FAN account dedicated to the future of Gophers Hockey! “Someone that’s gonna wear that ‘M’. There’s nothing in your life you’ll find more proud”- Herb Brooks
Bob's Building Blocks 17.0 is YOUR
#PrideOnIce
&
#StateOfHockey
Recruiting Guide!
In this🧵we'll cover:
The Pipeline, Commit Profiles/Stats, '07/08 Recruiting Big Board (MN & Out of State), & Potential Target Spotlight Recaps!
Enjoy!
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MATTHEW WOOD IS A GOPHER!!!!!! Via
@MikeGrinnell_
The electric 1st round pick of Nashville will be taking his talents to Dinkytown 🤩
Congrats and welcome aboard Matthew! RAH!!!!!
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“I’m coming home”- Leo Gruba
The top scoring defenseman in the USHL and former Hill-Murray Pioneer has just committed to the Gophs!
Huge couple days for Bob & Co!
Congrats to Leo and the Gruba family! Can’t wait to watch you in the Maroon & Gold!
RAH!!!!
#PrideOnIce
dipped into the portal in a B1G way landing a lethal goal scoring forward in Matthew Wood!! 🪵🤩
The 15h overall pick in the 2023
#NHLDraft
to
@PredsNHL
spent the last two seasons with UConn and will provide instant offense to the Gophs in 2024-25💪⚡️
More on Wood👇
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LJ Mooney has posted that he’s committed to the Gophers!!! Will follow cousin Logan Cooley in the Maroon & Gold!
Absolutely massive addition to this class!
RAH!!!!
#PrideOnIce
is all about winning championships and raising banners. It wasn’t our year, but our time WILL come to raise
#6
.
Thank you to all of those who have worn the 〽️ for the final time and all that you’ve done for the program.
BOO〽️ there it is!!!! What a week of good news it’s been! Bryce will return for year 5 coming off a 31 point season and reunite the N64 line 🕹️
#UnfinishedBusiness
#PrideOnIce
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Gavin Katz has just announced that he has committed to the Gophs via insta!
The ‘07 born forward from Dellwood, MN is currently playing for Shattuck St. Mary’s 16U team and has 82 points this year.
Congrats to Gavin and his family on his commitment!
RAH!!!!!!
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Erik Pahlsson has just announced that he’s committed to the Gophers via Insta.
The Swede forward playing for
@fightingsaints
is one of the leading scorers in the
@USHL
with 19 points
Congrats to Erik and his family and welcome to Gopher Nation! RAH!!!!
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WOW was not expecting this, but Jacob Kvasnicka has just announced that’s he’s committed to Minnesota via Insta.
The former
@WHS_boyshockey
forward is currently playing with the
@USAHockeyNTDP
U17’s.
Congrats to Jacob and family!
RAH!!!!!
MISSION ST PAUL IS SO ON!!!
92 is back for year ✌🏼with the Gophers and will be a Hobey favorite coming off a spectacular 60 point frosh season
LFG!!!!!
#UnfinishedBusiness
#SkiUMah
#PrideOnIce
Dear
@GopherHockey
Admin,
Today would be a great day to announce that Mike Koster & Mason Nevers are returning for their 5th season 🙏🙏
Sincerely,
#PrideOnIce
Fans
Say whaaaaat?? UConn forward Matthew Wood is expected to hit the portal. 1st round pick in 2023 to Nashville had 28 points this season.
Would be a big time addition!
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Defenseman Matthew Grimes has punched his golden ticket!!!
The New York native played last season for Mount St Charles posting 51 points. Lined up to play this season with
@sfstampede
Welcome aboard Matthew! RAH!!!!
#FutureGophers
#SkiUMah
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The Gophers have picked up two commits today with Hayden Reid announcing as well. The Ontario ‘06 born forward was a Colgate commit and is currently playing on
@sfstampede
Congrats Hayden on your commitment and welcome to Gopher Nation!
THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!!!!
Gopher Hockey Instagram account now following Mikey Berchild! 👀😏
Eligible to commit a week from today! Would be a MAJOR headliner for this class 🙏🏼
Might be the highest MN forward EVER selected in NHL Draft when it’s all said and done 🤯🤩
EXCITED to announce that starting tomorrow I'll be starting a new bracket style poll series for:
THE BEST MN HS JERSEYS
Pairing up with
@7thavenuepizza
for some giveaways once we get to the final 4 & championship!
