2026-27 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[Frozen4sioux]

Heck of an improvement year over year.

 

Probably time for the hardest work of the year for the staff.

[Dustin]

Any early signees?  I just don't see too many.  I think Reschny and Verhoff are back.  Zellers?  Probably not after Freshman year.  Got a good goalie.  Defensemen will be a year older.  Should be in good shape.

[Frozen4sioux]

Should say Portal, signings, NIL, Executive Orders... NCAA policy.. every Junior league in near caos... 

Jackson and Co. have maybe the hardest job in the history of the program... again. 

[cberkas]

6 minutes ago, Dustin said:

Any early signees?  I just don't see too many.  I think Reschny and Verhoff are back.  Zellers?  Probably not after Freshman year.  Got a good goalie.  Defensemen will be a year older.  Should be in good shape.

Liv and Wiebe are the two I see signing 

Jubenvill transfers and do they keep Engel 

Andrew could be a transfer

[Dustin]

Just now, cberkas said:

Liv and Weibe are the two I see signing 

Jubenvill transfers and do they keep Engel 

Andrew could be a transfer

If this happens, I see us struggling defensively.

[nascar99]

2 minutes ago, Dustin said:

Any early signees?  I just don't see too many.  I think Reschny and Verhoff are back.  Zellers?  Probably not after Freshman year.  Got a good goalie.  Defensemen will be a year older.  Should be in good shape.

Wiebe & Livanavage sign pro. Everyone else should return. Probably need to add a defenseman in the portal, likely add one more high end defenseman or forward from the CHL.

[Dustin]

4 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:

Should say Portal, signings, NIL,

Yes.  It's not just early signees.

[nascar99]

Excited for Cooper Simpson and Ethan MacKenzie as freshmen.

[Wilbur]

I think Spunar will have the option to leave for sure.  His performance in the NCAA tournament was excellent, and as a soon to be a 22 year old free agent with his size will garner attention.  NCHC goaltender of the year.  I hope he likes where he's at. 

[brianvf]

2 minutes ago, nascar99 said:

Excited for Cooper Simpson and Ethan MacKenzie as freshmen.

And these silent commit studs to be announced. 

[brianvf]

2 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

I think Spunar will have the option to leave for sure.  His performance in the NCAA tournament was excellent, and as a soon to be a 22 year old free agent with his size will garner attention.  NCHC goaltender of the year.  I hope he likes where he's at. 

Yeah I was wondering about that as well. 

[nascar99]

2 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

I think Spunar will have the option to leave for sure.  His performance in the NCAA tournament was excellent, and as a soon to be a 22 year old free agent with his size will garner attention.  NCHC goaltender of the year.  I hope he likes where he's at. 

Does he want to ride the bus in the A making peanuts, eating subs? That's what he'll be doing if he signs pro (in North America) now

[cberkas]

Also with Wiebe Calgary would lose him if he doesn't sign and Blue Jackets either would lose Strathmann this year or next

[nascar99]

1 minute ago, brianvf said:

And these silent commit studs to be announced. 

Now we actually have to get Carels, Rudolph, and/or others

[TwamleyShuffle]

We host the regional in Fargo. So we will have the home ice atmosphere advantage when we make it to the tournament 

[cberkas]

4 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

I think Spunar will have the option to leave for sure.  His performance in the NCAA tournament was excellent, and as a soon to be a 22 year old free agent with his size will garner attention.  NCHC goaltender of the year.  I hope he likes where he's at. 

Don't touch our goalie hes not ready yet 😉

[cberkas]

1 minute ago, TwamleyShuffle said:

We host the regional in Fargo. So we will have the home ice atmosphere advantage when we make it to the tournament 

Next two years

[brianvf]

1 minute ago, nascar99 said:

Now we actually have to get Carels, Rudolph, and/or others

I have faith. 

[cberkas]

The only portal players I want to see them get are JJ or a Potter if he leaves.

Other than that, CHL or bust.

Need to work on faceoffs, don't need to find a center just need to work on it. Look what VGK did to Marner, made him a center something TML didn't do. 

[108498]

I know the loss stings, but I think the team has come along way compaired to the last few years. Over all I am proud how far the team went this year. 

[nascar99]

1 minute ago, cberkas said:

The only portal players I want to see them get are JJ or a Potter if he leaves.

Other than that, CHL or bust.

Need to work on faceoffs, don't need to find a center just need to work on it. Look what VGK did to Marner, made him a center something TML didn't do. 

Guessing a few (moderately) high end players show up in the portal unexpectedly

[Speed_Kills]

My predictions with no formal insight…

Definite early departures: Liv and Wiebe. Homer (could go portal).

Poss early departures: Emery and Spunar. I think Spunar more likely to sign than EJ.

Portal: Jubenvil, D Andrew.

[burd]

It would take a pretty needy fan not to be proud of this team and what it did this year. 

[Godsmack]

1 minute ago, 108498 said:

I know the loss stings, but I think the team has come along way compaired to the last few years. Over all I am proud how far the team went this year. 

Well said. Couldn’t agree more. I think Kris Mayotte said it best back in January after the series against CC when he told Jax that NoDak is back to playing the North Dakota way. 

[cberkas]

Just now, Speed_Kills said:

My predictions with no formal insight…

Definite early departures: Liv and Wiebe. Homer (could go portal).

Poss early departures: Emery and Spunar. I think Spunar more likely to sign than EJ.

Portal: Jubenvil, D Andrew.

Homer technically has a year left