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It appears that some of these schools are taking lessons from the Mike Eaves Recruiting Plan. Gonna be a ton of de-commits from many schools:

WJC / UND talk: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/cole-reschny-keaton-verhoeff-react-to-their-canada-call-and-first-half-at-und On undrafted MacKenzie getting an invite: Six players with UND ties heading to camps:

Dane said that Rickwood and Jubenvill are both probable for this weekend, Zmolek was questionable.

Great news: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/unds-injured-players-trending-in-right-direction

Especially if PSU fails to make the F4 again this year.

With Verhoeff out, hopefully one of the two injured dman Zmolek or Jubenvill are able to play.

Updated Commit Stats as of Dec 8: Pilgrim (0-1-1), ASchultz (1-1-2), Sanderson (0-1-1), Lindberg (0-1-1) and Heil are all competing in the WJAC tourney right now MacKenzie & Heil on the prelim rosters for WJC Canada and US Simpson leads the USHL in both points and assists Forwards B. Schultz (USHL Sioux Falls) - '05: 23gp - 11g/10a Pilgrim (USHL Tri-City) - '06: 22gp - 7g/8a A. Schultz (USHL Chicago) - '06: 17gp - 8g/6a O'Neill (WHL Edmonton) - '07: 30gp - 13g/8a Sanderson (USHL Muskegon) - '07: 22gp - 8g/11a Simpson (USHL Youngstown) - '07: 26gp - 12g/23a Jundt (WHL Calgary) - '08: 24gp - 4g/2a Williams (WHL Saskatoon) - '08: 27gp - 11g/12a DeMars (WHL Penticton) - '09: 23gp - 2g/4a Grubb (SSM 18U Prep) - '09: 20gp - 4g/10a McKamey (WHL Victoria) - '09: 13gp - 1g/0a Defensemen MacKenzie (WHL Edmonton) - '06: 30gp - 10g/21a Lindberg (USHL Fargo) - '07: 22gp - 3g/6a Penner (USHL Fargo) - '08: 11gp - 0g/0a Goalies Heil (USHL Madison) - '06: 16gp - 2.60 / .891 (10-4-2)

Schloss story on how and why GF native Sproule is joining UConn at midseason: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/former-red-river-standout-carter-sproule-to-join-no-12-uconn-after-christmas-break

Strinden

No worries, I don’t follow her. She posted it as a reply to the article about Zellers getting an invite. <shrugs>

Dylan James' mom posted it on X. She's never been wrong before on her posts about the team, so I'll keep trusting her until she is.

Better book the 5am departure flight in Switzerland just to be safe.

Good news at least. Sounds like Rickwood is back practicing and should hopefully be a go for this weekend against Omaha.

Looking at his numbers, it seems like he might neglect the defensive side of the puck. Last year he scored 56pts but was a -33 +/- (2nd worst on the team). This year his numbers have been bolstered, as he centers the top line with the 1st and 2nd WHL points scorers Hurlbert (Mich) and Behm (ASU). Yet he still has the worst +/- on the team at -11. Hurlbert and Behm are at +12 and +14. That's quite a difference.

Yeah I think it mainly had something to do with their return flight being Jan 2nd regardless on if the team made the finals or not. I'm still assuming that both will play both games unless their travel gets delayed.

Strinden and James need 1-2 goals each for both Mercyhurst games now. Get Ollie about 25min of ice time. And hopefully 2-3 of the current injured players can make it back. Otherwise the team will have to do call-ups from the intramural teams.

That's good. Good for him, he certainly deserves it and hopefully he makes the final team.

BU hockey article after their loss to Vermont puts them at .500 on the season: https://hockey.dailyfreepress.com/2025/12/07/bu-mens-hockey-is-in-uncharted-territory-why-and-is-there-a-way-out/ And this is shocking after watching OMac play for three seasons:

Bob realizing his mistake already and come to his senses?

Seems crazy to me that they couldn't just fly to Niagara after the Sat UNO game rather than miss both games? You know if some NHL players get released to play that they won't be at the full camp either.

Reschny, Verhoeff, and MacKenzie all named to Canada's prelim WJC roster. Now hopefully Canada will let our two boys play against Omaha this weekend.