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Article on Schloss from today, with coaching staff now getting some work in with the players: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-hockey-staff-getting-first-looks-at-the-team Brock Schultz was injured over the summer but has been back fully participating in practices. Swanson is getting closer too after his offseason shoulder surgery. And a couple other tidbits on bubbles and captains:

I was just thinking that as well. They have a really nice pipeline of current recruits...wonder if they'll be able to compete against the likes of UM or MSU anytime soon...those schools have certainly pulled away in the B10. Would love to see that, he'd be a great college hockey player. Meijer is interesting...wonder what the likelihood of a player like him coming over from Sweden to play NCAA would be. Agreed. Similar to Carels this year, I could see UND going full court press on Cripps for next season. He would certainly add to an already just outstanding incoming '27 class.

Looks like they held their own, getting on the scoresheet as the "North Dakota line".

He was wide open.

Langama is a gamer.

You know the season is right around the corner when Fan Fest is soon:

Article on UNO from today. One of the old ECHL guys on UNO's roster says that they are looking to get revenge on UND...we'll see how that goes for them. https://omaha.com/sports/college/uno/article_56d7dce1-bcac-4fda-a6f9-a4483b37de51.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_OWHsports

Hmm. Wonder if this will amount to anything. All those people are gone from the Univ by now I would guess. https://www.freep.com/story/sports/university-michigan/wolverines/2026/09/09/university-of-michigan-hockey-facing-lawsuit-alleging-sexualized-torture/91681036007/

Homer still rocking the UND padset and breezers

All sorts of UND flavor in the Penguins Prospect Tourney roster: https://www.nhl.com/penguins/news/penguins-announce-2026-prospect-tournament-roster?utm_source=social&utm_medium=x Both Ruck's and Sanderson made the team. As did former player Livanavage. Brad Malone is a coach as well.

Sanderson and Jundt on the same line, getting the start for the Hitmen:

I can't believe it took them 2 weeks to post about it. That's crazy to me. I understand giving it a bit of time until the family is notified. But once it was announced that he was the player involved and then all the articles/media around it. It still took them this long to post a response like this? https://x.com/SunDevilHockey/status/2096362178102317299

Negative. The headline usually reads: “avid 32yo hiker from NH rescued off mountain” or close to that. I realize this doesn’t fit your narrative, but I would bet that not being heat-acclimated yet (he had only been in town for 5 days) and being denied water/break had everything to do with his collapse…not if he got a vaccine a half decade ago or not.

People are definitely more susceptible to heat stroke if they’re not acclimated to the heat yet. We see it every year in AZ with tourists needing to get rescued off the hiking trails.

If Woo goes back to the Dub, I'd take him at UND next season in a heartbeat. Local Manitoba kid too.

This could blow up quickly. If/when players start departing, I could see it snowball pretty darn quick.

It'd be fantastic if all NCAA hockey leagues just agreed to not allow former pros, regardless of what the NCAA "allows".

Some tidbits from Schloss' latest podcast posted today: early practice standouts on D: Verhoeff, MacKenzie, Laurila Verhoeff showing more skill offensively...MacKenzie excellent skating...Laurila taking another step early practice standouts on F: Reschny, Zellers, Swanson all three taking another step from last year...Swanson looks like he'll be ready for start of season after his surgery Malinoski scoring on his chances...none of the three transfer F are "flashy", but all three are hard workers that will fill roles in the lineup Davis will be a fan favorite with his hustle and work ethic went thru some UND recruit targets...lot of Canada Hlinka guys that we have already mentioned in the prospective thread Schloss sees 15-20 teams that could be excellent teams this year, which is crazy since at least 5 of those would miss the tourney...should be some good hockey!

I’m really hoping that they put an end to this. No more pro athletes in NCAA. Seems simple enough.

Ruck's pick up right where they left off last season...still just pre-season though. Liam with a hattrick and Markus with 1g/2a in a 5-3 win for MH.

Landon playing on wing with his bros to start the preseason for the MH Tigers. He's usually a dman, so not sure if this is just to have them play all together or if he's making the change. Marto centering the 2nd line.

Updated! Playing with fellow UND commit Jundt.

Nice article on Stecher in the Herald: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/troy-stecher-returns-for-unds-pro-camp-with-624-nhl-games-and-lessons-to-share

More info on the ASU situation from the Mayich attorney: https://www.collegehockeyinsider.com/p/mayich-family-attorney-says-asu-is

Can't wait for that first puck drop!