Family Ties Not Enough For Gersich

Coach Hakstol and company just had one of their biggest wins of the season while the team wasn’t even playing.  Just two days after St. Cloud Cathedral’s  Austin Poganski committed, UND won the Gersich recruiting battle, essentially stealing the top  sophomore prospect in the state of Minnesota out from under the Gophers.  Shane Gersich (Holy Family) is thought to be the best Sophomore in the state and possibly the nation.  He put up 41 points as an 8^th grader and a whopping 60 points as a freshman giving him over 100 varsity points before his sophomore season even started.  He was drafted first overall in the USHL Future’s draft by Omaha and led the 16’s National Camp.  Not only is this a huge get because of the talent he possesses, but also because it comes as such a surprise to the hockey world.  Gersich’s family ties made it seemingly inevitable that he would wear the maroon and gold.  His father played for the Gophers from 1985-1988 and his uncles are the Golden Gopher golden boys (Neal, Aaron, and Paul Broten).  However, Gersich stated that he wanted to carve his own path and that UND felt like a better fit. 

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