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And he completes the hat trick, getting all three Chicago goals in a 3-1 win. Nice steal along the wall and then dekes around two defenders to get the ENG.

Perron with both goals for Chicago in a 2-1 playoff game thus far. That second goal is a missile of a one-timer on the PP.

BC is going to get an immediate and big boost next season when those three get added to their lineup. Yes, they'll be young, but they are sure talented. Those will be some good Hockey East battles between the BC trio and Celebrini at BU.

The NCAA really needs to amend the portal rules to not let it be a "free for all". That's just going to end up hurting the smaller schools more and more as the "big" schools pluck talented players from their rosters...like a feeder system. It'll be good once the 5th year "free" year is done, as that will make for less portal entrants. Is next year the last year for that? Or two more years?

USHL Playoff preview: https://www.therinklive.com/junior-and-prospects/ushl/ushl-playoff-primer-second-round-preview Perron was listed as a player to watch.

Kevin had a very distinct skating stride...low and fast. He fit in perfectly with the Blais "Speed Kills" teams.

Updates from the annual coaches meetings in FL: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/daily-skate-nchc-discusses-the-possibility-of-adding-arizona-state?fbclid=IwAR1_OgnHrboZaFwgDhZdtfS3vFcGvSlbTYpgoBF-oUzUh1_pbXbAHPewfhQ Talks about NCHC adding ASU, Summit League, and rule changes.

Yeah, I haven't seen anything connecting him to UND, so agree with you there. Ha! They certainly did hype that up a bit, didn't they?

I’ll take the over.

What's the word on James Hagens? Another elite talent...the current crop of young US talent is pretty crazy... Think he'll follow his bro to Harvard? Follow Eiserman to UMN? Go to BU? Or maybe CHL?

If "someone" would pay the buyout...then that same "someone" should help fund and setup the UND NIL to get blue chippah players on campus and help prevent the nightmare scenario.

That’s why I said anytime soon. I would guess that the CCHA has an exit fee as well, so it’s not like St Thomas would be wanting to jump ship in just a year or two and join the NCHC.

St Thomas already joined the CCHA, so the argument for adding them to the NCHC won’t happen anytime soon.

From the looks of it, he's an 11yo that was in town for a tourney with a team.

To be fair, if you had the DeLorean, you could just go into the future and get the intel needed to place the correct bets. The "Sports Almanac" betting plan.

Ah yes, found the article: https://www.therinklive.com/mens-college/nchc/huskies-get-transfers-from-alaska-north-dakota-for-next-season

Is that official that he's heading to SCSU? It certainly wouldn't surprise me, I just haven't seen it posted anywhere. Agreed though, best of luck to him and Costantini...just not when we play them.

Sorry @The Sicatoka, there goes your Klee dreams: UNO gets a couple Dmen additions from OSU and UMass. The Canisius goalie that had UMN fans scared thru 2 periods goes to Michigan. Another UW player sees the light and enters the portal.

I'm not too worried about the immediate need to add a 16F (if needed) or the 8D (if Strathmann doesn't come in)...the roster is 98% set as-is, anyone being added at this point will be a depth add in case of injury.

Geez, at least post spoiler alert for those of us that haven’t watched the next few seasons already.

I'd say that Duluth wanted him at least a little bit if they had a recruiting visit for him there.

We need to get the U17 team on the schedule then instead.

Big boost for national champ QU for next season.

Some intriguing matchups there, especially early. Very early test against a newly revamped UW squad. Tough home series against national runner-up UMN. Followed by a series against freshly depleted MSUM. And then followed by a road series against F4 team BU, which will have a stacked young squad with Celebrini. Not an easy non-conference schedule, so hopefully the boys can take care of business against Army, Wisco, Mankato, and Alaska...and hope for at least splits against BU and UMN.