On Sunday night, the University of North Dakota hockey team was going for their seventh straight win against the Colorado College Tigers. Mission accomplished. The Hawks shutout the Tigers 5-0. The Hawks were dominating in all three zones on the ice. The Hawks also...
For the first time in 329 days, the University of North Dakota hockey team played a game in their home arena. Entering tonight's game, UND was one of five teams that had yet to play a game on their home ice. The Fighting Hawks were grateful to be back on home ice and...
College hockey revolves around rivalries. In the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, North Dakota and Denver are heated rivals. In the past, I have compared the two teams to the Hatfields and McCoys. The two teams hate each other with a passioin. UND's captain...
For 20-plus days, the NCHC has entertained their fans with non-stop hockey action. Due to Covid-19, the NCHC decided to start the regular season in a pod, similar to the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Eight NCHC teams traveled to Omaha to kick off the regular season....
During the last two games, the University of North Dakota has been unable to put together a complete lineup. On Saturday, the Fighting got some of their injured players back. After missing two games with undisclosed injuries, Judd Caufield and Ethan Frisch returned to...
University of North Dakota senior forward Jordan Kawaguchi is a special player. He's electrifying and brings the fans out of their seats. On Wednesday night, the Abbotsford, B.C native reminded us why he was a Hobey Baker Hat Trick finalist during the 2019-20 season....
Entering Sunday's National Collegiate Hockey Conference tilt, the Unversity of North Dakota hockey team looked more like a MASH unit than a hockey team. Missing from the Fighting Hawks lineup were five key players. Three were injured players forwards Harrison...
Six games into the season, University of North Dakota hockey fans are wondering what is wrong with their favorite hockey team. Entering the season, expectations are high, they’re expected to vie for a second straight NCHC regular-season title. The season started on a...
Sometimes change is good. On Thursday night, the University of North Dakota men's hockey changed up their forward lines. The first thing that jumped off of the lineup chart; Brad Berry broke up the top line of Grant Mismash, Collin Adams, and Jordan Kawaguchi. In its...
The University of North Dakota men’s hockey doesn’t play in a lot of Sunday matinee games. Unlike the NHL, which plays quite a few matinees, it’s not a common occurrence for UND. With the early start of today’s game, UND had to change their usual pre-game routine a...
Yes, rivalry games. Denver and North Dakota is an exciting, historic rivalry. On Friday night, due to COVID-19, not a single fan attended the game in the Pod. Baxter Arena in Omaha was empty except for the people working the game and some fan cutouts. If you watched...
Originally posted here. The University of North Dakota men's hockey team played for the first time in 270 days and they continued with their winning ways. Ironically, the Fighting Hawks returned to the arena where they played their final game of the 2019-20 season. ...
Grand Forks, ND – The more things change, the more they stay the same. This all seems familiar. After a two-year hiatus from the NCAA Tourney, the University of North Dakota hockey team is headed back to the NCAA tourney as one of the top seeds. After an impressive...
The University of North Dakota inched closer to clinching the Penrose Cup with a 3-1 victory against Western Michigan. With the win UND improved to 24-4-4 (.813), 15-3-3 NCHC (.786). The Hawks own a 17-1 record in the friendly confines of Ralph Engelstad Arena. During...
Grand Forks, ND –The University of North Dakota inched closer to winning its third-ever Penrose Cup with a 3-1 victory over Western Michigan University. With the win, UND maintained a six-point lead over second-place Minnesota Duluth with three games remaining....
Grand Forks, ND – The University of North Dakota and Denver are rivals. Neither team likes the other very much. The players on both sides look forward to this series every season. This season, the Fighting Hawks have gotten the better of the Pioneers. Entering season...
The University of North Dakota and Denver hockey teams don’t like each other. Through the years, the series has resembled the Hatfields and McCoys feud. What’s even more ironic is the two teams played on Valentine’s Day. On Friday night, when it was all said and done,...
Grand Forks, ND -- After a week off, the University of North Dakota took it to the Denver Pioneers. The Fighting Hawks scored once in the first, twice in the second and one in the third period to race past the Denver Pioneers 4-1. Pioneers forward Bobby Brink scored...
Grand Forks, ND – The National Collegiate Hockey Conference is a tough conference and some have said the league’s regular-season trophy should be a meatgrinder. On Friday night, the last-place Colorado College Tigers gave top-ranked North Dakota all they could handle....
The University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks beat the Colorado College Tigers 1-0 in an important conference matchup. The game was scoreless until the 10:23 mark of the third period. Freshman forward Shane Pinto scored the games only goal on the power play. [gallery...
Grand Forks, ND – Sometimes you have to wait for your opportunity. That’s exactly what happened to UND Junior goalie Peter Thome. Through the first 19 games of the season, Thome sat on the bench and watched Adam Scheel rack up wins and accolades. Suddenly, Thome’s...
This past weekend, the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks split their weekend series (3-6 L, 4-1 W) with the Omaha Mavericks. Here are some images from Saturday's 4-1 win. With the win, the Fighting Hawks improve to 17-2-2 overall and 8-1-1 in the NCHC. With...
Grand Forks, ND -- How a team responds after a bad game, says a lot about their character. After losing Friday's game 6-3 to the Omaha Mavericks, the University of North Dakota hockey team refocused their efforts and secured a 4-1 decision. From the drop of the first...
Grand Forks, ND -- The University of North Dakota lost 6-3 to the Omaha Mavericks It was UND's first loss since October 19, 2019 (2-1 loss to Minnesota State). UND was on a 13-game winning streak at home (dating back to last March) and lost at home for the first time...
Grand Forks, ND – All good things must come to an end. With that said, not all is lost. The sun will come up on Saturday. Metaphorically speaking. For the second time in the last three games, the University of North Dakota gave up the game’s first goal, in the first...
Grand Forks, ND – What a difference a year makes. A year ago, the University of North Dakota hockey team returned from Buffalo, New York empty-handed after losing a pair of non-conference games to Canisius College. This non-conference debacle torpedoed any hope, UND...
Grand Forks, ND -- The University of North Dakota completed a two-game non-conference sweep of the University of Alabama-Huntsville with a series-clinching 5-2 win. With the win on Saturday, UND set a record for most consecutive wins at Ralph Engelstad Arena at 13....
Grand Forks, ND – On Friday night, the University of North Dakota Hockey team returned to Ralph Engelstad Arena after a long absence and extended its unbeaten streak to 14 games. Since losing 2-1 to Minnesota State on October 19, 2019, the Fighting Hawks have gone an...
Grand Forks, ND -- The University of North Dakota beat the University of Alabama Hunstville 5-2 in a non-conference matchup. The Chargers would score the games first goal 18 seconds into the first period. About 13 minutes later in the first, Fighting Hawks junior...
UND sweeps the SCSU Huskies (4-2 W, 2-1 OT Win). With the win, UND (10-1-2, 5-0-1 NCHC) sits atop of the NCHC standings. Through six games, UND has taken 17 of 18 points. Next weekend, UND travels to Minneapolis, MN, to take on their hated rival, the Minnesota Golden...
