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Per Schloss’ podcast this morning, UND likely will not be taking another forward commit for 27/28 after the recent commitments. The only missing piece for the freshman class a year from now is a right shot defenseman that can play up in the lineup. I imagine Bryn’s main targets are Brock Cripps, Levi Harper, and Giorgos Pantelas to fill that spot.

UND hockey just followed the Rucks… what a week of recruiting

Bat signal is out…

The Rucks have just followed UND hockey and don’t follow any other schools. They follow Bryn as well. Next year’s incoming freshman forward class would be insane if they get locked in.

Fitzhenry, Williams, and Klimpke almost certainly will be coming in next year. It certainly looks like there is a lot of flexibility to add and for current commits to play their way onto the team next year.

It doesn’t show the UND hockey follows him anymore for me. Not sure why

UND hockey just followed him after the bat signal

Fitzhenry to NoDak!

I am thinking Rucks or Fitzhenry as well. The bat signal is so much fun.

I wonder what their timeline will be to commit. Given that they have already done a couple of visits, it wouldn’t surprise me if they committed to a school soon after the draft.

They also noted that the Rucks had made a couple of college visits recently but are returning to Medicine Hat. No teams were mentioned but I believe UND and Penn State were among them. Outside of DuPont, Adam Novotny seems like the only player considering making a move in the coming weeks.

MSU/UND and Denver/UND will be some of the best games in college hockey this year. UND and Denver are loaded with NHL talent on the back end.

Rudolph to Denver Minnesota out on DuPont. MSU and Michigan will get visits

Per Scott Wheeler’s article this morning, Michigan is the favorite to land DuPont and has been for some time. Denver, Michigan State, and Minnesota also mentioned.

UND is in the mix, at the very least. There’s not a lot of reliable information out there on them so who knows what is true but I have seen/heard a few things about them taking a visit. I doubt they end up at a traditional blue blood if they make the jump this summer but it only takes one team make room for them. For all we know UND could be that team. Things can happen fast in college hockey nowadays.

Per the Called Up podcast, the Ruck twins have made it known to schools they want to go back to Medicine Hat for another year before potentially playing college. Most schools have shifted to recruiting them for 27/28 but they could be convinced to come next year for the right situation. Bryn and the Rucks have recently followed each other. They don’t follow any team accounts.

Bleyl opted to play next season in juniors a couple of months ago and is expected to be at MSU a year from now. According to MSU accounts on twitter, MSU is projected to be full next year but would make room for Rudolph, which makes sense.

Agreed but very inexperienced. I am also assuming Michigan is not in the mix because DuPont is likely to fill their last spot.

Sounds like there is some truth to the rumor of the Ruck’s visiting UND last week. The ND Ice Official podcast said today that there has been a couple of big name western Canadians on campus for a year from now.

Him saying that the Rucks met with about 15 teams last week is laughable. There is absolutely no way that they have had conversations with more than a handful of teams, let alone a quarter of the teams in college hockey.

During the week is definitely possible. I know some staff was out of town over the weekend. I think UND will be in on some high end forwards for 27/28. I could see one the of Brock England, Nolan Fitzhenry, and the Rucks come to Grand Forks. I’m betting on the Rucks returning to Medicine Hat and playing a year of NCAAs after.

If they are returning to the WHL for another season, UND is definitely in the mix. To be fair, Grinnell is asking for rumors that are real or fake and most of the comments about him being on UND’s campus are from burner accounts. I can tell you with certainty that no visits occurred last weekend.

Denver and Michigan would be my guess.

I’m not selling any McKamey stock quite yet. He had a higher PPG than Caleb Malhotra in the BCHL a year ago while being a draft class younger. I could see McKamey rising back into a potential first round pick with a good year. The talent is definitely there. Klimpke and Williams both play for Saskatoon and will be on campus next year. Both should be pretty good college players.

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