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Not sure how production to expect out of Simpson this season. He’s been playing on the 4th line for Tri City according to recent line charts so it’s not like Boisvert or Swanson last year who both were immediately placed in their team’s top 6. But we’ll see how the season progresses.

They used to do it after the first goal years ago but more recently it’s been done at intermission. A lot of other schools have also started doing it at intermissions.

Don’t they do the teddy bear toss at intermission anyway? At least it was last time I went to one. So how would it affect the flow of the game?

I’m not sure but it doesn’t seem like they are putting up much effort yet with this class compared to what they were doing with the previous class last year. Maybe they are just being more selective. I’ve barely heard of them even being in on guys that have committed to other schools.

Why do you think Zellers has only been playing a week? If he’s played 8 games already, and there’s 7 days in a week, it’s definitely been longer than a week. Probably closer to 3 weeks.

UND and Minnesota have been said to be his top choices for months now. And based on his Instagram, that checks out. So unless that has changed, I just don’t expect him to go East. Also - if he doesn’t go to Minnesota, I think someone may need to check on their fans. I think they are going to lose it real soon. (If they haven’t already)

I really do not think Mooney has any plans to go East.

I also heard about it on a podcast being more related to family. So I’m more inclined to go with that reasoning. Especially when you consider he has been away from home for a while between his time at the NTDP and Shattuck.

I’m still not convinced he makes it to a college campus. If he’s projected to go top 3 in the draft, things can change quickly after you’re drafted.

It appears so. Im thinking this has been in the works a while.

BU was who I thought was the eastern school with the NIL offer that was reported. If I recall they were his second choice originally.

I actually was starting to think a while ago that he will play more than some people might expect. Namely because I don’t think we are going to play 2 freshmen on the bottom pairing if we don’t have to.

Singleton still has UND on his Instagram bio but the roster on his team website does not have a commitment listed. I’m sure we’ll get confirmation at some point.

I think that is the podcast, not the special section in the Herald. The podcast previewing the UND hockey team is being recorded today.

Mike McMahon’s newsletter had a bit on this too and the rumors surrounding Swankler.

Yeah I’m not sure either. I think he was a first round pick in the OHL by London so the thought is that they think they can get him to London. But who knows if they will be successful on that.

I think with Moore there’s some chatter about him ending up in the OHL also.

I’d also be curious to know who would be next in line after Mooney as far as forwards go.

https://x.com/ryan_sikes10/status/1704998866733387925?s=46&t=lGRFo-A0bmR2CHChu6e9ag Cade Littler currently has a hat trick. (Game is in the third period) Third goal is weird though.

List is starting to dwindle down.

Grayden Slipec scored his first goal of the season in the Chicago Steel’s first game today. I don’t think he scored his first goal last year until a couple months in, so a much better start.

Don’t know if it’s fact or speculation, but I heard on a podcast after his decommit that chatter in the rinks was that he wanted to play closer to home. Not sure why he originally committed to BU in the first place though.

EP is not always up to date. They had Michael Emerson as committed to UMass last year when he committed to UND. So it happens.

It does. Apparently you can’t enter the portal after a certain date without a coaching change so it seems the coach on administrative leave is enough to qualify as a coaching change. Mike McMahon from CHN had this in his newsletter. Swankler is not one of the suspended players.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/15-notes-from-the-nchcs-annual-media-day A few interesting notes in here.