Johns Hopkins 2025

[norcalhop]

https://x.com/tyxanders/status/17940188 ... 10o1w&s=19

Now it's confirmed

Can't really overstate how big this is. Exactly the type of player we want. Great job by the staff to get this (and Monfort) done

Solid leadership coming.

Bio says he was the team captain last year. Veteran leadership in the middle of the field. Good.

Yes, it was mentioned he was the sole captain (a customary measure) at Yale. Would not be surprised to see him reprise that role at Hopkins.

Very good pickups through the portal so far.

Any word on where Ramsey from Yale might go?

DocBarrister

Nicholas Ramsey is a good FOGO; if he does transfer he'll be a nice addition to any team's options at the X. He was Yale's starting FOGO in 2022 and 2023 at about 54% both years, and this year did quite well in a secondary role to Mac Rodriguez. All three of Yale's FOGOs, including Ramsey, got injured late in the season which doomed Yale's chances of advancing in the Ivy League tournament and making the NCAAs. (It was rough going from "we're so lucky we have two great FOGOs" to "wow we have no healthy FOGOs" but that's lacrosse for you and that position is tough on your body.). I assume Ramsey will have a full recovery (and hope he does).

It's not beyond the realm of possibility he'd want to go where two teammates/classmates are heading, but with Callahan returning and another FOGO already transferring in, not sure he'd feel like he'd be getting a chance to get on the field? Lars Tiffany collects transfer FOGOs like baseball cards so Charlottesville could be an option, and a couple of Yalies made a big impact at Notre Dame last year so maybe ND would like an insurance policy for Lynch? Hard to say.

If he transferred, he might be close to primary FO. The dickinson guy has very average 50% win rate in D3 and callahan is 51% on the year. Hopkins needs better personnel at the position.

No, the Dickinson guy is above 60% in his career, not 50. He was 61% this year and 63% last year. His worst year was 54% as a freshman in 2021.

Also UNC hasn’t had “gaudy point stats” in years. They get recruits because kids like the idea of going to college there. Has nothing to do with their offense. Certainly has nothing to do with recent success, because that’s been in short supply. A handful of their better players on offense have ended up transferring lately.

FWIW
This will be my first and last post
John McKee is the Dickinson FOS who is joining the JHU team this fall
John loves the JHU coaches especially Coach Milliman, Coach K and Coach Cohen
John has started every high school and college game( (except this year’s Second Round NCAA tournament game when he was in a boot for a severely sprained ankle) since his freshman year at Episcopal High School in the IAC and broke the single season FO win records and was 4 short of the career record because his senior season was cancelled due to Covid. His backup at EHS, Victor Salcedo, was in the 2-man Tufts FO rotation and had the clinching goal in the Tufts championship game. John holds the single season and career records for both Dickinson College and the Centennial Conference for ground balls(191 and 532, respectively) and face off wins( 291 and 890, respectively),
John is a three time first team all Centennial Conference selection and two time USILA AA selection, USA Lacrosse AA selection and First Team IL D-3 Preseason AA team.
For the last three years, Dickinson has scrimmaged Penn and Drexel and John has fared favorably against their FOSs.
The highlights of those games are available on HUDL and YouTube and Dan Kaplan’s Twitter account has John’s clinching goal against Gettysburg in the Centennial Conference final.
John’s goal is to be the best that he can be and to help the JHU men’s lacrosse program in any way he can on and off the field. His brother-in -law is Steele Stanwick so Wells and Shack are excited for John. The McKees are glad to be part of the JHU men’s lacrosse program.
Go Blue Jays!

Amazing! Hopkins family is excited to welcome him - especially with such deep roots! Maybe not coincidentally, Hopkins is in the centennial conference for all other D3 sports.

[jhu06]

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/ ... game/63565

hobot and mccleary listed here.

[jhu06]

I will also add that one of the more concerning issues was basically the entire offense (outside of English) returned and the offense took a decided step back.

Most, if not all, of this was due to the aforementioned English injury and Melendez's ineffectiveness (though he certainly wasn't the problem in the quarterfinals, and thus not the reason we didn't advance to the Final Four, even if it was a struggle for much of the year). They were our two primary initiators heading into the season. Suddenly one of them is done for the year and the other is in a major slump, which may or may not have been injury related as well. So it's not a huge surprise the offense was sluggish in the second half of the year, especially as the two freshmen — Chauvette and Ayers — who had been productive in the early/middle parts of the season, hit the infamous freshman wall. Bauer was also banged up. Evans, who got us 12 pts last year, was simply not healthy enough to contribute either. That, quite frankly, didn't leave you with a ton.

