North Dakota Hockey Returns to the Frozen Four for the First Time Since 2016

North Dakota wins Sioux Falls regional, advances to Frozen Four

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The North Dakota Fighting Hawks are headed to Sin City. North Dakota defeated Quinnipiac 5-0 in the Sioux Falls Regional Championship Saturday night at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center. “We just saw a really skilled, fast, excellent transition team,” UND head coach Dane Jackson said in his postgame press conference. “They built quite a bit of their offense from stacking numbers in that neutral zone and kind of quickly transit…

UND's run to the Frozen Four started with Dylan James, Jake Livanavage returning

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Dylan James and Jake Livanavage didn’t have to be here. They had options, choices available to leave UND and/or college hockey in the rearview mirror. A year ago, when the UND hockey program was in limbo in the six days between former coach Brad Berry's firing and Dane Jackson's hiring, James and Livanavage had plenty of suitors — both pro and college — trying to draw them away from Grand Forks. Ultimately, after three of the…

North Dakota Hockey Returns to the Frozen Four for the First Time Since 2016

SIOUX FALLS (KVRR) – For the first time since their national championship season in 2015-16, North Dakota Hockey is headed back to the Frozen Four. North Dakota punched its ticket with a commanding 5–0 victory over Quinnipiac in the regional championship, controlling the game from the opening minutes and never allowing the Bobcats to gain momentum. The Fighting Hawks scored three...

East frozen out in men’s NCAA hockey tournament, as North Dakota blasts Quinnipiac to win regional - The Boston Globe

The Bobcats were the last of the six from the region still playing, and the only one to advance past the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Jackson Gets North Dakota Back to Frozen Four

All season North Dakota has been able to roll four lines, three rock solid defense pairs, and one of the best young netminders in the country.It is why the Fighting Hawks were the top-scoring team in the NCHC, why they earned back-to-back shutouts at this NCAA Regional, and why they are going to the Frozen Four for the first time in a decade.In a rematch of the 2016 national championship, where UND...

Familiarity vs Inexperience: what will bring the Bobcats back to the Frozen Four?

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.— Not many teams in the NCAA would use the word “familiar” to describe the regional finals. However, for the Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team, no other word accurately describes its recent history in the NCAA Tournament. In their last seven seasons, the Bobcats have appeared in the regional finals five times, tied for the most in the country over that span. Senior forward and captain Victor Czerneckianair has appeared in the mos…