There are plenty more stories I wish I would have made the time to tell, yet with only one left after three and a half years of working for The Dakota Student, I still don’t quite know how to end it. I’ve...

It was the same routine for 10 years. Brian Milne would leave work at 10:30 a.m. mountain time and arrive in Grand Forks at about 7 p.m. central time on Friday night. A UND men’s hockey season...

Sophomore defenseman Paul LaDue walks through the tunnels at TD Garden in Boston last weekend at the Frozen Four. Photo by Chester Beltowski/The Dakota Student. BOSTON — A handful of skaters stayed...

Growing up about an hour east of Grand Forks, a young Zane McIntyre dreamt of one day playing for the team he grew up watching, in a place he often attended hockey camps during the summer. The Thief...

His mom always called him the human Zamboni. The 4-year-old version of Troy Stecher was putting on hockey gear in his living room for the first time when his brother handed him a pair of bright blue...

The UND men’s hockey team poses together after punching its ticket to the Frozen Four last Saturday at Scheels Arena. Photos by Jennifer Friese/The Dakota Student. Zane McIntyre skated to the blue...

Senior defenseman Nick Mattson skates at Ralph Engelstad Arena. The Chanhassen, Minn., native spent eight games out as a healthy scratch before Christmas. Photo by Jennifer Friese/The Dakota Student. The...

Members of the UND hockey team salute the fans at Ralph Engelstad Arena during their last home series. Photo by Nicholas Nelson/The Dakota Student. Each goal was clearly laid out. One by one, the UND...

The Penrose Cup sat in Oxford, Ohio on Friday night, waiting to be hoisted by one of the top two teams in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference — Miami on its home ice, or North Dakota’s confident...

Mark MacMillan (center) celebrates after a UND goal last weekend at Ralph Engelstad Arena. Photo by Nicholas Nelson/The Dakota Student. North Dakota knows what it’s like to fall short of goals. Last...

UND seniors Stephane Pattyn and Mark MacMillan smile while watching the UND men’s hockey senior tribute video at the conclusion of the game Saturday night. Photo by Nicholas Nelson/The Dakota Student. Mark...