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[dakotadan]

PHE, on Jan 28 2010, 12:29 AM, said:

Does anyone have a list of the commitments for next season?

The only one I have heard of so far is Madison Kolls from Hudson, WI. She is currently a senior at Shattuck -St Mary's.

[PHE]

dakotadan, on Jan 28 2010, 11:45 AM, said:

The only one I have heard of so far is Madison Kolls from Hudson, WI. She is currently a senior at Shattuck -St Mary's.

Thanks for the update.  Isn't there a goalie from Warroad coming in?  Maybe that isn't official yet.

[spfreak]

PHE, on Jan 28 2010, 12:35 PM, said:

Thanks for the update.  Isn't there a goalie from Warroad coming in?  Maybe that isn't official yet.

She won't be coming until 2011.  I know that there is another goalie that will be coming in next year but I don't recall her name.

[ABER]

Looks like Layla Marvin will be coming next year.

http://www.grandfork...ticle/id/154486

[choyt3]

ABER, on Mar 16 2010, 11:45 AM, said:

Looks like Layla Marvin will be coming next year.

http://www.grandfork...ticle/id/154486

Also, in 2011. She's a junior.

[spfreak]

On Brad Schlossman's twitter, it says that he believes that the commitment that the women's team got is Michelle Karvinen, one of the leading scorers on the Finnish Olympic team this year.  She is 20 so I am guessing that she will be coming in 2010.  I googled her and found that she is facebook friends with fighting sioux women's hockey so that would seem like a bit of confirmation of her commitment.

[SiouxMD]

spfreak, on Apr 20 2010, 06:56 PM, said:

On Brad Schlossman's twitter, it says that he believes that the commitment that the women's team got is Michelle Karvinen, one of the leading scorers on the Finnish Olympic team this year.  She is 20 so I am guessing that she will be coming in 2010.  I googled her and found that she is facebook friends with fighting sioux women's hockey so that would seem like a bit of confirmation of her commitment.

Olympian from Finland commits to UND women's hockey team

[dakotadan]

Here is the full article:
Finnish Olympian to join Sioux

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Karvinen has been playing under-20 boys hockey in Denmark. She was invited to become the first female to play in the top Danish men’s professional league, but she declined in order to stay college eligible.

UND assistant coaches Maria Lewis and Peter Elander both visited Karvinen in Europe and the standout made her commitment without ever visiting campus.

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UND decided against filling up other scholarships in hopes of landing some big recruits after the Olympic Games. The Sioux did that by securing a commitment from Karvinen.

There are still two top high school prospects who remain uncommitted — Canadian superstar Marie-Philip Poulin and American forward Kendall Coyne. Both are expected to attend college in America in the fall.

If Idalski, Lewis and Elander could land one of these two, that would really set UND up to be a power for the next 3-4 years!

[siouxhockeyfan11]

dakotadan, on Apr 21 2010, 07:11 PM, said:

Here is the full article:
Finnish Olympian to join Sioux


If Idalski, Lewis and Elander could land one of these two, that would really set UND up to be a power for the next 3-4 years!

Could you imagine if Poulin came to UND?

[siouxforce19]

dakotadan, on Apr 21 2010, 07:11 PM, said:

Here is the full article:
Finnish Olympian to join Sioux


If Idalski, Lewis and Elander could land one of these two, that would really set UND up to be a power for the next 3-4 years!

I don't know about Poulin, but the other one, Coyne, I hear is interested in going Ivy.... likely Cornell or Harvard. I think she's trying to get her test scores up though to gain admission there. Don't quote me on that though, that's just what I've been reading.

[siouxnami]

siouxhockeyfan11, on Apr 21 2010, 07:57 PM, said:

Could you imagine if Poulin came to UND?

worst to first

[spfreak]

I read that Poulin is looking at schools out east most likely.  I haven't heard us as being a possibility.

[Brucesky02]

Poulin was here this past weekend visiting.  No clue on whether it was a good trip for her or not though.

[LetsGoSioux!]

Brucesky02, on Apr 22 2010, 06:43 AM, said:

Poulin was here this past weekend visiting.  No clue on whether it was a good trip for her or not though.

If she was here, I'd say we have a sporting chance!

It sounds like the team is coming together quite nicely, regardless of Poulin's decision.

[dakotadan]

Sioux add three to 2010-11 roster

Michelle Karvinen - Rodovre, Denmark

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Idalski said: Michelle is very gifted offensively. She was the Finish Olympic teams leading scorer and through that and her experience being a little older we expect her to step right in and have an immediate impact for us.

Madison Kolls - Hudson, Wisc.

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Idalski said: Madison played at a great program in Shattuck-St. Mary's and is a very strong defender that skates extremely well, but is going to need to get a little stronger. She will instantly add some depth to our blue line.

Michelle Bonapace-Potvin - Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec

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Idalski said: Potvin is solid goaltender and solid person. We expect her to come in and compete and push our goaltenders and be a solid kid for us day in and day out.

There is more info on each in the article.

[brianvf]

LetsGoSioux!, on Apr 22 2010, 10:08 AM, said:

It sounds like the team is coming together quite nicely, regardless of Poulin's decision.

No doubt!

Put the Lammy twins and Karvinen on a line together.
They'll put up 2-3 goals a night!  

The UND team should really move up the WCHA standings next season...

[jimdahl]

Nice article about Kolls...

Kolls to play hockey for Fighting Sioux - Hudson Star Observer

[brianvf]

Sounds like Poulin has committed to BU.

[GeauxSioux]

EGF'S Jensen commits to UND

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UND wasn’t about to let the first Division I women’s hockey player from East Grand Forks Senior High out of its back yard.

Forward Leah Jensen, who is completing her junior year, said she verbally committed to UND on Tuesday night, giving the Sioux a third recruit for the 2011-12 season.

“Playing for UND has been one dream I’ve kept all my life,” Jensen said. “Now, I have the opportunity to live it.”

Jensen has one year left with the Green Wave. She’ll redshirt her freshman year at UND and suit up in the fall of 2012.

[GeauxSioux]

More Olympians to play for Sioux

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It hasn’t taken long for Peter Elander’s Swedish connections to benefit the UND women’s hockey team.

This summer, the Sioux have received four verbal commitments from European standouts that play in the women’s Swedish Elite League.

Two of them — Sweden’s Cecilia Ostberg and Klara Myren — are Olympians. They were coached by Elander, the newly hired UND associate coach, at the 2010 Vancouver Games.

The others are Norway’s Andrea Schjelderup Dalen and Denmark’s Josefine Jakobsen, who have both been such dominant players in their own countries that they left to compete in Sweden

All four are expected to join the Sioux next fall along with Minnesota Section 8 players Layla Marvin (Warroad), Shelby Amsley-Benzie (Warroad) and Leah Jensen (East Grand Forks Senior High).