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In the course of discussing his oral commitment to the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team, Cameron Rowe had to clear up two things — one about his past and one about his future.

Rowe, an 18-year-old goaltender whose future association with the Badgers was confirmed over the weekend, earlier this summer was released from a National Letter of Intent that he signed with North Dakota.

Reports that the North Dakota coaching staff was concerned about his potential to skip the college route and sign with a major junior team were true, Rowe said, but didn’t represent the whole story.

“At the same time that they were worried that I wasn’t fully committed to them, I was worried that they weren’t fully committed to me, either,” Rowe said. “It was a mix, back and forth. Ultimately, it was better for us to part ways.”

The other clarification could help to allay fears from the Badgers and their fans that they could be jilted by a committed goaltender in favor of an Ontario Hockey League team for the second time in six years.

A native of the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, Illinois, Rowe was picked by the London Knights in the seventh round of the 2017 OHL draft. He said he has no future with the major junior team.