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[Blackheart]

Duluth has maroon and gold so I guess he was referring to UMD...

[MissSioux85]

 Blackheart, on 28 May 2013 - 06:49 PM, said:

Duluth has maroon and gold so I guess he was referring to UMD...

True, but he also added the hashtag #gophers.

Apparently he has some family ties to UMD so he must have had a change of heart.

[siouxforce19]

MissSioux85, on 28 May 2013 - 07:41 PM, said:

True, but he also added the hashtag #gophers.

Apparently he has some family ties to UMD so he must have had a change of heart.

We'll see if he actually ends up there - 4 years is a bit far off. I'm just thinking about a couple kids who committed super early who currently play for UND that were committed to other schools at 14/15. He could very well end up at UMD, but he wouldn't be the first to change his mind. Commitments this early come with an automatic red flag for me.

... I don't even know why I was thinking about this earlier...

[MissSioux85]

Mason Morelli (Minot, NAHL) has committed to UNO.

A bit of a surprise considering his family ties to UND, but UND's 1996-born class is already quite full. Plus, Ryan Gropp and a few others are still uncommitted.

[brianvf]

Morelli, Archibald, Zombo, Belfour...not to mention GF ties with Simonson and Turgeon.  We could start calling them UND-Junior.

[gfhockey]

and blais steals another one out of our backyard...

[southpaw]

gfhockey, on 04 June 2013 - 08:03 PM, said:

and blais steals another one out of our backyard...

Those five recruits are a combined 9-19 vs UND while at UNO.

[siouxhockeyfan11]

gfhockey, on 04 June 2013 - 08:03 PM, said:

and blais steals another one out of our backyard...

I'd rather have Chris Wilkie and Christian Evers, who happen to have come from Dean's front yard.

[Wilbur]

Thought for sure that Mason Morelli was going to play at UND.  He is only going to be a senior in high school next year so that could change.

[siouxforce19]

siouxhockeyfan11, on 04 June 2013 - 08:58 PM, said:

I'd rather have Chris Wilkie and Christian Evers, who happen to have come from Dean's front yard.

Exactly what I'm thinking.

[tnt]

We were told that the only reason Matt Morelli played here is because of Reg Morelli, now when the Sioux don't take a player that is related to a former player, they lost out.  I think Omaha is more in a position where they commit to players a little earlier than the Sioux, especially if they aren't deemed elite level talent.

[sioux rube]

 southpaw, on 04 June 2013 - 08:49 PM, said:

Those five recruits are a combined 9-19 vs UND while at UNO.

Morelli has a long ways to go yet. Not saying he can't be an above average player in college but to say we lost out on one in our backyard is a bit of a stretch. As always time will tell.

[Big A HG]

 sioux rube, on 05 June 2013 - 07:41 PM, said:

Morelli has a long ways to go yet. Not saying he can't be an above average player in college but to say we lost out on one in our backyard is a bit of a stretch. As always time will tell.

Even if he does turn out to be a great college player, you can't fault Hak & Co. for missing out on him because you can only recruit on what you see right now.  And, as of right now, he's not worth the roster spot compared to our other recruits.  Hindsight is always 20/20, but you don't get the fortune of knowing a kid's future when he is ready to commit to a program.

[Wilbur]

I wouldn't say the Sioux missed out on him either.  Only going to be a senior in high school, and I'd say he has at least two more years of junior hockey ahead of him either in Minot or Fargo.  Kind of surprised he already gave a verbal.