Elite Prospects Hockey

 The Miami Redhawks recently received verbal commitments from forward Cody Murphy (Cedar Rapids/USHL) and Shane Berschbach (Indiana Ice/USHL) who are both Elite Prospects Alumni. Elite Prospects Director Don Harkins knows both of them well. Harkins while the GM of the Ohio Bluejackets drafted Murphy in the 2007 USHL Draft and again in the 2007 USHL Futures Draft and had his eyes on Bershbach for sometime and was ready to Draft him in the 2008 USHL Draft but Ohio ceased operations. "They are both good players but different" added Harkins. "Shane has tremendous vision and skill and slows the pace of the game down, while Cody is a high energy forward with great speed, work ethic and grit" added Harkins. "I called Shane during and shortly after the 2007 USHL Futures Draft and told him that I was very interested but had to fill other needs but to keep working hard and that hopefully we could draft him in the 2008 USHL Draft" stated Harkins. "I actually tried to sign Shane during the season last year but he decided because of school, etc. to play out his year in Midget with Little Caesar's and hope for the best in the Draft". "I told Jim Paliafito (Director of Player Personnel/ Indiana Ice) that he got the steal of the Draft, by getting Berschbach in the 7th round" "I had Shane slated for one of my two second round picks, I had acquired multiple 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round picks as part of the Jimmy Hayes trade, but it didn't work out with us ceasing operations" It has however worked out well for Murphy and Berschbach and both will be heading to Harkins Alma Mater in Oxford, Ohio