Former University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs captain Noah Cates will make his NHL debut after being signed to an entry-level contract with the Philadelphia Flyers
Next year's team is only losing four players, and 3 of them signed NHL contracts this year. Cole Koepke, Jackson Cates, Nick Swaney, and Senior graduate transfer Matt Cairns.
Three Minnesota teams are in the Frozen Four. In those teams there are 43 players who are Minnesotans, and 10 of those are right here from the Northland.
The UMD Bulldogs men's hockey team is competing in the NCAA tournament for their sixth year in a row, and they just advanced without even playing a game.