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Yes now that Young committed, that’s my thought/hope as well.

I think he only does the bat signal on recruits, not transfers. I don't recall a bat signal for Rickwood or Menghini either, but I could be wrong on that.

+1 Desnoyers would be monster...hopefully the fact that Bryn follows him means that we're in the conversation.

One more spot to fill now and we will have a finalized roster for this fall. The addition of Young is nice from a depth and a class management perspective. Experienced forward that would hopefully be reliable when called upon...and as mentioned elsewhere, allows for another FR forward to fill his spot next season. Almost there! Forwards (14): SR - Strinden, James, Rickwood, Young JR - Menghini SO - Swanson, Littler, Croal, Andrew FR - Zellers, Klee, Zakreski, Kernan, Reschny Defense (8): JR - Zmolek, Livanavage, Wiebe SO - Emery, Strathmann, Jubenvill FR - Laurila, Verhoeff Goalies (3): SR - Sandy (RS possibility) JR - Homer FR - Spunar

He was mentioned really early on in the transfer portal as someone that was a possibility at UND. Wouldn't be surprised if he got added, especially if we don't land one of the few CHL blue chippers remaining.

Minnesota's stance of being so openly anti-Canadian for so many years is gonna bite them in the butt on the recruiting trail for quite a while. Hard to recover quickly from that.

I read online that they are the Epicenter of College Hockey now though after the McKenna commit.

Most big schools also have higher profile football and basketball programs that they will support more than hockey. UND has an advantage that hockey is the #1 sport on campus so can allocate more fund to it.

We do have two roster spots open. What about Desnoyers AND Martone? Haha, I know that even just one would be a tremendous get. Can't wait to see who the last two forwards are...and who they start landing after Aug 1st for next year and beyond.

No it almost has to be next Friday, as the following Friday is Aug 1st when the next year of recruits can commit.

I guess it was an ok Friday. Could have been better.

If the rumors currently circulating end up being true, three of these players could be on UND's roster next season.

Yes on the same day.

Exorcise the demons and have a little jersey burning out front of the Ralph for those traitors!

The WHL commissioner sure likes to put his foot in his mouth with these NCAA vs CHL comments.

Schloss latest article made it sound like UND would wrap up this year’s roster prior to Aug 1st recruiting cycle starting. If that’s the case, I’d guess we’ll be seeing a couple Bat Signals in the next week or two.

McKenna is gonna be feasting on some cupcakes. I would love for them to lose a few of them. Including ASU to start the season to help out other NCHC teams.

Penn State announced their NC schedule. Aside from ASU, looks like they lined up the cupcakes, as usual!

Damn, would have been fun watching him in Green n White.

They did. They opted in now.

UNO was the only NCHC opt out and BU was the only HEA opt out. QU the only ECAC opt in:

This article reads an awful lot like that Miami student newspaper article from like a decade ago that called them a "dynasty". PSU Champs or Bust! The phrase epicenter of college hockey is mentioned numerous times. https://psucommradio.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/opinion-its-a-championship-or-bust-season-for-penn-state-mens-hockey/

Rangers are fine having Emery at UND until he's pro-ready: https://www.foreverblueshirts.com/new-york-rangers-news/ej-emery-great-path-development-sophomore-north-dakota/

Yes for sure. Crazy new world we're in with all this CHL stuff. By this time normally we'd know full roster or pretty darn close. I think this UND roster as-is would be a tourney team. They have a lot of very strong pieces and an elite d-corps. Adding a guy like Martone to the current group would elevate them into the top 8 in the nation level IMO.

It'll be interesting to track how he does in the CHL this year...he'll still be young but we'll see how he does.