UND in the NHL posed a question over on Siouxsports (or whine about everything as some gopher fans call it) and UND in the NHL is looking at adding a new sig line to his posts on Siouxsports. I think this is a no brainer, but the picture sums up UND hockey accurately. NHL "U" My other suggestion is if you want to work on the farm you go to NDSU if you want to play in the NHL you go to UND.
One could make the argument that UND is the gateway to the NHL, or NHL U because of all the great NHL players that UND has produced over the years. The current crop of NHL playing in the NHL is pretty impressive. To a take a plug from an NCAA ad on CSTV 314 Sioux hockey players get jobs in a hockey while others are going pro in something else.
David Hale CAL
Brandon Bochenski BOS
Travis Zajac NJ
Zach Parise NJ
Ryan Johnson STL
Jason Blake TOR
Matt Smayby TAM
Matt Greene EMD
Jonathon Toews CHI
Mike Commodore CAR
Drew Stafford BUF
Goon:
ReplyDeleteNo doubt an effort to show UND's contribution to the NHL is a positive for the school. However, at least 7 or 8 of the guys you listed would have gone to the NHL and be succeeding regardless of the school they attended.
Their primary hockey development occurred before they turned college age. UND has a reputation and/or even a knack at getting these sorts of recruits into their program but that really doesn't say anything other than you've had some timely, lucky or good recruiting.
The best measure would be to determine the number of players that stayed 4 years in school and went to the NHL. That would somewhat speak to their development as players while in college.