The offense wasn't a whole lot better late in the year last year either. Fewer than 10 goals in two of the last three games (including the QF loss to Notre Dame). Hm I wonder what could have been a big part of the offensive explosion against Bryant, let me think: A program record 9 points from Melendez and a first quarter hat trick from English to set the tone. Arguably the two most critical O players in that game and neither were available/healthy/effective for the majority of 2024.

Angelus and Degnon are real, impactful losses. But there is a chance the offense is better next year despite those losses if:

- English comes back healthy (and stays healthy)
- Melendez plays more like his 2023 self than 2024
- Collison takes a step

The good things re: Melendez are A) we know what he's capable of, so it doesn't require some quantum leap or magical thinking to get him to where he needs to be. This is a guy who was taking Brett Makar, Chris Fake, and Marcus Hudgins to the rack last year... and B) he is going to have to carry more and be more assertive simply by virtue of us losing Angel. We can't afford for him to be a secondary presence of the offense. He's got to drive things from the attack while English, Collison, Bauer, and others run the midfield. Assuming the other attackmen are Chauvette and Ayers — Chauv is not a dodger and while Ayers has shown flashes in that area (great first step), that's mostly been against SSDMs and is unproven as a college attackman against top poles. Long story short, Russ is going to have more responsibility in '25 than he did in '24. I predict that'll help to unlock the ability we know he has.

The other thing is Collie's got to take the next step. He was basically the same player this year as last (a very good one), except a bit more clutch (which is not unimportant). Need him to develop a bit more as a playmaker (e.g. the unbelievable pass he made against Michigan) and be more assertive without forcing things. He has 1st team AA potential.

And then of course there's a whole bunch of guys (Iler, Jewell, McCleary, Crogan, etc.) who are unknown entities as collegiate players but pop on tape with the very skill that is needed: midfield dodging. We'll see if any of them pan out. I think the odds are good that someone will.

None of the senior midfielders really improved year over year, for a lot of them the 2022 big ten run was the apex of their careers. I said all of last year and this year this era would go as far as they could go and both seasons ended in quarterfinals. It raises several long-term concerns about Crawley

-Why he let an unproductive Melendez go the whole season not giving his expected output
-The biblical Angelus mindfart in OT against uva where a veteran just froze with the chance to win the game as part of a year long program obsession with not wanting to score transition goals.
-His ability to evaluate talent at the midfield level (whether they should have moved on from some of those sr midfield guys after 2023 and brought in more multidimensional players)
-His ability to make adjustments either game to game or in game-like the michigan disaster when they went ice cold
-His ability to show flexibility-they kept the same midfield lines pretty much all year. He also didn't reach into the jr/soph/frosh classes. Shades of a lot of busted petro years where he'd play seniors with 18 percent shooting percentages into april after gauntlet blowouts.
-His ability to develop talent-who got better this year offensively?
-His ability to bring in talent-they knew last year what the ceilings were (not very high) and floors (meh) and didn't make any adjustments.
-Whether he's just a pedigree and professionally polished alumni hire from a coach facing pressure to bring in someone like him rather than an offensive wunderkind who can deliver memorial days.

[HopFan16]

blah blah blah

[primitiveskills]

I will also add that one of the more concerning issues was basically the entire offense (outside of English) returned and the offense took a decided step back.

Most, if not all, of this was due to the aforementioned English injury and Melendez's ineffectiveness (though he certainly wasn't the problem in the quarterfinals, and thus not the reason we didn't advance to the Final Four, even if it was a struggle for much of the year). They were our two primary initiators heading into the season. Suddenly one of them is done for the year and the other is in a major slump, which may or may not have been injury related as well. So it's not a huge surprise the offense was sluggish in the second half of the year, especially as the two freshmen — Chauvette and Ayers — who had been productive in the early/middle parts of the season, hit the infamous freshman wall. Bauer was also banged up. Evans, who got us 12 pts last year, was simply not healthy enough to contribute either. That, quite frankly, didn't leave you with a ton.

The offense wasn't a whole lot better late in the year last year either. Fewer than 10 goals in two of the last three games (including the QF loss to Notre Dame). Hm I wonder what could have been a big part of the offensive explosion against Bryant, let me think: A program record 9 points from Melendez and a first quarter hat trick from English to set the tone. Arguably the two most critical O players in that game and neither were available/healthy/effective for the majority of 2024.

