Schlossman: What is happening during the annual meetings of College Hockey – Grand Forks Herald

Grand Forks – David Carle was occupied on Monday when the news struck the social media according to which he signed a contract extension at the University of Denver.

He was in a zoom meeting with the president of the NCAA, Charlie Baker.

Other NCAA head coaches, assistant coaches and administrators were also there.

They discussed questions surrounding university hockey.

Baker told the group that the NCAA will reveal a new governance structure in July – a new structure that would rationalize the processes and give more control to each sport instead of general policies.

There will probably be a hockey council or a committee to supervise the championships and the rules.

When he discussed the championships, Penn State coach Guy Gadowsky put Carle on the spot on his thrust to go to home sites for the regional NCAA male hockey championships.

Carle presented several of its arguments – better atmospheres, better images for television, equity, income and the basics of growing local fans.

Baker said that the regional home championships were working for other NCAA sports – each sport except male basketball does it – and asked why there was an opposition.

Carle called the East hockey commissioner, Steve Metcalf, to produce a counter argument.

The NCAA has planned the championships of neutral sites until 2028. Carle and others will push for a change from 2029.

Support for the regions of the house has increased in the past 10 years, but last spring, there was not enough for a change.

With Carle Shunning, the NHL offers to stay at university, it will continue to be at the forefront of the push to bring the regional home.

The discussion with Baker went beyond the regional.

The commissioner of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, Don Lucia, spoke of the unique different registration rule of college hockey, which allows players to start college at 21 without losing admissibility.

Although he has already talked about removing this rule and forcing players at university earlier – an attempt to normalize things in all sports – Baker seemed favorable to this if it works for sport and helps students get their diploma.

The pairs rankings, which have long been used to determine the field of the NCAA tournament, are probably going out.

The pairs rankings should be replaced by the NCAA percentage index (NPI), which is used on the side of women.

Like the pair, the NPI will have weights for different criteria such as the percentage of victories, the calendar strength, road bonuses, quality victory bonuses and prolongation victories.

The coaches received a document that showed last year's last ranking next to how the NPI would have examined the end of the season, depending on different weights.

The NCAA tournament field would have seemed relatively similar. In some NPI formulas, the Arizona State would have replaced Penn State as the final team of the tournament.

The NPI will probably be used from this season.

The national television contract of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference expired at the end of last season.

The League currently explores options, notably in the process of making national television coverage of the regular season and appearing exclusively on local programs and streaming on NCHC TV.

CBS SPORTS, the league rights holder since year 1, has asked schools to take additional production costs for this season. Schools are not interested in doing this.

The NCHC is still working on a potential agreement with CBS Sports to broadcast the tournament in the league eliminatory series.

“We are still in negotiations with CBS,” said NCHC commissioner Heather Weems. “We want to focus on the playoffs and what we have with CBS.”

The NCHC has two years on its streaming agreement with advanced sports. This agreement provides significant income to certain teams.

The share of the income of each team is different depending on the number of subscribers that school arrives. Und wins more than half a million dollars a year.

The NCHC wants both its television rights and its streaming rights to open at the same time in 2027, so that it can pack them together.

Currently, there is a 45 -day window to enter the transfer portal for male hockey players in the spring.

But that could change.

The body of male hockey coaches wants to reduce it to 30 days.

The opening date of the non-graded portal would still occur after the regional NCAA championships.

Tuesday morning, the male hockey transfer portal has been open for 38 days. However, Portal participants are still slowed down to a stream at this stage. Only six players have entered the last 11 days.

The United States won bronze at the World IIHF World Tournament in Texas last week.

UND Commet Garrett Lindberg de Moorhead had a notable tournament.

Lindberg, a defender, was an alternative captain of the United States. He scored a goal and collected four points in seven games. His Plus-12 note first ranked the American team and in the third among all the players in the tournament.

Lindberg was selected n ° 2 in total by the Chicago Steel in the phase 2 draft of the American hockey league on Tuesday morning. The high election indicates that steel thinks that Lindberg will play 2025-26 in junior hockey before arriving on the campus.

The striker hired Andrew O'Neill de Fargo played in a match at the World Tournament under 18 IIHF. The Arizona state defender commits Lincoln Kuehne from West Fargo played in three games and collected a decisive pass.

The USHL held its phase 1 draft – players born in 2009 – Monday evening.

Several local players and the region have been selected.

Burlington Colin Grubb striker ND was the third choice of draft, going to Dubuque in the first round. Grubb plays Shattuck-St. Mary's.

Muskegon chose the striker of Grand Forks Nolan Marto in the second round. Marto is the nephew of the former defender of Und Jake Marto.

Other notable choices included the West Fargo Jack Larkin striker (Dubuque, second round), Thief River Falls Forward Spencer Anderson (Youngstown, third round), Dilworth Evan Wanner (Youngstown, fourth round), West Fargo Grayden Peterson (Fargo, Ninth Tour) Warroad Forward Gavin Anderson (Omaha, 10th Round), Alexandring Butha Round) and the defender of Moorhead Gunnar Schock (Fargo, 13th round).

Fargo chose Und hired Eli McKamey during the last round. McKamey played for the Penticton vees of the British Columbia Hockey League this season. Next season, Penticton is moving to the Western Hockey League.

Victoria holds McKamey's rights in the WHL and will keep them.

McKamey, from Cowichan Bay, British Columbia, has undergone an injury to the lower body in the BCHL qualifiers and is currently out of alignment.

The phase 2 project – All players eligible for USHL – started on Tuesday morning.

In addition to Lindberg, Warroad defender Ryan Lund was selected in the first round. Lund, who played for Austin in the North American hockey league this season, went n ° 6 in total in Tri-City. He is not engaged.

The former UND center, Shane Pinto, is heading for the IIHF male world championship for a second consecutive year.

Pinto joined the United States team for the event, which will be held in Herning, Denmark and Stockholm, Sweden, from May 9 to 25.

Last year, Pinto collected nine points in eight games for the United States in Cheche. He was the fourth scorer of the United States behind Matt Boldy, Brady Tkachuk and Johnny Gaudreau.

Pinto scored 21 goals and collected 37 points in 70 games for Ottawa senators this season.

• One of the biggest discussion points during NCHC meetings was this year's league tournament, which will be fully played on the original sites for the first time. “We have talked a lot about what we have to do in this transition to have the best student-athlete experience and what we have to do to normalize things on campus,” said Weems.
• University hockey coaches have shown support to maintain the recruitment window. Coaches can currently began to speak with recruits on January 1 of their second year. They can offer scholarships and obtain commitments from August 1 before their junior years.
• The coaches have also shown support for the current rule, which allows 19 players to dress per game.
• Sioux City striker (USHL), Tate Pritchard, who recently disturbed Minnesota State, announced a commitment to Minnesota on Monday. Pritchard visited Und last week.
• Deputy coach of Colorado College, Andrew Ogilvie, accepted a position as an assistant coach to his Alma Mater, Notre Dame, opening a second assistant position in Colorado College. The Tigers spoke with the long -standing assistant of Notre Dame Pauly Poley and the Michigan technological assistant, Jordy Murray, as potential candidates.
• Michigan would be largely considered to be the favorite of a pair of better players from the Ontario hockey league in striker Malcolm Spence and goalkeeper Jack Ivankovic, who played U18 for Canada.