Rink and Run blog: Forbort to scouting combine

Defenseman Derek Forbort of Duluth, along with Minnesota Duluth recruits Justin Faulk of South St. Paul and Joe Basaraba of Fort Frances, Ontario, have been invited to an NHL Scouting Combine on May 24-29 in Toronto, Ontario, in advance of the 2010 NHL Entry on June 25-26. The top 100 prospects will be at the combine.

     Forbort (a North Dakota recruit) and Faulk, a defenseman, play for the USA Under-18 team in Ann Arbor, Mich., while Basaraba, a forward, is at Shattuck-St. Mary’s in Faribault, Minn.

     A full list of the combine prospects is here.

    Also, UMD recruit Cal Decowski, a senior forward at Andover (Minn.) High School, has played eight games with Des Moines (Iowa) since the end of the high school season and has four assists.