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Yes, but Minnesota wins the tiebreaker with 5 National Championship Game appearances & 3 National Championships, Boston University just has 3 National Championships in 3 National Championship Game appearances.

Montgomery left for the Dallas Stars in 2018, last just 1.5 years there before the alcoholism got him fired. Took some time to recover, got an assistant job with the St Louis Blues for 2 years, then got the Boston Bruins job in 2022. Carle 2018-present: 5 Frozen Fours, 3 National Championships in 8 seasons (only 7 full seasons since no 2020 NCAA Tournament due to COVID)

Hope Chyzyk has a couple fastballs up his sleeve, ready to drop next week during the portal window and/or after the CHL season ends when those guys start committing.

The fact that Colorado College hasn't made the tournament since 2011 is mind boggling

Had Buckberger committed, end of the Tony Granato Era led to him decommitting & flipping to Denver. Epperson (Mequon Wisconsin) was likely pursued hard by the Badgers but he was likely turned off by the Granato Era, committed to Michigan, was underwhelming at the NTDP, signed in the O before the rules change, CHLers then get NCAA eligibility, and he commits to Denver.

1950s: Michigan 1960s: Denver 1970s: Minnesota 1980s: North Dakota 1990s: no dynastic team, more parity 2000s: Boston College 2010s: Minnesota Duluth 2020s: Denver

Excellent early assessment Farce, looks pretty solid in terms of overall conference outlook. Would put Arizona State just above St Cloud State, right there just behind St Thomas.

Yikes

Berry running things into complete unclutch mediocrity made that decision quite easy for him.

Pohlkamp put up 51 PTS in 59 GP in the USHL as an 18 year old and 24 PTS in 32 GP at Bemidji State as a 19 year old freshman. He always had the talent, but IIRC, people said he was out of elite hockey shape in HS and his 17 year old DY with Cedar Rapids.

2004 born junior, older guy who has experience AND is a great player, yep.

Denver doesn't have the best pure talent players. They have the "best fit" players, most of whom aren't elite enough to be ready to sign pro as freshmen or sophomores, so they keep their guys longer. They've balanced their roster with Western Canadians, Minnesota, Californians, Illinoisans, Europeans, etc, not beholden to only recruiting one area. They just do it better than everyone else. Annoying as f*** but you tip your cap to em

Feels like North Dakota still cares too much about the Penrose while Denver doesn't care about it at all. Denver sets themselves up better for tournament runs to the Frozen Four and National Championship

If North Dakota doesn't win, I'm pretty numb to it

Nah, if North Dakota doesn't win, it sucks

Denver recruited the right guys to come in as freshmen. Hicks being this good is lucky but Chyzowski, Caswell, and Epperson being this good is quite expected.

Cheering for the conference is weird at this point

Denver, the team of the 2020s

I'm not gonna do the SEC tribalism cheering. It's just weird

Denver winning is getting old as f***

Would expect North Dakota and then everyone in the B1G (besides Michigan State because that bridge has been burned) to go after him if he's there

Idk how the worst defense and goaltending in one weekend we've seen in a long time (Badgers at Minnesota) is the same team shutting down everyone just a few months later

Colby is dumb, that's a clear trip

Denver tired and Wisconsin playing a mature game. Crazy that Wisconsin got better without Hensler

Minnesota State formula for the Badgers