Extremely honored and blessed to say that I have committed to Lake Superior State with my brother @Hultsy3 !! #lakers
— Mitch Hults (@hultsym91) April 28, 2015
Excited to make it official by signing my NLI to the University of Minnesota. Can't wait to be a gopher!https://t.co/3ijcXSEh2C
— Eric Schierhorn (@Eschierhorn29) April 16, 2015
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Happy #NationalLetterofIntent Day! @chuk1395 @dromanko_22 pic.twitter.com/KeKgRyNL3R
— Minnesota Wilderness (@mnwilderness) April 15, 2015
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Signed my nli to play for @GopherHockey next year. Can't wait to get started. pic.twitter.com/Rmk2vLS47d
— Jr Gates (@brentgatesjr) April 15, 2015
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A letter of intent is a binding agreement that a player entering his senior year of high school (or beyond) signs to signify that the player will officially attend the school for at least one academic year. It's a hard commit compared with a verbal commitment. Players who have signed LOIs cannot be subjected to further recruiting and calls by other programs.
In other words, unlike a player like Hults flipping a verbal commitment, there is no chance of a player that signed a LOI to then go to a different school without major consequences.
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Nathan Wells is a college hockey columnist for SB Nation mostly covering both the University of Minnesota and Big Ten. You can also follow him on Twitter -- Follow @gopherstate