2025-26 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[ILOVEHOCKEY15]

Someone do a welfare check on @RhettRingers

[beastandco]

7 hours ago, forksandspoons said:

Altru 

Northrop Gruman 

General Atomics 

Cirrus 

LM Windpower

Retrax

Simplot

PS Industries

ICON 

JLG

Brady Martz

The future Agristo company  

Heck, even DigiKey

Per source, one of these organizations donated low 5 figures to the 1883 in the recent weeks

[.357]

7 hours ago, forksandspoons said:

Altru 

Northrop Gruman 

General Atomics 

Cirrus 

LM Windpower

Retrax

Simplot

PS Industries

ICON 

JLG

Brady Martz

The future Agristo company  

Heck, even DigiKey

Are all these businesses located in GF?

[gfhockey]

53 minutes ago, beastandco said:

Per source, one of these organizations donated low 5 figures to the 1883 in the recent weeks

Thanks for having sources

[mygarske]

Sort of back on topic, read a while back on one of the 25,000 posts here that former Sioux player Brad Malone was a name being considered for the offensive coaching position. Any new update on him?

He would complete the Canadian-only coaching model. 🇨🇦 

And at least he's been a head coach, sort of....

https://chl.ca/ohl/article/generals-relieve-steve-orourke-of-head-coaching-duties/

[beastandco]

Just now, gfhockey said:

Thanks for having sources

I am the source

 

[NoDak Hockey Nation]

16 minutes ago, mygarske said:

Sort of back on topic, read a while back on one of the 25,000 posts here that former Sioux player Brad Malone was a name being considered for the offensive coaching position. Any new update on him?

He would complete the Canadian-only coaching model. 🇨🇦 

And at least he's been a head coach, sort of....

https://chl.ca/ohl/article/generals-relieve-steve-orourke-of-head-coaching-duties/

My guess has been Smaby or Malone based off the smoke from schlossman

[brianvf]

14 minutes ago, mygarske said:

Sort of back on topic, read a while back on one of the 25,000 posts here that former Sioux player Brad Malone was a name being considered for the offensive coaching position. Any new update on him?

Yeah he was mentioned in Schloss' article about potential candidates from last week.
I think the only knock on Malone would be that maybe he lacks a bit more experience that they might be looking for as the associate HC.
We'll see though.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/who-could-be-candidates-for-unds-open-associate-head-coaching-position

[siouxfaninseattle]

7 hours ago, NoDak Hockey Nation said:

They play hockey to earn their money. You don’t understand that NIL was just a way to trick the NCAA committees into allowing it to happen. It was always meant to be pay for play and we are a few months away from that being reality.

(To answer your question, at most schools, they have a set of standards the athlete has to abide by to keep getting paid by the collective. It’s not all commercials and appearances.)

The NC$$ has ok'd pay for athletes directly from the school they attend. A full ride isn't enough. NIL isn't enough. Now schools will be spending your money to pay athletes. I f'ing hate the state of college athletics right now.

[.357]

40 minutes ago, siouxfaninseattle said:

The NC$$ has ok'd pay for athletes directly from the school they attend. A full ride isn't enough. NIL isn't enough. Now schools will be spending your money to pay athletes. I f'ing hate the state of college athletics right now.

This is an interesting development. Can you post a credible link stating such?

[siouxfaninseattle]

23 minutes ago, .357 said:

This is an interesting development. Can you post a credible link stating such?

I read about it yesterday. I will see if I can find a link.

[siouxfaninseattle]

Here it is:

https://www.si.com/college-football/ncaa-approves-rule-change-allow-direct-payment-to-athletes-pending-house-settlement?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4bd7b5d78644b3a9c8be4

 

[NoDak Hockey Nation]

1 hour ago, siouxfaninseattle said:

The NC$$ has ok'd pay for athletes directly from the school they attend. A full ride isn't enough. NIL isn't enough. Now schools will be spending your money to pay athletes. I f'ing hate the state of college athletics right now.

Hate it all you want, but if you want your team to win, they better be paying their guys a lot

[NoDak Hockey Nation]

36 minutes ago, .357 said:

This is an interesting development. Can you post a credible link stating such?

Dude how have you not heard of this? Have you been under a rock for the last 6 months? What??? I’m not even trying to be rude, just genuinely shocked.

[.357]

27 minutes ago, siouxfaninseattle said:

Here it is:

https://www.si.com/college-football/ncaa-approves-rule-change-allow-direct-payment-to-athletes-pending-house-settlement?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4bd7b5d78644b3a9c8be4

 

Thanks for posting this. It's supposed to start in the 2025-26 season.

