UND Hockey Can Solidify NCHC Playoff Positioning with Minnesota Duluth Series Ahead

#10 UMD Men's Hockey to Meet Another Top 10 Foe in #3 North Dakota

DULUTH, Minn.- For the 3rd straight weekend, the UMD men’s hockey team will take on a top eight team. The Bulldogs have come close in their last four outings but have fallen short to both Western Michigan and Denver. UMD will try to change their recent string of bad luck against the Fighting Hawks of North Dakota this Friday. It’s the 2nd meeting this season between the two squads. Back in October, UMD took game one 4 to 3 but fell in game two, …

Why did Scott Sandelin break up the Bulldogs' top line?

DULUTH — Last week at Denver, Minnesota Duluth coach Scott Sandelin did what many considered unthinkable by breaking up his top line of Jayson Shaugabay and the Plante brothers. And yeah, he knows exactly what everyone was thinking when he did so. “We talked about splitting up our top line for awhile. It’s not like this just happened,” Sandelin said. “This was even before Christmas. As a coach, you’re going, people are going to be going, ‘What t…

Can UND slow down Minnesota Duluth's big line?

DULUTH, Minn. — Minnesota Duluth was searching for a spark last weekend after losing the series opener at Denver. So, head coach Scott Sandelin broke up the big line of Max Plante, Zam Plante and Jayson Shaugabay to start Saturday night's series finale. That lasted about 10 minutes. Sandelin quickly put back together a group that's dominated much of college hockey this season and he indicated they'll be together again for Minnesota Duluth's seri…

UND Hockey can solidify NCHC playoff positioning with Minnesota Duluth series ahead

The University of North Dakota hockey team enters a critical stretch of their conference schedule with a three-point lead in the NCHC standings after Denver closed the gap during UND’s bye weekend.

NOTES: No. 3 North Dakota, No. 10 Minnesota Duluth set for top-10 clash

No. 3 North Dakota (20-6-0, 12-4-0 NCHC) at No. 10 Minnesota Duluth (17-11-0, 8-10-0 NCHC)