{"id":1158349,"date":"2020-08-29T15:11:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T20:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=1158349"},"modified":"2020-10-16T13:13:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T18:13:59","slug":"und-hockey-introduces-2020-21-freshman-class-g1w1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/und-hockey-introduces-2020-21-freshman-class-g1w1\/","title":{"rendered":"UND Hockey Introduces 2020-21 Freshman Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/fightinghawks.com\/news\/2020\/8\/27\/mens-hockey-hockey-welcomes-seven-newcomers-to-2020-21-roster.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of North Dakota<\/a> hockey team introduced its incoming freshman class. The big question now, what is the status of the 2020-21 college hockey season? If I had to guess, college hockey starts in January, but that&#8217;s just a guess based on everything that I&#8217;ve seen. I guess we&#8217;ll soon find out. Earlier this month, here&#8217;s what NCHC Commissioner Josh Fenton had to say on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the end of the day it comes down to the health and safety of the student-athletes and a larger sight of things a kind of greater campus communities,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs3duluth.com\/2020\/08\/19\/proceeding-safely-nchc-commissioner-talks-returning-to-college-hockey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton said<\/a>. &#8220;Whatever plan we put into place, we need to make sure it&#8217;s a safe and responsible one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p>UND&#8217;s incoming freshmen class is ranked second overall by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neutralzone.net\/mens\/rankings\/ncaa-recruiting-class-rankings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neutral Zone<\/a>. That webpage has two additional players (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/281768\/louis-jamernik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Louis Jamernik,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/286939\/massimo-rizzo?sort-total=pim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Massimo Rizzo<\/a>) listed in the 2020-21 incoming class. Obviously, Rizzo de-committed and reopened his recruitment, and Jamernik is now listed as an incoming freshman in 2021-22. Meet the new Hawks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/337739\/brendan-budy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brendan Budy<\/a>, 5-11, 181 &#8211; Forward (Langley, B.C.)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/283845\/riese-gaber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Riese Gaber<\/a>,5-8, 154 &#8211; Forward (Gilbert Plains, Man.)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/536644\/tyler-kleven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Kleven<\/a>, 6-4, 201 &#8211; Defense (Fargo, N.D.)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/316129\/mitchell-miller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Miller<\/a>, 5-11, 194 &#8211; Defense (Sylvania, Ohio)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/424450\/cooper-moore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cooper Moore<\/a>, 6-1, 181 &#8211; Defense (Cos Cob, Conn.)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/380229\/griffin-ness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Griffin Ness<\/a>, 5-11, 179 &#8211; Forward (Wayzata, Minn.)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/413015\/jake-sanderson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Sanderson<\/a>, 6-1, 185 &#8211; Defense (Whitefish, Mont,)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, the University of North Dakota hockey team introduced its incoming freshman class. 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