Angelus and Degnon are real, impactful losses. But there is a chance the offense is better next year despite those losses if:

- English comes back healthy (and stays healthy)
- Melendez plays more like his 2023 self than 2024
- Collison takes a step

The good things re: Melendez are A) we know what he's capable of, so it doesn't require some quantum leap or magical thinking to get him to where he needs to be. This is a guy who was taking Brett Makar, Chris Fake, and Marcus Hudgins to the rack last year... and B) he is going to have to carry more and be more assertive simply by virtue of us losing Angel. We can't afford for him to be a secondary presence of the offense. He's got to drive things from the attack while English, Collison, Bauer, and others run the midfield. Assuming the other attackmen are Chauvette and Ayers — Chauv is not a dodger and while Ayers has shown flashes in that area (great first step), that's mostly been against SSDMs and is unproven as a college attackman against top poles. Long story short, Russ is going to have more responsibility in '25 than he did in '24. I predict that'll help to unlock the ability we know he has.

The other thing is Collie's got to take the next step. He was basically the same player this year as last (a very good one), except a bit more clutch (which is not unimportant). Need him to develop a bit more as a playmaker (e.g. the unbelievable pass he made against Michigan) and be more assertive without forcing things. He has 1st team AA potential.

And then of course there's a whole bunch of guys (Iler, Jewell, McCleary, Crogan, etc.) who are unknown entities as collegiate players but pop on tape with the very skill that is needed: midfield dodging. We'll see if any of them pan out. I think the odds are good that someone will.

None of the senior midfielders really improved year over year, for a lot of them the 2022 big ten run was the apex of their careers. I said all of last year and this year this era would go as far as they could go and both seasons ended in quarterfinals. It raises several long-term concerns about Crawley

-Why he let an unproductive Melendez go the whole season not giving his expected output
-The biblical Angelus mindfart in OT against uva where a veteran just froze with the chance to win the game as part of a year long program obsession with not wanting to score transition goals.
-His ability to evaluate talent at the midfield level (whether they should have moved on from some of those sr midfield guys after 2023 and brought in more multidimensional players)
-His ability to make adjustments either game to game or in game-like the michigan disaster when they went ice cold
-His ability to show flexibility-they kept the same midfield lines pretty much all year. He also didn't reach into the jr/soph/frosh classes. Shades of a lot of busted petro years where he'd play seniors with 18 percent shooting percentages into april after gauntlet blowouts.
-His ability to develop talent-who got better this year offensively?
-His ability to bring in talent-they knew last year what the ceilings were (not very high) and floors (meh) and didn't make any adjustments.
-Whether he's just a pedigree and professionally polished alumni hire from a coach facing pressure to bring in someone like him rather than an offensive wunderkind who can deliver memorial days.

I always enjoy the “Coach X had better options on the bench but didn’t use them for …reasons” commentary

[jhu06]

I will also add that one of the more concerning issues was basically the entire offense (outside of English) returned and the offense took a decided step back.

Most, if not all, of this was due to the aforementioned English injury and Melendez's ineffectiveness (though he certainly wasn't the problem in the quarterfinals, and thus not the reason we didn't advance to the Final Four, even if it was a struggle for much of the year). They were our two primary initiators heading into the season. Suddenly one of them is done for the year and the other is in a major slump, which may or may not have been injury related as well. So it's not a huge surprise the offense was sluggish in the second half of the year, especially as the two freshmen — Chauvette and Ayers — who had been productive in the early/middle parts of the season, hit the infamous freshman wall. Bauer was also banged up. Evans, who got us 12 pts last year, was simply not healthy enough to contribute either. That, quite frankly, didn't leave you with a ton.

The offense wasn't a whole lot better late in the year last year either. Fewer than 10 goals in two of the last three games (including the QF loss to Notre Dame). Hm I wonder what could have been a big part of the offensive explosion against Bryant, let me think: A program record 9 points from Melendez and a first quarter hat trick from English to set the tone. Arguably the two most critical O players in that game and neither were available/healthy/effective for the majority of 2024.

