Louie Caporusso | |||
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Born |
Template:City-state | July 21, 1989||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
Position | Center/Left wing | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
NHL draft |
90th overall, 2007 Ottawa |
Louie Caporusso is an ice hockey forward who has completed his sophomore season with the Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team. During the 2008–09 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season, he was named to the All-Central Collegiate Hockey Association first team.[1] He was also named first-team AHCA/Reebok Division I Ice Hockey All-Americans.[2]
Career
During the 2004–05 season he played in the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL) for the Toronto Red Wings, recording 70 points including 41 goals in 56 games. The 70-point total made him the GTHL point leader for the season.[3]
After his league leading performance he was drafted by the Toronto St. Michael's Majors of the Ontario Hockey League, but instead of playing for them, he spent the following two seasons playing in the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OPJHL) for the St. Michael's Buzzers.[3][4] During the 2005–06 season, he led the OPJHL in scoring with 73 points in 48 games and led the team to the OPJHL championship.[3] Caporusso scored 50 points in 37 games during the 2006–07 season, but the team lost in the finals.[3]
As a freshman at Michigan, he scored 21 points, including 12 goals, in 33 games.[5] As a sophomore during the 2008–09 season, Caporusso was one of ten finalsits for the Hobey Baker Award.[6] During the season, he scored 49 points in 41 games.[5] He was also named to the All-Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) first-team and AHCA/Reebok Division I Ice Hockey All-Americans first-team along with team mate Aaron Palushaj.[1][2] In addition, he was selected to the CCHA All-Conference tournament team.[7]
Personal
Caporusso is now from Template:City-state.[6] At the University of Michigan, he studies in the School of Kinesiology and performs public service by visiting the makes visits to U-M Mott Children’s Hospital.[6]
Notes
- ^ a b "Michigan lands Louie Caporusso and Aaron Palushaj on All-CCHA first team". MLive.com. 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ^ a b "Men's Reebok Division I Ice Hockey All-Americans Announced". American Hockey Coaches Association. 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ a b c d "Louie Caporusso". Hockey's Future. CraveOnline Media, LLC. 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ^ "Louie Caporusso". M Go Blue. Regents of the University of Michigan & IMG College. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ^ a b "Louie Caporusso". Hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ a b c "Hobey Baker Award Announces Top Ten Finalists". hobeybaker.com. 2009-03-19. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ "C/LW - Louie Caporusso". Hockey News. Retrieved 2009-05-19.