March Madness is upon us. Welcome to the Inside Hockey’s National Collegiate Hockey Conference Power Rankings Poll. This week, we have a reshuffling of the deck. Numbers 1-6 have changed positions. The University of North Dakota is the new number one team. If you have...
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UND Women’s Hockey: Hawks Blowout Huskies 6-1
The University of North Dakota Women’s team doesn’t score a lot of goals. The Fighting Hawks bread and butter is their team defense and solid goaltending. Today, they continued with that trend. What wasn’t expected was a six-goal outburst from the Green and White....
NCHC Power Rankings Poll (2/24/2016)
Welcome to the Inside Hockey’s National Collegiate Hockey Conference Power Rankings Poll. This week, the St. Cloud State University Huskies remain at the top spot. This week, Candace Horgan of USCHO fame joins the New Media Power Rankings Poll. If you have any...
Cam Johnson Backstops Hawks to Series Sweep over Bulldogs
Grand Forks, ND – Series sweeps are hard to come by in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. I know it sounds cliché, but every game is a war. Especially during the second half of the season. As the season winds down, time and space gets smaller. This past...
UMD vs. UND, a Series Preview
This weekend, the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks entertain the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs in an important two-game non-conference series. Last weekend, the Fighting Hawks were swept by the Denver Pioneers. UND will look to right the ship...
NCHC POWER RANKINGS POLL (2/16/2016)
Welcome to the Inside Hockey’s National Collegiate Hockey Conference Power Rankings Poll. This week, we have a new number one team, the St. Cloud State University Huskies retake the top spot. If you have any questions, please email (thegoon48@gra.midco.net). Here’s...
College Hockey Game Day: The Stretch Run is Here
Good morning college hockey fans. Here are some of the stories that are making the news today. This is one of the most exciting times in the college hockey season. For most teams, the stretch run is officially here. For most of the conferences, there are roughly 6-8...
North Dakota vs. Denver, a Series Preview
The University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks travel to Denver, Colorado, to take on the Denver Pioneers in an important two-game conference series. A sweep for either team would be huge. North Dakota and Denver occupy two of the top three spots in the National...
NCHC Power Rankings Poll (2/11/2016)
Welcome to the Inside Hockey’s National Collegiate Hockey Conference Power Rankings Poll. This week, the University of North Dakota again, occupies the top spot. There were no changes in this week’s NCHC Power Rankings Poll. This week, I would like to welcome Nick...
NCHC Power Rankings Poll (2/2/2016)
Welcome to the Inside Hockey’s National Collegiate Hockey Conference Power Rankings Poll. This week, the University of North Dakota again, occupies the top spot. This week, I would like to welcome UMD radio play-by-play announcer Bruce Ciskie and Grand Forks Herald...
NCHC Power Rankings Poll (1/27/2016)
Welcome to the Inside Hockey’s National Collegiate Hockey Conference Power Rankings Poll. This week, the St. Cloud State Huskies occupy the top spot. The first place voters were a tie. However, by the virtue of an outlier vote (one pollster picked UND as their third...
Chyzyk Leads Fighting Hawks Past Tigers
This past week, when the University of North Dakota lost two of their top players Drake Caggiula and Nick Schmaltz to injury; questions began to emerge. Who was going to score goals for the Fighting Hawks versus the Colorado College Tigers? After this weekend’s...
Fighting Hawks Blow Four-Goal Lead, Tie Tigers
The University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks entered tonight’s game missing two of their top players. After having one of the top lines in college hockey, suddenly, UND was missing two-thirds of the CBS Line. Last weekend, Caggiula was hurt early in the second period...
C.C. vs. UND, a Series Preview
This weekend the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks entertain the Colorado College Tigers in an important two-game conference series. Currently, the Fighting Hawks have two games in hand over the first-place St. Cloud State Huskies. The Fighting Hawks...
NCHC Power Rankings Poll (1/20/2016)
Welcome to the Inside Hockey’s National Collegiate Hockey Conference Power Rankings Poll. This week, the Fighting Hawks from University of North Dakota again, occupy the top spot. Just like last week, there was an outlier vote, one pollster picked UND as their third...
