2026-27 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[cberkas]

Watch Menghini get a letter and he will have to play when he should be in the stands most nights. 

[AJS]

3 minutes ago, cberkas said:

Watch Menghini get a letter and he will have to play when he should be in the stands most nights. 

Berry isn’t the coach anymore. That would have been a once valid concern.

[Wilbur]

2 minutes ago, cberkas said:

Watch Menghini get a letter and he will have to play when he should be in the stands most nights. 

Right.  There have been a few players previously who I will not mention who have worn letters but should have been given a suit for Friday night performances or their body of work over a previous weekend.  I think Jax and company are above that one......at least I hope they are. 

[tnt]

12 minutes ago, cberkas said:

Watch Menghini get a letter and he will have to play when he should be in the stands most nights. 

After a slow start Menghini really was pretty good the second half.

[I Ranger]

41 minutes ago, brianvf said:

The obvious targets would be Carels, DuPont, Ruck twins, and Belchetz.
I would be ecstatic if we're able to land 2 of those 5.  Anything more than that is just bonus.
I'm guessing the staff has quite a few CHL "fallbacks" of players in case those big timers go elsewhere.  Similar to the Ollie signing at the end of last summer...he was a player that no one had talked about before he committed, but he'll end up being a great player for the future here.

I think you can throw Rudolph in with those names as well. As far as forwards go though, I have to think there are multiple options if we don't have at least one already in the cupboard. 

[beastandco]

36 minutes ago, brianvf said:

The obvious targets would be Carels, DuPont, Ruck twins, and Belchetz.
I would be ecstatic if we're able to land 2 of those 5.  Anything more than that is just bonus.
I'm guessing the staff has quite a few CHL "fallbacks" of players in case those big timers go elsewhere.  Similar to the Ollie signing at the end of last summer...he was a player that no one had talked about before he committed, but he'll end up being a great player for the future here.

I would argue our “fallbacks” this year would be players like Cooper Williams and Brayden Klimpke, who are returning to Saskatoon next year. Those two, production wise, are in the mix of the players in the next tier. Outside of the big four, there are only a couple of defensemen that are uncommitted with more points than Klimpke. Points obviously aren’t everything either. 
 

We will how many spots are still open when the portal closes. There’s not really any names that I would think UND would be after left but players can still enter for the next 9 days. This is a slow burn but we are slowly but surely seeing what Bryn has had cooking for the last year unravel.

[The Sicatoka]

33 minutes ago, cberkas said:

Watch Menghini get a letter and he will have to play when he should be in the stands most nights. 

I think (hope? pray?) we're safe from that. 

Croal, Swanson, Emery, <this space available>, <this space also available> 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

2 hours ago, brianvf said:

The obvious targets would be Carels, DuPont, Ruck twins, and Belchetz.
I would be ecstatic if we're able to land 2 of those 5.  Anything more than that is just bonus.
I'm guessing the staff has quite a few CHL "fallbacks" of players in case those big timers go elsewhere.  Similar to the Ollie signing at the end of last summer...he was a player that no one had talked about before he committed, but he'll end up being a great player for the future here.

Is Alexander Command still a target? I.e. is he still following Bryn and vice versa?