AJS Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 On 10/5/2017 at 2:46 PM, cberkas said: Cole Shepard commited to Penticton Vees. For whatever it's worth he follows both Berry and UND Hockey Tradition on twitter and they both follow him. He doesn't appear to follow any other college coaches or teams. Does follow both Cawlidge Hawkey Insider and College Hockey Inc. He was given one of two A+ rankings by Jeff Cox of SBNCollegehockey.com during his performance in the BU Prep Showcase. Cox scouting report. SHEPARD, COLE #9 White, 2/1/02, Forward, Shoots Left, Delta Hockey Academy The West Vancouver, British Columbia native is a big time prospect. Shepard was selected in the second round of the 2017 WHL Bantam Draft by the Vancouver Giants. His skating is exceptional. He can fly — straight ahead and he can weave in and out of defenders. His ability to stop and start and stickhandle in tight spaces allow him to maintain possession. He keeps the puck moving and was a step ahead of everyone else. Major junior is a real possibility so it would be a major coup for any college program to land Shepard. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franchise Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 13 hours ago, AJS said: For whatever it's worth he follows both Berry and UND Hockey Tradition on twitter and they both follow him. He doesn't appear to follow any other college coaches or teams. Does follow both Cawlidge Hawkey Insider and College Hockey Inc. He was given one of two A+ rankings by Jeff Cox of SBNCollegehockey.com during his performance in the BU Prep Showcase. Cox scouting report. SHEPARD, COLE #9 White, 2/1/02, Forward, Shoots Left, Delta Hockey Academy The West Vancouver, British Columbia native is a big time prospect. Shepard was selected in the second round of the 2017 WHL Bantam Draft by the Vancouver Giants. His skating is exceptional. He can fly — straight ahead and he can weave in and out of defenders. His ability to stop and start and stickhandle in tight spaces allow him to maintain possession. He keeps the puck moving and was a step ahead of everyone else. Major junior is a real possibility so it would be a major coup for any college program to land Shepard. Can't hurt that he's at our new feeder team 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneySIOUX Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 13 hours ago, AJS said: For whatever it's worth he follows both Berry and UND Hockey Tradition on twitter and they both follow him. He doesn't appear to follow any other college coaches or teams. Does follow both Cawlidge Hawkey Insider and College Hockey Inc. He was given one of two A+ rankings by Jeff Cox of SBNCollegehockey.com during his performance in the BU Prep Showcase. Cox scouting report. SHEPARD, COLE #9 White, 2/1/02, Forward, Shoots Left, Delta Hockey Academy The West Vancouver, British Columbia native is a big time prospect. Shepard was selected in the second round of the 2017 WHL Bantam Draft by the Vancouver Giants. His skating is exceptional. He can fly — straight ahead and he can weave in and out of defenders. His ability to stop and start and stickhandle in tight spaces allow him to maintain possession. He keeps the puck moving and was a step ahead of everyone else. Major junior is a real possibility so it would be a major coup for any college program to land Shepard. I feel like these days, this is a big development. That being said, still fairly early in his recruitment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Cole perfetti committed to Michigan. I think berry was after him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 3 minutes ago, scpa0305 said: Cole perfetti committed to Michigan. I think berry was after him. They say he’s a top 5 in the OHL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 3 hours ago, cberkas said: They say he’s a top 5 in the OHL. Looks like we lost out on this one. There has been a ton of commitments around the country...kind of quite on our front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 58 minutes ago, scpa0305 said: Looks like we lost out on this one. There has been a ton of commitments around the country...kind of quite on our front. I'm just saying there is a good chance he's going the OHL route. I've been wondering why it's been so quiet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 2 hours ago, cberkas said: I'm just saying there is a good chance he's going the OHL route. I've been wondering why it's been so quiet. I understood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen4sioux Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Really need to reload a few game changers.....and soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Noah Tussey committed to Minnesota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USA Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 43 minutes ago, cberkas said: Noah Tussey committed to Minnesota And Joe Miller from Minneapolis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 With seeing all these high end commitment to other schools lately. Does UND have higher end recruits they are looking at or is there about to be a low recruiting class about to come in at a couple years? Is UND putting to much into landing Rizzo? I don't expect UND to get all the top recruits, well I don't see them pulling a Wisconsin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 11 minutes ago, cberkas said: With seeing all these high end commitment to other schools lately. Does UND have higher end recruits they are looking at or is there about to be a low recruiting class about to come in at a couple years? Is UND putting to much into landing Rizzo? I don't expect UND to get all the top recruits, well I don't see them pulling a Wisconsin. Guess I don't mind holding off on getting too many verbals now, as I would like to have room for the late developers and transfers as well. Ultimately many of these guys that are committing will end up not developing similar to guys like Mike Fink and Danny Mattson. Certainly there is pressure to pull the trigger on some of these guys that appear to have a high end now, but realistically how many of them will stay at that level. Got to be hard watching Wisconsin getting all these verbals, knowing there can't possibly be enough room for them all, but we will see how that all ends up working out for them. Maybe that will turn into the norm and the NCAA will be forced to do something about early recruiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 45 minutes ago, tnt said: Guess I don't mind holding off on getting too many verbals now, as I would like to have room for the late developers and transfers as well. Ultimately many of these guys that are committing will end up not developing similar to guys like Mike Fink and Danny Mattson. Certainly there is pressure to pull the trigger on some of these guys that appear to have a high end now, but realistically how many of them will stay at that level. Got to be hard watching Wisconsin getting all these verbals, knowing there can't possibly be enough room