(above) This week Stepan Novotny was placed on the "Protected List" by the Indiana Ice for next seasonLast month the University of Denver announced the signing of four recruits to National Letters of Intent; David Carle (Anchorage, Alaska), Joe Colborne (Calgary, Alberta), Nate Dewhurst (Johnston, Iowa) and Stepan Novotny (Prague, Czech Republic). One other player, John Lee signed his Letter of Intent last season.
Today we learned that Stepan Novotny has been placed on the "Protected List" by the Indiana Ice and presumably would play for the Ice next season. With DU returning 11 forwards next season, one would expect Novotny to see more playing time in the USHL and would increase his stock for the 2009 NHL Draft by remaining in Indiana. At this time nothing has been confirmed one way or the other regarding Novotny's status for next season.
Novotny tallied 11 points on four goals and seven assists for the Indiana Ice of the USHL. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound forward added one game-winning goal for the Ice, who captured the East division regular-season title with a 39-15-6 record.
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Is is safe to assume Novotny will not be a Pioneer in 2008? Perhaps not a bad thing, given the returning and incoming talent, and the opportunity for him to develop more in the USHL.
As a Hoosier native, I've got to embrace any mention of my home state and hockey in the same context. Not that I have any feelings one way or the other on this one.
Seems like we heard a lot about him at the beginning of the season but not much more after that...
I wouldn't really look into that too hard as players like John Carlson and David Toews are also on that list, who will def be playing at UMASS and UND respectively. Novotny will be at DU next season.
He played a partial year for Indy jumping from SSM fairly early in the season. Stats (pts. +/-) were so-so. Needs another full season in Indy before he will truly be ready for D1 (believe a 1990 birthyear so still young).
I believe Heisenberg shows he is an 09 recruit now.
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