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UND’s Jordan Kawaguchi named USCHO Player of the Year

Kawaguchi is a an all NCHC First-team selection and a Hobey Baker Award finalist
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GRAND FORKS,  N.D.– The University of North Dakota hockey team continued to be recognized for its stellar season with more national honors Friday. Head coach Brad Berry was named the national coach of the year by both USCHO.com and College Hockey News while junior forward Jordan Kawaguchi was dubbed the USCHO.com Player of the Year. Berry, in his fifth year, guided North Dakota to a…

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UND Hockey’s Smith Signs With NHL’s Nashville Predators

11 goals this season (career-high)
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NASHVILLE, Tenn .— (UND Athletics) Senior alternate captain Cole Smith has signed an NHL free agent deal with the Nashville Predators, announced Thursday. A Brainerd, Minn., native, Smith scored a career-high 11 goals this season to give him 24 for his career. He was a positive plus/minus rating in each of the past three seasons and is a finalist for the…

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UND Hockey: Brad Berry Named USCHO Coach of the Year; Jordan Kawaguchi Hobey Baker Finalist

Postseason Awards Dished Out to UND Hockey With End to Winter Sports Season
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. — (UND Athletics)  Postseason awards are starting to accumulate for the University of North Dakota hockey team after a memorable 26-5-4 season in 2019-20. Fifth-year head coach Brad Berry was named the USCHO.com’s Coach of the Year while junior forward and Hobey Baker Award finalist Jordan Kawaguchi was honored on the website’s All-America First Team. Berry and the Fighting Hawks enjoyed…

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UND Hockey Grateful for Home Ice in Opening Round of NCHC Playoffs

UND missed out on home ice advantage in round one last year for the first time in 17 years
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota hockey will be staying put for the opening round of the postseason. The Fighting Hawks are set to host the No. 8 seed, Colorado College, at home in the NCHC playoffs. Being at home tastes a whole lot sweeter than it has in the past, as the team remembers all too well what happened…

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UND Hockey Aims for Sole Possession of the Penrose Cup in Regular Season Finale

The Fighting Hawks already have clinched a share of the trophy, but need one more point to secure the cup outright
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. — With a sweep against Western Michigan, UND hockey officially clinched it’s share of the Penrose Cup, but  there is still something to fight for in the Hawks last regular season series against Omaha, as UND has a chance to clinch that trophy outright. “We want to own the Penrose trophy outright,” head coach Brad Berry said….
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UND Hockey Uses “Next-man-up” Mentality in St. Cloud State Series

The Fighting Hawks were without their top two goal scorers in Jordan Kawaguchi and Shane Pinto
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. — For the first time since October, UND hockey finished a weekend without a win, ending a series against St. Cloud State with a loss and a tie. On Saturday night, the Hawks were without two of their top goal scorers as Jordan Kawaguchi sat out with an undisclosed injury and Shane Pinto was ejected after a…
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UND’s Thome sparking second-half defensive surge

The junior goaltender did not play at all in the first half of the season.
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The past few weeks have been some of the best defensively for North Dakota hockey. The Fighting Hawks are unbeaten in the last five games and have given up just five goals in that span. It seems like everyone on the blue line has done their part to step up and contribute to this success, but…
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UND Hockey Tops Denver

The Fighting Hawks opened up the series against the Pioneers with a 4-1 victory
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GRAND FORKS, N.D.—Top-ranked North Dakota got four different goal scorers and roder junior goalie Peter Thome, who stopped 26 of 27 shots to secure a solid 4-1 win over No. 5/6 Denver Friday evening at Ralph Engelstad Arena Shane Pinto opened the scoring just six minutes in. Denver’s (17-7-5, 7-6-4-3) Bobby Brink answered early in the second but Nort Dakota…
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Bye Week Gives Opportunity for UND Hockey to Keep Improving in Competitive Areas

UND is back at no.1 in latest USCHO Poll
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota Hockey is riding high into a bye week after earning their first series sweep in a month and putting up nine goals against Colorado College. UND won’t play again until February 14th against Denver. The Fighting Hawks won’t get back on the ice until tomorrow with an off ice work out today. As of…
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UND Hockey Rounds Out Weekend With Sweep

North Dakota Hockey defeated Colorado College twice over the weekend
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GRAND FORKS, ND – North Dakota Hockey stayed hot over the weekend with a pair of wins against Colorado College. KVRR’s Kathryn Gallo reports from Ralph Engelstad Arena. Categories: College, Top Sports Headlines Tags: Fighting Hawks Hockey, Jordan Kawaguchi, North Dakota Fighting Hawks Hockey, North Dakota Hockey, UND Hockey