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Score!! Zellers!

UND set to play two series against Clarkson in a couple years: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-set-to-play-clarkson-in-pair-of-future-hockey-series?fbclid=IwAR36zUjdQNRvRMtzjO3wglZGimBDMJA6icvDPArPqduGg0jnx5bKjEM0yXM

They list their top 10 USHL Prospects and UND commits are four of those 10? Nice, I'll take it.

Weird to see Mankato so low in the CCHA pre-season poll:

Talk about waiting until the last minute to enter the transfer portal:

Schloss latest podcast went over all the other teams in the NCHC, and unlike the SCSU podcast, he actually seems to know what he's talking about when discussing other teams and their losses and incoming players. They're gonna cover UND in more detail on the next podcast, but he did take the time to mention...once again...how great Perron looks in the practices. He seems genuinely excited to see what he can do once the season actually starts. So I'll take that as a good sign.

Boisvert with a hatty and Croal with 2g. They both started the USHL preseason off right.

UNO fans are getting their pitchforks ready.

UND has lined up non-conference games against St Thomas: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-lines-up-two-future-hockey-series-against-st-thomas

I don't either. The people that are using that as a negative aspect to this year's team obviously didn't watch how horrible UND's overall team defense was last season...especially the early part of the year. Part of that falls on the forwards as well, but getting a fresh start on D isn't a bad thing from where things started last year.

Here's Ciskie's complete list: https://kdal610.com/2023/09/12/8-thoughts-early-look-at-the-nchc/ I think he has SCSU and UMD both too high.

Yeah for sure. Five teams with at least one 1st place vote and UND leads the way with 12 but still finishes #2 in the poll. I think it'd be hard to ignore the amount of forward talent on this UND team, and the pollsters agree...if the Dmen can gel early and Persson plays up to potential, this team has the skill on paper to compete for some trophies at the end of the season.

Strinden wins the Annual Ironman competition: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/ben-strinden-wins-unds-iron-man-competition?fbclid=IwAR2kRis1eUe3Q3Vt-yKc3TAEhK8FMPLi7Uy5iHHBPGr7CyOOahbx5BFDh1w

Congrats to Riese and Jackson! https://fightinghawks.com/news/2023/9/11/mens-hockey-jackson-blake-riese-gaber-named-to-preseason-all-nchc-team.aspx

Preseason Media polls for Hockey East were announced: 1. BU (11) 156 2. BC (2) 135 Merrimack (2) 135 4. Connecticut 102 5. Providence 92 6. Northeastern 86 7. Massachusetts-Lowell 83 8. Massachusetts 79 9. Maine 74 10. New Hampshire 26 11. Vermont 22 Preseason All-Hockey East Team F Cutter Gauthier (So., BC) F Justin Hryckowian (Jr., NU) F Alex Jefferies (Sr., MC) D Lane Hutson (So., BU) D Scott Morrow (Jr., UMass) G Victor Ostman (Sr., Maine) Even though he hasn't played a minute of NCAA hockey yet, I would guess that Celebrini will be on that All-Hockey East Team by the end of the season.

I wonder where else they might be headed for visits?

Yep, good old Flin Flon! After they got married, they moved to Banff and got some farm land. Last I heard he was still there (they divorced 20+ years ago).

Got my tickets for the Manitoba exhibition game today. Excited to see the team! I'll be in town from AZ for "not fun" circumstances (my dad's burial service...he died last year, but the service is Oct 6), so my aunt (my dad's twin sister) and I decided to stay another couple days and go to the game as well. It'll be my aunt's 2nd game that she's gone to since her college days at UND. She met her first husband, Larry Dobson, at UND...he was a forward on the UND hockey team from 66-69. I have worn #15 on almost all of my hockey teams because that was his # at UND as well.

Season preview for both the U18 and U17 teams, which contain some UND commits as well as some prospective recruits: https://ushlprospecting.substack.com/p/ushl-2023-24-preview-usa-hockey-ntdp Current committed recruits Emery, Laurila, and O'Neill are on the teams.

Some solid recruits and great pickups from the portal. They should be much improved this year. UW too. The B10 might be more tightly contested this year.

Sounds like Lindberg is down to UND and DU for his final two. Would be nice to get all three of the F/M boys.

Listening to Schloss' podcast for this week. They didn't spend too much time discussing practices and whatnot, but what he did say when asked about possible line combos from watching practice was all about how great Perron has looked. "unbelievable" "unpredictable and creative" "instant impact player" He said that Perron will be his vote for pre-season NCHC RoTY.

Played 4 games for Huntsville in 20/21 then played two seasons at D3 St John's. Probably won't see any of very little ice time unless UMN has some forward injury issues.

So close. Such a shame.

Some big moves upcoming with the Hagens bros and Zellers. Honestly not surprised to see both BU and Harvard losing recruits with how many commitments both of those schools have been getting recently. Reminds me of the Eaves days at UW, where they had like 15-20 recruits lined up for each season. Would be shocked if the Hagens brothers don't end up at one of the Boston schools or UM/UMN, but Zellers would be a great addition to our current group.