GRAND FORKS, N.D. — (UND ATHLETICS) Senior forward Mark Senden has been named the 2021-22 University of North Dakota hockey captain in a vote by his peers on Thursday. Joining him in the leadership group are fellow senior and now two-time assistant captain Jasper Weatherby, senior forward Gavin Hain, junior defenseman Ethan Frisch and sophomore defenseman Jake Sanderson, who will…
FARGO, N.D. — With how hot it has been outside it’s time to think cooler thoughts especially or all those North Dakota hockey fans out there. The 2021-22 season schedule is out!. There are 11 non-conference games featured including two home series with Cornell and Minnesota over thanksgiving weekend and the second week in January. A road match-up against Quinnipiac…
FARGO, N.D. — A familiar face is heading up the NHL’s newest franchise next season as former North Dakota hockey player and coach Dave Hakstol was hired to be the head coach of the Seattle Kraken. Hakstol returns to a bench boss position after being let go by the Philadelphia Flyers in 2019. With UND, he led the Fighting Hawks…
GRAND FORKS, N.D — Forward Grant Mismash becomes the sixth North Dakota hockey player this week to sign a pro deal. Mismash put pen to paper on a two year contract with the team that drafted in the second round back in 2017, the Nashville Predators. The senior had a career year in 2021 scoring ten goals and adding 9…
GRAND FORKS, N.D — After the college hockey season comes to an end there is a decision that every player needs to make: Should I stay or should I go? That was the case for five North Dakota players this week signing NHL deals. Two of them, D-line mates Jacob Bernard-Docker (Ottawa Senators) and Matt Kiersted (Florida Panthers) were introduced…
GRAND FORKS, N.D — The captain has signed. North Dakota hockey’s Jordan Kawaguchi is heading to the Dallas Stars on an entry level deal. The 2020 NCHC forward of the year will report to the organization’s AHL affiliate, the Texas Stars on an amateur tryout for the rest of the season. Kawaguchi ranked third in the NCAA with 26 assists…
FARGO, N.D. — In their first NCAA Tournament Regional game since 2017, number one seed North Dakota hockey came out and beat the four seed American International, 5-1, at Scheels Arena. The Fighting Hawks were firing on all cylinders in the first period with four goals, two coming for forward Jasper Weatherby. Senior Collin Adams also had two goals in…
FARGO, N.D.— (UND ATHLETICS) Friday’s first NCAA Division I Men’s Hockey Midwest Regional Tournament semifinal game with second-seed Michigan and three-seed Minnesota Duluth will not be contested due to COVID-19 protocols within the Michigan program. Friday night’s second semifinal with top-seed North Dakota hosting American International College has been moved to a 7:32 p.m. puck drop on ESPN3 live from…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota hockey was selected as the number one overall seed as the NCAA Tournament bracket was revealed Sunday night. It gets them back in the tournament for the first time in four years looking for their ninth title in 33 appearances. The Fighting Hawks host the Midwest regional at Scheels Arena playing there for the…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.– (UND Athletics) Following up on his All-National Collegiate Hockey Confernce First Team selection as well as the league’s forward and defensive forward of the year wins, sophomore Shane Pinto today was named the NCHC Player of the Year. He becomes the first UND player to win the award in the eight years of the conference and the first…