Of note:

"In one of the more controversial aspects of the settlement, all NIL deals with third parties over $600 are set to be approved by a new clearinghouse administered by the consulting firm Deloitte. Some agreements deemed not fair market value will enter into an arbitration process. That has resulted in a slew of dealmaking this month between schools, third-party collectives and numerous high-profile players to get things over the line before they would be required to submit their deals to the clearinghouse."

[.357]

38 minutes ago, siouxfaninseattle said:

Here it is:

https://www.si.com/college-football/ncaa-approves-rule-change-allow-direct-payment-to-athletes-pending-house-settlement?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4bd7b5d78644b3a9c8be4

 

Also:

"It establishes the mechanism to recalculate college athletics’ version of a salary cap and sets the 2025–26 overall number at $20.5 million for schools to share if they opt in to the settlement."

$20.5m doesn't seem like a lot of money for schools to share in the grand scheme of things if there'll be quite a few participating. 

[The Sicatoka]

What you folks are discussing is what's referred to as the "opt in" settlement numbers. It's effectively profit sharing by the athletic department with a cap limit. What many will soon learn is few athletic programs show profit. 

[mygarske]

On 4/11/2025 at 5:39 PM, Wilbur said:

Not a loaded forward group by any means, but give me a Strinden, a James, a Littler, all day long.  Maybe Croal will get more time now instead of us hearing excuses as why Montgomery dressed instead of him.

Trying to catch up posts, good to see some movement on adding players. Wondering if we have 100% confirmation on the handful of recruits we have coming in that they are definitely coming in? Maybe they are waiting for their league season(s) to end, or for the hockey program to make the announcement - but haven't read anything here or social media posts from the players. Since they can't enter the transfer portal I get it's hard to track. Thanks for any update.

[brianvf]

1 hour ago, mygarske said:

Trying to catch up posts, good to see some movement on adding players. Wondering if we have 100% confirmation on the handful of recruits we have coming in that they are definitely coming in? Maybe they are waiting for their league season(s) to end, or for the hockey program to make the announcement - but haven't read anything here or social media posts from the players. Since they can't enter the transfer portal I get it's hard to track. Thanks for any update.

I haven't seen much posted, which I guess isn't completely out of the ordinary for incoming recruits unless they change.
Only two I've seen are Bumgarner, which sounds like it was Jax cutting him loose rather than him changing his mind...and then McKamey posted the story about Jax being hired on his IG story, so would assume he's still on board.

[Wilbur]

Spunar up for USHL goalie of the year.  UND in the hunt I'm told. 

[brianvf]

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/clarkson-center-ellis-rickwood-to-transfer-to-und

Quote

"It was a bit of a no-brainer," Rickwood said of choosing UND. "I was talking to my family and agent. We identified that there was a big hole at center there and a big opportunity.

"It's a historical program. You see all the alums. You see the facilities. I've heard everything is top tier. You're treated like professionals there. I'm really excited."

Rickwood also won 57.5% of faceoffs last season.

Forwards (12):
SR - Strinden, James, Rickwood
JR - Menghini
SO - Swanson, Littler, Croal, Andrew
FR - Zellers, Klee, Zakreski, Kernan

Defense (7):
SR -
JR - Zmolek, Livanavage, Wiebe
SO - Emery, Strathmann, Jubenvill
FR - Laurila

Goalies (3):
SR -
JR - Hedquist, Homer
SO -
FR - Huson (RS)

Other current committed recruits that could come in this fall: D - Lindberg, F - O'Neill, Schultz, Simpson

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

24 minutes ago, brianvf said:

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/clarkson-center-ellis-rickwood-to-transfer-to-und

Forwards (12):
SR - Strinden, James, Rickwood
JR - Menghini
SO - Swanson, Littler, Croal, Andrew
FR - Zellers, Klee, Zakreski, Kernan

Defense (7):
SR -
JR - Zmolek, Livanavage, Wiebe
SO - Emery, Strathmann, Jubenvill
FR - Laurila

Goalies (3):
SR -
JR - Hedquist, Homer
SO -
FR - Huson (RS)

Other current committed recruits that could come in this fall: D - Lindberg, F - O'Neill, Schultz, Simpson

Brad mentioned in a previous article Huson isn't coming back this season.

[sioux rube]

 

[Wilbur]

1 minute ago, sioux rube said:

 

Wilbur approves of this move.

[nodakgirl93]

So they didn't want Hedquist anymore? Or they knew he was gonna leave?