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What about Marto? Is he looking like a legit DI player at this stage?

Looks like he finished 2nd in both goals and points to Nolan Marto on the GF Bantam AA team. https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/28133/grand-forks-bantam-aa?tab=stats Possible nice prospects for the 29/30 recruiting class.

Jackson Kunz little 15yo brother got drafted in the WHL draft too. 2nd round.

Yes, but the other poster seemed to be upset that UND hired a couple UND alums for the openings. So even if Herter came to UND, it still would have been upsetting for them, I think.

Would you have rather they hired Herter? Or Hakstol? Oh crap, those two are both alum as well.

Man, what a bad take. Home ice regionals would be so much better. And it seems the only people who oppose it are teams/fans/writers from the east coast that never have to travel more than 1-2 hours to see their favorite teams play in the NCAA tourney. Shocking.

A few notables in here about PWR being replaced and portal transfer window shrinking: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/schlossman-whats-happening-at-college-hockeys-annual-meetings

Oops, posted the Lindberg link as well in the committed recruits thread as well. Yes, I think this will be a decision for both him and UND. And I'd think we'd grab a portal dman now, agreed.

This is a good decision from Lindberg...he'll be more ready to go right into the lineup in the fall of 26 rather than being the #7/8 dman this year.

Yes, it's a confusing situation for sure. They must have figured something like this would come up when they moved to the WHL.

Wonder if McKamey will stick around with the Vees moving to WHL or if he'll go to USHL...would be nice having him in Fargo to watch him develop closer:

Oh my. $250k.

Pritchard indeed heading to the Goofs.

I don't think anything was a foregone conclusion prior to the job posting ending. They still went thru all the interviews and whatnot. If it is indeed Smaby, there is no posturing, they are just waiting for him to finish his season with Waterloo. They don't want the distraction of that being announced while they are still in their playoff run. And if it is Smaby, I'm wondering / hoping that the McMorrow rumor is also true.

And from that article:

Ha now we're talking.

At least Buium signed.

I would agree with this. Boisvert probably has a higher ceiling at the NHL level, but he's not someone that drives the offense consistently. He has an elite shot, no question. But I only remember him having one goal off a rush that he created, and that was the ASU OT goal when it was 3x3 with more open ice.

I think Mac will follow the Kawaguchi progression in college. Both came in after great junior careers. Both struggled at times their FR seasons, but put up very similar numbers (Mac 2-16--18 & Kawaguchi 5-14--19). Jordan developed into one of the best forwards in college hockey by the time his JR/SR seasons rolled around. I could see Mac doing something similar. So did ASU. ASU lost 7 of their top 10 scorers (including their entire top 5) as well as both of their starting goalies. NCHC could be anyone's guess next season with all the teams that lost significant players.

It won't be. It's a nice thing for the indy's to keep their seasons going just a few more games though.

Dang. Wonder if his brother follows him now:

I would bet 26/27.

Would hope that Jax will run a different program in regards to playing time. We’ll see I guess.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-ranks-first-in-north-american-hockey-attendance-outside-the-nhl