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...and Caulfield's numbers were better against college teams when he was with the USNDT. Caulfield didn't exactly rip it up his first two season here. In fact his goals against college teams while with the USNDT probably matched his full year total both of his first two seasons here.

Looks like Smilanic is headed to Wisconsin. Rumors are that he isn’t a great locker room guy, but I suspect Granato feels pressure to make some noise this year.

You aren't taking into consideration that Spicer will be pushing his pro team to sign him after he scores 5 goals next year!

I know, just saying that someone who was a top scorer in his junior league, rated a little high, and is a little older than Spicer doesn't appear to be in a rush to make a decision.

So if he is being recruited by UND and decides he wants to come this year, we should meet his demands being that he is projected higher than Spicer!

That was not the decision, it wasn't an either/or situation. Coaches are not bringing in players and ruin their development just because the player thinks he should come in. Like I said, the same people crying over not bringing him in are the ones that say UND has no talent, when in fact it is young talent that just needs to follow the progression. In this case the progression was another year of juniors. Schlossman's article showing how rare it is for players that young to come to campus was very interesting, and I don't consider Spicer to be a rare talent, so why should he be treated like one. Forney, Bishop, Fylling, McKinnon, McLean, and on down the line, there have been guys that came in too young and had to be sent back for seasoning. When you are going to be a late round draft pick, I am sure the teams interested are expecting you to take your time to develop, so why rush things.

Funny, the same people that call a player a bust if they do nothing their freshmen year and shortly beyond and call for Berry to ditch them, want Berry to bring in a guy who they deem isn’t ready, because he could be something a couple years down the road, knowing he most likely will leave anyway because his advisors think he is the next Jonathan Toews.

So you think a good policy is to bring in guys when they want to come in so you don’t lose them? Agree with the premise that if he comes in and sits, he enters the transfer portal next year.

That line was dominant when they were together, but when parts were missing at times, not as much. Spicer will obviously get more playing time with Duluth with their losses.

Imagine if it was the other way around, he would be accusing Berry of taking Duluth's castoffs!

Like UND did for Dylan James?

Don't think UND would stop the football team from building a new facility if a football benefactor gave them the money. Isn't that why we are waiting on Phase 2?

Plexiglass started in the 40's, UND didn't get it until the 70's.

Yeah, we act like the UND hockey program has always been gifted everything. At one point they had chicken wire for plexiglass and a freezing cold arena, and this was after they won a National Championship. There is a reason that the hockey program became the face of the university, they didn't whine and complain, they just made do with what they had and started a program with a rich tradition. I find it funny that the people that complain about the "hockey only" crowd only show up on this hockey forum to complain about the hockey program.

But it was from the Engelstad Foundation. Maybe they need someone to donate to the football program.

Tyson Dyck drafted in the 11th round. I assume Youngstown figured that was worth a shot, especially if he chooses a college sometime soon.

Kind of like how the CHL tries to poach players from college hockey, and some of their methods are far from upfront.

Couldn't agree more. UND's bread and butter sport needs to stay ahead of all the new facilities coming on board.

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Youth Hockey Hub saying Broz to Denver.

Forgot about Charlie Strobel. If he is going to Minnesota this fall, he would be another 21 year old freshman. Seriously, how are we not hearing about Motzko's recruiting when Mankato is evil in their pursuit of older players.

Let's hope it wasn't against Cornell or the US. National Development team!

Nelson sure has been on the scoreboard consistently since joining the US Development team.

I think they pushed Perbix, Brinkman, and Sorensen to the portal, so lost might not be the terminology for all of them.

So Schlossman has Casey Dornbach going to Denver, and some on GPL were hoping he would go to Minnesota. You can’t make this stuff up. It looks like he turns 25 in July, yet the fan base that rails on Mankato, are fine with older players as long as it suits their needs. He would have been great alongside incoming freshmenJohn Mittlestadt who will be 21 in October, and Garrett Pinoniemi who turns 21 in July. So I guess Minnesota does like everybody, do what is necessary to be competitive.