(above) North Dakota alums figured out how to how to deal with wishy-washy Chancellors, embed your mascot in marbleFrom: Grand Forks Herald
The University of North Dakota men's hockey team will be facing DU next weekend with a six-game unbeaten streak.
UND capped off a three-point weekend with a 5-0 win over Michigan Tech on Saturday night. The teams tied 3-3 Friday night.
Freshman goalie Brad Eidsness made 14 saves Saturday to post his first career shutout. Sophomores Jake Marto and Matt Frattin each scored twice for the Sioux, who improved to 14-10-2 overall and 9-5-2 in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
The win moves fourth-place UND within three points of first-place Denver, which comes to Ralph Engelstad Arena next weekend.
"It was a complete game, a complete win," Sioux coach Dave Hakstol said. "Our goal is to keep inching forward in the standings. That's what we have to do, because I don't think you're going to see any big jumps. You just have to keep putting points on the board and keep moving forward. That's what we did this weekend."
"It's nice to get the shutout and get that monkey off my back," Eidsness said. "I don't have to worry about that any more. What was really important, though, was to get those two points and finish off the weekend. We put ourselves in position to move into the upper echelon of the league."
The Sioux are averaging 4.5 goals since the start of December, a span in which they are 9-2-1.
"We talked earlier in the day about the importance of getting a good start and trying to build a lead off of that," Hakstol said. "We worked hard and we did that."
Eidsness, who made his 23rd straight appearance in net, credited solid team defense for the shutout .
"The whole defensive corps was very good," Eidsness said. "This was probably our best defensive weekend of the year. They didn't allow (Tech) a lot of opportunities. They did a great job cutting down on their scoring chances."
UND capped off a three-point weekend with a 5-0 win over Michigan Tech on Saturday night. The teams tied 3-3 Friday night.
Freshman goalie Brad Eidsness made 14 saves Saturday to post his first career shutout. Sophomores Jake Marto and Matt Frattin each scored twice for the Sioux, who improved to 14-10-2 overall and 9-5-2 in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
The win moves fourth-place UND within three points of first-place Denver, which comes to Ralph Engelstad Arena next weekend.
"It was a complete game, a complete win," Sioux coach Dave Hakstol said. "Our goal is to keep inching forward in the standings. That's what we have to do, because I don't think you're going to see any big jumps. You just have to keep putting points on the board and keep moving forward. That's what we did this weekend."
"It's nice to get the shutout and get that monkey off my back," Eidsness said. "I don't have to worry about that any more. What was really important, though, was to get those two points and finish off the weekend. We put ourselves in position to move into the upper echelon of the league."
The Sioux are averaging 4.5 goals since the start of December, a span in which they are 9-2-1.
"We talked earlier in the day about the importance of getting a good start and trying to build a lead off of that," Hakstol said. "We worked hard and we did that."
Eidsness, who made his 23rd straight appearance in net, credited solid team defense for the shutout .
"The whole defensive corps was very good," Eidsness said. "This was probably our best defensive weekend of the year. They didn't allow (Tech) a lot of opportunities. They did a great job cutting down on their scoring chances."
4 comments:
It should be a good series this weekend in GF. I hope it will be as exciting as last years series. Do you remember last years Saturday (Feb 16, 2008) game had 122 penalty minutes...
It is to bad this is the only series between UND an DU this year...
Speaking of the fighting Sioux. What is the status of the NCAA ruling concerning the Fighting Sioux "offense" mascot. Are they holding hands with Coombe and praying the issue will just go away? Anybody have the latest dirt?
Should be a good series. Just hope that DU comes out of there without any injuries and alive for that matter.
The UND has until Nov. 2010 to get approval from the state tribes (which their are 3). If they get approval, they can keep the name, if not, the name has to go.
However, in the law suit against the NCAA, the NCAA admitted that the logo/mascot was NOT hostile and/or abusive.
Sort of odd that they admit that, but we still could loss the Sioux name.
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