Month: September 2019

That first-year national championship for Brad Berry in 2016 is a distant memory, as North Dakota has taken a step back each season since. In 2018-19 the Fighting Hawks failed to advance past the opening round of the NCHC Tournament and saw their winning percentage slide to an 18-season low of .514. UND has an … Continue reading NCHC snapshot: North Dakota

Nebraska-Omaha didn't have the best start or finish last season, starting 1-6-1 and ending with an 0-8-1 skid and a first-round NCHC Tournament sweep at Minnesota-Duluth. And the Mavericks have 12 freshman on their 2019-20 roster after losing nine seniors, including their top two scorers and starting goalie. So UNO appears a team in rebuilding … Continue reading NCHC Snapshot: Nebraska-Omaha

Miami has struggled with depth issues for several years, and especially coming off an 11-win season and with a new coach, all of the newcomers should get long looks this fall. The RedHawks welcome seven new players to their 2019-20 roster, with six freshmen and one transfer sophomore set to make their Miami debuts this … Continue reading Ice time available for MU newbies

In June, Scott Sandelin signed a four-year extension with UMD. That might have been one of the easiest coaching decisions in Division I hockey history. All the two-decade tenured head coach of the Bulldogs did was win national championships the past two seasons following a second-place finish in the 2016-17 NCAA Tournament. And with three … Continue reading NCHC snapshot: Minnesota-Duluth

Eric Rud joined the Miami hockey coaching staff in May, bringing with him a myriad of coaching experience at several levels. Miami associate head coach Eric Rud (Miami athletics). Following a stellar career at Colorado College during which the defenseman amassed 22 goals and 90 assists, he logged 319 minor league games in the ECHL, … Continue reading Q&A with Eric Rud

It seemed like Denver lost everyone but its mascot after 2017-18, with head coach Jim Montgomery vaulting to the NHL Dallas Stars and three key scorers leaving early for the pros, among others. Despite the rampant turnover, all the Pioneers and first-year coach David Carle did was come within a goal of the national championship … Continue reading NCHC Snapshot: Denver