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3 G’s on 12 shots. Driscoll adding to his all time bad SV%.

Guessing by your post he no longer is coming?

Agreed. Might be an unpopular opinion and this is probably not the situation with Sandy, but the following has always bothered me. There are guys that are clearly depth guys. Current example of Feeney / Albrecht. Why would you not have those guys be local. Emergency type guys. That's never made sense to me. Back to Sandy, I'm not sure if he would fit that bill, or if Johnson already has that spot, but given Duluth's history with goalies, this one might be one the coaching staff kicks themselves about.

Coaching staff clearly felt he could use another year, which is why he is playing Juniors currently. Bowen was very high end, he started playing Juniors as what would equate to his Junior year in HS. Technically, he would have another year before he aged out as he's an '02. I'm a big time you do what's best for the program. A lot of times, someone doesn't develop like the coaching staff thought and that player doesn't end up on campus. Happens to most programs yearly. This is an example of one though I don't feel good about. His numbers haven't been bad. Vermont for example most likely would have taken him last year. This feels like they strung him along and then dropped him. Hate it. Side note: It's more than possible that Bowen wanted to go back for another year, considering he kept his commitment. Still, hate to see someone delayed year after year, stick it out and then not end up at UND.

Yes to both.

I'll update every month or so. Five I know that signed their NLI. Blake (03) - Chicago: 13-31-44 (29GP) *2nd USHL in points* / +12 McLaughlin (03) - Sioux City: 13-17-30 (27GP) *Tied 12th in points* / +4 Strinden (02) - Muskegon - 13-12-25 (28GP) *Tied 25th in points* / +11 James (03) - Sioux City: 7-15-22 (27GP) *Tied 33rd in points* / +6 Spicer (04) - NTDP: 8-10-18 (28GP) /+7 For Defense one is really sticking out. Livanavage (04) - Chicago: 2-23-25 (29 GP) *Tied 25th in points (4th for D-man)* One note, the three ahead of him and really any d-man in the Top 60 is at least a year and a half older.

Bowen commits to Vermont.

Lets restart the clock on talking about Otis. Lets as a group wish him well moving forward, thank him for his contributions on the field and move on. How's everyone feeling about UND's chances on Bohle? From a location standpoint, UND is the only one of the Dakotas to offer so far (he's from SD), so you would think that would be an advantage. No inside information, but not feeling overly confident. Just would have thought if he was going to pick UND, he would have done it by now.

The coaching staff really targeted the O-line after this Fall. The way I look at it, the breakdown is: Lose: 2 (1 T / 1 C) Transfers: 3 (All G) I'm not aware of any transfers (out) from the OL. Bryant / Oliphant should immediately push for starting jobs at Guard, let's call Anderson a year away. The thought is there will be reshuffling with Kilty moving from G to T. The question now becomes, was the Bohle offer one of want or need. I have absolutely no doubt that they will be improved this Fall. To what degree will be the question.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-still-very-high-on-freshman-defenseman-brent-johnson This was a very good read. My only two issues the 1st half have been (1) Lack of playing time for Hellsten (2) Lack of playing time for Johnson. This helps alleviate issue #2.

The Emmit Bohle sweepstakes are heating up. Current offers - UND, Montana, Sac State, Illinois State and Samford.

I wouldn’t use the MBB program as an example. Without doing any research I would find it hard to believe that EKU / JMU could be worse than UND. Edit: Guess it's NKU and not EKU. NKU does appear to be awful, so I guess we'll call it a lateral move.

Right, my format must have been confusing and I realize now looking back that it was. Blake (WR), Shugarts (D-Line), Warner (O-Line) were all offers that have committed elsewhere. To my knowledge only two offers that have not committed and I mentioned those earlier.

Blake was the one WR offer I noted.

Is this list correct. Known offers, let me know what I missed. O-line. Offers: 5 Committed: 3 Waiting: 1 WR: Offers: 1 Committed: 0 LB: Offers: 1 Committed: 1 D-Line: Offers: 2 Committed: 0 Waiting: 1 DB: Offers: 1 Committed: 1 The two offers that have either not committed to UND or elsewhere are Chance Main (DL) and Emmit Bohle (OL). This is just what I've picked up through social media. So far, this has been a pretty high hit rate on offers.

Exciting that they’ve added 3 transfers on the O-line (hopefully end up w/ 4). Broken record, but it’s so true. If this team really upgrades that O-line, which I believe they have, the offense should be pretty good next year. After watching the JMU / NDSU game, it really struck me that Tommy wasn’t the issue last year. I don’t think there’s much difference between those two QB’s and Tommy.

You just have to laugh. One of those you actually had to see it to believe it.

I actually feel better about Tommy after watching JMU’s 5th year QB. Don’t feel as bad about UND’s clock management either.

Highest seed.

What can you even say. Not competitive again. Just dominant.

Offensive line. I've been a little confused with the number of offers, so wanted to dig into this a little. 2 Seniors (-2) 2 Transfers (0) 3 New Class (+3) 3 Offers (2 NSU / 1 Other) Then I looked at the number of O-line on the rosters per year. 2017: 16 2018: 16 2019: 18 2020-21: 20 2021: 16 Given there's always an extra guy or two that leaves, ultimately, this helped clear up some confusion. I'm all in on these two Northern State offers.

Midco does a really good job on the UND Signing Day Special. At the end of the program, Tom Miller always does his early predictions for starters. The surprises for me were as follows. Interior OL: Anderson, Carroll, Bryant (Kilty / Ventrelli at OT). Very much be a new look O-Line. If you bring in people that end up being better than returners at that position (2 that played starting rolls at OG that will be back), then that's improvement. No Noah: It appears Larson is not returning for his "5th" year. I'm guessing I'm in the minority here, but I really stick by the thought process that returning everyone at a positional group is not healthy (some exceptions, i.e. QB). Losing that right amount is. This positional group will still be a strength, but will be able to get others involved. Cooper: He has transfer Cooper starting at OLB alongside Navratil. What a huge pickup that'll be if Cooper ends up being better than MVJ / Mullin. Really would solidify that OLB group.

@GoHawks Hembry a Safety or CB? I think he's been playing CB.

According to Seth's twitter bio, 6'5" 285. The 257 is from his Freshman (2020) listed weight on the NDSU roster. He was removed from the 2021 NDSU roster, so I'm not sure what his RS-Freshman weight was listed at. The 257 makes sense as it's the last recorded weight. Is he now 285 as he lists. I guess we'll find out during Spring camp. Tom Miller said he could be in the mix right away, so for that to be even close to true, he currently needs to be a lot closer to 285 than 257.