2023-24 ND High School Hockey

[Frozen4sioux]

30 minutes ago, sioux rube said:

This sure doesn’t help the west teams compete with the east teams with all that are leaving 

In reality there's just as many or more that left from the EDC, but yes it decimates the strength of the West as the depth is just not there.

[sioux rube]

5 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:

In reality there's just as many or more that left from the EDC, but yes it decimates the strength of the West as the depth is just not there.

Exactly. The west really can’t afford to lose anyone if a team has any chance at a state championship 

[Frozen4sioux]

Here is what I found from social media and on here, I expect a few more and I think there's 1 or 2 missing or not confirmed...

	Pos.	Name	Yr	School		League	Team
1	D	Max Vig	Sr	Century		NAHL	Oklahoma Warioors
2	F	Luc Bydal	Sr	Red River		MJHL	Melville ?
3	F	Colton Getzlaff	Sr	Bottineau-Rugby		SJHL	Battleford North Stars
4	D	Logan Kuep	Sr	Century		Tier 1 AAA	Fox Motors 18U
5	F	Hudson Routh	Jr	WF Sheyenne		Tier 1 AAA	Northstar 16U
6	D	Augustus Elbert	Jr	Fargo South/Shanley		Tier 1 AAA	Sioux Falls Power 18U
7	D	Gage Martell	Jr	Legacy		Tier 1 AAA	Northsater 18U
8	G	Gavin Erickson	Jr	Fargo Davies		Tier 1 AAA	Northstar 16U
9	F	Benson Grande	So	Fargo North		Tier 1 AAA	South Kent 18U
10	D	Zaide Penner	BAA	Fargo ?		Tier 1 AAA	Northstar 16U
11	F	Hunter Rudolph	BAA	WF ?		Tier 1 AAA	Northstar 16U
12	G	Easton Thvedt	BAA	WF ?		Tier 1 AAA	Sioux Falls Power 15O
13	G	Cale Ackerman	BAA	Bismarck High		Tier 1 AAA	Sioux Falls Power 15O
14	D	Alex Schlafmann	BAA	Bismarck High		Tier 1 AAA	Northstar 16U

[Johnny Five]

Grubb should be in there from Minot.  Schoenborn perhaps too but he's already been peaced out for a couple years.  

[Wilbur]

4 hours ago, Frozen4sioux said:

Here is what I found from social media and on here, I expect a few more and I think there's 1 or 2 missing or not confirmed...

	Pos.	Name	Yr	School		League	Team
1	D	Max Vig	Sr	Century		NAHL	Oklahoma Warioors
2	F	Luc Bydal	Sr	Red River		MJHL	Melville ?
3	F	Colton Getzlaff	Sr	Bottineau-Rugby		SJHL	Battleford North Stars
4	D	Logan Kuep	Sr	Century		Tier 1 AAA	Fox Motors 18U
5	F	Hudson Routh	Jr	WF Sheyenne		Tier 1 AAA	Northstar 16U
6	D	Augustus Elbert	Jr	Fargo South/Shanley		Tier 1 AAA	Sioux Falls Power 18U
7	D	Gage Martell	Jr	Legacy		Tier 1 AAA	Northsater 18U
8	G	Gavin Erickson	Jr	Fargo Davies		Tier 1 AAA	Northstar 16U
9	F	Benson Grande	So	Fargo North		Tier 1 AAA	South Kent 18U
10	D	Zaide Penner	BAA	Fargo ?		Tier 1 AAA	Northstar 16U
11	F	Hunter Rudolph	BAA	WF ?		Tier 1 AAA	Northstar 16U
12	G	Easton Thvedt	BAA	WF ?		Tier 1 AAA	Sioux Falls Power 15O
13	G	Cale Ackerman	BAA	Bismarck High		Tier 1 AAA	Sioux Falls Power 15O
14	D	Alex Schlafmann	BAA	Bismarck High		Tier 1 AAA	Northstar 16U

Rudolph and Thvedt would both be WF High School. 

[Speez]

3 Team ND's will be going to the Chicago Steel Icebreaker tournament in September.

Probably have a few more players getting noticed and possibly moving on this year or next.

[ChadR]

What happened to Bydal? Just signed a tender in NAHL, now going to Canada?

[Johnny Five]

More ice time in the SJ?  Easier to travel too?  Gotta be tough for a SR to be a NAHL regular.  

