Johnny Five

Maybe it's the environment he was in but his stats aren't eye popping. 5 goals and 18 assists in 75 games.....but he'll probably go somewhere and blow up, lol.

Straight to the advisors for first contact.

He was a done deal weeks ago.

Nice addition for UND.

Duluth is going to be a problem.

Yeah I'm not sure on the points thing either. But in relation to Harper, Smith is also over 2 years older, 3 inches taller and 15-20 pounds heavier. Perhaps more of an immediate impact. Of course he would need to officially commit, but something has to give.

Couple tough losses for sure. If Bob is still behind the bench, I'm sure Murr and Henricks aren't on the roster. Hard to pass those 2 up. If Larson told them he'd like to see them go back for a year of Juniors and they said "see ya," well that's college hockey in today's landscape. I've also seen that Maceo Phillips has been pushed back a year. All of that considered, perhaps the Tarin Smith rumors have a little steam in relation to these moves.

Clark is soft as hell, I cannot see him playing UNDs game.

Dalton Andrew actually has "No Contact" by his name, as does Jimmy Clark from UM.

Jupiters GPL portal tracker shows: Engel, Andrew, Klee, Strathmann and Homer for UND.

Not a shocker to me. Super inconsistent, flashes of unbelievable....flashes of uhhhhhh....Best of luck to Jimmy, however. Kinda curioius on Ludktke and Pritchard as well.

They had enough for a JV but no other ND teams had JV. With the addition of WC, maybe Hazen, maybe all the 19u teams, I truly believe a Class A and Class B is the best option for girls hockey. West Fargo's "jv" could be a class B...on year's when Bismarck teams have enough for 2, same thing....

Great Frozen Four, the 4 blue bloods did not disappoint. If that was played again next weekend I think we'd see a different winner, and maybe a different winner 3 weekends in a row. Wisconsin showed up, gotta give Hastings credit there, they left it all on the table. Vegas looked awesome. Can't imagine winning a natty as a player and being in Sin City, I hope Denver got to spend the night and rip it up.

And WF twiddling their thumbs despite numbers in the mid to high 30s.

Yeah it's going to be wild, but sometimes those toes need to be stepped on too. I wonder if SCSU coach (assume Oliver) has been able to make phone calls behind the scenes to his current roster and recruits? It has to be difficult to be a bit behind on that, although he'll likely be done with UW Thursday so probably hit the ground running Friday, gives him a few days before the portal goes wide open.

I think Larson is coming in with a wrecking ball, and after Motzko basically punted on the last 12 months, it is much needed. Kinda gotta do it that way in the current environment. Vegoe thought 6-8 give or take will be in the portal.

I doubt Minot will for boys. Minot girls not even close to the numbers for 2 teams, I don't think that or Grand Forks will ever happen for girls.

IMO that's a thing of the past. Not quite as distant as "UND is just a bunch of 25 year old canadians." As long as they're still getting some of the best out of Minnesota, which they are, they need to sprinkle in some of that. I don't think any of us would've been pissed about Reschny, Verhoeff, Malone or McKenna - :-). Larson was also on another podcast this week and said they've already been up North since he started and there's a couple targets that would help immediately.

Larson also had a couple commits on the blue line from Canada and has been vocal with the media about his ties up there.

I believe Luken Huff decommitted from SCSU a few days ago. He had been committed to Larson since February of 2024. 6-3 195ish and a physical presence not really attributed to UM style of play.....perhaps there's a relation to that and the Grimes move as well. Larson was a great listen with Jupiter and Vegoe on GPL last night. It's going to be a wild couple weeks in dinkytown.

He probably isn't even on campus anymore lol

I'm guessing Hazen will be on board for girls hockey as well. Also had been told at one point if both those teams jump, Langdon may consider it for the girls. Not sure if this is true or not but I was told at one point the bylaws state you need 8 in a conference to run WDA/EDC type conference tournaments. Interesting developments on the girls side.

I was 50/50 on Motzko. Willing to give him another year, not surprised his time came to and end. Larson has experience, connections and a hell of a good staff. There's reasons for optimism. I'll trust David Carle on this one. And I like Oliver. He has a future. Played for his old man. Nick was just a rugrat at the rink back then.

I meant Rohlik, not Miller. @tnt Took some time for me to come around on Larson initially. It won't take long, everyone here will want Motzko back. SCSU on the other hand...

Potulny, Miller, Larson all with HC experience at NCAA... ....toss in Laylin, Cullen....keep Gordon and Martin. Not even close IMO.