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That's interesting. I would have thought he'd ask him about his experience.

Short blurb with Homer about why he chose UND. Listening to him, I get the feeling it may be like others have mentioned...that he may be at UND for one year (even though he has 2 years of eligibility left) and then sets up Heil to come in 26/27. So Homer/Hedquist/Huson this year and then Hedquist/Heil/Huson the following maybe?

CHL playoffs don’t end until end of May/early June so some commitments might take awhile to come in.

As I was saying. First line center will be McKenna.

First line center will be McKenna. If Perdion is defensively sound and can chip in a few goals while centering the 4th line, I’ll take it.

UND wanted him to play one more year in the USHL. He didn't want to, so went to UMD instead. In hindsight, he could have used that extra year of USHL 'seasoning'. His 2nd year at UMD, he ran into academic problems and was withdrawn from the school.

That'd be a good get if he joins the team. One of the better remaining forwards in the portal group.

TBD

That's gonna make some entertaining games when the S Bros come here and OMac goes there. Agreed though...their physical game isn't something I see OMac all of a sudden doing after not playing that game for 3 years here.

UND sure likes their "H" goalies. Still unsure of Hobie's intentions, as well as if Heil comes in this year or next. But Homer looks to be a solid pickup...he played well when we played ASU in January. Forwards (9): SR - Strinden, James JR - SO - Swanson, Littler, Croal, Andrew FR - Zellers, Klee, Zakreski Defense (8): SR - JR - Zmolek, Livanavage, Wiebe, Komzak SO - Emery, Strathmann, Jubenvill FR - Laurila Goalies (3): SR - JR - Hedquist, Homer SO - FR - Huson (RS) Other recruits that could come in this fall: G - Heil, D - Lindberg, F - O'Neill, Schultz, Simpson

I hope not. Herter > Sandy

Michigan will have the NIL resources for sure. Hopefully they don’t land all the CHL superstars.

What is happening in Duluth. Dang. That's a ton of losses to the portal after a rough season.

The question is...which players?

Some forward options updated after new portal additions and committed players removed. UND has to be going after a few of these guys to balance out the classes. Bolded the ones that I think would be a great four to start with. Smith doesn't have many points, but I feel like he could play a great role as the 3rd/4th line center. Conmy would be nice, but everything I've seen points him to BU. Ryan Conmy, so, New Hampshire, 15-18—33 (LAK 6th) Matteo Giampa, so, Canisius, 8-22—30 Tyler Wallace, so, Niagara, 14-12—26 Caidan Gault, jr, Ferris State, 15-10—25 Evan Werner, so, Michigan, 11-11—22 Kyle Gaffney, jr, UAF, 6-14—20 Anthony Menghini, so, Minn. Duluth, 12-7—19 Raimonds Vitolins, jr, Miami, 4-10—14 Luc Wilson, jr, Minnesota State, 7-6—13 Tyler Young, jr, Merrimack, 6-4—10 Max Dukovac, jr, Miami, 5-5—10 Jack Smith, jr, Minnesota Duluth, 4-5—9 (MTL 4th) Mikey DeAngelo, fr, Michigan State, 3-6—9 Ryan Duguay, fr, Northern Michigan, 6-2—8 Matthew Romer, so, Northern Michigan, 5-3—8 Kyle Bettens, jr, Minnesota Duluth, 1-5—6 Noah Powell, fr, Ohio State, 2-3—5 (PHI 5th) Matthew Perkins, so, Minnesota Duluth, 1-4—5 (VAN 4th)

I don't think the importance of this hire can be expressed enough. With how much has been said about how UND has somewhat lost their way on the recruiting front, to hire a guy like Chyzyk who is so plugged into that world...I feel that this hire will have an immediate impact on the program. And to have him out essentially scouting and recruiting full time will be massive to get the UND name back out on the front lines, where we've been notably absent for a few years.

Can you imagine having that conversation with those kids as they gear up for WMU's first ever trip to the Frozen Four?

Updated as of 4/7 Jundt having a nice playoffs...3g/3a in 4gp A few are wrapping up their seasons, while others are in playoffs now Simpson continues to score goals back in the USHL Zakreski with some timely playoff goals, 3g in 7gp USHL (Forwards) Klee (Muskegon) - '05: 57gp - 19g/26a Pilgrim (Tri-City) - '06: 54gp - 7g/18a Schultz (Chicago) - '06: 55gp - 14g/25a Zellers (Green Bay) - '06: 50gp - 44g/27a O'Neill (NTDP U18) - '07: 56gp - 5g/10a Sanderson (Muskegon) - '07: 46gp - 5g/6a Bumgarner (Fargo) - '08: 58gp - 7g/7a USHL (Defensemen) Laurila (Fargo) - '06: 56gp - 7g/32a Lindberg (NTDP U18) - '07: 52gp - 1g/7a USHL (Goalies) Heil (Madison) - '06: 37gp - .900 / 2.73 (24-10-3) Other Zakreski - WHL - '05: 66gp - 39g/31a Simpson - MN HS - '07: 31gp - 49g/34a // USHL Tri-City 7gp - 5g/1a Jundt - SF Power 16U - '08: 39gp - 20g/32a McKamey - BCHL - '09: 52gp - 15g/16a

Kid can shoot. I like it.

So....I guess tomorrow is the day now?

I used to play roller hockey in front of Tanabe's house with those kids back in the day. He lived right down the street from me. Man, that was a long time ago.

Yeah, I would have taken him on the team with our holes, but it's hard to say how he'll do back in the NCAA. He didn't exactly light it up this year in the USHL as a 20yr old.

I heard that the person chirping in his ear was The Scarlet & White Exchange (BU's NIL) and they wanted to give him 150 thousand reasons to move east.

That would certainly go against his "always bleed green" letter. Hard to believe. I would think that if word got back to Jax or UND admins that this happened, that wouldn't be good for Berry.