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mitments are not binding until the
athlete signs what’s called an NCAA
national letter of intent.
Nodler will sign his letter in
November 2018, in accordance with
NCAA rules.
While Cotter is prohibited from
commenting specifically on a pro-
spective student athlete, he did say
that, in his experience, such verbal
commitments in the hockey world
are “as good as gold.”
Nodler, a sophomore, is an honor
roll student, a member of the French
National Honors Society, and he
plays the French horn.
“He’s got a lot going on and that
can be hard for a kid his age to bal-
ance,” said his dad, Michael Nodler.
“He’s a high-level player, and hockey
takes a tremendous amount of his
time; but he’s still able to balance it
with schoolwork, friends, family and
other activities.”
Nodler, who learned to skate
almost as early as he learned to
walk, hopes that playing for MSU
will take him closer to his ultimate
goal of playing professional hockey.
Making a verbal commitment with
Michigan State, Nodler indicated,
is probably his proudest hockey
accomplishment so far.
“It reflects on my hard work and
all the sacrifices my family has made
for me over the years,” said Nodler,
who plans to study engineering or
physics.
Some of Nodler’s on-ice accom-
plishments include being selected
to the prestigious USA 15 National
Select Camp, a hockey development
camp, and he has played in a num-
ber of state tournaments as well as
the Squirt Major Brick Tournament
in Edmonton and the Quebec
International Pee-Wee Hockey
Tournament.
When Nodler isn’t playing hockey
— and he’s at the rink every day —
he enjoys spending time with family
and friends and occasionally playing
basketball or football.
Two years ago, he became a
bar mitzvah at Congregation Beth
Shalom in Oak Park during a service
he shared with his younger sister,
Rebecca. Not surprisingly, much
of his video montage consisted of
hockey pictures.
“There are not a ton of Jewish kids
playing hockey, especially at the level
I’m at or hockey players in general,”
said Nodler, who acknowledged
some similarities between the sport
and some of his values as a Jew, such
as working hard and being a good
teammate.

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