Blog: Raeder of the Lost Blog
A shameless plug for Nick
Published Sunday, April 27, 2008
There’s so many things that could be said after today’s Ice Dogs game.
The reflections on a season to be proud of, or thoughts about their coaching transition.
But those will have to wait for tomorrow. It’s late, and quite honestly, I’m tired.
So I’ll just keep it short tonight.
A Division I college out there has a shot at one heck of a player.
That’s because Nick Guran is in his last year of junior eligibility, and after toiling in Junior B for half the season, he’s flown under the recruiting radar.
“We’ve checked his birth certificate and checked it again,” Proffitt said after the Ice Dogs’ 5-4 overtime loss to Topeka Sunday. “Unfortunately, he’s 20 years old.”
That mean’s he’s got to jump ship, but so far two D-III programs, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Augsburg College in Minnesota — both fine institutions.
But the man has shown that he can play at a very high level in the NAHL. And players who play at a very high level generally end up going Division I.
So college hockey coaches, if you’re reading this, there’s a steal out there for the taking.
After 16 goals and 10 assists in 34 games, Guran’s just trying to be patient as he considers his options.
“I’ll wait until the end, see if anything else happens,” he said.
I believe Nick has already been enrolled full-time at a community college for a year, if not two, and with this year over he may have only two years of D I eligibility left. So D I may not really be an option for Nick. With only two years to play he would probably have better success and more fun at a D III school. Absolutely nothing wrong with that.
You're absolutely right, 3cj, nothing wrong with that at all.
In fact, I have friends who went to UW-Eau Claire and they sware by it, so I'm sure he'd have a great time there.
I just think that he could come in and make an impact for a D-I team, should he want to. From talking to him, it sounded like he wanted to keep all his options open in case a D-I school came a-calling.
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