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Best Men’s Ice Hockey Colleges

Best Men’s Ice Hockey Colleges

Recently, the NCSA came out with their power rankings. Here’s how the Top five shook out. The NCSA Power Rankings rank schools overall, by sport and by division – including a list of the Best Men's College Ice Hockey Programs in the U.S. for Student-Athletes, which I...

Meet UND’s Westin Michaud

Meet UND’s Westin Michaud

Originally posted at the Sports Daily. Last March, after the Frozen Faceoff Third-Place Game, Colorado College Tigers forward Westin Michaud was asked if he was going to return for his senior season. Michaud missed his freshman season due to injury and had a one more...

NCHC Exceeding Expectation After Six Seasons

NCHC Exceeding Expectation After Six Seasons

It’s been fourteen seasons, since a Division I hockey team won back-to-back NCAA titles. Only Three teams have done it during the 2000s (Minnesota 2002, 2003, Denver 2004, 2005, Minnesota-Duluth 2018, 2019). With their impressive 3-0 victory against UMass on Saturday,...

UND Hockey: Fighting Hawks Release 2019-20 Schedule

UND Hockey: Fighting Hawks Release 2019-20 Schedule

The University of North Dakota Men's hockey team has released it's 2019-20 schedule. There's going to be a few changes this season. First, UND will have a new assistant coach. Yesterday, UND announced that they had parted ways with assistant coach Matt Shaw. "We thank...

American International Ascends to New Heights

American International Ascends to New Heights

In April of 2016, AIC decided to change their program's trajectory. The college hired AIC Alumnus Eric Lang, to be their program’s ninth head coach. Lang returned to the Yellow Jackets after spending four seasons as an assistant coach with Army Black Knights. With a...

Yellow Jackets Sting Huskies

Yellow Jackets Sting Huskies

Fargo, ND – It would only be fitting that on the 13-year anniversary of Holy Cross’s shocking defeat of the Minnesota Gophers another upstart team would rock the college hockey world. This time, it’s not as catastrophic.  We’ve seen this act before. This time it was...

NCHC Hockey: An Amazing Championship Game Caps Great Season

NCHC Hockey: An Amazing Championship Game Caps Great Season

St. Paul, MN -- Familiarity builds contempt. If you play a team enough times you develop a genuine hatred of each other. By this time of year, everyone in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference hates each other. By the end of March, there’s going to be some hurt...

NCHC Hockey: Bulldogs Shutout Pioneers, 3-0

NCHC Hockey: Bulldogs Shutout Pioneers, 3-0

St. Paul, MN -- In their six-year existence the National Collegiate Hockey Conference has won three NCAA championship. That’s back-to-back-to-back. After watching the semi-finals of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference Frozen Faceoff, I am convinced that NCAA...

NCHC Frozen Faceoff: Huskies Bite Tigers, 5-2

NCHC Frozen Faceoff: Huskies Bite Tigers, 5-2

St. Paul, MN -- The conference tournaments are one of the most exciting times in college hockey. Entering Friday’s first semifinal game between Colorado College Tigers and the Saint Cloud State Huskies, we knew one thing. The Huskies were already in. They’re going to...

North Dakota Beats Omaha, 5-4 in OT

North Dakota Beats Omaha, 5-4 in OT

On Saturday night, the University of North Dakota hockey team honored five seniors from the class of 2019. When the night was over, those five seniors had played their final game at Ralph Engelstad Arena. There are no more home games for the class of 2019. Next...

North Dakota Beats Omaha, 2-1

North Dakota Beats Omaha, 2-1

Grand Forks, ND – For the first time in 17 seasons, the University of North Dakota hockey team will go on the road for the first round of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference playoffs. Friday the Fighting Hawks found out their fate as they were waiting to take...

Omaha vs. North Dakota in Pictures

Grand Forks, ND -- The University of North Dakota beat the Omaha Mavericks 2-1 in an important conference game. With the Western Michigan Broncos winning their game against Miami University, the Fighting Hawks will be on the road for the first round of the NCHC...

Colorado College Beats North Dakota, 3-1

Colorado College Beats North Dakota, 3-1

With three games remaining in the regular season, it appears that the University of North Dakota hockey team may be headed to Kalamazoo, Michigan to take on the Broncos in the first round of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference playoffs. First, that isn’t a...

UMD Beats UND, 3-2

UMD Beats UND, 3-2

Grand Forks, ND – The University of North Dakota is running out of games. Saturday, after taking game one of their series, the Fighting Hawks were looking to sweep the third-ranked University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs. It wasn’t meant to be. It was not the start...

