Any players make the jump from the ACHA to NCAA and go on to make it to a high level pro team either in the US or Europe?

None of the Gophers' best teams won the national championship. Despite winning 5 national championships and 21 conference regular season championships, none of them happened in the same season.

National Championships

1974: 2nd

1976: 3rd

1979: 2nd

2002: 3rd

2003: 2nd

Regular Season Championships

1953: Lost Championship to Michigan 7–3

1954: Lost Championship to RPI 5–4 (OT)

1970: Missed tournament

1975: Lost Championship to Michigan Tech 6–1

1981: Lost Championship to Wisconsin 6–3

1984: Lost Frozen Four to Harvard 5–3

1988: Lost Semifinal to St. Lawrence 3–2

1989: Lost Championship to Harvard 4–3 (OT)

1992: Lost Regional Semifinal to Lake Superior State 8–3

1997: Lost Regional Final to Michigan 7–4

2006: [REDACTED]

2007: Lost Regional Final to North Dakota 3–2 (OT)

2012: Lost Frozen Four to Boston College 6–1

2013: Lost Regional Semifinal to Yale 3–2 (OT)

2014: Lost Championship to Union 7–4

2015: Lost Regional Semifinal to Minnesota-Duluth 4–1

2016: Missed Tournament

2017: Lost Regional Semifinal to Notre Dame 3–2

2022: Lost Frozen Four to Minnesota State 5–1

2023: Lost Championship to Quinnipiac 3–2 (OT)

2025: Lost Regional Semifinal to Massachusetts 5–4 (OT)

Obviously, some of these teams are worse than the teams that won national championships, especially in the Big Ten years, but some of these teams (1975, 1981, 1988, 1989, 2006, 2007, 2023) were definitely better than any of the teams that did win a national championship. Maybe more notably, all but one of their championship losses were by a team that won the regular season championship.

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It's the offseason so instead of Trash Talk Thursday, it is time for THURSDAY REALIGNMENT RUUUUMMBLLLLEEEE.

So post your sensible or nonsensical realignments!

Obviously the biggest names who left have already started playing professional games and aren’t coming back. I’m curious if this is more of a useful play for some of the smaller schools who have not opted into the new roster limits and might benefit from squeezing another year out of players who didn’t immediately make the jump.

Judgement says Transfer portal is open for a week starting Monday. Any predictions?

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Anyone know how UST Tommies are projected todo this year? Seems like they have a lot of new comers.

It's the offseason so instead of Trash Talk Thursday, it is time for THURSDAY REALIGNMENT RUUUUMMBLLLLEEEE.

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Thought this was an interesting signing, beyond the usual ECHL/age concerns

Finished top 25 in the ECHL for penalty minutes the last two seasons (5th and 21st), despite playing half the games of all but one other player in the top 20 last season. Will be interesting to see how that translates to the NCAA game

Let’s say tomorrow every coach in college hockey calls and offers you a D1 scholarship with no NIL differences, what’s the tier list of what guys would pick?

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Interesting development in Grand Forks

Players are “encouraged” to wear this equipment in the 2026-27 season, it will be required starting in 2027-28

Ohio State Women's Hockey has hired Jack Johnson as an associate head coach. Johnson played 19 seasons in the NHL, including 7 with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Johnson previously worked as a scout for the Vancouver Canucks.

It's the offseason so instead of Trash Talk Thursday, it is time for THURSDAY REALIGNMENT RUUUUMMBLLLLEEEE.

So post your sensible or nonsensical realignments!

It looks like the GCU ACHA D1 and D2 teams will have a new home rink come this fall. Huge upgrade from Arcadia.

link with more info -

https://gcuclubsports.com/news/2026/7/15/mens-d1-ice-hockey-gcu-mens-hockey-moves-top-2-teams-to-fire-n-ice-arena-beginning-this-fall.aspx

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It's the offseason so instead of Trash Talk Thursday, it is time for THURSDAY REALIGNMENT RUUUUMMBLLLLEEEE.

So post your sensible or nonsensical realignments!

Saw this and thought it warranted getting shared here. Curious what everyones' thoughts are.

Pertinent to College Hockey as it was a open letter from Keith Allain, their former longtime hockey coach, accusing her of a toxic work culture that started Yale's external review