2026-27 University of North Dakota Hockey Season

[.357]

8 hours ago, beastandco said:

Schloss said on his podcast this morning that UND doesn’t have any silent commitments. I wouldn’t expect any of these names to be committed unless they take a visit after the season. For reference, Ryan Lin committed about 10 days after his season ended. It’s a safe bet that he visited Denver in that time frame before officially committing.

Mildly surprising & somewhat hard to believe that a major school like UND wouldn't already have a marquee CHL name or two lined up by now, effectively leaving UND with just hoping they get a biggie at a later date...

With all those talented CHLers/internationals crossing over to the NCAA, figure UND has to be a lock for at least one of them, F &/or D.* Doesn’t make sense to leave it all to chance until after the CHL playoffs. Unless the coaching staff is satisfied for the most part with the talent that is already committed. Like @AJSsaid, it seems like UND is missing one elite forward scorer, especially to make them competitive with a strong B1G Conference next year.

*Basing this opinion on the smoke during the WJC that Carels was coming in. Plus that WHL prospects game (or whatever that was) a couple months ago that had the UND logo next to Carel's name on the roster. Hard to believe that was a mistake. 

 

[tnt]

3 minutes ago, .357 said:

Mildly surprising & somewhat hard to believe that a major school like UND  wouldn't already have a marquee CHL name or two lined up by now, effectively leaving UND with just hoping they get a biggie at a later date...

With all those talented CHLers/internationals crossing over to the NCAA, figure UND has to be a lock for at least one of them, F &/or D.* Doesn’t make sense to leave it all to chance until after the CHL playoffs. Unless the coaching staff is satisfied for the most part with the talent that is already committed. Like @AJSsaid, it seems like UND is missing one elite forward scorer, especially to make them competitive with a strong B1G Conference next year.

*Basing this opinion on the smoke during the WJC that Carels was coming in. Plus that WHL prospects game (or whatever that was) a couple months ago that had the UND logo next to Carel's name on the roster. Hard to believe that was a mistake. 

 

Yeah, didn’t Chris Peters on that podcast say that UND was tied to more than one player during World Juniors?  With that much smoke you would think there would be some fire.

[brianvf]

3 minutes ago, tnt said:

Yeah, didn’t Chris Peters on that podcast say that UND was tied to more than one player during World Juniors?  With that much smoke you would think there would be some fire.

Maybe Schloss doesn't have accurate info on it?  
Should be an interesting couple weeks once these CHL teams seasons start winding down.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

12 minutes ago, tnt said:

Yeah, didn’t Chris Peters on that podcast say that UND was tied to more than one player during World Juniors?  With that much smoke you would think there would be some fire.

One was the Swiss guy who signed in NLA for next year.

[farce poobah]

32 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Maybe Schloss doesn't have accurate info on it?  
Should be an interesting couple weeks once these CHL teams seasons start winding down.

Maybe Schloss is holding his cards close to the vest.

After all, if he says we have silent commits, then they aren't silent anymore.

[hockeytherapy13]

39 minutes ago, brianvf said:

Maybe Schloss doesn't have accurate info on it?  
Should be an interesting couple weeks once these CHL teams seasons start winding down.

Better ask Tyler Young now 

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7 minutes ago, farce poobah said:

Maybe Schloss is holding his cards close to the vest.

After all, if he says we have silent commits, then they aren't silent anymore.

If he confirmed there was a silent commit, that would  pretty much confirm Carels, and I doubt he wants that distraction at this point in his season. UND should be able to out recruit itself from where it was a year ago coming off a frozen four trip and the players they have returning.