[sioux rube]

Kid from Jamestown here left his senior year to play AAA in Colorado. Now he’s heading to Idaho to play on an NAHL3 team. I’m thinking he wishes he had stayed here for his senior year 

[Frozen4sioux]

1 hour ago, sioux rube said:

Kid from Jamestown here left his senior year to play AAA in Colorado. Now he’s heading to Idaho to play on an NAHL3 team. I’m thinking he wishes he had stayed here for his senior year 

The AAA to NA3 or USP... is I think, all too common eventuality, that comes with some very expensive lessons in regret and properly evaluating oneself and the reality of ability vs opportunity.

..... those lessons are paid for monetarily by mommy and daddy usually but moreso by the kids in the experiences they miss.

[Wilbur]

On 8/10/2023 at 9:48 AM, Frozen4sioux said:

Here is what I found from social media and on here, I expect a few more and I think there's 1 or 2 missing or not confirmed...

	Pos.	Name	Yr	School		League	Team
1	D	Max Vig	Sr	Century		NAHL	Oklahoma Warioors
2	F	Luc Bydal	Sr	Red River		MJHL	Melville ?
3	F	Colton Getzlaff	Sr	Bottineau-Rugby		SJHL	Battleford North Stars
4	D	Logan Kuep	Sr	Century		Tier 1 AAA	Fox Motors 18U
5	F	Hudson Routh	Jr	WF Sheyenne		Tier 1 AAA	Northstar 16U
6	D	Augustus Elbert	Jr	Fargo South/Shanley		Tier 1 AAA	Sioux Falls Power 18U
7	D	Gage Martell	Jr	Legacy		Tier 1 AAA	Northsater 18U
8	G	Gavin Erickson	Jr	Fargo Davies		Tier 1 AAA	Northstar 16U
9	F	Benson Grande	So	Fargo North		Tier 1 AAA	South Kent 18U
10	D	Zaide Penner	BAA	Fargo ?		Tier 1 AAA	Northstar 16U
11	F	Hunter Rudolph	BAA	WF ?		Tier 1 AAA	Northstar 16U
12	G	Easton Thvedt	BAA	WF ?		Tier 1 AAA	Sioux Falls Power 15O
13	G	Cale Ackerman	BAA	Bismarck High		Tier 1 AAA	Sioux Falls Power 15O
14	D	Alex Schlafmann	BAA	Bismarck High		Tier 1 AAA	Northstar 16U

Elser, Jundt, Hale, Lincoln Keuhne....list goes on. 

Pretty much entire WF Bantam AA team from a few years back. 

[Wilbur]

4 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:

The AAA to NA3 or USP... is I think, all too common eventuality, that comes with some very expensive lessons in regret and properly evaluating oneself and the reality of ability vs opportunity.

..... those lessons are paid for monetarily by mommy and daddy usually but moreso by the kids in the experiences they miss.

My opinion.  You only get your kids in your home for so long before they are off and exploring the world.  Some willing to spend and take the gamble, but I'm about being around my kids as much as I can be.

[Frozen4sioux]

23 hours ago, Wilbur said:

Elser, Jundt, Hale, Lincoln Keuhne....list goes on. 

Pretty much entire WF Bantam AA team from a few years back. 

Yep the list  posted was just kids who made the choice of opting out of NDHSAA *This Year*.. going back a few years the list doubles for sure...

The fomo from that bantam team group was/is insane.... luckily there's always someone around to cash a check. 

To be fair, we'll have to see how it works out, some good hockey players they produced from those birthyears.... but.....for every Oneil that commits (and it's a long road from commit to seeing D1 ice) there's a couple 13-14 dozen (insert name here)s

[Frozen4sioux]

More leavings.......

 

[The Sicatoka]

14 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:

More leavings.......

They all have 

 

 

... beer budget? 

[Frozen4sioux]

Mario Lamoureux informed his team today that he has stepped down and will not be coaching Legacy this year.

[sioux rube]

2 hours ago, Frozen4sioux said:

Mario Lamoureux informed his team today that he has stepped down and will not be coaching Legacy this year.

He’s the new director of hockey operations in Bismarck 

[Wilbur]

18 hours ago, Frozen4sioux said:

Mario Lamoureux informed his team today that he has stepped down and will not be coaching Legacy this year.

Big loss for them.  Wonder if Faragher takes over?

[sioux rube]

27 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

Big loss for them.  Wonder if Faragher takes over?

Big loss for Legacy but a huge win for Bismarck hockey 

[Johnny Five]

6 hours ago, Wilbur said:

Big loss for them.  Wonder if Faragher takes over?

That is the hope.