UMD and UND in Pictures, Game 4

Grand Forks, ND -- The University of North Dakota hockey team split their weekend series with the third-ranked University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs. After winning game one of the series, it was a different story on Saturday night. At times, UND played undisciplined...

UND Defeats UMD, 4-1

UND Defeats UMD, 4-1

Grand Forks, ND – Originally, Mark Senden wasn’t supposed to be a member of the 2018-19 University of North Dakota hockey team. He was slated to play junior hockey and be the captain of the Fargo Force. Then, last summer, incoming freshman forward Carter Huber...

Minnesota-Duluth vs. North Dakota in Pictures game 3

Grand Forks, ND -- The University of North Dakota beat the University of Minnesota-Duluth 4-1. The Fighting Hawks scored three in the first with goals from Mark Senden, Hayden Shaw, and Casey Johnson.  Bulldogs forward Nick Swaney scored the loan Duluth goal. Junior...

UND Gets Revenge, Beats SCSU, 5-1

UND Gets Revenge, Beats SCSU, 5-1

Grand Forks, ND – Winning is the best revenge. Saturday night, the University of North Dakota hockey team was in a foul mood. A night earlier, late in the third period, Huskies captain Jimmy Schuldt hit sophomore forward Grant Mismash with a knee-on-knee check,...

North Dakota vs. St. Cloud State in Pictures, Game 2

Grand Forks, ND -- The University of North Dakota hockey team gained a split against the St. Cloud State Huskies 5-1 win. UND beats SCSU 5-1 to gain a split against the top-ranked team in the nation. UND breaks a five-game losing streak to the Huskies. Three Stars of...

North Dakota Loses Game and Mismash

North Dakota Loses Game and Mismash

Grand Forks, ND – What doesn’t kill you makes you better – Friedrich Nietzsche. Part of being a leader is taking ownership for your mistakes. Message delivered -- move on. Hopefully, your teammates learn from their mistakes and have a short memory. On Friday night,...

St. Cloud State vs. North Dakota in Pictures, Game 1

Grand Forks, ND -- The University of North Dakota hockey team lost 3-1 to the number one ranked St. Cloud State. UND took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission. After that, it was all SCSU. The Huskies outshot the Hawks 28-10 in the final two periods to win game one...

North Dakota vs Colorado College in Pictures, Game 2

Grand Forks, ND -- The University of North Dakota beat Colorado College 3-2 in overtime again to gain an important conference sweep. This was the third sweep of the season and the first conference sweep. Last season, UND had three sweeps all season long. With the win,...

North Dakota Beats Colorado College in OT, 4-3

North Dakota Beats Colorado College in OT, 4-3

Grand Forks, ND – The University of North Dakota hockey team entered Friday’s game looking to end a three-game losing streak. After getting swept weekend in Buffalo, NY, the Fighting Hawks were all business as they took the ice against the Colorado College Tigers. In...

Colorado College and North Dakota in Pictures, Game 1

Grand Forks -- The University of North Dakota hockey team broke a three-game losing streak with a 4-3 overtime win against the Colorado College Tigers. It was a game of firsts. Junior defenseman Andrew Peski scored his first goal of the season to give UND a 2-0 lead....

North Dakota Destroys U-18, 6-2

North Dakota Destroys U-18, 6-2

Grand Forks, ND – With the Christmas break in their rearview mirror, it was back to work for the University of North Dakota hockey team. On Saturday night, the Fighting Hawks entertained the Under-18 in an exhibition game. The Hawks fresh off their Christmas break...

U-18 vs. North Dakota in Pictures

Grand Forks, ND -- The University of North Dakota took on the Under-18 team in an exhibition game at Ralph Engelstad Arean. The Fighting Hawks got goals from six different players, scoring two goals in each period. Scoring goals for the Fighting Hawks - Rhett Garnder,...

North Dakota Outlasts Denver, 4-1

North Dakota Outlasts Denver, 4-1

The University of North Dakota is a better hockey team with senior forward Nick Jones is in the lineup. After missing the last seven games with a lower-body injury, Jones, returned Friday to help the Fighting Hawks take down their archrival the Denver Pioneers 4-1....

Denver and North Dakota in Pictures, Game 1

On Friday night, the University of North Dakota took on their arch rival, the Denver Pioneers. Friday marked the return of senior forward Nick Jones. The senior forward missed seven games due to a lower-body injury. With Jones back in the lineup, UND beat DU 4-1. I...

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