Wrenn Turning Heads At USA Hockey Festival

2009 DU recruit William Wrenn of Anchorage, Alaska received kudos from several observers at the recently completed Select 17 Festival hosted by USA Hockey. The elite camp was by invitation only to the best 17 year-old hockey players in the country.

US Hockey Report describes Wrenn as "tough, physical and plays with an edge." Before deciding on DU, Wrenn was courted by both Michigan and Michigan State.

Western College Hockey Blog noted that, "The Pioneers are building what could be an amazing defense for 2009 with Wrenn, and a pair of USHL defenseman in Matt Donovan and Paul Phillips, and Adam Murray in goal."

Doyle Woody at the Alaska Daily News had this to say about Wrenn's performance at the USA Camp.

For what it's worth, defenseman William Wrenn of Anchorage got some props out of USA Hockey's Select 17 Festival in St. Cloud, Minn., recently -- Western College Hockey Blog rated Wrenn the second-best blueliner at the festival.

Wrenn, 17, last season played for the Under-17 squad in USA Hockey's National Team Development Program, providing seven assists in 63 games -- he's primarily noted as a defensive defenseman.

The 6-foot-1, 185-pounder is headed to the University of Denver in 2009-10, where he will be joined by Under-17 teammate Adam Murray, the goaltender from Anchorage.