Not going to happen folks.If my memory serves me right Dylan Olsen was recruited by UND but wasn’t able to get into UND so he ended up choosing UMD.The academically ineligible spin was the buzz around this story on the blogsphere and Twitter.Rink and RUN Former NHL first round draft pick Dylan Olsen, a Minnesota Duluth sophomore replica Tudores band womens watch defenseman from Calgary, Alberta, signed a three year, two way contract with the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday and will join the team’s American Hockey League affiliate in Rockford, Ill., following the World Junior Championships.Olsen, 19, leaves UMD with two goals and 22 assists for 24 points in 53 career games.
This season, he had a goal and 12 assists for 13 points in 17 games before leaving to join Canada for the World Junior Championships in Buffalo, N.Y.Canada finished the preliminary round 3 1 following a shootout loss to Sweden on Friday.The replica Tudores band watch tournament runs through Jan.5.“Dylan was having a good year and we were expecting a better, more confident player to return to us after the experience of the junior tournament,” said UMD coach Scott Sandelin.“We knew how much Canada’s team meant to him and that it could only help his play.
We’re just disappointed he chose to make a change at midseason.”Sandelin did note that recent academic developments would likely have left Olsen ineligible for the second semester.If you can’t stay eligible academically to play for your college hockey team I believe it’s a character flaw a lack of commitment and not living up to that player’s end of the Tudores band watch scholarship deal, Dylan Olson let his teammates down and he let himself down.This one also falls on the coach because they should be evaluating his players academic progress throughout the semester.Read the full original article…
