He was skated through. Nelson didn't intentionally take him out, but he certainly didn't try his hardest to stop or not go through Ivankovic. Just my $0.02
St Thomas is certainly going to be a bigger player in recruiting battles for Minnesotans going forward, this proves it. They won't land the bigger names right away, but they'll be kicking tires earlier than most
Turk is getting hype because of his name, he's playing at a pretty low level of minor hockey out west.
Duke is better (2025 5th round pick in the Dub, and even then, most think he was drafted too high), has a long way to go just to become a major junior player
Negative: Minnesota won
Positive: If North Dakota doesn't s*** the bed at Western Michigan and in the NCHC Tournament, increased odds of a 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament now
In the football recruiting context, I would say a lower end 4 star with potential to become a higher end 4 star with more development. Might need another year of junior post NTDP before getting to campus
The fact that Notre Dame had Cooley, McGroarty, Pastujov, Tyler Duke, and more committed there back in 2020 before they all decommitted for greener pastures just signifies to me that they were fortunate to even get those commitments in the first place.