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Dang. I would think there's got to be quite a few UMN fans that are a bit concerned about Bob's recent recruiting misses & strategy.

And as a follow-up to Friedman's quote, there's this as well. Pair him with a more defensive-minded D partner and let the kid do his thing out there.

That's the type of player that UND needs to be looking at if they're not able to land another blue chipper for next season.

Always tough to lose your dad, let alone when you're still in college. Condolences to Ben and the rest of the Strinden family.

That would be super sweet to follow along, especially for the fans that love the recruiting side of things. They'd have to wait to publish until players committed to not tip their hats to other teams on recruiting prospects.

Puck Preps article on Reschny: https://puckpreps.com/cole-reschny-eager-to-bring-two-way-game-to-north-dakota/

BU PSU MSU UND Go on....

Jax can't even get his guys recruiting for an entire off-season. They're not recruiting a full 365, that's for sure.

Hope UND can save up some money (about $500k?) from its NIL and rev share for DuPont next season.

I think that a guy like Chyz is able to do both pretty easily. He's so connected in the recruiting world. He was able to land Williams for 2026 right before he landed Reschny & Verhoeff for 2025. Three very high end recruiting wins right there, all within a week or two.

Yes, I think that rev share will definitely benefit schools like UND where hockey is the #1 sport...there aren't many of those schools either.

So…is tomorrow the day? Another Friday Bat Signal? Too damn anxious for this season to start. Ha.

Royals got decimated by the NCAA this offseason. Oh well.

Nice article from the Bruins website with Zellers: https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/from-the-beginning-zellers-had-eyes-set-on-hockey

There’s always been more rumors tying DuPont to UND than there were with McKenna. He’s one that I wouldn’t be surprised to see in a UND uniform and that’d be awesome. Imagine him and Verhoeff being on the same blue line?

Elite forward options getting more and more limited.

I'm guessing Bryn knows, but he's been shy about sharing the info with the rest of us. Boo!

Yes. Any one of those four could be the top Dman on many other teams. Bring back Zmolek, one of the best defensive dmen, PKers, and shot blockers in the NCAA. Another year of experience for Strathmann and Jubenvill, who both showed good signs last year. Add in Laurila, one of the best dmen in the USHL last year. There you have what I would consider the best D-corps in the league, and one of the best in the nation.

Jersey numbers! https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/unds-new-players-get-their-jersey-numbers Zach Sandy - #1 Will Zellers - #9 Sam Laurila - #13 Jack Kernan - #15 Cole Reschny - #17 Keaton Verhoeff - #18 David Klee - #22 Josh Zakreski - #24 Anthony Menghini - #27 Ellis Rickwood - #29 Gibson Homer - #31 Jan Spunar - #35

UND players get invites to World Jr Showcase: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/four-und-players-one-recruit-named-to-u-s-world-junior-summer-showcase-roster

Quite true. Hopefully we see the bat signal later this week with some good news.

Rough day for MSU. Missing out on McKenna and now Howard signs.

Sign this kid up. Seems like he'd be a perfect fit for that 1st line RW to fill the empty spot. https://www.broadstreethockey.com/post/philadelphia-flyers-news-prospect-porter-martone-to-have-conversation-about-playing-in-ncaa/ https://www.broadstreethockey.com/post/what-we-learned-watching-porter-martone/

PSU vs MSU should be some very entertaining games.