Matthew Semisch

North Dakota has made quite the habit during coach Dave Hakstol’s tenure of starting seasons slowly before turning things around through the second half.

Following North Dakota’s 2-1 double-overtime Midwest Regional final victory over Ferris State two weeks ago, most of the praise was heaped upon one of UND’s leading lights and also upon one of the team’s more unsung heroes.

The last time North Dakota met archrival Minnesota in a NCAA tournament game, things could’ve gone quite a lot better for UND than they did.

Going into the final night of the NCHC’s inaugural regular season, none of the league’s eight teams knew for sure who they would be playing in the first round of the league playoffs, and that’s undoubtedly what the league’s front office in Colorado Springs wanted. Now that we know who’s playing who and where, though, … Read more

[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G00004xkbG2tcGFg” g_name=”20140301-Omaha-ColoradoCollege-MBishop” 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.Y673t1Y2aC4mzw0UFzHL0FkbS8_.ywdiQyocVXcp4LewGrGepfw–” ] OMAHA, Neb. — Heading into Saturday’s game against Colorado College, Nebraska-Omaha senior defenseman Michael Young had 10 goals to … Read more

[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000C3GscF460Wk” g_name=”20140228-Omaha-ColoradoCollege-MBishop” 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.Y673s6RfHqyS76VWcL0sOeTxbpKtcR6wlAxDNEg3rYE2WfhGYaQ–” ] OMAHA, Neb. — Finally nearing the end of a difficult week for the Nebraska-Omaha hockey program and its school … Read more

One of the things the NCHC has undoubtedly hoped for in its inaugural season is about to come to fruition. The Penrose Cup, the new mammoth chalice awarded to the league’s regular season champion, will be on display this next weekend at St. Cloud State’s Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. That much was decided ahead … Read more

OMAHA, Neb. — It’s not very often Denver backup goaltender Evan Cowley sees playing time. In fact, the only game he’d appeared in coming into Saturday was way back on Oct. 19. When Pioneers coach Jim Montgomery gave him the nod Saturday, however, partly to send the rest of his team a message to stop … Read more

OMAHA, Neb. — Whenever Nebraska-Omaha has needed a big goal this season to give the Mavericks a boost, forward Josh Archibald and his extraordinary speed have come very much in handy. Archibald came up big twice for UNO Friday against No. 18 Denver, scoring his NCHC-leading 22nd and 23rd goals of the season en route … Read more