Bracket, Schedule, & Details👇
@GeminiAthletic
@StateOfHoppy
Per source: Eiserman and fellow recent Gopher commits and SSM teammates have been planning for awhile now on playing together at the college level. Minnesota now has 3 of the top 4 2006 American born skaters according to
@PuckPreps
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August Falloon has made it official that he’s staying home and is committed to the Gophers!
Previously an ASU commit he’s having a very nice third season in the
@USHL
for
@TriCityStorm
Congrats to August and the entire family on his decision!
RAH!!!!!
From the special summer
#GPLPodcast
last night...
What is going on with Rhett Pitlick? He graduated in 3 years. Is he coming back?
@evegoe
gives his thoughts.
Watch or listen to the full episode here:
UPDATE: I can confirm that Jimmy Clark (
#mnwild
) will be joining
@GopherHockey
for the 2023-24 season. Bob Motzko gets another dynamic forward for his roster.
@FutureGophers
THEY’VE ARRIVED!!!!
First look at our
#FutureGophers
in their new threads 😍🥺🤧
John Whipple is pictured so he’ll be on the 2024-25 squad!
Only other projected newcomers not pictured were Erik Påhlsson & Liam Souliere…
WE ARE.... Excited to welcome the second new
#FutureGopher
via the portal in experienced netminder Liam Soulière! Liam will be 26 years old when he arrives on campus and has spent the last four years with B1G foe Penn State.
More on Soulière👇
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The Gophers have picked up a commitment from Jacob Rombach! Jacob is a LHD from Blaine that’s playing this year for the
@LincolnStars
Another terrific addition to the d-corps!
Congrats to Jacob and his family!
RAH!!!!!
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY!!!!
Cole Eiserman punched his
#GoldenTicket
and committed to the Gophers. We knew this was a major recruiting W for Bob & Co landing one of the top 06's in North America, but we've come to learn that the hype is REAL
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The Gophs just dipped back into the portal in adding experienced goalie Liam Soulière!
Liam has played in 84 career games for Penn State and will play his grad year in the Maroon & Gold!
Congrats and welcome aboard Liam! RAH!!!!
HAPPY LOGAN COOLEY COMMITMENT DAY TO ALL OF THOSE WHO CELEBRATE!
One year ago today Cooley flipped his commitment from Golden Domer to Golden Gopher! The third overall pick by the Yotes hasn’t disappointed in his frosh campaign posting 38 points so far in 29 games.
Hey
@TheIowaHawkeyes
it’s time to add D1 hockey.
Already built arena that seats 5k ✅
5 minute drive (if that?) from campus ✅
Growing hockey market w/ AHL, ECHL, USHL teams ✅
B1G Hockey NEEDS an 8th team
Best part too is that there’s no fair catch in hockey 😉
I’ve been to major college football games, i covered Stanley Cups and World Juniors, I’ve been to a WWE house show. Nothing rivals the pop Baby Shark just got at the
@GoHeartlanders
school day game.
Earlier I asked if there were any former players who wanted to share their recruiting experience with the fans and players who have the same decisions.
@dirmen19
was kind enough to do a Q&A on his experience with some great stories!
🚨🚨 NEW CO〽️〽️IT 🚨🚨
Cole Eiserman
Forward
6’0 181 lbs
Shoots- Left
Born- Newburyport, MA
Played last season at Shattucks St Mary’s U18
2021-22 Stats- 53 GP, 56 Goals, 30 Assists
Ranking-
@PuckPreps
5 ⭐️, 98.75/100
Will play next season for
@USAHockeyNTDP
Another MASSIVE get!
#PrideOnIce
picked up a new commit with current USHL scoring leader, Erik Påhlsson! The Swedish forward is off to a tear in his first season playing in North America with
@fightingsaints
and is an impact addition for next year.
