 215 lb defensemen, in the 1st round of the NHL draft last week in Columbia, Ohio. Nick will be pursuing his college career at Boston College under the watchful eye of the highly acclaimed coach, Jerry York.
Also in the NHL draft this past June was 6'6, 200lb. goalkeeper Scott Darling. Scott, who was selected 153rd in the early 6th round, had a tremendous season for the Capital District Selects with over a 92% save percentage. Before this spring's draft, Scott was ranked 11th out of 30 of the top goalies in North America.
Shawn Weller, another CD Select alumni, (2004-2005,) 6'2, 190lb forward coming off an impressive Junior year at Div. 1 Clarkson University leading the team in scoring and to the ECAC Championship, signed a 3 year contract with the Ottawa Senators. During Weller's senior year in high school, Shawn was drafted by Ottawa in the 3rd round while playing for the Capital District Seclects and was of the teams leading scorers.
Jay Leach, a former CD Select defensemen (1996-1997,) recently signed a NHL contract with theTampa Bay Lightening. Leach has captained the Providence Bruins in the AHL for the past two years. After playing with the CD Selects, Jay attended Providence College where he was selected Captain. While attending Providence he was drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes.
Ben Guite a forward who played with CD Selects, (1995-1996,) signed a two-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche this spring. Ben was originally drafted by Montreal Canadians and after playing at the University of Maine and winning an NCAA Championship, signed with Boston Bruins where he played in over 400 games in the AHL with the Providence Bruins. After signing a contract with Colorado, Ben was assigned to the Albany River Rats, their AHL affiliate. He was called up to Colorado and finished out last season and was rewarded by receiving a two year contract to play in the NHL
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