Friday, December 21, 2012

Christmas comes early for UND…

Christmas season is one of my favorite holidays of the year; it’s a great time to hang out with hockey before the second half of the season begins. It’s also gives a person time for some reflection on the past year. 
This holiday season, the UND hockey team got two very nice additions to their future line ups.
Personally,  I don’t usually follow a player until they gets to UND – this is based on some of the recent string of decommits that UND suffered from pretty high end recruits, the past two seasons – this week’s commitments are rather large gets for UND and I don’t think we will have to worry “too much” about them bolting to the CHL either.
I would also say that the commitments of St. Cloud Cathedral Junior Austin Poganski and Holy Family Catholic Sophomore Shane Gersich have UND fans pretty euphoric.  
Here are some of the recent Minnesota High School Division I recruits.
2012-13 Minnesota High School Division I Recruits
Name
High School
Year
Pos.
College
Verbal Commit
Grant Besse
Benilde-St. Margaret's
Senior
F
Wisconsin
Yes
Jake Bischoff
Grand Rapids
Senior
D
Minnesota
Yes
Travis Brown
Rogers
Junior
D
Michigan Tech
Yes
Shane Gersich
Holy Family Catholic
Soph.
F
North Dakota
Yes
Connor Hurley
Edina
Junior
F
Notre Dame
Yes
Jake Jackson
Tartan
Senior
F
Michigan Tech
Yes
Adam Johnson
Hibbing
Senior
F
Minnesota-Duluth
Yes
Teemu Kivihalme
Burnsville
Junior
D
Colorado College
Yes
Karson Kuhlman
Cloquet
Junior
F
Minnesota-Duluth
Yes
Dan Labosky
Benilde-St. Margaret's
Senior
F
Colorado College
Yes
Matt Nelson
Edina
Senior
D
Princeton
Yes
Neal Pionk
Hermantown
Junior
D
Minnesota-Duluth
Yes
Austin Poganski
St. Cloud Cathedral
Junior
F
North Dakota
Yes
Jack Ramsey
Minnetonka
Junior
F
Minnesota
Yes
Parker Reno
Edina
Senior
D
RPI
Yes
Jimmy Schuldt
Minnetonka
Senior
D
St. Cloud State
Yes
Luc Snuggerud
Eden Prairie
Junior
D
Nebraska-Omaha
Yes
Steven Spinner
Eden Prairie
Junior
F
Nebraska-Omaha
Yes
Tommy Vannelli
Minnetonka
Senior
D
Minnesota
Yes
Hunter Warner
Eden Prairie
Junior
D
Minnesota State
Yes