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2022 NCHC Frozen Faceoff: What You Need to Know 

2022 NCHC Frozen Faceoff: What You Need to Know 

Claire Weltz, Sports Editor March 17, 2022

SAINT PAUL --   What’s on the Line:   UND (currently No. 5 in both USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine and the DCU/USCHO.com polls) is guaranteed to play in the NCAA Tournament with Regionals starting...

Phil Sykes: From Walk-On to Two-Time NCAA Champion

Phil Sykes: From Walk-On to Two-Time NCAA Champion

Claire Weltz, Sports Editor February 14, 2022

Phil Sykes is a two-time NCAA champion with UND’s hockey team. But Sykes grew up a 21-hour drive from Grand Forks in Dawson Creek, BC. That’s 1,293.7 miles. (About half the width of the United States...

UND Hockey Round-Up: January 1-12 

UND Hockey Round-Up: January 1-12 

Claire Weltz, Editor January 12, 2022

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Went home for break? Didn’t have time to check Twitter for score updates? Don’t worry, Dakota Student Sports Editor Claire Weltz has you covered. Here’s what you missed...

UND Wins 4-1, Sweeps Denver

UND Wins 4-1, Sweeps Denver

Claire Weltz, Editor November 8, 2021

GRAND FORKS -- On Saturday, the Green and White roared out of the gates, striking quick and deadly. Freshman Mattero Costantini got the scoring started, showing his speed on a breakaway after Ashton Calder...

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UND Splits Away Series with Denver

James DeArman, Sports Writer January 22, 2021

North Dakota continued their tour of the Rocky Mountain State this weekend with a stop at the 19th ranked University of Denver. UND entered the weekend riding a six-game win streak and in a fight...

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North Dakota Earns a Hard Fought Sweep of Colorado

James DeArman, Sports Writer January 15, 2021

In a bizarre year for sports, a hint of normalcy was restored when number three ranked North Dakota traveled to Colorado Springs this weekend to take on the Colorado College Tigers. This the first...

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New Season, Same Results

James DeArman, Sports Writer December 3, 2020

As COVID-19 tightens its grip around the upper Midwest, sending many of us inside and away from loved ones, a beacon of hope has been lit around 500 miles south of Grand Forks. The NCHC pod, consisting...

UND Sports Return to Action

James DeArman, Sports Writer November 13, 2020

As the Covid-19 epidemic tightens its grip on North Dakota the need for a distraction and a sense of hope is needed more than ever. Nothing gives us these feelings more than sports and in a time when...

Hockey Back to Winning Ways Against Colorado

Hockey Back to Winning Ways Against Colorado

James DeArman, Sports Writer February 6, 2020

The number two team in the nation returned home this weekend to the Ralph after suffering just their third loss of the season in last weekend's split series with Minnesota Duluth. This weekends tilt came...

UND Continues Win Streak at Home

UND Continues Win Streak at Home

Patrick Mulvahill, Sports Writer November 26, 2019

Friday:   UND came into the weekend at #5 in the nation according to the official NCAA rankings. Without a loss at home yet this season at home, the weekend looked promising for the Fighting Hawks.   Friday’s...

The Hype Was Real

The Hype Was Real

Kyle Kinnamon, Sports Writer January 29, 2019

The University of North Dakota had their hands full when the number one team in the nation, St. Cloud State Huskies, stormed into the Ralph Engelstad Arena. UND would do their best to contain the high...

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