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No they were Gersich-Hoff-Poganski-Poolman-Peski and Adams-Gardner-Olson-Shaw-Wolanin last night and they alternated which unit started each powerplay. I thought the personnel would be a little different and eventually I think Mismash and maybe Kawaguchi and Jones could find their way onto one of the powerplay units.

Watching the game it wasn't the typical shoot it into the goalies belly and chest and make him look good last night. The kid made some really nice saves but to me it was more about missing a couple open nets and passing up a couple of really good chances to shoot and making the extra pass and then not even getting a shot off. The powerplay was really passive and just didn't look like it flowed well at all. Was very surprised to see the 2 best chances on the powerplay come on setups from Olson.

Guys played pretty well last night and dominated for stretches. Anchorage's goalie was outstanding but we also had a couple guys just plain miss with open nets. Really liked Kiersted on defense last night. Was really smooth and did a good job of picking his spots to get involved offensively. The Olson-Simonson-Bowen line played well together again and might have been our best line last night. Few lapses in the defensive zone but overall not too bad at all for the season opener. Need to do a better job of getting shots through tonight and probably put the puck on net a little more as it seemed like there were a few different times last night where guys just overpassed it and really passed up a good scoring chance.

Gersich

Definitely gonna be some tough decisions for the staff. I thought Janatuinen looked like a guy last night that could be in and out if he doesn't step up. He was the forward I thought struggled the most last night.

Really liked the Mismash-Gardner-Adams line together. Thought all of the freshmen newcomers played pretty well and really bring something different to the table. The vision and passing ability of Kawaguchi will be fun. The coaching staff will have some very tough decisions to make each Friday and Saturday on who's in and who's out.

Jake Braccini out of Buffalo, MN picks Minnesota. Berry and staff were after him pretty hard. Jake Braccini‏ @BracciniJake 2h2 hours ago More Proud to announce my commitment to play college hockey at the University of Minnesota. Thanks to everyone who's helped me get here #gophs

For those saying the Hawk logo is on the ice for regionals but not at REA there is a difference there. The hawk logo isn't at center ice for regionals like it would be at REA. They put a NCAA logo at center ice and the host schools logo in the neutral zone which is much smaller than it would be at center ice. I hate the name change and will never refer to the university as hawks but even putting that aside I really think part of why the logo won't be at center ice is the really logo looks terrible when it isn't smaller. Either way I'm glad whoever makes the decision is just going with North Dakota at center ice and from what I've heard many with the hockey program are very happy with the decision as well.

Believe he camped at Minnesota this past weekend and reports were he was pretty solid. Don't see anything but a PWO that would come from Minnesota though with them already having 4 OL commits and only a couple slots left open for the '18 class.

Been watched closely by some bigger programs the past few weeks. Minnesota, Purdue, and Wisconsin have been at a number of his games.

I'd take the script over the hawk logo everyday and most involved with the hockey program would as well.

Has there been any confirmation the logo will be at center ice? There are definitely some other options to have at center ice. I would still rather just see a script North Dakota there instead.

Pretty good list of offers for Donovan in the article from Schloss. Duluth East standout Ryder Donovan commits to UND

Think he is actually going into his JR year. Watched Duluth East a few times this year and really like his game. Skilled guy but really plays a good all around game. His Duluth East team was loaded with Sophs and JRs last season and should be pretty good this year.

Think this option really became realistic when Klatt decided to finish his degree and not coach Grand Rapids this year. If he would've still coached this season I think it is pretty likely both Hain and McLaughlin are playing their SR seasons there.

Lots of competition throughout the lineup. Not sure who would play center on that top line Gersich or Mismash but really think that group would fit well together. Mismash-Gersich-Poganski Janatuinen-Gardner-Adams Yon-Bowen-Kawaguchi Hoff-Simonson-Olson Jones, Smith, Gornall Poolman-Peski Shaw-Bast Wolanin-Johnson/Kiersted Rieger Johnson Thome Anderson

With the talk about elite players and recruits we are landing I still think we are landing our share but it has gotten harder to figure out partly because of when guys commit. People forget because guys commit 3-4 years before they ever hit the ice at their college. When Mismash committed he was maybe the top player in his class and we beat out Minnesota for him and it was huge deal. Mattson was a big time recruit when we landed him and had Minnesota, Wisconsin, Duluth offers. Same with Hain who should be a early round draft pick next year and Tychonick was very highly regarded when he committed.

Jackson Kunz @jacksonkunz9 Proud and honored to announce my commitment to play hockey at the University of North Dakota. Thanks to all that have helped along the way!

Mittelstadt has also recently said he is excited to get moved in and settled in at Minnesota so don't take too much from his draft interview at all. Just seemed like a guy who was nervous and isn't real comfortable with interviews yet.

Would think there is a decent chance they move either Brodin or Scandella for a forward still.

Don't think the Wild will give up Zucker. Think they would even be alright loosing Scandella and would maybe include a prospect to get that done.

Lakeville North OL Nathan Boe committed to Minnesota after camp today. Other offers from UND, NIU, UNI, SDSU, and WIU.

Sproles didn't list UND in a tweet as schools he was looking at. Listed Illinois State, Indiana State, UNI, NDSU, SDSU, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Northern Illinois as teams he was focusing on but still open to new offers.