On November 15, 2014, the University of North Dakota Women’s team was swept by the Bemidji State Beavers. UND’s record was 4-7-1 and they were sinking in the WCHA Standings. Fast forward to February 7, 2015, UND is (16-11-3, 12-9-3-2 WCHA) and on the cusp of...
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North Dakota Shuts out Minnesota
Wins against the University of Minnesota Gophers don’t come easy. Just ask the University of North Dakota Women’s team. Coming into Friday’s game, UND had a 1-9-0 record against the Gophers over the last 10 games. UND hasn’t beaten the Gophers since November 17,...
NCHC Power Rankings
Welcome to the National Collegiate Hockey Conference Power Rankings. Three of us will be doing the weekly NCHC Power Rankings during the 2014-15 season. This season, Zach Hawkins @Siouxhockey33, Taylor Seibel @taylorseibel and Eric Burton @goon48 will break down the...
UND Hockey: Set to Take on Mavericks
This weekend, UND travels to Omaha, Nebraska, to take on the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks in a pivotal two-game conference series. This series features the top-two teams in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. A sweep for either team would be huge. Series History...
NCHC Power Rankings
Welcome to the National Collegiate Hockey Conference Power Rankings. Three of us will be doing the weekly NCHC Power Rankings during the 2014-15 season. This season, Zach Hawkins @Siouxhockey33, Taylor Seibel @taylorseibel and Eric Burton @goon48 will break down the...
UND Completes Sweep of Tigers
Grand Forks, ND – In the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, there’s no easy games. Colorado College Tigers came to Grand Forks with a (5-14-1, 1-10-1) record and gave UND all they could handle. This series was a dogfight from the drop of the first puck to the last...
UND Scratches out Win against Tigers
Grand Forks, ND –So far this season, the University of North Dakota hockey team has had a tendency to come out flat on Friday nights and put the pedal to the metal on Saturday nights. That trend continued tonight. Coming into tonight’s game, UND had a 5-5-1 record on...
UND vs. C.C., A Series Preview
This weekend, UND entertains the Colorado College Tigers in an important two-game conference series at the Ralph Engelstad Arena. This weekend's series ends a six-game homestand that has seen UND go 3-1-0. Series History All-time, UND leads the series against the...
Eddie Wittchow and Vinni Lettieri Suspended by the Big Ten
This weekend, Wisconsin Badgers junior defenseman Eddie Wittchow will be a spectator when the Badgers play the Michigan Wolverines in an important two-game conference series at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin. Last Saturday night, Wittchow ran over Minnesota...
NCHC Power Rankings
Welcome to the National Collegiate Hockey Conference Power Rankings. Three of us will be doing the weekly NCHC Power Rankings during the 2014-15 season. This season, Zach Hawkins @Siouxhockey33, Taylor Seibel @taylorseibel and Eric Burton @goon48 will break down the...
UND Completes Sweep Against Niagara
The University of North Dakota started off the 2014-15 season with a 5-1 non-conference loss to the Bemidji State Beavers. Since that season-opening non-conference loss to the Beavers UND has gone 9-0-1 in non-conference games. With the 5-0 win on Saturday night, UND...
Fourth Line Leads UND past Niagara
Last Friday night against the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, University of North Dakota senior forward Brendan O’Donnell was paired on a forward line with Michael Parks and Mark McMillan. After Friday’s 4-1 loss to the Bulldogs, UND head coach Dave Hakstol revamped the...
UND vs. Niagara Series Preview
This weekend, third-ranked North Dakota entertains non-conference foe Niagara University. This is the last non-conference series of the regular season. This season, UND is 7-1-1 against non-conference opponents. Series History All-time, UND leads the series 5-0-0...
NCHC Power Rankings
Welcome to the National Collegiate Hockey Conference Power Rankings. Three of us will be doing the weekly NCHC Power Rankings column. This season, Zach Hawkins @Siouxhockey33, Taylor Seibel @taylorseibel and Eric Burton @goon48 will break down the NCHC power rankings....
O’Donnell’s Hat-Trick Sinks Bulldogs
On Friday night, after losing to the Bulldogs on home ice, University of North Dakota senior forward Connor Gaarder said, “We have to come out a little – play a little faster – close a little bit quicker in our D-zone. I think everything kind of fell out of place...