Angelus and Degnon are real, impactful losses. But there is a chance the offense is better next year despite those losses if:

- English comes back healthy (and stays healthy)
- Melendez plays more like his 2023 self than 2024
- Collison takes a step

The good things re: Melendez are A) we know what he's capable of, so it doesn't require some quantum leap or magical thinking to get him to where he needs to be. This is a guy who was taking Brett Makar, Chris Fake, and Marcus Hudgins to the rack last year... and B) he is going to have to carry more and be more assertive simply by virtue of us losing Angel. We can't afford for him to be a secondary presence of the offense. He's got to drive things from the attack while English, Collison, Bauer, and others run the midfield. Assuming the other attackmen are Chauvette and Ayers — Chauv is not a dodger and while Ayers has shown flashes in that area (great first step), that's mostly been against SSDMs and is unproven as a college attackman against top poles. Long story short, Russ is going to have more responsibility in '25 than he did in '24. I predict that'll help to unlock the ability we know he has.

The other thing is Collie's got to take the next step. He was basically the same player this year as last (a very good one), except a bit more clutch (which is not unimportant). Need him to develop a bit more as a playmaker (e.g. the unbelievable pass he made against Michigan) and be more assertive without forcing things. He has 1st team AA potential.

And then of course there's a whole bunch of guys (Iler, Jewell, McCleary, Crogan, etc.) who are unknown entities as collegiate players but pop on tape with the very skill that is needed: midfield dodging. We'll see if any of them pan out. I think the odds are good that someone will.

None of the senior midfielders really improved year over year, for a lot of them the 2022 big ten run was the apex of their careers. I said all of last year and this year this era would go as far as they could go and both seasons ended in quarterfinals. It raises several long-term concerns about Crawley

-Why he let an unproductive Melendez go the whole season not giving his expected output
-The biblical Angelus mindfart in OT against uva where a veteran just froze with the chance to win the game as part of a year long program obsession with not wanting to score transition goals.
-His ability to evaluate talent at the midfield level (whether they should have moved on from some of those sr midfield guys after 2023 and brought in more multidimensional players)
-His ability to make adjustments either game to game or in game-like the michigan disaster when they went ice cold
-His ability to show flexibility-they kept the same midfield lines pretty much all year. He also didn't reach into the jr/soph/frosh classes. Shades of a lot of busted petro years where he'd play seniors with 18 percent shooting percentages into april after gauntlet blowouts.
-His ability to develop talent-who got better this year offensively?
-His ability to bring in talent-they knew last year what the ceilings were (not very high) and floors (meh) and didn't make any adjustments.
-Whether he's just a pedigree and professionally polished alumni hire from a coach facing pressure to bring in someone like him rather than an offensive wunderkind who can deliver memorial days.

I always enjoy the “Coach X had better options on the bench but didn’t use them for …reasons” commentary

The most popular quarterback in a town is always the one on the bench.

[51percentcorn]

jhu06 quote

"None of the senior midfielders really improved year over year, for a lot of them the 2022 big ten run was the apex of their careers. I said all of last year and this year this era would go as far as they could go and both seasons ended in quarterfinals. It raises several long-term concerns about Crawley

-Why he let an unproductive Melendez go the whole season not giving his expected output
-The biblical Angelus mindfart in OT against uva where a veteran just froze with the chance to win the game as part of a year long program obsession with not wanting to score transition goals.
-His ability to evaluate talent at the midfield level (whether they should have moved on from some of those sr midfield guys after 2023 and brought in more multidimensional players)
-His ability to make adjustments either game to game or in game-like the michigan disaster when they went ice cold
-His ability to show flexibility-they kept the same midfield lines pretty much all year. He also didn't reach into the jr/soph/frosh classes. Shades of a lot of busted petro years where he'd play seniors with 18 percent shooting percentages into april after gauntlet blowouts.
-His ability to develop talent-who got better this year offensively?
-His ability to bring in talent-they knew last year what the ceilings were (not very high) and floors (meh) and didn't make any adjustments.
-Whether he's just a pedigree and professionally polished alumni hire from a coach facing pressure to bring in someone like him rather than an offensive wunder kind who can deliver memorial days."


Giving DocB a run for his money on most useless & uninformed post of the 2025 thread so far.

[HopFan16]

Giving DocB a run for his money on most useless & uninformed post of the 2025 thread so far.

I'd usually just let this go but you accidentally quoted this as if I posted it instead of 06. Do not want to be associated with this total garbage

[51percentcorn]

My bad - sincere apologies and understood - thought I had gone back to '06's original post when I hit the quote button. Went back and fixed best I could

[Sagittarius A*]

-Why he let an unproductive Melendez go the whole season not giving his expected output

I think his performance in the QFs showed why they wanted him on the field. He came up big in the big game.
Hopefully something for him to build on in 2025.