for them all, but we will see how that all ends up working out for them. Maybe that will turn into the norm and the NCAA will be forced to do something about early recruiting. Danny Mattson decomitted because he didn’t think he’d get playing time when it turned out UND had a bunch of injuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 1 hour ago, tnt said: Guess I don't mind holding off on getting too many verbals now, as I would like to have room for the late developers and transfers as well. Ultimately many of these guys that are committing will end up not developing similar to guys like Mike Fink and Danny Mattson. Certainly there is pressure to pull the trigger on some of these guys that appear to have a high end now, but realistically how many of them will stay at that level. Got to be hard watching Wisconsin getting all these verbals, knowing there can't possibly be enough room for them all, but we will see how that all ends up working out for them. Maybe that will turn into the norm and the NCAA will be forced to do something about early recruiting. If I recall, there was an early Bucky recruit who decided to come to UND...got drafted in the first round, was an all-american, won a natty...plays in Vancouver now... 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 5 minutes ago, yzerman19 said: If I recall, there was an early Bucky recruit who decided to come to UND...got drafted in the first round, was an all-american, won a natty...plays in Vancouver now... Jordan Schmaltz too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 1 hour ago, cberkas said: Danny Mattson decomitted because he didn’t think he’d get playing time when it turned out UND had a bunch of injuries. What typically happens is that coaches tell the player that they probably won't see much playing time if they should choose to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxczech29 Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 2 hours ago, cberkas said: With seeing all these high end commitment to other schools lately. Does UND have higher end recruits they are looking at or is there about to be a low recruiting class about to come in at a couple years? Is UND putting to much into landing Rizzo? I don't expect UND to get all the top recruits, well I don't see them pulling a Wisconsin. I think UND is pretty loaded in the pipeline right now. I am excited to see what the likes of Gavin Hain, Judd Caulfield, and Harrison Blaisdell (among others) bring to the table. I am sure the brass will be announcing some ’02 or ’03 (birth year) recruits soon. I wouldn’t mind seeing them bring an ‘overager’ in to replace Gornall next year. Where is the next Steph Pattyn playing junior hockey? Looking at our stable of D-men … in just the ’00 birth year we have a top 31 NHL projected player (Tychonick), a top MNHS defenseman (Frisch), and a guy that is putting up good numbers in the AJHL (JB-D). Also Luke Reid (Penticton) is having a break-out rookie campaign as a 16 year-old as he has been on the top pairing at least a few times. Our goalie position seems to be secure for the next several years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 9 minutes ago, siouxczech29 said: I think UND is pretty loaded in the pipeline right now. I am excited to see what the likes of Gavin Hain, Judd Caulfield, and Harrison Blaisdell (among others) bring to the table. I am sure the brass will be announcing some ’02 or ’03 (birth year) recruits soon. I wouldn’t mind seeing them bring an ‘overager’ in to replace Gornall next year. Where is the next Steph Pattyn playing junior hockey? Looking at our stable of D-men … in just the ’00 birth year we have a top 31 NHL projected player (Tychonick), a top MNHS defenseman (Frisch), and a guy that is putting up good numbers in the AJHL (JB-D). Also Luke Reid (Penticton) is having a break-out rookie campaign as a 16 year-old as he has been on the top pairing at least a few times. Our goalie position seems to be secure for the next several years. Agreed, we have some nice prospects in the pipeline in the years to come. With the possibility of Gersich leaving, we could use another late bloomer to fill his spot as a scorer, even though he hasn't been putting up a lot of points yet this year. Keane, Senden and Mattson don't appear to be guys that would impact scoring a lot as freshmen, so like you said an overager with a bit of a scoring touch might be needed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petey23 Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 3 hours ago, cberkas said: With seeing all these high end commitment to other schools lately. Does UND have higher end recruits they are looking at or is there about to be a low recruiting class about to come in at a couple years? Is UND putting to much into landing Rizzo? I don't expect UND to get all the top recruits, well I don't see them pulling a Wisconsin. I believe these latest recruits at Minnesota and Michigan are 2002's. I know because they are local that they tend get overlooked or taken for granted a bit but we already have the top 2002 defensemen(Kleven) and one of the top 2002 forwards(Kunz) committed. These are 2 kids who could have went to any program in the country and once they committed it opened up for the rest of the top end 2002 born kids. I think most programs don't like to fill up their entire class 3 years early as kids develop at different stages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franchise Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 2 hours ago, cberkas said: Danny Mattson decomitted because he didn’t think he’d get playing time when it turned out UND had a bunch of injuries. I remember being so excited for him. Fast forward a few yrs and I'm wondering what the heck happened to him as he trolled the blue line for BSU waiting for a break out pass. He was not going anywhere near a corner or any contact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Kyle Kukkonen and his brother committed to Michigan Tech Miami has a commit named Primo Self. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farce poobah Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 I like the question, but would suggest rephrasing it. I'll hang up and listen to your comments. On 10/22/2017 at 8:40 PM, burd said: Has it been discussed here whether the rivalry void and fewer games with UND UMinn (and UMD, DU, CC, SCSU, UW) has led to fewer high end recruits to from Minnesota? Is that a dumbazz question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burd Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 13 minutes ago, farce poobah said: I like the question, but would suggest rephrasing it. I'll hang up and listen to your comments. According to the horse's azz mouth, UMinn has never missed on a recruit they really wanted. So no. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USA Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Blake Biondi to Duluth......IMO, the best '02 in the upper Midwest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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