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BU is wanting to hand this game to UMN with all these penalties.

Another Gopher pp. 5x3

That looked like it could have been a tripping on both teams in that one sequence.

Yes

BU PPG

I’m being greedy, but I’m hoping for two of those three. Especially if Strathmann plays another year of jr like has been hinted.

I like the Albrecht move. It’s better to keep him as a depth player rather than add a similar depth player from the portal. Probably sits better with the team as well since he’s a well liked teammate. The team can still add a skilled forward from the portal to round out the forward group.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/daily-skate-carson-albrecht-to-return-for-fifth-season

Expected Roster as of 4/6/23 - Going by a somewhat typical 26-man roster (15 F / 8 D / 3 G): Forwards (14) Fr - Emerson / Perron So - Blake / James / McLaughlin / Strinden / Montgomery (RS) Jr - Schmaltz / Kunz / Berg Sr - Gaber / Jamernik / Ness Gr - Albrecht Defense (6) Fr - Benoit / Komzak / Wiebe / Livanavage / Strathmann Gr - Pyke Goalies (3) Fr - Hedquist So - Johnson Sr - Persson Portal and/or Recruit F - Need one D - Need two I'd guess that we'll hear more news about portal additions soon.

We do. They’re just not old enough yet.

Best case scenario - BU vs QU Worst case scenario - UMN vs UM

Their coaches better start playing them both otherwise they’ll probably have to enter the portal at the end of the season.

So that's why we lost Cooley and Eiserman. Frickin' burritos.

Today is all good though? Does that mean you know of some new portal D commits that haven't been announced yet?

If he doesn't come in, that means 3 portal D guys still need to be brought in...and the pool of decent remaining D in the portal isn't super high.

Wow, I step away for an hour to do some work and come back to MSUM completely falling apart. Ouch. That is sad to see, for sure. That said...we still need some dmen and a forward...any chance of us landing any of these players or they all gonna be new Badgers?

Zmolek could be a nice portal D pickup. He didn't play at all this season due to injury though, but he's only a sophomore.

Portal updates: DU F Owen Ozar to portal WMU D Lucas Matta to portal MTU D Frank Dovorany to portal UST D Trevor LeDonne to RMU Holy Cross F Grayson Constable to LIU Northeastern F Riley Hughes (NYR) to OSU MSU-Mankato D Bennett Zmolek to portal

More portal entrants: UConn G Logan Terness Alaska G Daniel Allin LSSU D Sebastian Miedema Mercyhurst F Paul Maust Mercyhurst F Carson Briere And also: https://badgerextra.com/sports/hockey/men/these-items-are-among-many-new-wisconsin-mens-hockey-coach-mike-hastings-will-tackle/article_920ecca6-d27a-11ed-8287-3fb492ebffa6.html That's a solid recruit swap for DU...Buckberger has 41pts in 56ga as a D.

Yep. We barely snuck by Niagara, 2-1 in the semi-final. Then had a 1-0 lead entering the 3rd against Yale before losing 4-1 (one ENG).

Geez...getting kicked off not one, but two, college teams in four years. Not going well for Mr. Briere. I'd guess that no NCAA team is gonna take a chance on him anymore.

Some of this afternoon's updates: LSSU G Seth Eisele to Omaha NMU F Joey Larson to Michigan State Lowell F Brian Chambers to Arizona State Northeastern F Sam Colangelo (ANA) to WMU RPI F Ryan Mahshie to UConn

They've done very well with portal forwards, that's for sure. They could be up in the B10 next season...maybe match up better to UMN and UM if they lose a bunch to the pros like I bet they will. I would agree, especially with what is left for forwards in the portal. We already will have a great amount of forward skill for our top 9. Blake-McLaughlin-James Gaber-Berg-Perron Strinden-Schmaltz-Emerson Kunz-Jamernik-Albrecht/Ness I like splitting up Blake and Gaber.

Yeah they're old this year...they have 4-5 fifth year seniors on their team on top of their normal seniors.

I saw that as well...his goal plot pic is pretty telling from that article. That's great...that's an area where UND was lacking a bit this season, those gritty goals from right on the crease area.