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Prince Albert takes down Medicine Hat, 4-2, in their series. Prince Albert now takes on Everett for the WHL finals...so it'll be Rudolph vs DuPont. Rudolph had another good game...1g/2a. Jonas Woo had a really good season and playoffs for MH...will be interesting to see how he does at ASU next year being a smaller, more offensive dman. Good pickup for them, for sure.

I'm betting that we start to see a much improved Verhoeff as his Soph season progresses. Similar to Emery this past season. EJ had a good but not great FR season, but really started to blossom his Soph year.

How the oil tanker bladder system never caught on is beyond me.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/schlossman-unpacking-the-changes-coming-to-college-hockey

Future Gopher easily taken off his skates by the ref. That checks out.

Yeah, and won't be hard to find replacements. Although finding replacements for three first rounder dmen in one offseason might be a tall task.

Carels might be one of those guys that it is still very beneficial to have on the team, even if it's only for one season. If the coaches know that going in...that he'll only be here a year...then it is something that they can plan for. If Carels comes in, I'm guessing they'll need to replace about half the d-corps the following year...as Emery, Verhoeff, and Carels would probably all sign.

The Med Hat/Prince Albert series is now tied 2-2. Rudolph with a monster game...2g-2a, led all skaters with 8 shots and added a 10min misconduct penalty in the 3rd for good measure. Game 5 is tomorrow back in Prince Albert. I really have to think that Chyz is going after two CHL dmen and we're just waiting on their playoffs to end and possibly the NHL draft to be done. Maybe he's going after 2 of the big 3...with a fallback of hopefully landing one and then adding another "less-heralded" CHL dman (similar to Josephson at forward last year). Or, another option...he's hoping to land 2, but if they only get one he fills the last spot with a current older portal dman to add experience (similar to Young at forward last year). Either way, next year's d-corps is going to be very young, but very skilled. Adding one (or two) from the Big 3 only makes them younger yet even more skilled. A young d-corps is certainly not normally a recipe for success in college hockey...but that group just might have enough talent to overcome their youth. JR - Boser, Emery SO - Laurila, Verhoeff FR - Lindberg, MacKenzie

Baby steps I guess. They still need to figure out this darn age limit/5yr eligibility craziness too.

Wouldn't be surprised if he waited to make his decision until after the draft. Not only first to see what the team that drafts him wants...but also because all the coaches and some of his teammates are going to be at his house for the draft. Might be a little awkward if he's already committed to a NCAA college. Unless the Prince George staff is ok with the CHL --> NCAA move.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/schlossman-college-hockey-coaches-admins-scheduled-to-hear-from-ncaas-top-lawyer

Nice pickup for them, but I still prefer our incoming FR dman from the Oil Kings. With DU having Macbeath, Lin, and now Fiddler all coming in from the CHL for their d-corps, I'm really hoping that lessens the chances of other high profile CHL dmen going there...only so much playing time, right? Chyz still needs to make his CHL splash for this fall.

BIG THREE WATCH: Carson Carels 58gp 20-53-73 / Playoffs 10gp 1-9-10 Season ended April 19...where are you, bro? Landon DuPont 63gp 18-55-73 / Playoffs 13gp 4-13-17 Next game: Everett swept Penticton 4-0 and will play in WHL finals Daxon Rudolph 68gp 28-50-78 / Playoffs 12gp 6-9-15 Next game: Apr 29, Medicine Hat leading series over Prince Albert, 2-1

https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/2026-u-18-world-championship-cullen-lin-higlight-top-standouts-from-final-day-of-round-robin-top-players-risers

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/schlossman-caleb-heil-reaching-another-level-in-ushl-playoffs Also likes to play the puck...like Spoons:

Agreed that it's going to pass because of FOOTBALL!!...I'm really hoping that the NCAA works with hockey to make some slightly different rules or exceptions.

This kid already plays Sioux hockey. Get him on board, Chyz!

It must be an injury but I couldn't find any info posted if that was the case or not.

The opposing team didn’t appear to be pleased.

Well that's unfortunate.

Would imagine that if Jaxon Jacobson goes the NCAA route that we'd hopefully have the inside track on him being that he is a Manitoba kid. He absolutely lit up the WHL this year as a 16/17yo...85pts in 63 games. He joined the Canadian U18 team and had 2 goals in his first game (one assisted by Verhoeff).

DuPont and Rudolph's teams both won Game 1 in their WHL playoff series. DuPont with 1g/1a in their win and Rudolph 2a in their win. Hopefully Jax and Co has been able to schedule a campus visit with Carels.