Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Storm Goalie Diebold Commits to RPI

Press Release

The Tri-City Storm announced that goaltender Scott Diebold has committed to play collegiate hockey at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute beginning in the fall of the 2012.

"As soon as I walked on the (RPI) campus, it felt right to me," said Diebold. "I fell in love with community there at the campus and you couldn't get a better fit with the goaltending coach being the head coach."

Diebold won 10 games for the Storm during his rookie USHL season. Four of his wins came by way of a shutout. At one point during the season, he won four straight starts which included him making a season high 43 saves in the 2-1 win vs. Fargo on December 11th. The 18-year-old from Cheektowaga, New York finished the season with a 2.75 goals-against-average and .913 save percentage.

Four other players from the 2010-11 season are committed to attend RPI; Luke Curadi (Dubuque Fighting Saints), Mark Miller (Omaha Lancers), Ryan Haggerty (Team USA), and Chris Bradley (Youngstown Phantoms).

Diebold is undecided on a major at RPI, but is thrilled with the opportunity to play hockey at a top academic school. "You can't pass up the opportunity to get that kind of education in life."

RPI is located in Troy, New York and is a member of the ECAC hockey conference. Six USHL alumni were on the Engineers roster this past season; Nick Bailen (Indiana Ice), Greg Burgdoerfer (Des Moines Buccaneers), Patrick Cullen (Indiana Ice), Bo Dolan (Tri-City Storm/Sioux Falls Stampede), Jeff Foss (Sioux Falls Stampede), and C.J. Lee (Green Bay Gamblers).

"We are extremely excited for Scott, who put in a lot of hard work this past season for the organization," said Storm Head Coach/General Manager Drew Schoneck. "We are also pleased that he will be back next season and look forward to him continuing to progress between the pipes."

(Nathan can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)

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