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Lately, it has seemed if the North Dakota Fighting Sioux want to get to the Frozen Four championship game, they’ll want to avoid Boston College. Unless, of course, they see the Eagles in the NCAA regionals — then they’ve got a shot. For the third time in as many years, Dave Hakstol’s squad fell to … Read more
Mike Brennan realized he wasn’t going to morph into the second coming of Bobby Orr or Ray Bourque when he accepted a scholarship to Boston College four years ago. A senior defenseman and the Eagles’ captain this season, Brennan has played in all 166 games in his career but has scored only seven goals and … Read more
Midway through the first period of the first semifinal game Thursday night in Denver, Boston College held a one-goal lead over North Dakota, but the Sioux were going on a power play. For an offensively-explosive team like North Dakota, it presented a perfect opportunity to get back into the game. Boston College’s Nathan Gerbe had … Read more
One Last Time This is the third straight Frozen Four appearance for Boston College, and the fourth for North Dakota. Every senior on the ice tonight has had his season ended, at some point in his career, by the seniors on the other side of the puck. This is the third year in a row … Read more
One of the most difficult things to have in sports is regrets. When you’re on the national stage such as Michigan was at the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night, that statement is magnified. The Wolverines’ regret came in the form of the opening 20 minutes of its national semifinal game against Notre Dame. Michigan started … Read more
Another Frozen Four. Ho hum. Another national championship game. Big deal. The Orpik family might be forgiven if its members reacted with yawns to Boston College’s 6-1 shellacking of North Dakota. So what if the Eagles advanced to a third straight NCAA title contest? Isn’t that what’s supposed to happen? The Orpiks are now six-for-six … Read more
When reporters were allowed to enter the North Dakota locker room after Thursday’s national semifinal, many headed straight to Jean-Philippe Lamoureux. The senior goaltender, still in his uniform and pads, stood up from his chair and faced over six minutes of direct questioning about what had to be one of the more painful nights of … Read more
Michigan vs. Notre Dame Thursday, 7 p.m. MT, Pepsi Center, Denver Michigan Wolverines Record: 33-5-4, 20-4-4 CCHA (first) Seed: No. 1 overall, No. 1 East Road to Frozen Four: Beat Niagara 5-1; beat Clarkson 2-0 2007 NCAA tournament: Lost in regional semifinal It’s hard to think of the Wolverines as anybody’s Cinderella, but given the … Read more
Ryan Duncan’s numbers may be down when compared with his Hobey Baker-winning campaign a year ago, but the forward is more concerned with team success. Patrick C. Miller conducts a Q&A with the Fighting Sioux junior.
It’s extremely difficult to predict much in the game of college hockey, but as we head into Thursday’s opening semifinal game between Boston College and North Dakota, you almost get the feeling that people saw this game coming. Ignore the fact that this is the third time the two teams have faced one another in … Read more
Possibly the story of the weekend at the Frozen Four will be Notre Dame making its first appearance in school history on college hockey’s ultimate stage. No team has made its Frozen Four debut since 1998, which Ohio State reach the pinnacle for the first time. One thing that will help the Fighting Irish, though, … Read more
Possibly the story of the weekend at the Frozen Four will be Notre Dame making its first appearance in school history on college hockey’s ultimate stage. No team has made its Frozen Four debut since 1998, which Ohio State reach the pinnacle for the first time. One thing that will help the Fighting Irish, though, … Read more
North Dakota vs. Boston College Thursday, 4 p.m. MT, Pepsi Center, Denver North Dakota Fighting Sioux Record: 28-10-4, 18-7-3 WCHA (second) Seed: No. 3 overall, No. 1 Midwest Road to Frozen Four: Beat Princeton, 5-1; beat Wisconsin, 3-2 (ot) 2007 NCAA tournament: Lost in national semifinal They’re ba-ack. The Fighting Sioux have once again made … Read more
In the history of the NCAA, many teams have won championships in sponsored sports, and many more have made the national playoffs. But few have achieved the trifecta — appearing in the NCAA playoffs in all three NCAA divisions. Russell Jaslow presents a research article which may surprise.
Notre Dame has reached new heights since Jeff Jackson’s arrival as head coach, and the Fighting Irish owe much to an old hand on the bench in Andy Slaggert. Paula C. Weston reports.
It’s not often that the worlds of presidential politics and college hockey collide, but when they do, smart politicians know that they way to North Dakotans’ hearts is through the Fighting Sioux hockey team. Presidential contenders Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton both came to Grand Forks last Friday to address the state Democratic … Read more
The usual perception may be otherwise, but local talent has been a big part of the success this year — and in past seasons — at North Dakota, Patrick C. Miller finds.
For Notre Dame’s Dan VeNard, hockey hasn’t been easy, and he has the scars to prove it. But the winner of the Terry Flanagan Memorial Award is more than the sum of his parts. Mike Scandura reports.
For a week, Wisconsin had an angel sitting on its shoulder as the Badgers marched to the Midwest Regional final. That ended Sunday, Eric Levine finds.
Eight times in 11 years, Boston College has been to the Frozen Four. If the Eagles win the NCAA title this year, do they become a dynasty? Dave Henrickson reports.