[DocBarrister]

Giving DocB a run for his money on most useless & uninformed post of the 2025 thread so far.

I'd usually just let this go but you accidentally quoted this as if I posted it instead of 06. Do not want to be associated with this total garbage

You two habitually attack folks who may disagree with you.

Pathetic and weak.

DocBarrister

[norcalhop]

How good are Hobot and Mccleary?

[DocBarrister]

-Why he let an unproductive Melendez go the whole season not giving his expected output

I think his performance in the QFs showed why they wanted him on the field. He came up big in the big game.
Hopefully something for him to build on in 2025.

Melendez is a bit of a puzzle. There were a number of times during the season when he simply seemed gun shy. He would have a good look, but then hesitate and pass the ball … or hold the ball too long and get double teamed.

I’m sure he and the coaches have looked at a lot of tape to see what the issue is. Opponents probably paid more attention to him this season.

One thing is for certain … he will need to play a bigger role next season with Angelus and Degnon having moved on.

DocBarrister

[DocBarrister]

How good are Hobot and Mccleary?

You can judge McCleary for yourself.



Looks like a classic midfield dodger. Wing dodges, high wing dodges, dodges from the x, and classic alley dodges. Can score from range. Inside Lacrosse rates his speed 5/5.

IL says his D needs work … I’m sure JK can fix whatever issues are there.

He’s exactly the kind of midfielder the Blue Jays need … a classic, athletic dodger with speed and range on his shot.

Still, the adjustment can be tough for freshmen middies. I would wager the coaches find him playing time in 2025.

As for Hobot, from IL’s description, he does more than faceoff. We need that … more and more, teams try to strip the ball from a FOGO. FOGOs need to be more than FOGOs these days … call ‘em FOGO+.

DocBarrister

[51percentcorn]

How good are Hobot and Mccleary?

You can judge McCleary for yourself.

No you really can't - 4 minute youtube highlight videos can be compared to 8 minute scrimmage videos leading to conclusions such as "best ball movement in 2 decades" I wonder who typed that?

Here are MCCleary's advantages:
- He's size ready at 6'2" 195 lbs
- This is a stereotype but if he was part of the Mater Dei/Prep pipeline - there's a chance he's a year older than his class (everyone calm down - that's not to say many parents don't make that same decision - just that it's a local legend - humor - and I don't know if he went to Mater Dei))
- Prep plays real teams - MIAA schools/normal IAC opponents (Landon)/Gonzaga every year
- Milliman and Crawley recruited him - he gets love from IL - he's clearly not a stumble bum

The disadvantages? Same as for every incoming freshman and you don't know what you don't know until it happens - how will he adjust to college and Hopkins? WIll the college game be too fast for him at first? How does he adjust to facing grown men 22/23 years old? How will he adjust to being on the lower rung of the ladder with 5/6 returning sophomores/juniors that had to stand and watch virtually every second and they got a chance to absorb the coaches philosophies and an extra year of DI nutrition/fitness/strength?

Given that one of the first line middies graduated - one of the second line middies graduated - two of the jumble of second line middies are probably in the conversation to move to attack - another piece in the mix (McDermott) graduated - there are minutes available - but if you hold out to the hope that English will play close to a full year and you now have a 16 goal scorer through the portal - spots are starting to shrink.

Then there's Gregorek and Crogan as well - this may change in part since McCleary is now on the NB team - but currently Gregorek is ranked higher by IL than McCleary - not that anybody should care about that but some seem to.

As far as Hobot - one thing IL can possibly get correct is size - 160 lbs - if that's the case - he may not see much action this coming season with Callahan and McKee running around. Here's the listed weights of the Four 1st-3rd team AAs at FO: 195/210/190/220. Chayse's older brother of course is not a big guy so it can be done - but the trend is certainly towards 200 lbs. Kohn was listed at 210 - Lynch 195 - Wambach at UNC 185 as a freshman. Naso was on the lighter size at 180 but he got hurt and wore down - was not anywhere close to his normal stats last half of the year. Joe probably needs a year or two in the weight room.

[Ruffled_Feathers]

Yeah with the incredibly imperfect data in only really having seen a handful of game highlights and highlight reels many of which are a year or more old there isn't a ton you can really know for sure of unless you're way more involved in the high school scene.

Gregorek is exciting because he just seems like a hard nosed do-it-all type guy that you can put anywhere on the field and he'll get the job done. He does however seem to not have a left hand at all.

