Non-UND College Hockey 2025-26

[dustnyou]

18 minutes ago, nascar99 said:

Someone else can link the Yahoo Sports story, but I saw that there’s an NCAA proposal to put an age limit (clock starts at age 19) in for eligibility for all sports.

Would assume hockey fights against it &/or gets an exception due to junior hockey existing. Teams don’t want to bring in 18 & 19 years who are woefully underprepared for NCAA Hockey.

Also proposing a 5 year eligibility though. So you can still be a 20 year old freshman , play four years and be a 23 yr old senior. 

[TwamleyShuffle]

Max Plante wins the Hobey Baker Award. He should celebrate by signing a nhl contract

[brianvf]

Plante wins the Hobey, and seems like signs are leaning toward him coming back for a JR year at UMD (as expected) to play with his two bros.
UMD could be very good next season

[brucespook]

45 minutes ago, TwamleyShuffle said:

Max Plante wins the Hobey Baker Award. He should celebrate by signing a nhl contract

Good. Now to hear more whining from Michigan fans. lol

[cberkas]

Plante is returning to Duluth to play with his brothers

If Duluth won National Titles like they win Hobey's they'd have 10 or 11 titles by now

[cberkas]

1 hour ago, brucespook said:

Good. Now to hear more whining from Michigan fans. lol

He was better than Hughes was when they played each other 

[brianvf]

6 minutes ago, cberkas said:

Plante is returning to Duluth to play with his brothers

I feel like next season might be UMDs last shot at a title in awhile. I think they are a team that won’t be able to keep up in the new world of NIL and CHL. 

[farce poobah]

56 minutes ago, cberkas said:

Plante is returning to Duluth to play with his brothers

If Duluth won National Titles like they win Hobey's they'd have 10 or 11 titles by now

They just need a half-decent head coach.

[cberkas]

48 minutes ago, brianvf said:

I feel like next season might be UMDs last shot at a title in awhile. I think they are a team that won’t be able to keep up in the new world of NIL and CHL. 

Seeing the CHLers coming they look to be pretty good. 

[brianvf]

6 minutes ago, cberkas said:

Seeing the CHLers coming they look to be pretty good. 

Yeah, I think every NCAA team will be able to get some good CHLers moving forward...there certainly are enough of them.
I just meant that I don't see any CHL first rounders (or many 1st/2nd rounders in general) going there when there are so many other schools with better facilities and NIL opportunities. Unless there's a ton more Duluth/Superior/Hermantown/Proctor studs coming up the pipe that have dreamed of being a Bulldog forever.

[nascar99]

10 hours ago, brianvf said:

Yeah, I think every NCAA team will be able to get some good CHLers moving forward...there certainly are enough of them.
I just meant that I don't see any CHL first rounders (or many 1st/2nd rounders in general) going there when there are so many other schools with better facilities and NIL opportunities. Unless there's a ton more Duluth/Superior/Hermantown/Proctor studs coming up the pipe that have dreamed of being a Bulldog forever.

They will have to recruit Canadians and other non Minnesotans more aggressively