The University of Minnesota Duluth men''s hockey coaching staff announced its first signees of the 2025 recruiting class Tuesday, with four set to join the Bulldogs next season. Those future Bulldogs include Ashton Dahms (Lakeville, Minn.), Daniel Shlaine (Moskva, Russia), Jake Toll (Rosemount, Minn.) and Ryan Zaremba (Balgonie, Saskatchewan).

"It's a smaller group and the forwards will add some offensive and scoring depth for us," said head coach Scott Sandelin about his future freshman class. "On the backend, Toll's game has really grown a lot and he's a lefty and we are going to be missing a couple lefties. They will fit in well with this group, we are going to lose some guys and these guys will be good fill-in guys, they're all guys that I think can play." 

Dahms, a 6'1" forward from Lakeville, Minn., spent four years at Lakeville South where he scored 70 goals and added 54 assists for 124 points in 105 games with the Cougars. Currently, Dahms is with the Tri-City Storm of the USHL after being traded by Des Moines last month. He racked up 15 goals and four assists with the Buccaneers in 37 games last year for a total of 19 points, and also competed in 25 games with the Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL) during the 2023-24 campaign, where he served as assistant captain. Over the 2022-23 season, Dahms made his NAHL debut for the Wilderness, playing 10 games in the regular season and 9 in the Robertson Cup Playoffs.    

The lone defenseman of the group, Toll hails from Rosemount, Minn. and currently skates for the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the USHL.  The 6'3" blueliner was acquired by the Lumberjacks from the Sioux Falls Stampede during the 2023-24 season, his first in the USHL. Between the Lumberjacks and the Stampede last season, Toll has played in 61 USHL games and scored four goals and recorded 13 assists for 17 points.  Toll played his high school hockey with Rosemount High where he put up 35 total points in just 31 games his senior year. Toll spent the back end of his senior year with the North Iowa Bulls in the NAHL, and registered eight points in 13 games played. 

A 6'0" center from Moskva, Russia, Shlaine moved from Moscow to play for Shattuck St. Mary's 14U squad for the 2019-20 season. Shlaine spent five seasons at Shattuck, including monster years in the 2022-23 (72 points (22g, 50a for 72 points in 53 games) and 2023-24 (20g, 54a for 74 points in 57 games), both USHS Prep seasons. He also logged 12 games in the US 18U Nationals over the same two years, where he scored four goals and six assists for 10 points.  Taken in the 2024 USHL Entry Draft in the first round with the fourth overall pick by the Lincoln Stars, Shlaine already has 17 points (7g, 10a) in just 18 games so far this season. His brother Artem is currently a grad student at Arizona State University and was a 2020, fifth round draft pick of the New Jersey Devils.

Zaremba, a 5'9" forward from Balgonie, Saskatchewan, Canada spent two seasons (2020-21, 2021-22) playing with the Regina Pats Canadians 18U league, where he put up a total of 83 (33g, 50a) points in 86 games. For the 2023-24 season, Zaremba spent two years with the Sherwood Park Cruisers  of both the AJHL and BCHL. In 37 games with the AJHL side, Zaremba notched 36 points (8g, 28a) over 36 skates before he recorded 20 points in 20 games with the BCHL squad. Zaremba also played in six games with the Canada West U19 team in the WJAC, where he logged a goal and three assists. Currently, Zaremba skates with the Waterloo Blackhawks of the USHL, where he has put up 10 points (5g, 5a) in 18 games so far this season.