McCleary is a nice horse on the offensive end with certainly a preference for his left but maybe isn't entirely one handed. Seems to not shy away from the bigger moments as well.

Both of these guys look to be able to shake defenders and get their hands free with strong shots and while on the run. But high school isn't D1 and as discussed there is plenty of talent that was riding the pine last year and being seasoned. This fall should hopefully be exciting.

[Sagittarius A*]

-Why he let an unproductive Melendez go the whole season not giving his expected output

I think his performance in the QFs showed why they wanted him on the field. He came up big in the big game.
Hopefully something for him to build on in 2025.

Melendez is a bit of a puzzle. There were a number of times during the season when he simply seemed gun shy. He would have a good look, but then hesitate and pass the ball … or hold the ball too long and get double teamed.

I’m sure he and the coaches have looked at a lot of tape to see what the issue is. Opponents probably paid more attention to him this season.

One thing is for certain … he will need to play a bigger role next season with Angelus and Degnon having moved on.

DocBarrister

It may be that he was injured most of the season and not 100%.
If the issue was confidence, then it should really boost his confidence that he was able to score 4 goals against an elite Final Four team in the Quarterfinals.
I agree he will have to take on a bigger role next season, especially with play making and initiating with the absence of Angelus.
Last year we had two players from the HS AA game make an impact, Chauvette and Kilrain.
It's not unreasonable that the two in this year's game could find the field next year although it does usually take longer for midfielders to adjust to the college game due to their roles playing all over the field.
The big question for 2025 is who starts in goal?
I think we got spoiled by Ierlan but it's not hard to see how much of an impact good goal tending makes.

[norcalhop]

-Why he let an unproductive Melendez go the whole season not giving his expected output

I think his performance in the QFs showed why they wanted him on the field. He came up big in the big game.
Hopefully something for him to build on in 2025.

Melendez is a bit of a puzzle. There were a number of times during the season when he simply seemed gun shy. He would have a good look, but then hesitate and pass the ball … or hold the ball too long and get double teamed.

I’m sure he and the coaches have looked at a lot of tape to see what the issue is. Opponents probably paid more attention to him this season.

One thing is for certain … he will need to play a bigger role next season with Angelus and Degnon having moved on.

DocBarrister

It may be that he was injured most of the season and not 100%.
If the issue was confidence, then it should really boost his confidence that he was able to score 4 goals against an elite Final Four team in the Quarterfinals.
I agree he will have to take on a bigger role next season, especially with play making and initiating with the absence of Angelus.
Last year we had two players from the HS AA game make an impact, Chauvette and Kilrain.
It's not unreasonable that the two in this year's game could find the field next year although it does usually take longer for midfielders to adjust to the college game due to their roles playing all over the field.
The big question for 2025 is who starts in goal?
I think we got spoiled by Ierlan but it's not hard to see how much of an impact good goal tending makes.

He honestly looked slow many games without the burst I remember last year. I do suspect he was dealing with a nagging issue, but ofcourse that's speculation.

[norcalhop]

How important is it for people to have a strong shot on their off hand? I'm looking at the recruit videos and I can't even find a shot from their weak hand.

[HopFan16]

How important is it for people to have a strong shot on their off hand? I'm looking at the recruit videos and I can't even find a shot from their weak hand.

It depends. If you're an X attackman, you need to be able to pass and finish topside with your off hand.

If you're a wing shooter, and you're really good with your dominant hand, then I think having an off hand is nice but not necessary. Degnon had 162 career goals — how many of them were with his right hand? 5, 10 max? How many of his NCAA record 220+ goals did Payton Cormier score with his right hand? How about Mac O'Keefe? Brennan O'Neill? In the age of twisters and behind-the-backs, guys are able to find ways to increase their angle and finish consistently without switching to their off hand.

There are precious few guys like Ryan Brown who are truly ambidextrous. It's just hard to do. The guys who can genuinely shoot it well with both hands tend to be the same guys you see on or near Tewaaraton lists (e.g. Shellenberger, Joey Epstein before his injury, etc).

Having said all that, I don't think high school highlights are always a good indication. Some of these kids are so good at getting to their preferred hand against the competition they face (aka McCleary) that it's hard to know how well he can actually shoot it with his right. It very well may be that he can shoot with both but has never really needed to if he's so good at getting to his left all the time. That may change in college. Degnon used to have no right hand at all but over the course of his career he developed it to the point where if defensemen just completely gave him the right side, he'd make them pay for it. Think it's important to at least be able to do that even if 90+% of your shots are taken with one hand.