Monday, January 07, 2008

Schmidt to Minnesota

St. Cloud Cathedral sophomore defenseman Nate Schmidt has committed to Minnesota.

Schmidt was the first overall pick in this past fall's USHL Futures Draft, by the expansion Fargo Force.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

St. Cloud didn't want him....

Anonymous said...

Damn it

Anonymous said...

Well that sucks, congrats to the Gophers. Schmidt and Ness will be a nice pair of d men for them.

Anonymous said...

I heard that Lucia told him he would be gone by the time Schmidt enrolled, so Schmidt committed.

Anonymous said...

Great choice Nate!

Anonymous said...

at least he will maybe win 1 ncaa game while at minny, hahhahahahaah..

Anonymous said...

Hopefully the Islanders don't draft him.

Anonymous said...

UW and UND never offered.

Anonymous said...

Ummmm yes St. Cloud and UND wanted him, along with CC:

http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080108/SPORTS/101080021/1002

Anonymous said...

Bemidji only offered a partial scholly

Anonymous said...

Nice pickup for the Gophers. I guess Coach Lucia has found his recruiting touch again.

Anonymous said...

"Ummmm yes St. Cloud and UND wanted him, along with CC"

It never said UND even offered!!

Anonymous said...

have fun sitting at home during the final 5 and ncaa tounrye gopher fans, your team blows and you know it, golden softies....heres to a big 10 free final 5 and lets see how mnay golden shower fans come out wqith their storied M jerseys to watch denver, cc, sioux, mtu and umd play....it will be filled with those fans but not you. down here for sure, sorry but dont feel bad for ya....your pairwise ranking is a joke so split from here on out and you are toast..maybe shmidt can help you, no wait, hes a 2010 recruit..sorry, go du.....now your tough schedule starts, good luck with that unskilled team of yours like coach lucia eve stated...

Anonymous said...

I'm a St. Cloud State fan and even I think that pioneerman sounds like a bumbling idiot.

Anonymous said...

It's a shame only the bad Gopher fans are remembered on this blog considering outstanding ass-hattery of other WCHA program's fans.

While it's true CC and DU are almost a lock to finish 1,2 the rest of the places are still very much up in the air. UND, UMD, MTU, SCSU and the Gophers are all within a game or two of .500. And four points seperate 3rd place from 7th. Even UW and MSU M are one point out of seventh.

Maybe the Gophers won't make the top five. As a Denver fan you should know all about sitting at home since you did it last year. Who upset you guys again?

Anonymous said...

Motzko can't recruit.

Hakstol can't recruit.

Anonymous said...

typical gopher response - oh, we disnt want him did we? lucia pet didnt recruit him as we didnt want him, we only offered him a half scholly..

hahahahahahahahah

siouxfan response, congrats to the gophers for a nice recruit in schmidt, we wanted him along with cc and scsu but it didnt happen. you move on to the next blue chipper..minny and the sioux win some and lose some when it comes to to tier minny recruits overal. congrats, nice pick up.

its fun watching these recruiting battles for top players....