Matthew Semisch
In-season polls don’t mean as much to Omaha coach Dean Blais as other perhaps more quantifiable things do. Take league points, for instance. Earning plenty of those automatically takes care of other potential concerns. A team that’s strong in its own conference is bound to pick up national attention. As UNO prepares to open NCHC … Read more
A few of the bigger talking points from around the NCHC landscape this weekend. UND digs out of early holes again We’re talking about a small sample size just five games into the season, but North Dakota doesn’t seem to have much trouble erasing early deficits. The top-ranked Fighting Hawks have now given up the … Read more
A few of the bigger talking points from around the NCHC landscape this weekend. UND digs out of early holes again We’re talking about a small sample size just five games into the season, but North Dakota doesn’t seem to have much trouble erasing early deficits. The top-ranked Fighting Hawks have now given up the … Read more
After North Dakota defeated visiting nonconference foe Rensselaer 5-2 on Saturday, UND freshman forward Ludvig Hoff joked about a “Euro connection” forming on the Fighting Hawks’ roster. Earlier that night, the on-ice chemistry showing between Hoff and linemate Joel Janatuinen was no laughing matter for RPI. Janatuinen, a sophomore forward from Espoo, Finland, recorded his … Read more
Title defense starts brightly North Dakota began its quest for a ninth national championship and second in two years strongly. Atlantic Hockey’s Canisius was the Fighting Hawks’ first test this past weekend in Grand Forks, and UND ran into few problems while winning both games of the teams’ series by a combined 10-1. UND’s offense … Read more
Title defense starts brightly North Dakota began its quest for a ninth national championship and second in two years strongly. Atlantic Hockey’s Canisius was the Fighting Hawks’ first test this past weekend in Grand Forks, and UND ran into few problems while winning both games of the teams’ series by a combined 10-1. UND’s offense … Read more
The NCHC was a difficult enough conference to succeed in before one of its member teams won a national championship. Don’t expect that to change in the wake of North Dakota’s title success earlier this year. If anything, the grind is likely to now become even more brutal. Half of the eight-team league qualified for … Read more
The Fighting Hawks rebounded from a poor weekend in the NCHC tournament to roll through the Midwest Regional.
The senior defenseman, one of five finalists for the 2016 Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented by BNY Mellon Wealth Management, helped to found Do It For Daron after her sister’s suicide.
Our NCHC weekend wrap-up typically goes over three of the bigger talking points from recent action. So as to not slight one of the fourth playoff quarterfinal series that took place this week, however, we’ll go over each series. North Dakota rolls past CC Thanks to 7-1 and 5-1 victories this weekend over Colorado College, … Read more
Our NCHC weekend wrap-up typically goes over three of the bigger talking points from recent action. So as to not slight one of the fourth playoff quarterfinal series that took place this week, however, we’ll go over each series. North Dakota rolls past CC Thanks to 7-1 and 5-1 victories this weekend over Colorado College, … Read more
[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000EvZGykjiVK8″ g_name=”20160312-Colorado-College-University-of-North-Dakota-Bradley-K-Olson” f_show_caption=”t” f_show_slidenum=”t” img_title=”casc” pho_credit=”iptc” f_link=”t” f_bbar=”t” fsvis=”f” width=”500″ height=”375″ bgcolor=”#AAAAAA” bgtrans=”t” btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” crop=”f” trans=”xfade” tbs=”4000″ f_ap=”t” linkdest=”c” f_fullscreen=”f” f_constrain=”f” twoup=”f” f_topbar=”f” f_bbarbig=”” f_htmllinks=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”f” f_show_watermark=”f” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”f” f_up=”f” target=”_self” wmds=”llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.f3NktKr2vTPwzLHM3YbMPSHji.9xyVlV92rfWpjZKz734Wjgf7Q–” ] GRAND FORKS, N.D. – On Saturday night, second-ranked North Dakota ended Colorado College’s season in what felt at times like … Read more
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Four league teams are in position for an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the playoffs start.
The third regular season of NCHC hockey is in the books. Here are a few of the bigger talking points from the final weekend before the playoffs begin next weekend: North Dakota wins Penrose Cup outright To claim sole ownership of the NCHC regular season title, all North Dakota needed this weekend was one point … Read more
The third regular season of NCHC hockey is in the books. Here are a few of the bigger talking points from the final weekend before the playoffs begin next weekend: North Dakota wins Penrose Cup outright To claim sole ownership of the NCHC regular season title, all North Dakota needed this weekend was one point … Read more
The Fighting Hawks have clinched at least a share of the Penrose Cup; they can make it theirs alone with at least one point against Western Michigan.
A busy weekend of NCHC hockey gave us plenty of talking points. Here are three of the bigger ones that stood out: UND takes all six points at home North Dakota is in a tight race with St. Cloud State atop the NCHC standings, and the Fighting Hawks kept up their end of the bargain … Read more
A busy weekend of NCHC hockey gave us plenty of talking points. Here are three of the bigger ones that stood out: UND takes all six points at home North Dakota is in a tight race with St. Cloud State atop the NCHC standings, and the Fighting Hawks kept up their end of the bargain … Read more
The league has four teams in the top nine of the PairWise Rankings.