[Johnny Five]

Well looks like his resignation hit the local news today.  Job posting went live on Friday already.  Oddly enough Bismarck Hockey Boosters hasn't announced anything yet.  Just hope the local psychos don't chew him up and spit him out too fast.  

Odd timing to hire a coach, and Bismarck doesn't exactly attract a lot of candidates either.  I believe when Peluso resigned they opened the interviews up for 2 cycles because nobody applied.  When the local girls teams were forced to split only one coach applied for each side.I believe Legacy had only 2 candidates.  Players are hoping the remaining staff can stay in tact, Faragher just started teaching last year at Legacy so that would be a fairly seamless transition and the rest of the staff has a good hockey background.  

We were fortunate to have him for 2 years and hope he can help change the culture of Bismarck Hockey.

[Wilbur]

On 8/10/2023 at 9:48 AM, Frozen4sioux said:

Here is what I found from social media and on here, I expect a few more and I think there's 1 or 2 missing or not confirmed...

	Pos.	Name	Yr	School		League	Team
1	D	Max Vig	Sr	Century		NAHL	Oklahoma Warioors
2	F	Luc Bydal	Sr	Red River		MJHL	Melville ?
3	F	Colton Getzlaff	Sr	Bottineau-Rugby		SJHL	Battleford North Stars
4	D	Logan Kuep	Sr	Century		Tier 1 AAA	Fox Motors 18U
5	F	Hudson Routh	Jr	WF Sheyenne		Tier 1 AAA	Northstar 16U
6	D	Augustus Elbert	Jr	Fargo South/Shanley		Tier 1 AAA	Sioux Falls Power 18U
7	D	Gage Martell	Jr	Legacy		Tier 1 AAA	Northsater 18U
8	G	Gavin Erickson	Jr	Fargo Davies		Tier 1 AAA	Northstar 16U
9	F	Benson Grande	So	Fargo North		Tier 1 AAA	South Kent 18U
10	D	Zaide Penner	BAA	Fargo ?		Tier 1 AAA	Northstar 16U
11	F	Hunter Rudolph	BAA	WF ?		Tier 1 AAA	Northstar 16U
12	G	Easton Thvedt	BAA	WF ?		Tier 1 AAA	Sioux Falls Power 15O
13	G	Cale Ackerman	BAA	Bismarck High		Tier 1 AAA	Sioux Falls Power 15O
14	D	Alex Schlafmann	BAA	Bismarck High		Tier 1 AAA	Northstar 16U

Add Isaac Thompson from Devils Lake.  Headed to North Star. 

[Johnny Five]

Well we are now up to 5 Bismarck girls who have left town since the Blizzard split.  By my recollection there was only 2 in the entire history of the Blizzard who had left for other opportunities (Kennedy Blair and Madison Brown).  Was hoping Britta Curl would've set the tone - even after Idalksi told her she needed to get the hell out of ND.  

I'm not gonna list names like above but from the top of my head there are 11 girls who have left ND just this season.  And I have no clue if there's any GF girls who cross the river to play either (there were a couple last year who went to Sacred Heart, which is co-op with Crookston).

This is getting out of control for boys and girls.  

 

 

[Frozen4sioux]

On 8/23/2023 at 11:38 AM, Johnny Five said:

 

This is getting out of control for boys and girls.  

 

 

So what can be done?

Game count limits seem like a big factor.. also seems like the easiest adjustment although even a 4-5 game increase cant compete with a 60 game AAA schedule.... 

More games vs low competition doesn't really do much either.

More games, tiered classes AA/A ... and more chances to get to MN for tournaments?..

 

 

[sioux rube]

On 8/23/2023 at 11:38 AM, Johnny Five said:

Well we are now up to 5 Bismarck girls who have left town since the Blizzard split.  By my recollection there was only 2 in the entire history of the Blizzard who had left for other opportunities (Kennedy Blair and Madison Brown).  Was hoping Britta Curl would've set the tone - even after Idalksi told her she needed to get the hell out of ND.  

I'm not gonna list names like above but from the top of my head there are 11 girls who have left ND just this season.  And I have no clue if there's any GF girls who cross the river to play either (there were a couple last year who went to Sacred Heart, which is co-op with Crookston).

This is getting out of control for boys and girls.  

 

 

One of the better ninth graders in the state from Valley City is heading to Warroad. Coached her in peewees for 2 years. Could have helped the Jays big time. Her teammate that I coached with her is staying in VC for at least this season and will play on the bantam A team this season. Hopefully she stays and plays for the Jays. She’s a damn good defenseman