Minnesota-Duluth Bites North Dakota in Game One
Grand Forks, ND – The University of North Dakota hockey team is famous for its second half surges. After a 4-1 loss on Friday night to the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, that surge will have to wait, at least for another day. I know it sounds cliché, but the Bulldogs...
UND vs. UMD Series Preview
This weekend, the top-ranked North Dakota entertains seventh ranked Minnesota-Duluth in an important two-game conference series. This is the first series for both teams in 2015. Series history All-time UND leads the series against the Bulldogs 139-76-9 (.641). In...
NCHC Power Rankings
Welcome to the Inside Hockey Power Rankings. Taylor Seibel and I return for another season. Three of us will be doing the weekly NCHC Power Rankings column. This season, Zach Hawkins @Siouxhockey33, Taylor Seibel @taylorseibel and Eric Burton @goon48 will break down...
UND vs. DU, Series Preview
This weekend, the top-ranked North Dakota travels to Denver, Colorado, to take on their arch rival Denver in a two-game conference series. UND enters the weekend unbeaten in five games (4-0-1, .900). This is the final series of 2014. UND will be off until January 3,...
NCHC Power Rankings
Welcome to the Inside Hockey Power Rankings. Taylor Seibel and I return for another season. Three of us will be doing the weekly NCHC Power Rankings column. This season, Zach Hawkins @Siouxhockey33, Taylor Seibel @taylorseibel and Eric Burton @goon48 will break down...
UND Grinds out Win against LSSU
Grand Forks, ND – The University of North Dakota has played in 17 games so far this season and throughout the first half of the season, the players have beaten a path to the training room. The busiest person on the UND staff has been the trainer Mark Poolman. Looking...
Five-Goal Second Period Sparks UND Win
Grand Forks, ND – Freshman goalie Cam Johnson made his first collegiate start on Friday night against the Lake Superior State Lakers. Johnson’s first start was a rough one to say the least. Despite the rough outing, UND head coach Dave Hakstol didn’t second guess his...
North Dakota vs. Lake Superior State, Series Preview
This weekend, the top-ranked University of North Dakota entertains unranked Lake Superior State in a two-game non-conference series. This is the last home series of 2014. Series History All-time, UND has a 2-0-0 (1.00) record against the Lake Superior State Lakers. At...
NCHC POWER RANKINGS
Welcome to the Inside Hockey Power Rankings. Taylor Seibel and I return for another season. Three of us will be doing the weekly NCHC Power Rankings column. This season, we’re adding Zach Hawkins to the mix, you can follow him at @Siouxhockey33. Hawkins is the...
McIntyre Backstops UND to Win
Grand Forks, ND – A year ago, the University of North Dakota hockey team had a 4-7-2 record. They were sitting in the bottom of the NCHC standings and they were going nowhere fast. What a difference a year makes. Wins don’t come easy in the NCHC. Every series is a...
Nebraska-Omaha Beats North Dakota in a Shootout
Grand Forks, ND – Coming into tonight’s game, the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks and the University of North Dakota have played a grand total of 12 games against each other. Based on the intensity of the 12 previous games, you would've thought they’d played over 100 games...
North Dakota vs. Nebraska-Omaha, Series Preview
This weekend, second ranked University of North Dakota entertains the 11th ranked Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks in a two-game conference series. This begins a two-week home stretch for UND. Series History All-time, UND is 7-5-0 (.583) against Nebraska-Omaha. In Grand...
North Dakota vs. St. Cloud State, Series Preview
This weekend, second-ranked North Dakota travels to Saint Cloud, MN, to take on the 16-ranked St. Cloud State Huskies in a two-game conference series at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. This series will feature the defending regular season champion against the...
Miami Beats North Dakota in Grand Forks
Grand Forks, ND -- The last time Miami the University RedHawks played the University of North Dakota hockey team in Grand Forks, ND, it wasn’t pretty. UND sent Miami back to Oxford, Ohio, on the wrong side of an embarrassing series sweep. During that two-game series...
North Dakota Beats Providence in Grand Forks
After being run out of their own building two weeks earlier, UND used a balanced attack, scoring six goals, by six different players to beat the Providence College Friars 6-1 at Ralph Englestad Arena. UND's penalty-kill set the tone as the Friars went 0-for-9 on the...
