DU Recruit Drew Shore Profiled In ESPN.com

From: ESPN.com
by Gare Joyce

(left) DU recruit Drew Shore plays for the US National Development Team in Ann Arbor

Drew Shore is projected to be drafted in the first round of the upcoming NHL Draft this summer. A native of Colorado, he has already committed to play at the University of Denver next season. "Ann Arbor (USNDT) and then the NCAA, those have always been the goals for me," Shore said.

That's not to say Shore is looking to stay close to home to advance in his hockey career. He has already spent seasons playing in the Honeybaked program in Detroit, and in Junior A in British Columbia. One scout in Ann Arbor this weekend summed up Shore's game like this: "He's a big center who isn't flashy and has decent skating and always seems to get where he has to go. You have to project where he'll be when he grows into his frame and fills out."

Another factor for scouts to weigh: Shore lost the second half of last season to mono. "I came down with it the day after the Under-17 Challenge over the holidays," he said. If he had stayed healthy, Shore probably would have been a safe bet to be called up to the U.S. under-18 program last year.

Shore isn't a pretty player, but he's pretty effective, as he showed Saturday night. Midway through the second period, he got the puck in heavy traffic in the high slot and wired a shot just under the crossbar glove-side. Though Shore has eight goals in 20 games this season, scouts project him less as a pure scorer and more as a playmaker and two-way forward. (read rest of article)