Wasn't ready for the NCAA. Until you really produce in junior or have a super adaptable/Swiss Army knife style, you're not ready for the NCAA (at least 90% of the time).
They are giving anyone who made below the $ threshold that the NCAA has set. Most believe that is $75-80k. So basically every ECHLer and many AHLers coming out of the CHL have been given NCAA eligiblity if they've applied
Putting Adam Kleber out there in overtime is beyond braindead. I get wanting to have a defensive presence, but the kid handled the puck like a grenade all night and doesn't provide any offensive threat at all. Horrific coaching to some degree at least
Most Motzko critics/skeptics have alluded to the possibility that him getting the World Junior coach nod was a retirement going away gift from USA Hockey since the tournament was being hosted in Minneapolis/St Paul. Don't think he'll be coaching the Gophers much longer either
The NCAA set the precedent when they started allowing European (semi) Pro basketball players to play NCAA Basketball. All of this in hockey and other sports as a result doesn't surprise me
Filip Ruzicka (2008) has a .913 SV% for the Brandon Wheat Kings in the Dub. He's 6'7. Definitely someone to keep an eye on, would imagine most programs are all over him.
Canada doesn't have the same eye of the tiger they had in years past to absolutely pummel inferior squads. The 2021 team (who choked in the Final) mauled bad teams in the bubble