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Credit to Pandolfo I guess for putting up with Eiserman. He has next to 0 hockey sense.

I thought the scheduling was a typo for Saturday but this MSU vs Penn State game is actually 6PM puck drop tonight, then followed by a 1PM puck drop on Saturday. A little surprised both teams didn't try and move game 1 to Thursday night to give some recovery time. Playing on minimal rest outdoors in 0 degree temps isn't exactly ideal.

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/amp/2026/01/28_Oklahoma-State-Meets-With.php Welp, based on above they don’t have any concrete donor… NCHC seems interested if they ever did get hockey though.

NCHC makes sense from a geography standpoint if they do actually become D-1 down the line. Will believe it once a shovel is in the ground for the arena.

They just extended him recently so his days actually arent limitted currently haha.

Him having the family ties with Schneider likely was writing on the wall for any schools outside of UND and Minnesota schools to be considered for finalists. Would be the same story for us with a kid from Boston with family ties to BU/BC.

Think Schloss had 1 scout tell him that he thought Thoreson was the best D-man on the U-17 roster as well.

Crazy how down the program was last year and this year. Looks like it's rebounding though next year. He was one of the rare cases where there was maybe a fair argument to leave. Most years I think it would be crazy to leave.

Depends on what mock draft you look at but as of present day a good chunk of North American players projected to go in the 1st round are either playing NCAA or already committed to an NCAA school. (and that doesn't include Mathis Preston, Carels, Ethen Belchetz, Ryan Lin, Daxon Rudolph etc) I think this summer will finally be the writing on the wall moment. If around 80 to 90% of North American players picked in the 1st round all have NCAA ties they'll come to the realization of the new reality. (especially considering there might be 0 USNTDP players picked in the 1st round)

Alot of the CHL teams just don't even understand the NCAA recruiting rules present day either. Some CHL coaches were shocked that teams were recruiting some of the 16 year olds on their team (Obviously like we all know once it's January of your sophomore year, contact can begin)

^^^ Scott Wheeler with The Athletic did an article recently and there's still alot of animosity present day between some Major Junior teams and the NCAA. Based on the way some CHL teams are acting it's caused alot of players to be fearful to announce their commitment (More or less a direct quote from an NCAA coach) So that leads to the silent commitment.

I'll throw out a guess that the silent CHL commits are Carels and Preston. (Also Suvanto would be a nice 2C to fill in for Rickwood...)

What are we thinking for the attendance split? I'm Thinking 60% UND fans if not more...

Ludtke almost looked like he was point shaving with his giveaway

Glancing at the U-17 roster I think he might be the youngest player by a couple of months as well so he's got alot or runway to keep developing. Played the 1st half of the year as a 15 year old which is pretty crazy.