Showing posts with label hockey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hockey. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Hunter Miska, Neal Pionk Leave UMD Early

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Disappointing, exciting, but not terribly surprised. I think those terms all apply in their own way, amid news in the last 48 hours that ...
Wednesday, April 12, 2017

2016-17 Unquestioned Success for UMD

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For UMD players, it's certainly fine to be sad over not being able to bring a national championship back from Chicago. Seven seniors saw...
Saturday, April 08, 2017

Game 42: UMD vs Denver (NCAA Championship)

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CHICAGO -- Here we go. One game left in the college hockey season, and it belongs to the NCHC. UMD and Denver collide at United Center for t...

Frozen Four: UMD, Denver Seniors Earn One More Ride

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CHICAGO -- Both combatants in Saturday's NCAA title game at United Center boast seven-man senior classes. While every one of those pla...
Friday, April 07, 2017

Saturday Hockey Notes and Thoughts: Bulldogs Aim for Second National Championship

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CHICAGO -- Before Thursday's national semifinal against Harvard at United Center, I asked UMD coach Scott Sandelin, working his third Fr...

Friday Hockey Notes and Thoughts: Iafallo's Late Goal Pushes UMD to National Championship Game

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CHICAGO -- This is old hat for UMD. Over this 20-game stretch that has seen the Bulldogs go 16-1-3, this team has won five times in overti...
Thursday, April 06, 2017

Game 41: Harvard vs UMD (NCAA Frozen Four Semifinal)

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CHICAGO -- For the fifth time in program history, the UMD men's hockey team is at the NCAA Frozen Four. This time, the Bulldogs are wher...
Wednesday, April 05, 2017

Frozen Four: Johnson, Donato Present Challenges for Defenses

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CHICAGO -- We already discussed some of the basic similarities that we'll see in the first national semifinal Friday night, when UMD ba...

Frozen Four: Bulldogs, Harvard Share Similarities

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CHICAGO -- You don't always know what you're going to see when you face an unfamiliar foe on a stage like the NCAA Frozen Four. Th...
Friday, March 31, 2017

Frozen Four: Bulldogs Return to Glory

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It doesn't always work out this way. For every Justin Fontaine, who returned to UMD for a chance at a national championship that didn...
Saturday, March 25, 2017

Sunday Hockey Notes and Thoughts: Bulldogs Turn Tables on Boston University, Advance to Frozen Four

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FARGO, N.D. -- There was no secret regarding the bitterness UMD felt in 2015, after an Evan Rodrigues goal with one second left in a power p...

UMD Advances to Frozen Four

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FARGO, N.D. -- More to come, but Adam Johnson's power play goal at 1:57 of overtime propelled UMD to the NCAA Frozen Four, 3-2 over Bost...

Game 40: Boston University vs UMD (NCAA West Regional Final)

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FARGO, N.D. -- This is a chance at redemption for UMD. Sort of. Two years ago, UMD lost a controversial Northeast Regional final to Boston...

Saturday Hockey Notes and Thoughts: Bulldogs Survive With Miska, Advance With Raskob Overtime Winner

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FARGO, N.D. -- Survive and advance. That's the basic mantra this time of year. It isn't always going to be pretty, a team isn'...
Friday, March 24, 2017

Game 39: Ohio State vs UMD (NCAA West Regional Semifinal)

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FARGO, N.D. -- You don't need me to tell you what's at stake. One of the messages from the UMD coaching staff to its players this ...
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Thursday, March 23, 2017

Steve Rohlik Faces Old Assistant, Team

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FARGO, N.D. -- One of the first things Ohio State coach Steve Rohlik mentioned when asked about his ties to Duluth this week was the fact hi...

UMD's Focus Strong as NCAA Tournament Begins

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FARGO, N.D. -- Over the course of a 38-game journey to this point, UMD has not faced what it faces this weekend. Even in the NCHC Tourname...
Monday, March 20, 2017

Monday Musings: High-Intensity NCHC Title Game Goes UMD's Way; Bulldogs Book Trip to Fargo

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You've undoubtedly heard it. "Hard to beat a team (insert a number) times in a row during a season." It's true. Just l...
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