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Wish Iowa and Illinois would add teams. Illinois has the funding/arena issue, but it would be great for them with the number of D1 players coming out of the state (vast majority in Chicago suburbs), plus great rivalries right away with Wisconsin, Notre Dame, and others in the B1G. Iowa has the ECHL rink right outside of Iowa City in Coralville, but I just don't think they have the funding/interest right now. It's a football first and second, wrestling third, basketball fourth school, but they'd have great rivalries right away with Minnesota and Wisconsin. Plenty of casual hockey interest in Iowa with the USHL presence there.

Tim Washe's brother Paul was arrested for sexual assault. Very well publicized

Just seems extremely uncertain right now with their coach begging for donations on Twitter this week. Predators gotta chip in a lot more money and/or find a bigger donor.

Is Tennessee State still coming into the NCAA for 2025-26 with their budget issues?

Cam Lund (Northeastern) signed his ELC with the San Jose Sharks. Big loss for the Huskies

Sanderson with a goal last night for Muskegon, he's starting to play more and a bit better

Some Dub guys I would go after hard: 2005: Teyden Trembecky (Victoria), Luke Mistelbacher (Swift Current), Justin Kipkie (Victoria, unsigned Arizona/Utah 2023 5th rounder), 2006: Roger McQueen (Brandon, 2025 Draft eligible), Carter Bear (Everett, 2025 Draft eligible), Josh Ravensbergen (Prince George, 2025 Draft eligible) Lynden Lakovic (Moose Jaw, 2025 Draft eligible), Jonas Woo (Medicine Hat, 2025 Draft eligible), Clarke Caswell (Swift Current, unsigned Seattle 2024 5th rounder), Tomas Mrsic (Prince Albert, unsigned St Louis 2024 4th rounder), Cayden Lindstrom (Medicine Hat, unsigned Columbus 2024 1st rounder, massive back issue kept him out injured all year, heavy NCAA interest rumors), Miles Cooper (Wenatchee), Anders Miller (Calgary, 2025 Draft eligible, goalie), Ethan Simcoe (Edmonton, goalie), Jayden Kraus (Victoria, 2025 Draft eligible, goalie), Bryce Pickford (Medicine Hat) 2007: Gavin McKenna (Medicine Hat, 2026 Draft eligible), Ben Kindel (Calgary, 2025 Draft eligible), Jackson Smith (Tri City, 2025 Draft eligible), Cole Reschny (Victoria, 2025 Draft eligible), Cameron Schmidt (Vancouver, 2025 Draft eligible), Nathan Behm (Kamloops, 2025 Draft eligible), Braden Cootes (Seattle, 2025 Draft eligible), Blake Fiddler (Edmonton, 2025 Draft eligible), Will Sharpe (Kelowna, 2025 Draft eligible), Aaron Obobaifo (Vancouver, 2025 Draft eligible), Burke Hood (Vancouver, 2025 Draft eligible, goalie) Can't get all of em of course, but you should be able to get 5 at least. Many will still sign pro deals to go straight from junior to pro, but some will end up in the NCAA most certainly. All of these guys are mildly aware of what North Dakota Hockey is (or was), should be fairly easy recruiting if the UND coaching staff (much of which is Western Canadian) uses their connections & actually tries to get some of these dudes. Josh Zakreski is a good start, but he cannot be the only one. Go after all of the talented O and Q guys, just not confident they'd wanna go even further away from their region. Ryan Roobroeck (late 2007, Niagara, 2026 Draft eligible) would be a nice get out of the O.