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RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — University of North Dakota Vs. Denver University, NCHC Frozen Faceoff, March 19, 2016

The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team skated to a 1-1 tie with Denver University in the third-place game of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference Frozen Faceoff on Saturday in Minneapolis’s Target Center. Nick Schmaltz scored for UND, while Trevor Moore scored for DU. Cam Johnson stopped 16 shots on goal for the Fighting Hawks, and Evan Cowley had …


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RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — University of North Dakota Vs. University of Minnesota-Duluth, NCHC Frozen Faceoff, March 18, 2016

The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team, already a lock for a No. 1 seed in next weekend’s NCAA tournament, was handed a 4-2 setback by the University of Minnesota-Duluth in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference Frozen Faceoff semifinals Friday night in Minneapolis’ Target Center. The Bulldogs, ranked No. 16 nationally and seeded fourth in the tournament, fell behind …


RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — University of North Dakota Vs. Colorado College, March 12, 2016

The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team said goodbye for another season to Ralph Engelstad Arena on Saturday night, easily handling Colorado College 5-1 to sweep its National Collegiate Hockey Conference playoff series with the Tigers, sending the Fighting Hawks to this weekend’s Frozen Faceoff in Minneapolis, where they will meet the University of Minnesota-Duluth at 7:38 p.m. Friday in Target Center. …

RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — University of North Dakota Vs. Colorado College, March 11, 2016

The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team is one game away from next weekend’s National Collegiate Hockey Conference’s Frozen Faceoff after a convincing 7-1 in the opening game win over Colorado College in their best-of-three series Friday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena. Nick Schmaltz scored a career-high two goals to lead the Fighting Hawks (29-5-3). Chipping in one goal each were Coltyn Sanderson, …

RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — University of North Dakota Vs. Western Michigan University, March 5, 2016

Five different players scored as the University of North Dakota men’s hockey team came from behind to beat Western Michigan University 5-4 on Saturday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena. The win gave the Fighting Hawks, 28-5-3 overall and 19-4-1 in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, their 11th series sweep this season and moved them to No. 1 in the Pairwise Rankings, …

RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — University of North Dakota Vs. Western Michigan University, March 4, 2016

The University of North Dakota clinched its second straight National Collegiate Hockey Conference championship and Penrose Cup with an 8-1 win over Western Michigan University on Friday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks. The Fighting Sioux were paced by its top line of Brock Boeser, Nick Schmaltz and Drake Caggiula. Boeser had two goals and two assists, Schmaltz had his …

RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — University of North Dakota Vs. University Of Minnesota-Duluth, February 20, 2016

The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team completed a weekend sweep of National Collegiate Hockey Conference foe the University of Minnesota-Duluth with a 2-1 win on Saturday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena. The Fighting Hawks, 24-5-3 overall and 15-4-1 in the NCHC, won the game on Brock Boeser’s 20th goal of the season at 14:39 of the third period to keep pace with …

RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — University of North Dakota Vs. University Of Minnesota-Duluth, February 19, 2016

A successful penalty shot by sophomore Austin Poganski — his third of the season — in overtime lifted the University of North Dakota men’s hockey team to a 2-1 victory over visiting University of Minnesota-Duluth on Friday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena. The win came less than a week after the Fighting Hawks were swept by Denver University in National Collegiate Hockey …

RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — University of North Dakota Vs. Colorado College, January 23, 2016

The University of North Dakota again jumped out to a 4-0 lead against visiting Colorado College on Saturday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena. But unlike Friday night, when the Fighting Hawks gave up five straight goals to the Tigers, they kept the pressure on, skating to a 5-1 National Collegiate Hockey Conference win. Freshman Rhett Gardner led UND (20-3-3 overall, 11-2-1 …

RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — University of North Dakota Vs. Colorado College, January 22, 2016

The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team picked up two points in a National Collegiate Hockey Conference game against Colorado College on Friday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena, but things could have turned out much better for the Fighting Hawks. Brock Boeser’s shootout goal gave UND the extra point in a game that will go down in the books as a 5-5 …

RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — University Of North Dakota Vs. University of Nebraska-Omaha, January 16, 2016

The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team shook off Friday night’s 4-3 overtime loss to visiting University of Nebraska-Omaha by responding with a resounding 5-1 win over the Mavericks on Saturday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena. The game-winner came from senior winger and walk-on Coltyn Sanderson, who scored his first collegiate goal. Also scoring for the Fighting Hawks were …

RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — University Of North Dakota Vs. University of Nebraska-Omaha, January 15, 2016

The University of Nebraska-Omaha men’s hockey team snapped the University of North Dakota’s eight-game winning streak, the longest in the country, with a 4-3 overtime victory Friday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena. The loss cost the Fighting Hawks a share of first place in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. Omaha junior wing Austin Ortega scored his 17th goal of the year at …

RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — University of North Dakota Vs. University Of Minnesota-Duluth, December 12, 2015

Cam Johnson shut out the Bulldogs again Saturday night in Duluth. The sophomore UND goaltender earned his third straight shutout as the Fighting Hawks completed a National Collegiate Hockey Conference sweep of the University of Minnesota-Duluth with a 3-0 victory before 6,975 fans. Johnson won his sixth straight start since returning from an injury as league-leading UND heads into the Christmas …

RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — University of North Dakota Vs. University Of Minnesota-Duluth, December 11, 2015

The University of North Dakota’s men’s hockey team hasn’t been outshot many times this season,  but that’s where the Fighting Hawks found themselves Friday night in a National Collegiate Hockey Conference game against the University of Minnesota-Duluth. But that didn’t matter. UND goalie Cam Johnson stopped all 40 shots he faced as the Fighting Hawks shut out the Bulldogs 3-0 …

RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — University of North Dakota Vs. Denver University, December 5, 2015

Austin Poganski scored two goals — the first with less than one second left in the first period — and the “CBS” line of Drake Caggiula, Brock Boeser and Nick Schmaltz chipped in two more as the University of North Dakota men’s hockey team shut out Denver University 4-0 on Saturday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena. Caggiula and Boeser each scored …

RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — National Collegiate Hockey Association, University of North Dakota Vs. Miami, November 14, 2015

The No.3-ranked University of North Dakota men’s hockey team took care of No. 17 Miami of Ohio in National Intercollegiate Hockey Association play Friday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena. UND took a three-goal lead after the first period en route to a 6-2 victory, upping its record to 8-1-2 overall and 3-0 in NCHC play. Nick Schmaltz and Brock Boeser …

ST. CLOUD STATE 2, UND 1, Semifinals, National Collegiate Hockey Conference Frozen Four Tournament, March 20, 2015

UND (27-8-3) fell 3-2 to St. Cloud State University (19-17-1) in Friday’s semifinals of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference Frozen Four Tournament in Minneapolis’ Target Center. North Dakota will play in the third place game at 3:37 p.m. today against Denver University (22-13-2), which lost 6-3 to Miami University of Ohio (24-13-1) in Friday’s other semifinal game.

FACES OF THE GAME: UND Vs. St. Cloud State, Semifinals, National Collegiate Hockey Conference Frozen Four Tournament, March 20, 2015

UND (27-8-3) fell 3-2 to St. Cloud State University (19-17-1) in Friday’s semifinals of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference Frozen Four Tournament in Minneapolis’ Target Center. Here are some of the faces in crowd from photographer Russell Hons of Grand Forks, N.D.

ST. CLOUD STATE 2, UND 1, Semifinals, National Collegiate Hockey Conference Frozen Four Tournament, March 20, 2015

  UND (27-8-3) fell 3-2 to St. Cloud State University (19-17-1) in Friday’s semifinals of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference Frozen Four Tournament in Minneapolis’ Target Center. North Dakota will play in the third place game at 3:37 p.m. Saturday against Denver University (22-13-2), which lost 6-3 to Miami University of Ohio (24-13-1) in the day’s other semifinal game.

UND 5, COLORADO COLLEGE 1, Game One, National Collegiate Hockey Conference Tournament Quarterfinals, March 13, 2015

UND’s men’s hockey team defeated Colorado College 5-1 in Game One of a best-of-three quarterfinal series in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference tournament Friday night at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D. Game Two is tonight at 7:07.

UND 3, ST. CLOUD STATE 1, Men’s Hockey, February 28, 2015

UND (15-5-2 in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference and 24-6-3 overall) wore its black jerseys Saturday for only the third time in Ralph Engelstad Arena, and that was all the jump needed to go on to defeat St. Cloud State (10-11-1 in NCHC and 15-16-1 overall) 3-1 in front of a full house of more than 12,000 fans. UND clinched a share of …

SENIOR NIGHT: UND vs. St. Cloud State, February 28, 2015

Seniors on UND men’s hockey team (15-5-2 in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference and 24-6-3 overall) went out in style Saturday night at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D., defeating St. Cloud State (10-11-1 in NCHC and 15-16-1 overall) 3-1 in front of more than  12,000 fans to clinch a sweep of the weekend series and a share of …

SENIOR NIGHT: UND vs. St. Cloud State, February 28, 2015

Seniors on UND men’s hockey team (15-5-2 in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference and 24-6-3 overall) went out in style Saturday night at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D., defeating St. Cloud State (10-11-1 in NCHC and 15-16-1 overall) 3-1 in front of more than  12,000 fans to clinch a sweep of the weekend series and a share of …