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Recruits Highlight USHL Prospects Game
18 schools have future players facing off Wednesday in Muskegon, Mich.

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Boston College recruit Ian McCoshen will lead Team West in the USHL Top Prospects Game (photo by Britta Lewis).

At least 35 future college players will take the ice Wednesday night for the 2013 USHL Top Prospects Game in Muskegon, Mich., a showcase of the best draft-eligible talent in the USHL.

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FASTHockey will provide free coverage of the game beginning at 7 p.m. ET. Viewers can watch the online broadcast on the USHL Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ushlhockey) or via the USHL FASTHockey channel at ushl.fasthockey.com which supports most mobile phone and tablet devices.

College coaching legends Ron Mason (Team East) and Doug Woog (Team West) were added to the coaching staffs that already featured former college stars Jim Montgomery (East) and Cary Eades (West).

The recruits in the game represent 13 schools, led by Minnesota, which has five future players in the lineup. Boston College, Nebraska-Omaha, North Dakota and Northeastern each have three committed players in the game (updated: BC commit Austin Cangelosi will miss the game due to illness).

Five other schools - Colorado College, Denver, Michigan, Notre Dame and St. Cloud State - each have a pair of future players taking part.

EAST WEST
No. Player Commitment No. Player Commitment
1 Alex Sakellaropoulos 3 Ian McCoshen Boston College
3 Ben Storm St. Cloud State 7 Jake Montgomery Nebraska-Omaha
4 Michael Downing Michigan 8 Trevor Moore Denver
5 Gustav Olofsson Colorado College 9 Vinni Lettieri Minnesota
8 Gabe Guertler Minnesota 11 Jason Cotton Northeastern
9 Nathan Walker 13 Garrett Gamez Denver
10 Thomas Ebbing Bowling Green 14 Luke Voltin North Dakota
11 Christian Heil Colorado College 19 Jake Guentzel Nebraska-Omaha
12 Ross Olsson Northeastern 21 Justin Woods Alaska
15 John Hayden Cornell 22 Ryan Ivey
17 Frederik Tiffels 23 Conor McGlynn Boston College
19 Peter Quenneville Quinnipiac 24 Drew Melanson Rensselaer
20 Michael Brodzinski Minnesota 25 Justin Kloos Minnesota
21 Brendan Harms Bemidji State 26 Tucker Poolman North Dakota
22 John Stevens Northeastern 27 Luke Johnson North Dakota
23 Jordan Gross Notre Dame 28 Blake Heinrich Minnesota Duluth
24 Ian Brady Nebraska-Omaha 35 Eamon McAdam Penn State
25 Cameron Darcy 40 Cal Petersen Notre Dame
35 Charlie Lindgren St. Cloud State 61 Rinat Valiev
91 Alex Kile Michigan 91 Taylor Cammarata Minnesota