AlphaMikeFoxtrot
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1 hour ago, tnt said:
It looks like only 3 of the players from Schlossman's list are off the board right now. Perhaps many of the prospects are going to avail themselves of their visits, which I think would be prudent.
That's definitely a good thing. Visit GF in August rather than January!
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56 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:
Sorry man! Didn't realize it was that.
It's all good, it's just odd seeing someone with 0.5 ppg in HS hockey committing alongside all the NTDP kids today.
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Looking over the commits today, two thoughts. Both Michigan State and Notre Dame got commits from kids who grew up together, it's possible they were packages. Also, both the Gopher and Badger commit are coast kids who moved to MN as a teen. With the rise in telecommuting that is easier to do now and much less travel-intensive than AAA.
EDIT: one more observation, a fraction of as many total commits as last year on 8/1.
Here's a list:
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1 hour ago, stoneySIOUX said:
Oh, the horror! Goodness.
Denver, Duluth, Michigan, Mankato, St. Cloud, and the dozens of other schools are just all in shambles, I bet, too.
It was tongue in cheek, the commit doesn't seem like someone who would be fending off suitors. But maybe Rico found a diamond in the rough, who knows.
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St Thomas having a commit today before we do is an ominous sign for the future.
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17 minutes ago, gfhockey said:
Yup and we beat out northeastern
i know your not a grand forks boy there stoney but when I was your age we were winning battles against minnesota Michigan bostons
now it’s north Easter. And mankota yupwee
Who specifically did we beat Michigan and BC/BU for? Genuinely curious.
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A new chant like "U - N - D" or "North Da-Ko-Ta" would help.
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1 hour ago, AJS said:
- Keith McInnis (Waterloo Tender)
- Sacha Boisvert (Muskegon Tender)
Those will be two of them.
A Quebecois with a qmjhl jersey on in his profile pic? Let the Boston schools try to keep him honoring his commitment.
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Curious what Portz's thoughts are about Brendan Phelps, who coached him prior to UND. This has potential to be a train wreck for that organization and league. Hopefully he catches a good beat down.
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Dallas declined to offer sheet Kawaguchi. Hope he gets a game in the N at some point.
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Brad shared the Wild development camp list to mention a Roseau native going to Vermont, but Hobie Hedquist is at it as well.
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James at 40th overall. Lorenz and Lucius dropping.
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Stinks we didn't get Cooley after his decommit or Howard. The Chaska kids seem born to be Gophers. And if we ever get a first rounder out of Michigan/Massachusetts, I'll drink to that.
Having both Chyzyk and Mattson on staff at the hockey middle school Snuggerud and Brink's dads run could help getting some southwest metro blue chips down the road.
More than anything, I'm curious if we can start getting some of the studs out of Winnipeg/MB to consider UND with NIL money exceeding their MJ stipend. The cousins from there both drafted today would have been targets in that scenario.
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2 hours ago, petey23 said:
Any relation to these guys?
Haha, well they are all Quebecois so definitely a possibility.
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Hopefully we're on Calvin Vachon. NHL family living in western Montana a la Sanderson.
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1 hour ago, Godsmack said:
Given the current climate on the DU campus, it is not better me the realm of possibility that the Pioneers nickname could eventually be dropped. There is a small-but vocal-minority trying to change it just as they did with removing Boone as the school’s official mascot.
A similar situation happened at my wife's Alma mater where they determined "Missionaries" was too imperialistic. Too many people haven't figured out how to reach self-actualization and take up these causes instead.
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29 minutes ago, Clark17 said:37 minutes ago, Clark17 said:
Was curious how we didn’t land Makar and found a great article about it - I’m sure most on here have seen it. He is so good - don’t think the Dogs would’ve shut us down with him like they did UMASS. Of course I mean in 2020
His cousin is married to WBL native and UMass grad Justin Braun
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44 minutes ago, bale31 said:
Hows this for a fun idea? No I haven't heard this from anywhere. No I don't think it's on the horizon. Yes I would love it and think it would be a great idea. Yes I think it would be a success. Lastly and most importantly, I think one of the schools would kill it because it happened with the north star cup, but allowed to dream.
I would love to see a "minndakota" tournament. There are now 8 teams in Minnesota and the Dakotas (UND, MSU, SCSU, UMD,BSU, MN, Augie, and st thomas). It could be set up as an annual tournament seeded by last year's results. The location could be rotated around the region or just be in the twin cities. The tourney could be set up to guarantee everyone 3 games so it wouldn't screw up anyone's schedule and short them of a fame for their season. It would be great for fans. And if its an annual event prople could plan yearly tickets like the old final five. I'm sure the players would love it. It would be greal for recruiting. It would be great for tv. The only problem is it would require 8 schools, 8 head coaches and 8 sets of administrators to buy in.
Thoughts?
The MinneKota Cup!
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Can't remember the last time we had so many award winning recruits in the USHL. Blake, McLaughlin, James, Strathman, Perron all with all USHL or all rookie.
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Not sure if we offered, but Leo Gruba to Cloud. Both parents are alum, not a surprise.
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To any current players who read this, some names to use: Painting Sue, Mower Throwers, and many more.
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2 hours ago, brianvf said:
Antti Tuomisto leaves DU after his sophomore season to sign a pro deal in Finland.
Watch the replay below of Hain's goal ending their season last year in the NCHC semi. Tuomisto took a VERY stupid penalty to give us a PP, and after the goal he coasts across the ice and slams his stick.
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Corporations in MN are willing to pay higher taxes to pay harder workers less money than they would have to elsewhere. Minneapolis is the American middle class's last stand.
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Maybe we can poach him when they want him to develop for another year in juniors...