Millcreek Township native Bryan Sienerth has chosen to attend the USHL Combine over the Erie Otters’ orientation camp this weekend, his father, Rick, confirmed Friday.
“We felt that he needed the exposure to keep all of his hockey options open,” Rick Sienerth said in a text message, referring to USHL Futures Draft, the draft for 1996-born players, which will be held Tuesday. “He is only 16, so NCAA eligibility is still very important. And since the USHL is the Tier I league (in the United States), that keeps (eligibility) intact. We opted to keep that door open.”
Sienerth, a Cathedral Prep sophomore who played for the Pittsburgh Hornets’ U16 team this past season, has received interest from Division I programs at Harvard, Merrimack and Notre Dame.
He could be selected in the draft, Rick Sienerth said. He has been contacted by several USHL clubs. The Otters chose him in the 13th round of the OHL Priority Selection April 7.
He plans to attend the Otters’ main camp in August, Rick Sienerth said.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Mercyhurst College and the University of Nebraska-Omaha, a former Central Collegiate Hockey Association rival will join the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves and host Alaska Nanooks in the 2011 Brice Alaska Goal Rush at the Center.

The Nanooks defeated the Mercyhurst Lakers of the Atlantic Hockey Association in the inaugural Brice in 2008 and during a 12-season rivalry with Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks, the Nanooks compiled a 22-16-11 record, including a 10-10-5 mark in Omaha.

Nebraska Omaha is in its inaugural season in the 12-team Western Collegiate Hockey Association, which includes UAA. The 2012 Brice is scheduled to have the North Dakota Fighting Sioux of the WCHA and the Merrimack Warriors of Hockey East. Alaska lost 3-1 to No. 2-ranked North Dakota in the Kendall Hockey Classic in Anchorage on Oct. 9. The 14th-ranked Nanooks captured their second Brice title on Saturday with a 2-1 victory over the Colorado College Tigers of the WCHA.

- From Fairbanks Daily News-Miner