Hawks Soar Past Mavericks, 5-1
Last night, junior defenseman Troy Stecher called out his fellow teammates in the post-game press conference after losing 4-3 in overtime to the University of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks. More specifically, Stecher pointed comments were directed at UND’s freshmen class....
Mavericks Clip Fighting Hawks in O.T.
Over the course of a 36-game schedule, there are going to be tough games. There’s definitely going to be bumps in the road. That’s sports at any level. For whatever reason, a good team will have an off night at the rink. Tonight was one of those nights. From the drop...
UNO vs. UND, a Series Preview
This weekend the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks entertains the University of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks in a pivotal conference matchup. This will be the first series between the two teams this season. Series History All-time, UND leads the series against...
NCHC Power Rankings Poll (01/11/2016)
Welcome to the Inside Hockey’s National Collegiate Hockey Conference Power Rankings Poll. This week, the Fighting Hawks from North Dakota again occupy the top spot. This week, there was one outlier vote, one pollster picked Denver as their number one team. If you have...
Caggiula Helps Fighting Hawks Soar past Chargers
University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks senior forward Drake Caggiula is a dynamic player that has a knack for bringing the fans out of their seats with his highlight-reel goals. If you don't believe me, all you have to do is search for his name on Youtube.com and...
Fighting Hawks Ring in New Year with 1-0 Shutout
The last time the University of North Dakota hockey team played the University of Huntsville Chargers, associate head coach Dane Jackson was a sophomore (October 13-14, 1989). None of the players on the Fighting Hawks or Chargers hockey teams had been born yet. Coming...
UAH vs. UND, a Series Preview
This weekend, the University of North Dakota entertains the University of Alabama-Huntsville Chargers in a non-conference matchup. This will be the last non-conference series until the playoffs. Series History All-time, UND is 2-0-0 against the Chargers. The last time...
NCHC Power Rankings Poll (12/15/2015)
Welcome to the Inside Hockey’s National Collegiate Hockey Conference Power Rankings Poll. This week, the Fighting Hawks from North Dakota again occupy the top spot. This will be the last Power Ranking Poll until after the Holidays. If you have any questions, please...
UND Hockey: Goaltender U
The University of North Dakota men’s and women’s hockey teams are backstopped by two outstanding goalies. Currently, both teams’ goaltenders are playing out of their minds. Both goaltenders are coming off multiple game shutout streaks. And finally, both goalies helped...
Johnson Steals Win for Fighting Hawks
Last night, the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks shutout the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs 3-0. The Bulldogs threw the kitchen sink at the Hawks, but couldn’t get anything past UND sophomore goalie, Cam Johnson. Cue the hot goalie cliché’. This time, UND was on...
Fighting Hawks vs. Bulldogs, a Series Preview
This weekend, the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks travels across highway 2, to take on the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs in an important two-game conference matchup. This is the last series before the 2015 Christmas back. After this series, UND will have a...
NCHC Power Rankings Poll (12/08/2015)
Welcome to the Inside Hockey’s National Collegiate Hockey Conference Power Rankings Poll. This week, the Fighting Hawks from North Dakota occupy the top spot. If you have any questions, please email thegoon48@gra.midco.net . *Note we are still looking for a WMU...
Fighting Hawks Pogo past Pioneers 4-0
Last night, in the post-game press conference, University of North Dakota head coach Brad Berry said that his team needed to get secondary scoring from his other forward lines. Berry’s team must have taken his words to heart. Tonight, through two periods of play, the...
Fighting Hawks Fly by Pioneers 5-1
It probably doesn’t happen very often, but when public address announcer Darrin Looker announced that Fighting Hawks were at full strength, the UND faithful booed the announcement. The same thing happened again, on no less than six different occasions. Seriously, the...
Pioneers vs. Fighting Hawks, a Series Preview
This weekend, the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks take on the Denver Pioneers in an important two-game conference series. This is the last home series of 2015. Series History All-time, the Fighting Hawks lead the series against the Pioneers 140-120-10...
