NCHC Hockey: Total of the Early Departures

With the hockey season approaching, I would think that the NCHC is done with its early departures.

Colorado College (0)

None

Denver (3)

Scott Mayfield So. D NY Islanders (NHL), April 5
Juho Olkinoura So. G Winnipeg (NHL), April 7 (FA)
Nick Shore Jr. F Los Angeles (NHL), April 12

Miami (0)

None

Minnesota Duluth (1)

Chris Casto So. D Boston (NHL), March 26 (FA)

Nebraska-Omaha (2)

Andrej Sustr Jr. D Tampa Bay (NHL), March 21 (FA)
Tony Turgeon Jr. D San Antonio (AHL), July 18 (FA)

North Dakota (1)

Derek Forbort Jr. D Los Angeles (NHL), April 5

St. Cloud State (1)

Nick Jensen Jr. D Detroit (NHL), May 2

Western Michigan (1)

Danny DeKeyser Jr. D Detroit (NHL), March 29 (FA)

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INCH Power Rankings

1. Boston College
2. Union
3. Minnesota
4. Minnesota Duluth
5. Ferris State
6. Michigan
7. Boston University
8. Miami
9. Denver
10. North Dakota — North Dakota was a season-worst three games under .500 after Bemidji State, this weekend’s WCHA first-round playoff opponent, shut them out Nov. 20 in Bemidji. Since that afternoon, NoDak has gone 16-5-2. 20-12-3 (16-11-2 WCHA) LAST WEEK: W vs. Minnesota State, 4-2; W vs. Minnesota State, 3-0. THIS WEEK: vs. Bemidji State (WCHA First-Round Series)
11. UMass Lowell
12. Cornell
13. Maine
14. Michigan State
15. Merrimack
16. Colorado College
17. Western Michigan
18. Harvard
19. Air Force
20. Notre Dame

Dropped out: Northern Michigan
Bubble-licious: Colgate, Quinnipiac

As always I include the INCH Power Rankings  because I find them amusing and this week they didn’t disappoint, this week the boys at INCH have Union number two in their power rankings. Yeah!!!

The question is will Union be able to make it out of the first round of the NCAA tourney this season or not. What do you think?