North Dakota recruit Derek Forbort is the highest ranked North American skater connected to a college team on the final NHL Central Scouting rankings for the 2010 draft. Forbort, a defenseman who plays for the U.S. National Team Development Program, is ranked ninth, up two spots from the midterm rankings. He’s scheduled to join the … Read more
Yale enjoys the underdog role as it wins its first NCAA game since 1952.
NORTHEAST REGIONAL DATA Venue: DCU Center, Worcester, Mass. Ticket info: Click here (opens new window). Schedule: Boston College vs. Alaska, 1:30 p.m. Eastern Saturday; North Dakota vs. Yale, 5 p.m. Saturday; semifinal winners, 5:30 p.m. Sunday. ABOUT THE TEAMS Boston College Record: 25-10-3 (16-8-3 Hockey East, 2nd place) NCAA tournament appearances: 29 (37-37, 3 national … Read more
USCHO national columnist Dave Starman checks out the game-by-game results for each of the 16 teams in the NCAA tournament and comes away with some observations.
There’s a good reason to cheer for each of the 16 teams in the 2010 NCAA tournament, and USCHO national columnist Dave Starman breaks them down.
Brad Eidsness gave up two goals in the first 55 seconds of the WCHA championship game, but his North Dakota teammates picked him up. Tyler Buckentine reports.
Denver now has good reason to be up for Saturday’s third-place game — a chance to redeem itself. Theresa Spisak reports.
North Dakota held Minnesota-Duluth scoreless on five power play chances and scored shorthanded in a Final Five victory.
The WCHA suspended North Dakota’s Matt Frattin late Monday for the forward’s hit on Minnesota’s Kevin Wehrs on Sunday. Frattin, a junior, was called for a major contact-to-the-head penalty in the second period of Sunday’s WCHA playoff series-clinching victory. He will be out of the lineup for the Fighting Sioux’s WCHA Final Five play-in game … Read more
The patented North Dakota second-half surge might look a little different this year, but the Sioux are definitely peaking toward the end of the season again. After five weeks outside the top five of the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, North Dakota is back in, checking in Monday at No. 5 and with a seven-game … Read more
North Dakota forward Matt Frattin has been acquitted on drunk driving charges, the Grand Forks Herald reported. A jury of six Grand Forks County (N.D.) residents delivered a not guilty verdict after less than 30 minutes of deliberation on Tuesday, the newspaper reported. Frattin, a junior, was dismissed from the team in August for what … Read more
The Details Who: Colgate (7-6-4), Niagara (3-10-2), No. 6 North Dakota (9-6-3), No. 20 Notre Dame (8-8-4) When: Saturday, Jan. 2 and Sunday, Jan. 3 Where: Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates, Ill. Tickets: Click here (new window) Saturday’s games: Niagara vs. North Dakota, 3 p.m. Central; Colgate vs. Notre Dame, 6 p.m. Sunday’s games: Niagara/North Dakota … Read more
Forward Matt Frattin, dismissed from the North Dakota team in August because of a violation of team rules, is back practicing with the Fighting Sioux, the school announced Tuesday. Frattin, a junior, has enrolled in spring semester classes at North Dakota and is eligible to play beginning with the Sioux’s game against Niagara at the … Read more
Except for the last few games of the season, last year seemingly panned out the way the last few have for North Dakota: struggle early, surge in the second half, end up in the top half in the league (maybe or maybe not winning the MacNaughton Cup). The difference is that each first-half struggle is … Read more
Denver is the runaway favorite to win the WCHA this season according to both the league’s coaches and media. The Pioneers took eight of the 10 first-place votes in the Grand Forks Herald coaches poll, while 23 of the 25 voters in the madison.com media poll put Denver first. North Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota and St. … Read more
Three-time Olympians Jenny Potter and Angela Ruggiero were announced Monday as part of the 23-player United States Women’s National Team roster. PICTORIAL: The U.S. Women’s National Team The team, based in the Minneapolis area, will take part in a 10-game, nine-city national tour ahead of the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. Twenty-one players will make … Read more
North Dakota has dismissed junior forward Matt Frattin after his second run-in with the law this offseason. Frattin, 21, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence on Wednesday, according to a team statement. Coach Dave Hakstol announced Frattin’s dismissal for a violation of team rules. Matt Frattin “This decision was made with the … Read more
North Dakota has suspended forward Matt Frattin for two games and reduced his scholarship money after he and a former Fighting Sioux player were arrested early Tuesday for disorderly conduct. The Grand Forks Herald also reported that the school is ordering Frattin to attend counseling. Frattin and former North Dakota defenseman Joe Finley were arrested, … Read more
North Dakota has until Oct. 1 to get a long-term approval from two tribes to use its Fighting Sioux nickname, and that doesn’t appear likely. The North Dakota Board of Higher Education voted 8-0 Thursday to retire the nickname, which dates to the 1930s, if a 30-year approval agreement can’t be reached with the Standing … Read more
They came into their Northeast Regional semifinal game with similar streaks for consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. Trailing only Michigan, New Hampshire had earned its eighth straight berth to North Dakota’s seven. The two teams shared other similarities. On the plus side: some of the most highly skilled players in the country and a penchant for … Read more