{"id":22782,"date":"2019-01-24T18:14:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T23:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=22782"},"modified":"2019-01-24T18:14:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T23:14:54","slug":"saints-captain-named-to-nhls-midterm-draft-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/saints-captain-named-to-nhls-midterm-draft-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints captain named to NHL\u2019s midterm draft list"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n

Though never a surprise to see a Saints name or two on the NHL\u2019s scouting, varsity Saints captain Matthew Stienburg\u2019s appointment to the list comes with an additional feat.
\nThe forward from Halifax came in at number 179 on the NHL\u2019s Central Scouting Mid-Term Draft Ranking, an annual list released Monday that proves to be the pinnacle of draft eligibility among NHL scouts.
\nStienburg is the only Ontario high school prospect to reach the list of 217 skaters.
\nAfter cutting his teeth in the Nova Scotia minor hockey league, Stienburg joined the Saints program last season in his junior year, playing at well over a point-per-game pace and showing enough leadership to swiftly earn this year\u2019s \u2018C\u2019.
\nHe says it is his work ethic and \u201cmental approach to the game\u201d that helps him stand out from the crowd.
\n\u201cI want to do whatever it takes to get better each day or to win a game.\u201d
\nEight points in seven CISAA games this season has been enough for scouts to take notice of the six-foot-one centre, who is committed to joining the Cornell University Big Red program next season.
\nHe claims it was his development as a \u201clate bloomer\u201d that ultimately swayed his decision to join the NCAA route instead of playing traditional Canadian junior hockey.
\n\u201cCollege hockey gives me a little bit more time to grow and develop, but I think the big thing is for the education that comes with it,\u201d said Stienburg. \u201cGetting the opportunity to play for a top hockey program and attend such a quality school like Cornell is something I couldn\u2019t pass up.\u201d
\nWherever Stienburg eventually falls in this summer\u2019s upcoming draft, that team will get a player positioned in one of the top developmental programs in the NCAA: Cornell Big Red has reached the NCAA finals tournament both of the last two years, and is under the tutelage of one of the nation\u2019s top coaches in Mike Schafer, who has headed the program since 1995.
\n\u201cMy decision to go to Cornell had a lot to do with the culture they have built and the team-first mentality they play with,\u201d said Stienburg. \u201cOne of the reasons I love hockey so much is the special bond you create with your teammates, and I think the culture coach Schafer has built at Cornell is all around that.\u201d
\nDespite growing up a Boston Bruins fan, it is a former Calgary Flame and Toronto Maple Leaf that Stienburg says he idolizes as a Cornell grad.
\n\u201cJoe Nieuwendyk. Being from Halifax we aren\u2019t as exposed to college hockey as much as the CHL but he was still somebody that I heard a lot about growing up because of all the success he endured at every level.\u201d
\nFormer Saint Alex Newhook, who spent parts of two seasons with the varsity program before moving to the BCHL\u2019s Victoria Grizzlies last season, also reached the list at sixteenth.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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