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Application deadline is the 26th...in two days. Which means that this process had already begun weeks ago and they already have their guy.

Wonder if he could still be at UND next season…Achilles surgery recovery around 9-12 months or so? Not sure if he already had surgery or not but would assume so.

Not a bad parting gift...half a mil to go relax for a bit.

Yeah the rumors were that the locker room was divided and that the players had more respect for Jackson supposedly. I guess we’ll see how this all shakes out.

Nothing like a classic Youngblood quote.

I'd hope that he'd still honor his commitment regardless. But he had already opened up recruitment once before (originally a BU commit)...so anything is certainly possible. Absolutely need Zellers and Laurila here this fall still. Hopefully Jackson is working the scene behind closed doors with both recruits and current players.

I am unsure of how that works exactly with the coaching change exemption. And when does the portal period end...or does it? Hopefully Schloss can do some digging and find that answer.

We were ahead of Western last year though. And then this year they brought in 17 new players and took it to the entire league. We're gonna lose some players because of this coaching change, I have no doubt. But if the new coach can recruit and can sway some studs from the portal/CHL, there's no reason that we can't see an improved UND team on the ice next year.

Needs to be done quickly then though. I'm all for a national search. But you can't let it drag on for weeks and weeks when the portal period opens in 7 days.

The end of season task that Berry needed to address is the same as what interim Jackson and new coach hire will need to do: Top priority is to hold on to Boisvert & Livanavage. Keep James & recruit Zellers if at all possible as well.

We have the best shot blocker in the nation. Check!

100% for sure it was. Get a new coach that utilizes those players and their skillsets and you know the chippah commits will follow.

My only requests for the new coach: Go back to the Speed Kills era of Sioux hockey. No more chipping it off the glass as a breakout strategy. No more dump and chase as a zone entry strategy. Let the skill players USE their skill.

Yes, probably to both.

Right? Geez. What a weird direction to go for a "coach got fired" article. Ha!

Now it looks like this after today's announcement. We'll need confirmation on all incoming recruits. Something tells me that Zmolek is in next season regardless of who is coaching. Forwards (0): SR - JR - SO - FR - Defense (1): SR - JR - Zmolek SO - FR - Goalies (0): SR - JR - SO - FR - Players with eligibility remaining: F - Boisvert, McLaughlin, James, Perron, Swanson, Strinden, Littler, Croal, Andrew D - Livanavage, Wiebe, MacDonald, Jubenvill, Strathmann, Emery, Komzak G - Hedquist, Huson Recruits that need confirmation: Zellers, Klee, Zakreski, Laurila

Yes. For sure worried about both.

Done with one. Now on to the others.

My hope is that this has already been happening a bit behind the scenes.

Now we'll see what happens with the current players. If the players were wanting a change...then we won't see much portal movement. If the players liked Berry's direction for UND...then we're gonna see a wave of portal entrants and recruits decommit. Gonna be an interesting portal season for sure. I'm not sure how that portal exemption works exactly when a coaching change is made...are UND players allowed to enter portal at anytime before season starts now? Like starting now and ending in October? It's normally 45 days from March 30...unless their scholarship changes or there is a coaching change.

I don’t think that’ll happen. But he’s a good choice for interim.

Change made. Looks like the SS.com posters got their wish. Now a change needs to be made soon, get all the players and recruits on board. Time to move

I’m thinking no. I think WMU comes out of that bracket with somewhat ease. UMN / WMU could be a good game but WMU has the much better goalie and UMN doesn’t have anyone to matchup with Bump.

Bracket looks about what was expected. NCAAHockey

We all need a little more humor in our lives. We certainly can't rely on UND hockey post-season games to keep us entertained any longer.