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Nice interview and article about Zellers: https://rinksiderhodeisland.com/2025/06/20/will-zellers-is-a-prospect-to-watch-at-bruins-development-camp/

I’d guess all schools will really delay announcements with all the CHL changes. Might be only a month before season starts.

Interested to see how Zakreski's game transfers over to NCAA: https://chl.ca/whl-winterhawks/article/2025-nhl-draft-profile-josh-zakreski/

The city of Boston would be a pretty big culture shock compared to his hometown or Medicine Hat. Maybe he prefers a smaller city feel. Hopefully at least if UND wants a shot.

First I’ve seen anywhere of DU being mentioned in the mix for McKenna.

More Laurila: https://www.inforum.com/sports/time-to-create-my-own-path-moorheads-sam-laurila-preps-for-nhl-draft-starting-und-hockey-career

Same with Spirko! Dang, can’t believe Sparky is still out there.

Schloss keeps a running tally of former UND players across all the pro leagues (even Europe) on the Herald website: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/a-list-of-where-und-hockey-players-have-signed-pro-contracts-for-2024-25-season

Jackson Smith to PSU is now confirmed. Seems like it's been in the works for a couple weeks now.

I don't know how many birthday parties I went to at Italian Moon when I was growing up...but it was a lot.

Looks like he's staying in the OHL this season and then planning on going to PSU in 26/27:

I wonder if UND is one of the 4-5 schools that he's even talking to. Hopefully Bryn and Jax can at least get him to come in on a visit and then work their magic.

With good reason. Have to escape the hell hole! Fall semester starts back up mid-Aug and if ASU is anything like other hockey schools, the team members come back in July to start team workouts. For these Canadian kids, the temps in July-Sept would be a complete eye-opener from anywhere they've ever lived.

As someone that lives in Phoenix (for now), one of the main reasons that my family and I are leaving in the next couple years is due to the weather. I'd take a Grand Forks winter over a Phoenix summer any day.

Looks like UND will now be opting in to the House settlement:

Fantastic article on incoming forward Cole Reschny. Really sounds like UND has a winner here: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6302768/2025/05/01/cole-reschny-nhl-draft-2025-prospect/?source=emp_shared_article

Nice article from Schloss on Oshie: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/schlossman-t-j-oshie-never-looked-too-far-ahead

Hagens signing after the draft?

Will we see a bat signal this week or are we thinking any new additions will be after the draft now? Schloss and his gang seem to think that UND will stick with 8 D for this year...if so, just need 2 F (and we need to cross our fingers for no long-term D injuries again).

But he keeps bringing up his Cornell education?

Laurila and Reschny had good showings at the Combine: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-freshmen-cole-reschny-sam-laurila-top-fitness-categories-at-nhl-combine

Latest rumors are McKenna to PSU. It's like a different team "rumored" every week. Haha. I still can't picture him going to PSU, where the offensive scheme seems to be to just throw the puck on net from anywhere on the ice.

Wodon literally can't stop with this argument, he just refuses to back down. What a horrible take. How does he suggest we get better atmosphere at neutral sites? And if he has legit ideas, why haven't they been implemented over the last 15 years?