UND Hockey: Age Not a Factor for Dillon Simpson Eric Burton | October 7, 2013 UND senior defenseman Dillon Simpson has been at the University of North Dakota for three seasons and there are incoming freshman on the UND hockey team that are older than…
UND Hockey: Two Headed Monster in Net for UND Eric Burton | October 4, 2013 While the University of North Dakota hockey team might have a lot of new players joining the team this season, the UND hockey team has a lot of experience at the…
UND Hockey: A Season of Change Eric Burton | October 3, 2013 The theme of the 2013-14 University of North Dakota hockey team is change. First, there’s a new league, the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. The NCHC will begin play on October…
WCHA Hockey: League Partners with American One to Showcase League Play Eric Burton | September 26, 2013 Today, I was able to listen to the WCHA’s preseason media teleconference with the men’s head coaches and league officials. There were a few issues from the conference call that…
The Rise of ACHA Division I Hockey The Hockey Writers | September 19, 2013 It has been an interesting decade for the American Collegiate Hockey Association. I have been fortunate enough the see the rise of the ACHA first hand, especially at the Division…
UND Hockey: Two Cousins set to make Debut for UND Eric Burton | September 18, 2013 During the 2012-13 season, the University of North Dakota hockey team had no players from the state of North Dakota on their roster. Not one single player. That’s about to…
College Hockey: Tallying up the College Hockey Outdoor Games Eric Burton | September 13, 2013 One of the hot topics of discussion this past summer has been the enormous number of outdoor hockey games that hockey is about to embark on this winter. If we…
NCHC Hockey: Top Stories Surrounding New League Eric Burton | September 4, 2013 Fall is approaching and that means that college hockey is just around the corner. Of course, if you look at the thermometer, the weather right now isn’t all that conducive…
UND Hockey: Remembering the ‘Old Ralph’ Engelstad Arena Eric Burton | August 20, 2013 The University of North Dakota hockey team played their games in the “old” Ralph Engelstad Arena, a 6,067-seat multi-purpose arena, from 1972-2001. During this time in UND’s storied history, the university won…
NCHC Hockey: Conference to use Shootouts to Break Ties Eric Burton | August 15, 2013 Today, it was announced, that the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) will use the shootout to break ties during conference match-ups, if the game is tied after a standard five-minute…
NCAA Hockey: Is Expansion around the Corner? Eric Burton | August 12, 2013 With the University of North Dakota and Princeton University traveling to Burnaby, British Columbia to play in the Great Northwest Showcase in early January 2014. I asked myself the question,…
NCAA Hockey: Dog Days of Summer Eric Burton | August 2, 2013 The dog days of summer are in full swing. In my opinion, this is the worst time of the year, for the college hockey fan. During the dead of summer,…