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UST ties it up

Cornell ties it up. 2-2

Mankato up 1-0 on UST If we ended up facing the winner of that game, not sure who I'd rather play. Tracy can be lights out.

Yes that's a winner-in, loser-out game. Just meant that there are still scenarios where Augie gets bumped out of the tourney. I'd certainly rather not face them in 1st round in their backyard.

BC scores but immediately waved off

Would be huge. He crushed it coaching at NMU so imagine he could do similar wonders for UMN.

UConn, BC, and MSUM could all still bump them down. Also OSU could still steal a spot if they win the B10 tourney.

Duluth now only with a 7% chance of ending at #7 overall. Looking more like if they win, they're #5...and if they lose, they're #8. In a typical bracket, that would put them in either WMU or UM brackets.

With Raboin declining, I would laugh if it ends up being Larson or Potulny. Both seem like steps back from Motzko. Which is crazy.

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Well that’s a twist.

UMass season over. Merrimack advancing.

Yep. Not too shocking.

Not sure I'm wanting Augie to move back up and potentially be looking at playing them in the first round in their backyard. They've done well against NCHC teams this year...they've beaten Duluth, swept ASU, Omaha, and swept CC.

Merrimack leads UMass 1-0 in the 3rd

Keep them out of UND's regional, please.

Now 2-0 Dartmouth late 1st period

Dartmouth up 1-0 on Clarkson

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2026/03/20_Motzko-Dont-Think-Anyone.php Other than Mooney (and maybe Moore), I'm not sure I would say that their FR group this year was "so strong" that it couldn't have used some high end CHL players. Look at McLaughlin on D. DU told him he needed another year...which he did...but UMN brings him in and he ends with the worst +/- on the team. Gonna be interesting to see how they move forward into next year with a new coach and their returning group.

Spoons looking to rebound entering the NCAA tourney: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/jan-spunar-looks-to-reset-for-ncaa-tournament I like that he is planning on playing at least four games.

Verhoeff is doing a draft diary for NHL.com: https://www.nhl.com/news/2026-nhl-draft-diary-keaton-verhoeff-march-20?utm_source=xdotcom&utm_medium=nhl_social&utm_campaign=media

Updated Commit Stats as of Mar 18: Simpson 3rd in USHL points (in the middle of two Miami recruits Loomer & Seelinger), 3rd in goals, and 5th in assists Good to see McKamey getting some more points as the season nears the end...he is 2-3-5 in his last 5gp Removed O'Neill from the list shortly after the Pilgrim de-commit as well...anxiously waiting to see who Bryn has lined up for those open forward spot(s) if they had wanted to push those two guys back. I'm guessing it'll be a couple studs. Forwards B. Schultz (USHL Sioux Falls) - '05: 54gp - 23g/20a A. Schultz (USHL Sioux City) - '06: 42gp - 13g/22a Sanderson (USHL Muskegon) - '07: 49gp - 15g/16a Simpson (USHL Youngstown) - '07: 57gp - 30g/37a Jundt (WHL Calgary) - '08: 60gp - 11g/9a Williams (WHL Saskatoon) - '08: 64gp - 23g/34a DeMars (WHL Penticton) - '09: 48gp - 6g/7a Grubb (SSM 18U Prep) - '09: 44gp - 9g/22a McKamey (WHL Victoria) - '09: 47gp - 6g/11a Defensemen MacKenzie (WHL Edmonton) - '06: 58gp - 21g/36a Klimpke (WHL Saskatoon) - '07: 66gp - 4g/42a Lindberg (USHL Fargo) - '07: 50gp - 6g/15a Penner (USHL Fargo) - '08: 29gp - 0g/1a Scott (U17 NTDP) - '09: 50gp - 1g/10a Thoreson (U17 NTDP) - '09: 19gp - 0g/4a Goalies Heil (USHL Madison) - '06: 36gp - 2.35 / .903 (22-11-3)

I was reading a bunch on X too that were saying similar. A few UMN fans seem to get that in order for them to be more successful in the new environment that they'll need to expand their recruiting...but most are so stuck on that 95%+ need to be MN players. If they hire a GM as one of their coaches, I can only imagine being essentially handcuffed to one state for the vast majority of your recruiting. Part of me thinks it would take them years to gain those relationships with Canadian coaches, players, etc to even recruit well up north. They've been so anti-Canadian for so many years, can't see many CHL players really being interested in going there.

This portal tracker seems nicely laid out along with notes. SCSU goalie Gray entered now, he only played one game. https://www.apx-hockey.com/news-detail-83

This is good at least: