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I'd take Spicer back at UND and make for a good redemption story.

Yep. With REA already increasing prices, if they want to get full revenue, they could provide the NIL to McKenna directly and the whole season would be sold out tickets, a media frenzy, and an instant boost to the product on the ice. If the saying of "chippahs follow chippahs" holds true, then there's no bigger recruiting prize than the consensus #1 pick in the 26 draft. Land him, and you'll land others. Plus, I'm guessing then his buddy Ritchie would follow him too. I'm all aboard the McKenna plan.

Ritchie + Bear. Let's do it.

Who knows, we may see some more movement on this with current players, but hopefully the rest of these boys are committed after yesterday (Black Monday). Working from the back to the front: Still need at least one goalie, assuming Huson stays on. Does Heil come in or does he go back to the USHL for another year? That d-corps is legit, probably one of the best --if not the best-- in the NCHC. Still need one more though, would rather go recruit than portal...if so, is Lindberg ready or do we bring in a talented CHL kid? Only reason to go portal is if they're worried about Zmolek being 100% so they want some more experience to get a good SR guy. Forward group is still light of course but the thing that pops out at me is that the vast majority of them are skaters. Guys like Strinden, James, Littler, Croal...even Andrew in the limited time that we saw him...they hustle, move, and bring energy. Some of the 'slowness' of our departing class will be gone. James took a monster step as a JR, another jump from him and Strinden would be huge as the two forward SR leaders. Swanson can dish the puck, Zellers & Zakreski can for sure bury it. Very interested to see how those two adapt to the college game. They'll certainly get some playing time. Still need at least 6 forwards...hoping for a mix of CHL & portal...maybe even a JR or two from the portal to even out the classes a bit. Some centers would be nice. 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 (2): SR - JR - Hedquist SO - FR - Huson (RS)

I would love to see BU buy their team this year and then either miss the tourney or lose in their first round game.

I am shocked. Shocked.

Well, they better start working then because that has now happened.

No, I doubt they’d share specifics unless you really donated a lot and wanted it to go to a specific sport or person. I posted this yesterday from my conversation with Holth from 1883C and he touched on that: yes, it's been a tough day. BUT, I will say - I've had fantastic conversations with Dane Jackson the past couple of days, and I feel really good about his vision and the future of the program. Losing guys to the portal is tough, but I think it's also worth noting that sometimes that creates more opportunity for newcomers to shine, and for current guys to step up. We (the collective and UNDAAF) are working our tails off in unison with the coaches to get to where we all want to be - winning a national championship! Don't get me wrong - I'm not a rose-colored glasses all the time guy. We may have more rough patches in front of us. But, long-term, I believe we're in a good spot to get back to where we all want to be.....and much of that is because of support from guys like you. I shy away from sharing numbers in terms of what we’re paying players, simply because I don’t want that info to leak to our competition. But I can tell you that in hockey and football – we will be very competitive this year and that will just continue to grow.

Yes you can choose which sport once you select a plan/amount. 85% of your donation goes to your preferred sport.

I’m guessing a big reason it started so poorly was when the best PKer on the team and the best shot blocker in the nation got hurt in game one. Also doesn’t help if aren’t willing to sacrifice yourself for the good of the team…as we’ve seen this team certainly lacked that.

How were the other years for Danes PK? I know you know the answer but for some reason keep going back to this.

That is just for the job opening that they essentially already have the replacement hired. @The Sicatoka nailed it with a couple of the requirements pointing to a specific person. I’m hoping they go with a broader search for the other assistant opening. Maybe after the ncaa tourney is over to get some more applicants.

Updated as of 3/31 Klee keeps trucking along with those PIM's...up to 109 now (9th in league) Simpson with strong play since joining Tri-City 3pts (2g) in 4gp McKamey heating up at end of BCHL season with 4g/1a in his last 5gp Laurila 4th in USHL in assists for dmen with 32 Zellers leads USHL in goals, points, pts/gm, GWG, and shots...just an outstanding season USHL (Forwards) Klee (Muskegon) - '05: 55gp - 18g/26a Pilgrim (Tri-City) - '06: 51gp - 7g/17a Schultz (Chicago) - '06: 53gp - 14g/22a Zellers (Green Bay) - '06: 48gp - 44g/25a O'Neill (NTDP U18) - '07: 54gp - 5g/10a Sanderson (Muskegon) - '07: 44gp - 5g/6a Bumgarner (Fargo) - '08: 56gp - 7g/7a USHL (Defensemen) Laurila (Fargo) - '06: 54gp - 7g/32a Lindberg (NTDP U18) - '07: 50gp - 1g/7a USHL (Goalies) Heil (Madison) - '06: 35gp - .902 / 2.69 (24-9-2) Other Zakreski - WHL - '05: 66gp - 39g/31a Simpson - MN HS - '07: 31gp - 49g/34a // USHL Tri-City 4gp - 2g/1a Jundt - SF Power 16U - '08: 39gp - 20g/32a McKamey - BCHL - '09: 52gp - 15g/16

I mean, Carle is an inbred and 'family' coach as well.

Yeah for sure. it’s perfectly setup for him

The Frattin season against UM hit me harder than 0.6.

50 is probably attainable if he continues at this scoring pace. Dang. The stat that I like the most of his (other than goals, of course) is by how much he leads the league in SOG. He’s not afraid to shoot, which is something that is good to see when you so often see players pass up shooting chances trying to setup the perfect goal.

Red Pepper gal?

Bear recovery timeline has been stated as 6-9 months. If it's 6 months, he would be ready for fall...if 9 months, more like mid-season. We'll see if the rumors of him heading here are true, hopefully they are. I'd bet that we're looking at quite a few CHL guys, especially forwards/centers.

Remember to tip your waitresses, thank you and good night!

Haha, he sure did change HS a lot. If he sticks with the Force for a few years, it gives me hope that he could stick with UND for a few as well.

Now you’re thinking like Jammer.

Sometimes I wake up from a nightmare screaming “they were on the ice!”

I’m hoping there is some mention of Chyzk and this role on Thursday.

Man did Davis look horrible in that UNLV game. He couldn't stop a beach ball and looked so slow to react to pucks. And now he's unbeatable again. So crazy.