Posts About "University of North Dakota"
NCAA Hockey National Championship History: The 1990s
June 19th, 2020 *This post is the fifth installment in a series that looks at the NCAA men's ice hockey national champions, beginning with the 1940s. Here are the decades that have already been covered: NCAA Hockey National Championship History: The 1940s & 1950sNCAA Hockey National Championship History: The 1960sNCAA Hockey National...
NCAA Hockey National Championship History: The 1980s
June 12th, 2020 Since the initial NCAA tournament in Colorado Springs in 1948, 72 programs have been crowned the best team in college hockey in the United States. Some have won more than others, but all are proud to be champions, even if it was only once. When the 1980s came around, the landscape began to shift ever so slightly. The WCHA still had...
Kings' Forbort on the Precipice of Good
March 29th, 2018 On Monday night, the Los Angeles Kings exorcised some of their inner demons by appropriately dismantling the inferior Calgary Flames by the score of 3-0. With five games remaining in the team's regular season, four of which are at home, the Kings are in an advantageous position to clinch a playoff spot. The 2017-18 campaign has been...
The University of North Dakota’s Bad Day
March 30th, 2017 Wednesday the University of North Dakota announced that it was eliminating their women's division I hockey program. After being known as a hockey school in both men's and women's hockey, that's no longer true. Moving forward, the Ralph Engelstad Arena will be home to only one tenant. On March 4, 2017, the Fighting Hawks women played...
3 Things from the NCAA West Regional Championship
March 28th, 2017 This past weekend, the University of Minnesota-Duluth won the NCAA West Regional Championship beating Boston University 3-2 in overtime. All three regional games went to overtime, that's the first time that's happened since the NCAA went to four regional championships. In the end, the Bulldogs won two hard-fought, overtime games to...
No Short Cuts for Matt Hrynkiw
March 10th, 2017 Historically, role players have contributed to the University of North Dakota's success. Recently, that role player is backup goalie Matt Hrynkiw. Hrynkiw arrived at UND at the beginning of the 2013-14 season, and during his first two seasons he played less than 10 minutes in a couple of exhibition games. While some players would've...
3 Things from Fighting Hawks vs. RedHawks
March 7th, 2017 College hockey's March Madness is officially here. This weekend, the National Collegiate Hockey Conference begins their conference playoffs. Entering the NCHC playoffs, the University of North Dakota accomplished something it hadn’t done in the past two months: it swept an opponent. Last weekend, the Fighting Hawks traveled to Oxford,...
UND Hockey: All Business
March 3rd, 2017 The end of the regular season is winding down and the University of North Dakota hockey team is tied for fourth place in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference standings. The Fighting Hawks control their own destiny, but they need to sweep the Miami RedHawks in Oxford, Ohio, if they want to host a first round NCHC playoff series. They...
3 Things From Mavericks vs. Hawks
February 27th, 2017 Saturday, the University of North Dakota was shutout for the fifth time during the 2016-17 season. With a series split, UND falls to 16-14-3, 9-12-1 NCHC. Here's how things shook out this past weekend: St. Cloud State was swept by Denver, and UND split their series with the Mavericks. Surprisingly, this past weekend's split didn’t...
UND vs. UMN, 3 Things
November 7th, 2016 Oh, what a difference a year makes. In the past two weeks, the University of North Dakota Hockey team has come up empty. The Fighting Hawks are 0-3-1 in their last four games and have been outscored 7-15. They've also been shutout twice. That's the first time that UND has been shut out on consecutive weekends since November...
2 Things to Know About Every Frozen Four Team
April 7th, 2016 The Frozen Four kicks off Thursday with semifinal matches between NCHC rivals Denver and North Dakota, as well as the No. 1 ranked Quinnipiac facing the the annually competitive Boston College. Here are two things to know about all four teams competing for a National Championship at Tampa's Amalie arena this weekend. BOSTON...
Frozen Four: Fighting Hawks vs. Pioneers
April 6th, 2016 This Thursday, the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks will take on the Denver Pioneers in the semifinals of the NCAA’s Frozen Four. This will be the sixth time the two teams have played this season. The winner will advance to the championship game of the Frozen Four. Loser goes home. Series History All-Time, North Dakota...
Fighting Hawks and Bulldogs: 3 Things
March 22nd, 2016 This past weekend, the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks lost and tied in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference’s Frozen Faceoff. All-time, UND has a 1-4-1 (.250) record in the Frozen Faceoff. There's one thing to consider. The last two seasons, UND already had an NCAA number one seed locked up before the Frozen Faceoff...
