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UConn 2-1

Berry still bleeds green, if we're to believe what has been told.

Aren't those the three FR players involved in that incident last night? Doh. And Cade Littler liked it as well.

Speed Kills! Forwards (2): SR - Strinden, James JR - SO - FR - Defense (2): SR - JR - Zmolek, Livanavage SO - FR - Goalies (0): SR - JR - SO - FR - Players with eligibility remaining: F - Boisvert, McLaughlin, Perron, Swanson, Littler, Croal, Andrew D - Wiebe, MacDonald, Jubenvill, Strathmann, Emery, Komzak G - Hedquist, Huson Recruits that need confirmation: Zellers, Klee, Zakreski, Laurila

PSU gets the home crowd into it. 1-1

Former UND D-man Nate Benoit is back in the portal. Played one season at UND, one season at Quinnipiac...now going to a 3rd college in 3 seasons. Portal is ridiculous.

Especially with CHL players entering the conversation.

I think this year was an anomaly with the poorer PK...had a rough start and certainly didn't help that the nation's best shot blocker and the best PK guy on the team got hurt in game one. Definitely improved toward the end of the season. Usually UND's PK ranked near the top of the nation/league:

Hiring some fresh assistants will be a big first step. Getting Bryn on board as a GM would be another to help navigate roster management and NIL.

Yeah...not sure on that one. Jake will win some year-end awards next season. What's not to be excited as a fan about his return? Maybe they were an upper tier team held back by an outdated coaching system?

Speaking of KEM... Wasn't there a rumor about her making some NIL donations?

KEEP THEM COMING, BOYS! Forwards (1): SR - Strinden JR - SO - FR - Defense (2): SR - JR - Zmolek, Livanavage SO - FR - Goalies (0): SR - JR - SO - FR - Players with eligibility remaining: F - Boisvert, McLaughlin, James, Perron, Swanson, Littler, Croal, Andrew D - Wiebe, MacDonald, Jubenvill, Strathmann, Emery, Komzak G - Hedquist, Huson Recruits that need confirmation: Zellers, Klee, Zakreski, Laurila

Check out these quotes from Jake. Hopefully the rest of the team feels similar:

BOOM! https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/jake-livanavage-says-hes-returning-for-junior-season

Hopefully my generous donation to the 1883 Collective can help with that. I'll tell Holth to route my cash directly to Sacha, Dylan, Jake, and Jayden. Ha!

Either he has a change of heart or if he already knows where he is going, he could wait until the last day to enter the portal...it wouldn't matter.

That's just the finalists list, not everyone that applied.

He apologized to you in a different post earlier today. I think you're all good.

That whole senior class (minus Berg) was a bit underwhelming unfortunately.

New offensive system and NIL usage, here we come?

Didn't stop Herter from being named a finalist. Maybe he'll head over once WMU's season is over.

Loyal to the green & white. I'm guessing he loves the university, town, and college coaching. To be fair, the PK was great every other year (when Dane also coached it). It was horrendous to start the year, probably didn't help losing the team's best PKer and shot blocker right out of the gate)...but did get better the last few months. We'll see. I'm guessing this year was more of an anomaly. I'm guessing we'll see all new.

He's got a hell of a one timer, for sure. Only have ever seen him able to use it on the PP though when he has extra time/space. He has good speed, but doesn't seem to get many points on the rush that I recall. I still think that he could help this team as a JR and progress his abilities further, but if he goes the portal route I think it'll be a roster space that can be filled with a good CHL guy.