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    COMMITTED UND Recruits

    in Men's Hockey

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    The USPHL is a Tier 1 league such as Shattuck, Little Caeser's, Honeybaked, Compuware, Omaha etc. and they will have certain kids tendered to play in the USHL.   It is the top league in the country for kids in High School to play against other programs all across the country with the USA National Championships occurring in April.  (and other age groups such as U14, U16 and U18).  Obviously, a state like Minnesota and High School hockey is a very big deal and great hockey but the Tier 1 league provides many more games and provides exposure to kids on a national level that they otherwise would have not received unless you are an exceptional hockey player at the High School level in a state that garners a lot of attention.  The NAHL also has a NAPHL league in which kids are tendered to NAHL teams as well.

    ND High School Hockey 16-17

    in Non-collegiate sports

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    3 hours ago, Yote 53 said:

    Regarding SW MN hockey, it is growing and the programs are getting better.  Luverne is hockey crazy right now and they have some great groups coming up through the ranks.  Having coached against a good cross section of youth teams this past year, and over the past several years, from SD, and the Midwest, to ND across to Duluth, to the Cities, into Wisconsin, down into southern MN from Rochester across to Luverne I think I have a pretty good feel for what is going on.  Some of those southern MN towns, Luverne, New Ulm, Litchfield, Hutchinson, Albert Lea, and Owatonna, in particular, are putting teams on the ice just as good or better than many of the northern and city programs.  There is a shift happening and over the next decade you will see that play out in the Class A tournament in St. Paul as the southern schools begin to have some real good showings.  Class AA won't change much as the Rochester program has to feed so many schools it dilutes the HS teams. 

    Back to the present, what is the schedule for games today.  Stream on WDAY again for us out-of-staters?

    Good points along with the fact that Sioux Falls now has a Tier 1 team at the U16 and U18 divisions and has done respectable against some very tough competition.

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    Goofers are insane

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    The culture that has been built within the men's hockey program is nothing short of exceptional from the early days of John Noah to Reggie to Gino, Dean-o, Hak and now Berry.  What a privilege it is to be able to watch these young men compete at the highest of levels of college athletics while building a life-long bond to the program, to a brotherhood and to its storied history.  That alone goes way beyond a logo and nickname.  I WILL always cheer for that culture that so many people have given so much to make and I will always cheer for the University of North Dakota hockey team!

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