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Yep, agreed. Also, as has been mentioned here many times before...chippahs LOVE to play with chippahs. And now we all of a sudden have a lot of studs scheduled to arrive on campus for 26/27 and 27/28. So, if any of our current guys have any doubt about making the jump from NCAA to NHL or have some things that they still need to work on...or just want one more year of "college fun" before becoming pro...then playing with the likes of Fitzhenry and the Rucks next fall would certainly be appealing.

Some nice quotes in there from the Ruck's and Dane/Bryn.

I’ve seen multiple comments about them needing to put on weight and work on their skating. Both things that can easily be worked on over 2-3 seasons in the NCAA.

Haha those Goof fans are hilarious. One subpar year and they’ve developed a bit of a Jan Brady syndrome.

Yeah, I think those five forwards have to be incoming as of now. I think Reschny will for sure be gone, but part of me thinks there is a decent chance that Zellers might stick around for his JR year. If that's the case, then we'd need to see at least one forward sign or portal out.

Updated Committed Recruits as of 6/22: Fun updating this list each week with new chippers. Welcome Liam and Markus! Bryn is on an absolute heater Forwards Sanderson (USHL Muskegon) - '07 Jundt (WHL Calgary) - '08 L Ruck (WHL Med Hat) - '08 M Ruck (WHL Med Hat) - '08 Williams (WHL Saskatoon) - '08 DeMars (WHL Penticton) - '09 Fitzhenry (U18 NTDP) - '09 Grubb (WHL Brandon) - '09 McKamey (WHL Victoria) - '09 Defensemen Klimpke (WHL Saskatoon) - '07 Penner (USHL Fargo) - '08 Scott (U18 NTDP) - '09 Thoreson (U18 NTDP) - '09 Goalies None Looking ahead to 27-28 season: F - Magnussen, Malinoski, Menghini for sure gone...Reschny, Zellers possible to depart -- Sanderson, 2x Ruck, Williams, Fitzhenry likely incoming D - Everyone eligible to return...Carels, Emery, Verhoeff possible to depart -- Klimpke incoming

A bit of an interesting mix: Almost wish they were coming in this fall so we'd get one more year of them. They haven't really been rushing their development, but we'll still be lucky to get 2 years of them in a UND jersey I'd guess.

It's so bananas, I'm expecting another BAT signal tomorrow to announce DuPont coming in for 27/28 now too.

Agreed.

Welcome aboard, Ruck twins! Massive, massive gets for next season.

BAM! That is so huge. As I mentioned in the other thread...offense is gonna be absolutely loaded for 27/28. We just need to retain 1-2 of our big D for another season plus Spoons and we're set.

Agreed. No way is he worth that. I'd take the picks.

It seems that most of the CHLer --> NCAA commits have been delaying the announcement of their NCAA commitment...don't want to upset their CHL teams...but the Ruck's are one (two) that I could see announcing this summer (like what MacKenzie did last year). Medicine Hat knows that they are returning for this fall, but would be expecting them to move on the following year. Might as well announce it right away and avoid dealing with all the speculation all season.

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