North Dakota coach Dave Hakstol starts his fourth season with a five-year contract extension through 2012. The Fighting Sioux offer the most electric and fan-appealing play in the country -- and have made three consecutive trips to the Frozen Four. He loses Toews, but returns a team with plenty of depth that has a realistic chance to play in Denver in April. So do Minnesota, Denver, and Wisconsin, which had the best recruiting class in all of Division I, led by three NHL first-round picks in No. 3 Kyle Turris (Phoenix), No. 12 Ryan McDonagh (Montreal), and No. 27 Brendan Smith (Detroit). In the league with the most national championships at 35, it