Prospective Recruits

[The Sicatoka]

The kid has genetics for both sport and academics (parents are accountants!).

If he gets an Ivy shot more power to him.

https://und.edu/directory/assion.lawsonbody 
https://und.edu/directory/laurence.lawsonbody 

[ChadR]

12 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:

Oh sure ok. Great numbers (albeit in an iffy league), captain too. I just listened to his post championship game interview…very well spoken kid. I’d be perfectly fine taking a kid like that to fill a depth role. But, if he’s thinking an Ivy that’s obviously makes sense too.

Supposedly had like a 34 on the ACT also.

Surprised he hasn't committed somewhere yet.

[The Sicatoka]

WLB is 21 now. He needs to find a home for this fall or he starts losing NCAA eligibility. 

[scpa0305]

33 minutes ago, ChadR said:

Supposedly had like a 34 on the ACT also.

Surprised he hasn't committed somewhere yet.

The NA is not a really good league but it’s solid. The very top end teams could hang a bit in the USHL. They’re missing stars but the league is super old. WLB has offers unless his skating is really bad or something. Probably just weighing his options I would assume. There are at least 5-6 D1 committed on most NA teams and Oklahoma had 8. WBL was a top player on that team. He has offers.

[dustnyou]

Can anyone think of a player UND has taken directly from the NAHL? i cant think of any off the top of my head. A bunch have went NAHL to USHL to UND.   

[I Ranger]

11 minutes ago, dustnyou said:

Can anyone think of a player UND has taken directly from the NAHL? i cant think of any off the top of my head. A bunch have went NAHL to USHL to UND.   

Connor Gaarder I believe but he was basically an emergency pickup late in the summer when JT Miller bailed. 

[The Sicatoka]

NAHL? Off the top of my head ... Kaleb Johnson ... but goalies are different. What say you @Wilbur. 

Similar but different? Drake Caggiula (OJHL, Canadian Junior B). 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

1 hour ago, dustnyou said:

Can anyone think of a player UND has taken directly from the NAHL? i cant think of any off the top of my head. A bunch have went NAHL to USHL to UND.   

Gornall

[siouxforce19]

57 minutes ago, dustnyou said:

Can anyone think of a player UND has taken directly from the NAHL? i cant think of any off the top of my head. A bunch have went NAHL to USHL to UND.   

Matej Tomek came from the NAHL. Obviously he didn’t work out. 
 

There has been some other non-goalies but most either didn’t play thru their senior year or they played minimal roles. I think UND is more likely to grab guys from the MJHL over the NAHL. We’ve gotten some good depth guys there. 

[SiouxForever]

3 hours ago, scpa0305 said:

Oh sure ok. Great numbers (albeit in an iffy league), captain too. I just listened to his post championship game interview…very well spoken kid. I’d be perfectly fine taking a kid like that to fill a depth role. But, if he’s thinking an Ivy that obviously makes sense too.

on twitter or do you have a link? I'd like to listen to it to hear his IQ. 

[scpa0305]

12 minutes ago, SiouxForever said:

on twitter or do you have a link? I'd like to listen to it to hear his IQ. 

https://twitter.com/nahlhockey/status/1661216596046536704?s=46&t=Zs4iOiCkpY7A9IC_cAV_WA

[The Sicatoka]

WLB gives a far better interview than the infamous "and everything like that".   

[dustnyou]

4 hours ago, I Ranger said:

Connor Gaarder I believe but he was basically an emergency pickup late in the summer when JT Miller bailed. 

Good call. 

[dustnyou]

4 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

NAHL? Off the top of my head ... Kaleb Johnson ... but goalies are different. What say you @Wilbur. 

Similar but different? Drake Caggiula (OJHL, Canadian Junior B). 

Right. I figured a few goalies but very few skaters.  The Juice is Junior A but tier II Canada nonetheless … 

 

 

[Wilbur]

9 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

NAHL? Off the top of my head ... Kaleb Johnson ... but goalies are different. What say you @Wilbur. 

Similar but different? Drake Caggiula (OJHL, Canadian Junior B). 

Matej Tomek....Ja?

[ksixpack]

NAHL has 300 + NCAA D1 college commits this year which is 2nd only to the USHL.  Every team in the NCHC has more recruits out of the NAHL than UND for whatever reason. The NAHL has become a much deeper league the past few years in some part due to the fact that the 5th year (covid year) has kept 200-300+ players out of college hockey. Those kids that take the 5th year of eligibility are pushing down Jr players for another year that would be playing DI.  Typically the NAHL roster would be at least a year older and a little bigger in size than USHL roster but would not have the high end skill of USHL roster. The NAHL is quite a bit more physical than the USHL; especially the ‘dirty South’ division as it’s affectionally called. The South typically is the strongest division - this year no different as Oklahoma proved by going 9-0 through the playoffs. The South leads the league in attendance as well with some teams averaging 2500+.  
 

http://nahl.com/player-advancement/college/

https://lscluster.hockeytech.com/statview/mobile/nahl/#/roster/1/271?league=1

[scpa0305]

On 5/23/2023 at 10:26 PM, SuhakiYeahYeah said:

I asked schloss about it, he said that he wouldn't be surprised if LB went the ivy league route

Alaska Fairbanks it is 

[The Sicatoka]

22 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:

Alaska Fairbanks it is 

 

[SuhakiYeahYeah]

7 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

 

Well that sucks, I kinda wanted to see him on the roster.

[scpa0305]

16 minutes ago, SuhakiYeahYeah said:

Well that sucks, I kinda wanted to see him on the roster.

Me too. Back in the old days we almost always had spots for the local standouts. Times are a bit different…margins are slimmer 

[Frozen4sioux]

2 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:

Me too. Back in the old days we almost always had spots for the local standouts. Times are a bit different…margins are slimmer 

Or has the landscaped changed to the tune of, do two years at a feeder school and then we can talk portal.

[ChadR]

13 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:

Me too. Back in the old days we almost always had spots for the local standouts. Times are a bit different…margins are slimmer 

I would say we have over recruited local guys as of late and a lot of them haven't panned out in college.

[The Sicatoka]

15 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:

Or has the landscaped changed to the tune of, do two years at a feeder school and then we can talk portal.

"Alaska-Fairbanks, the AAA affiliate of North Dakota, ... "   

[scpa0305]

42 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:

Or has the landscaped changed to the tune of, do two years at a feeder school and then we can talk portal.

Oh boy…I hope not  

[scpa0305]

32 minutes ago, ChadR said:

I would say we have over recruited local guys as of late and a lot of them haven't panned out in college.

I guess my point was we used to be able to take 1-2 local kids (even if they were role players) because our recruiting was so heavy. Those “local role players” were offset a bit by blue chips. I’m not saying WLB should be on the team…very much in that bubble territory given the age/league he played in.