From: Anchorage Daily News
by Doyle Woody
Goaltender Adam Murray of Anchorage, a high-school junior playing for the Under-17 team in USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program, has committed to join the University of Denver in 2009, according to a recruiting web site.
Chris Heisenberg reported Murray’s commitment to the Pioneers on his web site today.
Murray, 16, is so highly regarded he was picked up by the Under-17 team midway through last season, when he was still just 15. He played part of last season for South High and for the Alaska All Stars before moving on to the NTDP in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Murray plays for the U-17 team along with defenseman William Wrenn of Anchorage, 16.
That makes 15 Alaskans who have skated in the NTDP since it debuted in 1997 as a way to develop the best young American players for NHL and international competition.
An NTDP alum, current San Jose Sharks defenseman Matt Carle, skated at Denver, where he won two national championships, the Hobey Baker Memorial Award as college hockey’s best player and was named to any All-Everything Team that mattered.
Here’s the list, in chronological order, of Alaskans who have played in the NTDP:
Barrett Heisten, Mike Lee, Will Magnuson, Joey Hope, Steve Belanger, Joey Crabb, Jason Ryznar, Tim Wallace, Matt Carle, Jordan Pearce, Billy Smith, Wylie Rogers, Erik Felde, Adam Murray, William Wrenn.
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