2025-26 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

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6 hours ago, Green Banner said:

What's the cutoff for guys that play pro and can come back to NCAA? Hypothetically speaking could a TJ Oshie or Parise come back and finish there eligibility? I know thats not happening but what's the hardline on this one

There are currently two rules which would make both ineligible. 1) Players lose NCAA eligibility when they sign a pro contract. 2) A player has a maximum of 4 years of NCAA eligibility once he turns 21 yo or when he is first rostered, whichever comes first.

So (I think) the oldest player one could have on a college team would be 26 yo (5 calender years to complete 4 years of play if he started at 21 yo); if he's a grad student, maybe 27 yo would be the max oldest college hockey player allowed. 

But who knows, maybe some 35 yo will one day sue the NCAA because he feels discriminated against due to his age. Seems very unlikely that this would ever happen, but NIL & the transfer portal also felt like an impossibility 10 years ago.