brianvf

UMD, UND, and DU should finish 1-3 in the league. UND and DU with the stacked defense...UMD with the stacked offense. Will be some good battles.

Insane on DU. I still like our forward group and depth better than theirs, but UND and DU both will have some of the best d-corps in the entire nation. -Rudolph, Lin, Fiddler, MacBeath, Jamieson vs. -Carels, MacKenzie, Verhoeff, Emery, Laurila, Lindberg UND has the edge on both high end skill and overall depth IMO, but those are both insane groups.

Confirmed that Heise and Pridham are both heading to DU this fall.

I like how we're grabbing pairs from each team. Last year two off Victoria. This year two off Prince George. Next year two from Saskatoon...and maybe two from Medicine Hat too?

Here’s hoping that DuPont stays at Everett one more year to go for another chance at the MemCup and we can get him, England, Fitzy, and the Rucks in one super recruiting class. <wakes up from dream>

Benak will be a stud but their summer has been really quiet, like you said.

DU will be good on paper, for sure. They picked up a few excellent pieces on their backend after losing Pohlkamp and Buckberger. I'd still take our d-corps over theirs...I also like our forward skill and depth over theirs. UMD will be tough. They'll have the best forward group in the NCHC (and one of the best in the country too). Our goalie situation and d-corps is better though. WMU lost a lot but gets back their two best dmen. SCSU got decimated. ASU lost their three best players and brings in some AHL/ECHL experience on top of a solid recruiting class. I think it'll be a 3-horse race for the NCHC title between UND, UMD, and DU. Then a decent gap to the 4th place team.

Yes. He led the Memorial Cup champ Rangers in both points and goals this year. Finished ahead of UMN recruit Humphreys on the team. He was originally committed to BU but I'm not sure what happened there.

Then we better hope he goes back to Everett for another season.

It's gonna be pretty darn annoying if UMN ends up landing DuPont after their decades of saying how evil Canadian players are in the NCAA.

For sure on all of them. I have a feeling England is gonna have a monster year next season. Would be great to get his commitment before the season starts, like Bryn did with MacKenzie this year before he exploded.

Would be a massive get for next season.

Another farmer background, like Carels. Nice article on Dumanski from Schloss: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/bauer-dumanski-to-bring-some-bennett-zmolek-like-elements-to-unds-defensive-corps Also sounds like he is planning on rooming with Carels for his FR season.