Benny Baker
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1 hour ago, SiouxFanatic said:
Not a huge surprise but still an early departure.
Nice. They’ve lost their top 3 1st rounders—Fantilli, Hughes, and Samoskevich— but still have McGroarty and Nazar.
Are they bringing in another arsenal of 1st rounders or is Michigan’s window on their insane recruiting pulls over the last few years starting to close?
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11 hours ago, cberkas said:
There is the current issue with the Winnepeg Ice and how they didn't get an arena and were playing at University of Manitoba's arena.
And like that the Winnepeg Ice are sold and now called the Wenatchee Wild.
Thank you! So more along the lines of a higher tier team relocating to new city and using that new city’s current name.
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3 hours ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:
Wenatchee Wild moved from BCHL to WHL. Curious if Littler is a flight risk.
Wow. Weren’t they NAHL just a decade ago?
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On 4/21/2023 at 9:38 AM, Frozen4sioux said:
I believe the current cases the AGs office is involved in will have some major shifts on how the entire landscape of charitable gaming in ND operates going forward.
I would be willing to bet you won't see alot of changes or moves made until after the dust settles.
Some big knockers are under the microscope right now.
BHB still under the microscope? It’s embarrassing to see how much charitable money they raise that goes towards perhaps members’ pet projects instead of hockey.
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Get Arizona State as a member already, even if they end up leaving down the road.
We’re in a conference with Stearns County State right now, and I believe the only other school to apply has been Mankato State. If that’s the route we want to take, NCHC might as well invite Augustana and help Morningside College establish a team and rename itself the North Central Conference hockey league.
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28 minutes ago, petey23 said:
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38 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:
First things first: Was it a clean hit?
Game misconduct contact to the head.
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Just now, fightingsioux4life said:
So we are just screwed? We should just settle for being the Valparaiso of college hockey? Cripes, the B1G has one good year in hockey (out of 10 so far) and everyone is running for the lifeboats. I am not ready to do that.
No, that’s why I brought up Kris Engelstad.
My comments have nothing to do with the Big 10’s success on the ice but everything to do with the fact that those schools produce alumni at a rate of 4:1 compared to UND. And I bet if you were to look, you’d find that a Michigan or Wisconsin grad, for example, makes more on average than one from UND too.
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Don’t disagree with most comments. Would be great for UND to become more self sufficient without Engelstad money but the fact is that UND does not have the alumni base to compete with Big 10 schools in this new era of college athletics.
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4 hours ago, George M. Bluth said:
That’s one thing that worries me a little. How will UND compete when NIL becomes more prominent in college hockey?
Kris Engelstad
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16 hours ago, Wilbur said:
Which one’s Tychonick?
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I know there’s various opinions on the Engelstad’s and REA’s influence at UND, but the Engelstads would definitely be one source someone should be trying to leverage NIL opportunities from.
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8 hours ago, CarpeRemote said:
This isn’t directed at you but this shows how far behind many are in understanding nil.
From a non profit standpoint, caveman days billboards cost me $900/mo. What is a local star player’s 10-50k engaged social media followers worth? Answer, whatever the market bears.
If someone Is paying a kid 1M to sell air then they will answer to the IRS at deduction time. So I have zero concerns about “laundering”.
Regarding charitable collectives, they are run by BODs well known to the community and are open to IRS audits and have IRS rules, such as the pay must be in line with services. That’s regulation by current laws
if a UND charitable collective asks a highly visible, marketable enrolled athlete to raise awareness for Anne Carlsen, Development Homes, or Community Foundation via events, appearances, fundraisers, social media etc, is that worth $10-50k? Yep. Can they openly say they will only work with UND athletes? Yes they can.
Can the school help athletes be aware of nil opportunities? Again, yes, and they should.
Not complicated, It’s just business. If I had a semi-local business I’d advertise via my favorite player’s instagram, but instead I’d gladly contribute $400/month to a charitable collective. A kid could afford to be in college and I’d be doing good work. Most collectives allow you to ACH as low as $20/month tax deductible.
Now multiply that by thousands, focus it toward hockey, and we are in business
I hope you or someone translates those ideas into action, and I will contribute the first $400/month.
But, the size of alumni base is where I also think UND losses in the long run. For everyone UND grad, BIG 10 schools have 4-5 grads that can contribute to NIL funding.
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41 minutes ago, burd said:
Sounds like you're saying the programs hurt by the NIL policy will likely not have the leverage to ensure (through regulation) that the moneys gifted to the players are, in fact, generated from the marketing of that player's image, name or likeness? It's just laundered money from individual and corporate boosters.
Not sure much can be done.
Marketing of a player’s name, image, or likeness includes “appearance fees”. NIL allows individuals or corporate boosters to launder money to athletes by simply having them come shake some hands and take some photographs at a back yard meet and great.
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1 hour ago, petey23 said:
Good catch, but they actually thought they were in a do or die situation to get into tournament that game.
Yes, I think Duluth ended up sneaking in over Minnesota, and we were the second team left out.
The end of the 2018 season is an indelible memory for me for no other reason than it was the first time since 2003 I didn’t watch team make it to regionals. Now it’s starting to feel routine.
Gone are the days of the Hakstol era where it’d almost be a given that the Sioux we’re playing in a regional final no matter what.
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3 minutes ago, siouxforce19 said:
That was the NCAA tournament they only got in by like 0.0000001 or something.
Yup. They won as the final 3rd seed (12th in pairwise) that year.
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1 hour ago, petey23 said:
True......However
UMD won the National title in 2017-18 with 1 sophomore and 5 freshmen playing D and a Sophomore Goalie they found in the NAHL who had played in 2 games as a freshman(1 start) and gave up 2,1,1,and 1 in the NCAA tournament after UND beat them for the NCHC title.
It was actually the NCHC third place game, and perhaps Duluth was already looking ahead to that NCAA tournament.
But I get your point.
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3 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:
Sounds like an awesome recruiting violation.
Last time I looked Jake could point a kid out to staff but not approach. Same goes for you and me. The only way someone like Jake can talk to a potential recruit is if he had a pre-existing relationship with the recruit or their family. (I knew the Frisch family before Ethan was a recruit.)
Bottom liine: See a special player? Tell Bubs or someone in UND Athletics.
So you’re saying all I need do to is “talk to potential recruits” and try to steer them toward the Gophers, and Minnesota hockey will be hit with recruiting violations?
Why don’t we do the same to Denver and Michigan while we’re at it!
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1 hour ago, Wilbur said:
I could see him ending up in a Big Ten locker room next year. Like an Ohio State or Penn State.
Agree. NCAA tournament-bound Ohio State worked out well for its current leading scorer, Freshman Stephen Halliday.
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57 minutes ago, tnt said:
He actually put up decent offensive numbers with 5 goals, 11 assists and had a much better +/- than the rest of the defense with a +9.
Dare I say Brent Johnson put up decent offensive numbers (1-5–6) in only 13 games and had the third highest +\- of any defenseman this year for UND.
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3 hours ago, SIOUXELEVENS said:
So what will that say to recuits if we have nhl draft picks enter the portal, not a job look.
I agree it’s not the result I want, and it’s already happened with Blaisdell.
But FWIW, Chris Wilkie, Wade Murphy, and Mike Cichy all transferred out of UND when you still had to sit a season.
Brett Bruneteau transferred, but I believe he had graduated.
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Berry has squandered the opportunities of the 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023 frickin’ Fargo, North Dakota regionals.
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2023 Early Departures & Portal Transfers
in Men's Hockey
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Hobey Blaker