Notebook: Late-summer roster changeups at Michigan and Michigan State
Plus: Assistant updates at Harvard, BU, Long Island, and Michigan; Michigan will have a new AD, and new ADs at UNH/RMU; recruiting updates
Opening Faceoff
In today’s edition of College Hockey Insider:
Michigan and Michigan State both had late changeups to their 2026-27 rosters over the past week. At Michigan, a player is likely flipping a commitment to Penn State due to an admissions quirk. Michigan State lost a first-round pick to the Anaheim Ducks on a late signing.
Harvard has job postings for two assistant coaches after Matt Gilroy was removed from the team’s website as an assistant coach. We have some notes on what’s next.
UNH and Robert Morris have new ADs, plus Michigan AD Warde Manuel is stepping down in December with a huge payday.
Dartmouth, Ohio State, Niagara, Army, and Union all added new commitments.
I will continue my All 63 preseason power rankings later this week. I noticed some issues in the formula I needed to fix. It doesn’t change Maryville’s spot (it might slightly change its score). Be on the lookout!
Our next issue will clean up some mailbag questions I have sitting in my inbox as well. If you have something to contribute, feel free to respond to this email.
Notebook: Late-summer roster changeups at Michigan and Michigan State
— Late last week, the Anaheim Ducks signed first-round pick Nikita Klepov to an entry-level contract.
Klepov had been announced as part of Michigan State’s incoming freshman class just one day earlier. It was certainly an interesting timeline.
Losing Klepov is a significant blow for the Spartans. In my preseason power rankings, I had him graded as one of Michigan State’s top forwards—not merely one of its best incoming forwards, but one of its top forwards overall.
