GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics) – North Dakota sophomore forward Ludvig Hoff has been selected to represent his native Norway at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Hoff, a native of Oslo, will become the 29th UND product to compete in men’s hockey at the Winter Olympics and the first to represent Norway. Earlier this month, former UND All-America defenseman Chay…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — UND hockey will be seeing a whole lot of more green in the stands this weekend with a scheduled green out for its home series against Denver. And maybe that’ll bring the Fighting Hawks some luck after losing two straight to Minnesota-Duluth last weekend. UND gave up six power play goals in those pair of losses,…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — After eight consecutive losses, UND men’s basketball has finally turned a new leaf. The Fighting Hawks won their last three matchups, including last night’s 86-77 victory over rival, NDSU. UND committed a season-low five turnovers in Tuesday’s victory, while forcing the Bison into 17 turnovers. The Hawks say the biggest key in their last three contests,…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — UND Hockey has a tall task ahead of it. Four of the Fighting Hawks’ next six opponents rank in the top 15 in the USCHO poll, starting with No. 14 Minnesota Duluth this coming weekend. The Bulldogs topped the Hawks in all five matchups last season, including the NCHC Frozen Faceoff Championship. UND says it’s not…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — After former athletic director Brian Faison retired in the fall of 2017, it has been a task for the UND administration to find his successor. Tuesday they did announcing former Eastern Washington Athletic Director Bill Chaves to the same position. “With Bill Chaves you have somebody who has a decade of experience in Division I,” UND…
FARGO, N.D. (UND Athletics) — North Dakota used a 3-point barrage in the opening half and held off a late run by North Dakota State to pick up an 86-77 victory over the Bison Tuesday at Scheels Center. Sophomore Marlon Stewart led five Fighting Hawks (7-11) in double figures with 20 points as the road team picked up the fifth-straight win…
FARGO, N.D. — For the first time in Dave Richman’s tenure as NDSU men’s basketball head coach, the Bison will be facing North Dakota in the middle of conference play. NDSU beat the Fighting Hawks in December in the first part of the home-and-home series. Now the two teams are meeting up on Tuesday. “When Brian and I agreed to…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Seventh-ranked North Dakota skated to a 2-2 tie with unranked Bemidji State on Saturday night. The Fighting Hawks went 1-0-1 in the home-and-home series to finish non-conference play. North Dakota will return to NCHC play the rest of the regular season. Christian Wolanin netted his 7th goal of the season for the Hawks in the tie….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics) — Junior Geno Crandall scored a game-high 25 points and sophomore Kienan Walter added a career-high 16 off the bench to lead North Dakota to an 89-79 victory over Weber State in Big Sky play Saturday at The Betty. Crandall had 16 points in the second half that saw the Wildcats trim their nine-point halftime deficit down to two, but…
GRAND FORKS, N.D — North Dakota is wrapping up its non-conference schedule with a home-and-home series against an old WCHA rival Bemidji state. The Beavers enter the series boasting a very similar resume to the fighting hawks…including an identical 11-6-and 5 record, the same top 13 national rank in scoring defense and penalty kill and both have an average goal…