More on the latest
#FutureGopher
👇
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#FutureGopher
Javon Moore is currently tied for most points in the state so far in MN HS play👀
Avergaing four points a game for the defending AA champs
@TonkaBoysPuck
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🚨🚨BREAKING COLLEGE HOCKEY COMMITS🚨🚨
Over the night we saw a ton of action with many local prospects announcing their college commitments.
Including Minneapolis native forward Charles Conway to the Gophers!
Truly
#BornToBeAGopher
😂
IMO the committee did a really good job this year with all regionals and not doing teams favors based on location.
Bring on Omaha & Bring on Boston!
It's time to bring it home and
#Gopher6
SO WE’VE GOT THE NUMBER ONE RECRUITING CLASS COMING IN. WHICH INCLUDES THE THIRD OVERALL PICK LOGAN COOLEY. HES A STUD. ALONG WITH KNIES AND A BUNCH OF TALENTED FORWARDS RETURNING. AND OH YEAH OUR WHOLE DCORE AND GOALIE WILL BE BACK. TELL ME THIS TEAM ISNT HEADING TO TAMPA
FWIW
Blake Biondi is following the Gophers on Insta 😏
Had 19 points this season for UMD and looks to be heading to a new program to use 5th year of eligibility.
Could we see the first Hermantown player EVER to play for the Gophs??? 🤔
Surprising to see a guy like Biondi leave the hometown team. Loved him as a Bulldog and wish him success wherever* he determines is a good fit.
*There are a couple exceptions.
After the initial wave of pro-signings and departures here's an updated look at 'The Pipeline' for next year & beyond! Wouldn't be shocked to see some activity looking to add a F and D via the Portal. Any names YOU would like to see in Maroon & Gold next fall?!
#PrideOnIce
INTRODUCING... Bracketology 1.0
I'll be updating every month or so up until we get to the selection show.
This is MY prediction on how the field will shape up.
Gets tricky when lining up host schools, no 1st round conference matchups, etc.
How does it look?!?!
Late add to the Christmas list?!?!
This was DM’d to me from Kvasnicka’s commit post on insta last week.
Maybe a little recruiting of uncommitted NTDP teammate William Moore??? 🤔😏
The 5 ⭐️ forward born in Ontario has 25 points this year with the US U17’s
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One year ago and 2655 followers later what a year it’s been
#PrideOnIce
&
#CawlidgeHawkey
fans!
This account has been very fun to run and I’ve enjoyed the connections/interactions with all of YOU this past year.
Co〽️〽️itted to provide you all
#FutureGopher
news and updates!
#PrideOnIce
picked up it's newest commit earlier today with⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Gavin Katz making his announcement.
The Dellwood native forward is having a breakout season this year with the Shattuck St. Mary's U16 AAA team where he has 82 points in 52 games 🤩
More on Katz👇
SURVIVE. AND. ADVANCE!!!!
Really gutsy come from behind W for the Maroon & Gold.
Wasn’t pretty,but the team did the little things SO well for the final 2 periods to move on.
Different dynamic and challenge with BU on Saturday.
One more dub boys lets
#BringItHome
and
#Gopher6
After landing the top scoring forward in the USHL. You have to wonder if attention will turn to the top scoring defenseman, Leo Gruba.
The former Hill-Murray Pioneer was an SCSU commit, but reopened his recruitment.
A RHD definitely seems to look like a priority in the pipeline.
Earlier today Bob & Co picked up another B1G time addition with 5⭐️forward in Jacob Kvasnicka (KWAS-nicka).
The
#StateOfHockey
product really burst onto the scene last year with
@WHS_boyshockey
and is one of the younger players on the US NTDP U17 squad 🇺🇸
More on 'Kwas' 👇〽️
After landing the top scoring forward in the USHL. You have to wonder if attention will turn to the top scoring defenseman, Leo Gruba.
The former Hill-Murray Pioneer was an SCSU commit, but reopened his recruitment.
A RHD definitely seems to look like a priority in the pipeline.
NOT CONFIRMED:
But it appears Jimmy Clark has added 'University of Minnesota Hockey' to his insta bio. Not 100% certain, but I believe he had the Green Bay Gamblers tagged in his bio before.
Would be a good bet that he'll be on the 2023-24 roster.
Had 47 points last year in USHL