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https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/nine-college-hockey-players-go-in-first-round-of-nhl-draft NCAA in first round of 2023 NHL Draft 3. Columbus — Adam Fantilli, Michigan 4. San Jose — Will Smith, Boston College* 8. Washington — Ryan Leonard, Boston College* 11. Vancouver — Tom Willander, Boston University* 15. Nashville — Matthew Wood, UConn 19. Chicago — Oliver Moore, Minnesota* 21. Minnesota — Charlie Stramel, Wisconsin 23. N.Y. Rangers — Gabe Perreault, Boston College* 30. Carolina — Bradly Nadeau, Maine* *Indicates incoming freshman Sounds like Columbus is going to try to get Fantilli to sign:

Yeah for sure it isn't as common. Lately it seems like more of the one and done players have been undrafted rather than high draft picks. Like McAllister from WMU this season.

Blackhawks get both Bedard and Oliver Moore in 1st round. Two very good future forwards for them.

Both BC and BU will be improved this season with their ridiculous incoming recruit classes, but a good portion of those guys might be one and done. There will be some talented teams in NCAA this year. Let's hope that UND has the right mix of experienced upperclassmen and stud recruits to make a run.

Dang, Carlsson at #2.

Shocker at pick #1!

Haha exactly. Hopefully they're all one-season wonders. That's another question...is Fantilli gonna be signed by Anaheim (assuming he goes #2) shortly, or will he have another go of it at Michigan?

That whole line of BC incoming forward recruits could all go in the top 15-20 picks. Pretty impressive recruiting class for them this year.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/unds-nhl-draft-class-headliner-jayden-perron-is-a-difference-maker-with-skill-creativity

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-recruit-andrew-strathmann-makes-strong-closing-argument-to-nhl-teams

https://fightinghawks.com/news/2023/6/23/mens-hockey-north-dakota-announces-incoming-freshman-class-for-2023-24.aspx No new info here, but the freshmen group officially announced.

I'm excited to see what he can do starting this fall (and future years at UND). I see his playing style compared to Blake quite a bit. If his production is even remotely close to what Blake did as a freshmen, that'll be a huge help offensively to this team. I've read many mentions of Perron's shot and one-timer ability, which would be great on the PP. Blake is awesome, but he doesn't have the best one-timer (yet), so that would be another dimension to the PP if Perron can fill that void (I'm thinking alone the lines of Pinto). Having guys like Gaber, Blake, OMac, Perron, etc...could make for an awesome PP1/PP2 combo to throw out there.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/unds-jake-livanavage-warroads-hampton-slukynsky-invited-to-u-s-world-junior-championship-summer-showcase

https://theathletic.com/4611696/2023/06/21/nhl-mock-draft-2023-seven-rounds-pronman/

https://www.uscho.com/2023/06/21/minnesota-goaltender-bartoszkiewicz-leaves-gophers-will-go-back-to-ushls-phantoms-for-23-24-season/ I think this was somewhat expected after (so) Close announced that he was returning for another season.

Draft scouting report video of Perron from Chris Peters on FloHockey: https://www.flohockey.tv/collections/10748552-2023-nhl-draft/video?playing=11067151&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=thumbnail.perronscoutingreport&utm_content=video&utm_campaign=ushl&contract_id=0061n00000akehbqam

I imagine opposing fans could have their fun with that name.

Yeah Brad mentioned this in his article last week. Mentioned that they could be accepted into the league as soon as this summer, but wouldn't begin NCHC play until 24/25 or 25/26. https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/daily-skate-arizona-state-continues-to-be-a-topic-with-the-nchc

https://www.qu.edu/quinnipiac-today/hartford-healthcare-donates-$250000-to-establish-quinnipiac-ice-hockey-excellence-fund-2023-06-12/?fbclid=IwAR35Zk7L_Ne8ezkGOIz_dcQ9u4goCn5sjRAjcwVG40W-PK6_vx0ZC8VEbLA We need someone like Altru or Rydell or ? to get this party started for UND evidently.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/get-to-know-the-2023-24-und-hockey-players-numbers?fbclid=IwAR0TsurxyqjXroUlmpA5X-z7rnDLJqfGn6nfbqU-OX37wyP7F8U9RXFqXHM A few tidbits of info on the numbers:

Who's the winner? Newcomers in bold 2 — Bennett Zmolek, defenseman 4 — Jake Livanavage, defenseman 6 — Logan Britt, defenseman 7 — Garrett Pyke, defenseman 10 — Tanner Komzak, defenseman 14 — Cameron Berg, forward 15 — Nate Benoit, defenseman 18 — Jayden Perron, forward 20 — Keaton Pehrson, defenseman 24 — Michael Emerson, forward 25 — Abram Wiebe, defenseman 28 — Hunter Johannes, forward 30 — Hobie Hedquist, goaltender 32 — Ludvig Persson, goaltender

Time to start memorizing the new numbers!