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Laba is so good. One of those opposing players that are fun to watch (when he's not scoring against UND, of course). Geez, how many overtime winners did he have last season? Ridiculous.

That'd be a tough late season blow if it happens. Gophers will be strong offensively with or without him, but that would definitely push them down a small notch. Similar to the season when Jasper Weatherby went pro at the end of summer...he would have been such a beast if he returned for that senior season...you could really see him turn a corner the second half of his junior year here.

Most of the US roster is already committed to NCAA schools and are from the previous recruiting cycle (including Cooper Simpson, one of our commits). But there are a few uncommitted players, including Mason Moe from the Schloss list...most UMN fans seem to think he's heading there though. Here's the US roster: https://www.therinklive.com/junior-and-prospects/usa-hockey-reveals-23-man-roster-for-2024-hlinka-gretzky-cup

That's good! Maybe he can flip Carter Murphy from UMD. UND legacy, plus he's having a great few games. One assist in the first game (only 1 USA goal) and then four more assists in their 12-3 win over Germany.

Article on Bumgarner: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/cole-bumgarner-sets-sights-on-building-game-in-fargo-before-attending-und

Dang! The Fargo connection/pipeline was so good last recruiting cycle. Nice pickup for them.

MN and UW both oddly absent early on...I'm suspecting they'll land a few of those top players remaining. Hopefully we're in the mix for a couple of them too.

Miami has gotten a couple nice recruits

Brad's list, updated with all the commitments so far: 1. Mikey Berchild, F 2. J.P. Hurlbert, F 3. Dayne Beuker, F 4. Luke Schairer, D - BU 5. Eli McKamey, F 6. Tynan Lawrence, F - BU 7. Caleb Malhotra, F - BU 8. Jack Hextall, F 9. Logan Stuart, F 10. Parker Trottier, F - Notre Dame 11. Logan Lutner, D 12. Sam Wathier, D - BC 13. A.J. Francisco, D 14. Victor Plante, F - UMD 15. Callum Croskery, D - BC 16. Jet Kwajah, D 17. Jackson Marthaler, D 18. Noah Davidson, F 19. Jonas Kemps, D - MSU 20. Lukas Zajic, F 21. Zachary Nyman, D - Michigan 22. Casey Mutryn, F - BC 23. Cole Bumgarner, F - UND 24. Lincoln Kuehne, D 25. Abe Barnett, D 26. Carter Casey, G 27. Mason West, F 28. Carter Sanderson, F - UND 29. Luke Carrithers, G 30. T.J. Hale, F

BU, BC, and Michigan have had really really good starts to their recruiting cycles.

Nice, didn't see the Forwards article until later. Yeah, Emery prob our only bet this year for the WJC team.

https://www.flohockey.tv/articles/12764576-world-junior-summer-showcase-team-usa-player-evaluations-defense-goalies Chris Peters posted his thoughts after the WJ Summer Showcase. Emery and Strathmann were there:

Welcome Cole to the mix as well: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/forward-cole-bumgarner-commits-to-und-hockey

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/south-dakota-forward-carter-sanderson-commits-to-und-hockey Article about the newest member of the UND family.

From Brad's recruit list: Seems like a solid pickup. Keep 'em coming, coaches!

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Prob just in on Lawrence from today's commits. I'm more interested to see where Berchild, Beuker, McKamey, Zajic, Bumgarner, and local skilled players like Kuehne/Hale/Johnson end up. Those are the players we're probably more "in" on than many of today's commits...and probably have better chances at landing (hopefully).

That one is a bummer. He took a visit here as well.

Denver gets 6'7" dman Sean Burick. Kid is huge. Luke Schairer to BU. Another big get for BU. MSU with a trio of recruits on day one with Brody George, Chase Reid, and Jonas Kemps. Zachary Nyman to Michigan. Huge huge get for them. He has the potential to be the next Lane Hutson. Michigan always reloading.

Agreed. Seems that most of the first day/first week commits are the players that have been dead-set on a certain school for awhile.

Spirko still trucking along in pro hockey...pretty impressive. He's one of many that I wish we could have gotten another season out of...

Big day tomorrow! The start of the recruiting cycle. I wonder if we'll see any commitments the first week for UND?

Three incoming freshmen are playing in the World Junior Summer Showcase right now. Swanson (1st line center) and Emery (2nd D pairing) are on Team USA White and Strathmann (3rd D pairing) is on Team USA Blue. Both Swanson and Strathmann were getting PP time. Swanson got an assist on Day 1.

Duluth and UND are travel partners. And the NCHC already did allow St Thomas into the league.