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Those are the type of players that can excel in college hockey. Short and fast. Speed kills. I'm assuming that he is one of the silent commits for UNO that Schloss was talking about.

I think next year's team has the potential to be more offensive than this years...certainly would help to add one elite FR recruit and at least one of the CHL dman studs that can help generate offense. But looking at the players lined up...our 3rd/4th lines should score even more. And we have most of the pieces together to have a really strong top 2 lines. Last year at this time, most wouldn't have predicted that UND would have scored as much as they did this year. Fresh off losing Boisvert, OMac, Perron, plus the senior group. But then James went +7 in goals, Strinden +7, Swanson +9, Croal +9 combined with FR Zellers 18g and Kernan 11g.

On one hand, it's hard to gauge the answers to questions asked just a few hours after your season-ending loss. On the other hand, there were quite a few questions asked about his plans for next year, and next year's PG team that he answered similarly. He also mentioned that he didn't want to join the U18 team and that he's not going to be at the draft in person. Will be interesting to see if he heads NCAA or not. Sounds like he is really close to his family and deals with their farm a lot. One advantage GF has over PG...it's about 17 hours closer to his farm.

Former UND recruit Pilgrim goes to SCSU instead.

Ian Engel ends up at NMU. Wish him the best!

I'd still take Fitzhenry, despite him not playing WHL (yet)!

Carels with 1g/1a but PG loses 3-2 in OT to Penticton. UMN recruit Kvasnicka with the OT winner for Penticton. PG season is now over. If Carels was waiting until the end of his season for visits and commitment…that clock starts soon.

Carels with the goal. PG up 1-0

I'm hoping one of these portal forwards takes off like Rickwood did this year. So consistent and reliable with steady points each night.

He said last year that he wasn't going to do that any longer. Not sure why. Maybe he didn't appreciate the MTU fans doing it back to him when Isaac Gordon re-committed back to MTU.

They don't have to be present to commit. Last season, Gibson Homer committed over a call. He mentioned that he had just watched the Spittin Chiclets video a bunch of times.

James and Rickwood both starting their pro careers well. Needed a couple of these goals against UW...

Timing could work out for a visit this week...looks like they have a few days off in between a potential game 7 (if PG wins tonight) and the next playoff round starting. If PG loses tonight, it'd be great to get a Carels official commitment sometime later this week.

Simpson is one of the best finishers in the USHL. Two years in a row bringing in one of the best scorers in the USHL.

https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/keaton-verhoeff-2026-nhl-draft-u-18-world-championship-scouting-report-north-dakota Interview with Verhoeff while at the U-18 World Championship.

Malinoski added and Sandy removed. Malinoski sounds like a good faceoff guy that can also score some goals. Forward group gained experience with 2 SR's and 1 JR added via portal. Four players remaining to finalize the roster. Here's where Chyz needs to earn his $...time to pull in a CHL elite forward and a couple of the remaining CHL dmen studs. If they can do that, this team will be very good. Forwards (14 of 15): SR - Magnussen, Malinoski, Menghini JR - Croal, Lindberg, Swanson SO - Josephson, Kernan, Reschny, Zakreski, Zellers FR - A.Schultz, B.Schultz, Simpson Defense (6 of 8): SR - JR - Boser, Emery SO - Laurila, Verhoeff FR - Lindberg, MacKenzie Goalies (2 of 3): SR - JR - SO - Spunar FR - Heil

Maybe Schloss doesn't have accurate info on it? Should be an interesting couple weeks once these CHL teams seasons start winding down.

I'm hopeful that this is the plan. Prince George is down 3-2 in the WHL playoffs currently, with game 6 tomorrow @ PG. Hopefully once their season is over, we'll get him on a visit and he'll commit then.

There wasn't an announcement that I saw...just Schloss mentioned it toward the end of today's podcast. Said we still need 2F/2D and one 3rd string G to complete the roster with Sandy not returning.

Those are DU-like postseason goalie stats

2016 team had CBS and then a ton of hard to play against forwards. Gersich was probably the highest skill guy outside the big 3. Guys like Poganski, Janatuinen, Gardner, Johnson, Chyzyk...none of them were stars but they all played their role well and chipped in goals when needed. I'd like to see Swanson and Reschny split up on the top 2 lines...seems like they are both more "pass first" setup guys. I'd love to see a more gritty scorer to fit on that 1st line with Cole and Will. A guy like Belchetz could excel in that spot and also be awesome net front on the PP since he's so big.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/schlossman-its-clear-unds-philosophy-isnt-changing Schloss article from today that talks about the last five pieces needed to finalize the roster.

Maybe he's really pumping everything into these last two D spots. I figure Boser is the replacement for Zmolek...defensive shot-blocking specialist. MacKenzie can take Strathmann's minutes (and then some). Verhoeff, Emery, and Laurila retain their current roles. And then to dream... Carels is a higher skilled all-around dman to take Wiebe's spot. DuPont is a higher skilled, smooth skating dman to take Liv's spot. In that situation, you could rotate Boser and Lindberg as the extra D each night. It'd be one loaded Bottom 9, which is good. If they can really load up that top 3, then we'd be sitting well.

I'd feel like they would need an absolute CHL stud to fill out that 1st line wing spot alongside Zellers & Reschny. Simpson is awesome offensively, but not sure you can just throw him right into 1st line minutes until he is up to speed on his 200ft NCAA game. If you pick up one CHL stud forward for 1st line, you'd have an awesome 2nd line started with Swanson & Simpson. And then two stacked lower lines that have a weekly practice grind to see who gets to play each weekend.