GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Two North Dakota hockey players will continue their careers up north. The Ottawa Senators have signed defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker to a three-year entry level contract. The Sens drafted him 26th overall in the NHL entry draft in 2019. Once going through a mandatory quarantine period, Bernard-Docker can immediately join the team. In the NCHC, JBD was…
GRAND FORKS, N.D.—(UND ATHLETICS) After leading his team to back-to-back National Collegiate Hockey Conference regular season titles and last night’s NCHC Frozen Faceoff Tournament championship, UND sophomore forward has been named a Hobey Baker Award finalist. Pinto was the unanimous selection as the league’s Player of the Year and was also picked the forward and defensive forward of the year…
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…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — In eight years playing in the NCHC there is one goal left for North Dakota hockey to accomplish and its winning the conference tournament. That opportunity will be presented this weekend as the Frozen Face-off starts Friday — at Ralph Engelstad Arena. The Fighting Hawks already captured one piece of hardware winning the Penrose Cup. It…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.– (UND Athletics) The University of North Dakota hockey team made an impressive run though the regular season, going 26-5-4 and grabbing the No. 1 spot in the NCAA Pairwise Rankings. Individual honors continue to pour in as today junior Hobey Baker Award finalist Jordan Kawaguchi was dubbed the NCHC’s Forward of the Year and freshman Shane Pinto was named the NCHC Rookie…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. –UND opened up the season in dominating fashion. The Fighting Hawks completed a two-game sweep over Canisius in their opening weekend, outscoring their opponent 13-1 as 10 different UND players finished the series with a goal. Things get a lot more difficult this weekend as they head on the road to take on the No. 2 team…
VANCOUVER, Canada — Six future UND players were taken in the 2019 NHL Draft. That is the most selected for the Fighting Hawks since 2013. Shane Pinto was the Hawks top choice. He was selected by the Ottawa Senators with the 32nd overall pick. That means three Senator draftees will play for the hawks next season as Pinto joins teammates…
