2026-27 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[hawksfan12]

13 minutes ago, cberkas said:

He isn't a 200ft player, Parron is like Lucius all offense 0 defense 

Was this true this year too? And if so, why didn’t Michigan discipline him.

 

that’s the thing with some of these programs like Michigan / BU etc.

 

tons of elite players but it doesn’t translate to winning in NCAA tourney if they don’t get buy in. 

[nodakgirl93]

35 minutes ago, cowboys5xsbs said:

I would rather renew our Wisconsin ties 

We have. 2027-28 in Madison and 2028-29 in Grand Forks.

Wisconsin, Augustana and Bentley among UND hockey's future opponents - Grand Forks Herald | Grand Forks, East Grand Forks news, weather & sports https://share.google/DvE9JIhOfs2p8gLl8

[cberkas]

13 minutes ago, hawksfan12 said:

Was this true this year too? And if so, why didn’t Michigan discipline him.

 

that’s the thing with some of these programs like Michigan / BU etc.

 

tons of elite players but it doesn’t translate to winning in NCAA tourney if they don’t get buy in. 

He would jump the drop pass breakouts like UND did a year ago all the time

[siouxweet]

9 minutes ago, AJS said:

Can we get an NCAA wins count the past 10 years between BU, Michigan and UND? 

Not including 2016:

UND-3

Michigan-10

BU-9

[mygarske]

On 4/10/2026 at 5:58 PM, nascar99 said:

Is this a "top Minnesota prospect" by Minnesota standards or by North American standards? The former is a solid player but often overrated, the latter is an elite, Boeser type player

Think MN born, played Tier 1 AAA, maybe at a school 60 miles south of Minneapolis with an impressive list of former players now in the NHL. 😏

[SuhakiYeahYeah]

EJ confirmed to return for his junior season

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

19 minutes ago, mygarske said:

Think MN born, played Tier 1 AAA, maybe at a school 60 miles south of Minneapolis with an impressive list of former players now in the NHL. 😏

Would this kid have to decommit first?

[mygarske]

On 4/12/2026 at 5:56 PM, brianvf said:

I bet he uses it and stays too. 

He's coming back. The boys see him as a 'glue guy' for practice & the locker room, but not going to have his ego hurt if he doesn't see ice time. Very solid goalie coming out of Shanley & early at Duluth, but now, he knows the lineup & as a lifelong Sioux fan (like Strinden), he will give everything in practice to make the team better for Friday & Saturday night.

[mygarske]

On 4/9/2026 at 11:33 PM, MoSiouxFan said:

Things can always change, but what Zellers said after the game was encouraging:  "We'll be back. We'll for sure be back with this core group."  I hope that he DOES come back.  I love his play and his attitude.

Agree on the quote, but I haven't seen an interview from Schloss or Herald to confirm Zellers is coming back. Saw the Reschny story, did I miss a confirmation somewhere?

[brianvf]

12 minutes ago, mygarske said:

Agree on the quote, but I haven't seen an interview from Schloss or Herald to confirm Zellers is coming back. Saw the Reschny story, did I miss a confirmation somewhere?

Seems like the UND Hockey account is releasing returners slowly.
Their account did Reschny yesterday...then Emery today.  Wonder if Schloss is doing an article after each of those confirmations?  
If that's the case, hopefully we hear on Zellers in the next day or so.

[Dustin]

7 hours ago, Sweethockey said:

Great article!!

 

7 hours ago, Fratt Mattin said:

Talk about great publicity. Awesome article

I'm surprised some of these details, like the Navy SEALS training, weren't previously published in an article by Schloss.

[burd]

2 hours ago, cberkas said:

He would jump the drop pass breakouts like UND did a year ago all the time

What was his +/- this year?

[cberkas]

31 minutes ago, burd said:

What was his +/- this year?

+15

[nascar99]

3 hours ago, mygarske said:

Think MN born, played Tier 1 AAA, maybe at a school 60 miles south of Minneapolis with an impressive list of former players now in the NHL. 😏

Fitzhenry?

[beastandco]

26 minutes ago, nascar99 said:

Fitzhenry?

This would track. Zellers is trying to recruit him to UND if you look at the comment section of Fitzhenry’s latest instagram post.

[brianvf]

13 minutes ago, beastandco said:

This would track. Zellers is trying to recruit him to UND if you look at the comment section of Fitzhenry’s latest instagram post.

If Fitz is wanting to play on a line with Zellers, we better hope that Will wants to stay thru his JR season.    

[OopsSioux]

27 minutes ago, brianvf said:

If Fitz is wanting to play on a line with Zellers, we better hope that Will wants to stay thru his JR season.    

Will Zellers for two more years sounds good to me!

[SiouxFanatic]

5 hours ago, brianvf said:

Seems like the UND Hockey account is releasing returners slowly.
Their account did Reschny yesterday...then Emery today.  Wonder if Schloss is doing an article after each of those confirmations?  
If that's the case, hopefully we hear on Zellers in the next day or so.

Zellers posted on instagram. He’s coming back.

[The Sicatoka]

14 hours ago, brianvf said:

Seems like the UND Hockey account is releasing returners slowly.
Their account did Reschny yesterday...then Emery today.  

Let the lads each 'take a lap' in the media. 

[burd]

12 hours ago, cberkas said:

+15

+/- numbers result from a number of factors, but does that positive rating suggest that, after he got to UMich, his defensive play was not that bad?

[scpa0305]

16 hours ago, hawksfan12 said:

Was this true this year too? And if so, why didn’t Michigan discipline him.

 

that’s the thing with some of these programs like Michigan / BU etc.

 

tons of elite players but it doesn’t translate to winning in NCAA tourney if they don’t get buy in. 

Perron looked pretty dang good to me. Was one of the better players in the FF.

[scpa0305]

16 hours ago, mygarske said:

Think MN born, played Tier 1 AAA, maybe at a school 60 miles south of Minneapolis with an impressive list of former players now in the NHL. 😏

I know who it is. I’m not sure it’s final final. But there’s a ton of smoke.

[Sioux90]

1 hour ago, scpa0305 said:

I know who it is. I’m not sure it’s final final. But there’s a ton of smoke.

On campus this fall, or next fall?

[AJS]

On 4/13/2026 at 9:33 PM, brianvf said:

Forwards (11 of 15):
SR - Menghini
JR - Croal, Swanson
SO - Josephson, Kernan, Reschny, Zakreski, Zellers
FR - A.Schultz, B.Schultz, Simpson

Defense (6 of 8):
SR -
JR - Boser, Emery
SO - Laurila, Verhoeff
FR - Lindberg, MacKenzie

Goalies (3 of 3):
SR - Sandy
JR -
SO - Spunar
FR - Heil

How can you improve this roster over last year? Put them in national title contender again.

Higher-end Top 6, while keeping the 3rd / 4th line depth. Try to match Defense / Goaltending of this past year. 

Forwards.

 I'm not saying others cannot, but right now, you know Swanson, Reschny, Zellers are Top 6 on a title contender type of guys. Potentially Simpson as an incoming FR. In the portal is Wiebusch the only one where that's a lock as a Top-line guy? Do you feel good about Magnussen sliding into 2nd line? I think of the remaining 4 spots, you need 3 of them (either portal or CHL) to be high-end. 

Defense

Need one of the remaining CHL big 3

[The Sicatoka]

I see Jack Kernan as what I call the 7th forward: He can easily play top 6 or be slotted down to a third line role and still create some independent offense.