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My guess is North Dakota in the new font.

Bemidji defenseman Chase Hartje signed with Moose Jaw in the WHL.

I don't think it will be on the helmet either. They could have added the interlocking ND the last couple years and didn't. I think they leave it blank as a reminder of what was taken away and what should still be there.

Not sure on Costello but I'd be surprised if Hain isn't back in Grand Rapids for his senior season but playing in the USHL before and after the high school season and that is fine for him. I'm not sure what type of player Keane is thought to be but Senden is role guy. He will be a 3rd/4th line guy, penalty killer, and high character guy. He has some offensive skill but he isn't gonna be a guy who lights up the USHL before he gets here.

If Chartrand left I would think they would just bring in another defenseman like Kiersted. Bowen was very solid at forward and should be in the lineup night in and night out. It is nice that he can play defense if you have a few injuries but I don't think you would want to take the chance of him being your 8th defenseman.

I'm with you maybe he somehow finds a way to do things he hasn't in his first 2 years but with what I've seen of him I'm not real hopeful. If we have 15 forwards next year and he is still around he would be forward number 15 for me. Olson, Simonson, Bowen, Yon, Hoff, Gornall, and Smith have already showed multiple times they add more to the lineup than Wilkie. He has had plenty of opportunities and hasn't done anything with them I'd rather give freshman those opportunities than going back to him and hoping he figures it out. He definitely shouldn't have been getting powerplay time like he was for parts of this last season.

Could be BCHL is a offense heavy league so have to think about that with his numbers a little bit I just think Adams is a better all around player right now.

I'll include Poganski in my lineup for now since he hasn't signed yet. If he does end up signing I'd probably slide Bowen up to play with Gersich and Mismash and put Kawaguchi or Jones in his slot with Hoff and Yon. Mismash-Gersich-Poganski Janatuinen-Gardner-Adams Yon-Hoff-Bowen Smith-Simonson-Olson Poolman-Peski Shaw-Bast Wolanin-Johnson Cam

Watching Jost when he was healthy I thought he looked ready. Like everybody I hoped he would come back for one more year but he gets to play in the NHL right away and with the situation he is in I think it is pretty likely he will stick there and never have to play AHL.

Notre Dame wins.

I think you will be disappointed with the hockey jersey my guess is all they add is a small logo on the shoulder. Also wouldn't be surprised to just see NORTH DAKOTA script at center ice either.

Schlossman has Alaska tournament, Minnesota, @ Wisconsin, Union, home/home with Bemidji, and St. Lawrence as next years tentative schedule.

No inside info on this but I think there might be a few guys that may look at transferring this offseason like Murphy did to get some playing time and just get a fresh start. Recruit wise I think Mismash, Jones, Adams, Kawaguchi, and Mattson are ready to come in. You may not need all of them depending on how many guys sign or if you get some transfers and if you don't I think it is most likely Mattson would play another year in the USHL. With the defensemen you have Bast, Rieger, and Kiersted who are all probably ready but if you only lose Poolman early I'm not sure you would want to bring in all 3. Kiersted might be the most likely to play another year in the USHL as he is the youngest and has only played in 23 games this year as I believed he was injured around the end of December and not sure what the injury is or if he can return in these last couple weeks of the USHL season.

Anytime the season ends it is a tough one but this one is really hard to take. Oettinger was outstanding for BU and was the difference in the game along with a little bit of puck luck as the Sioux hit 3 or 4 posts. UND was dominant most of the game and was the better team while BU was opportunistic. I would have liked to see the view they had to overturn Bowen's game winner because nothing they showed on TV was close to indisputable. Thought BU was lucky they didn't have more penalties called against them as they got away with a lot of hooking and holding. A lot of guys stepped up but thought we really missed Tucker on the powerplay. Few guys will have decisions to make and I know I wouldn't want to end my Sioux career like this. Sad to see Gage and Matt end their careers as Sioux but I appreciate their contributions and the way they represented the program.

Maple Grove forward Sam Huff commits to Minnesota.

Sure they can be good and not win it all plenty of teams are. I really only want UND to win it all and don't really care who wins it if it isn't the Sioux but I made the list anyway. Being from Minnesota I have family and friends who are Gopher fans so I guess at least they would be happy.

I'll go 1. Air Force-Really like Serratore and love the way they compete. 2. Michigan Tech-They were at the bottom of the WCHA basically my whole life good to see them have success. 3. Denver-Good team, skilled players, and fun to watch still don't like them though 4. Minnesota-Rivalry is more fun when they are good as long as success isn't against us whatever. Again still don't like them though. 5-13. WMU plus the rest of the B1G teams plus the east coasters besides BU could be put in any order don't feel strongly about any of them. 14. BU-Still hate them from the constant hype of that Eichel team. LAST. Duluth-Hate them don't want them to beat anyone ever again.

If the guys play the same way they did this weekend for the most part minus that little 2-3 minute stretch in the 2nd against Duluth it doesn't matter how BU plays we will be fine.

BU is a very talented young team with very little NCAA tournament experience. They do have some guys that played in a very tough environment in the world juniors in Canada but we will see how they react to Fargo.

Buccigross has announced where the #1 seeds will be headed and we get Duluth in Fargo.

If you go by straight seeding Cincinnati 1 Denver vs. 16 Michigan Tech 8 Union vs 9 Penn State Fargo 2 Duluth vs 15 Ohio State 7 Boston vs 10 Sioux Providence 3 Harvard vs 14 Providence 6 Western Michigan vs 11 Cornell Manchester 4 Minnesota vs 13 Notre Dame 5 Lowell vs 12 Air Force

With the way the guys played this weekend I'm very confident heading into next weekend no matter who we play. I hope Poolman is alright and will be ready to go next weekend but if not somebody else needs to step up. This team is playing the best they have all year and playing Fighting Sioux hockey. They also look like they have a little more jump in their step as well. The thing about the reffing tonight was it was like they had to find something to call on UND because Duluth was commiting so many penalties. There weren't many Duluth penalties if any that were questionable meanwhile there were a number of questionable ones called on UND like the last 2 that basically handed Duluth the game and the Olson penalty which was just a clean check. Duluth actually could have been called for many more penalties as it is just the style they play with so much stickwork and holding. Also no idea how they didn't kick out Pionk that was the easiest call of the game.

The one where one announcer wanted it called and the other thought it was a dive? I did see a couple Penn State got away with in the 1st OT.

Penn St wins on a PP and with some of the other stuff they had let go in the OTs before they probably shouldn't have called that one either.

Really well played game against one of the top teams in the country and it was a NCAA Tournament style game. Jost and both the Poolman's were outstanding tonight and Ausmus played real well again. Gotta think Yon was hurt otherwise I don't get why both Gornall and Wilkie would be in over him. Those were the 2 that I noticed that struggled controlling the puck at all and really with the speed of the game which would make sense as I don't think either played last weekend.