UND Hockey: A Season of Change
The theme of the 2013-14 University of North Dakota hockey team is change. First, there’s a new league, the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. The NCHC will begin play on October…
Eric Burton
WCHA Hockey: League Partners with American One to Showcase League Play
Today, I was able to listen to the WCHA’s preseason media teleconference with the men’s head coaches and league officials. There were a few issues from the conference call that…
UND Hockey: Two Cousins set to make Debut for UND
During the 2012-13 season, the University of North Dakota hockey team had no players from the state of North Dakota on their roster. Not one single player. That’s about to…
College Hockey: Tallying up the College Hockey Outdoor Games
One of the hot topics of discussion this past summer has been the enormous number of outdoor hockey games that hockey is about to embark on this winter. If we…
NCHC Hockey: Top Stories Surrounding New League
Fall is approaching and that means that college hockey is just around the corner. Of course, if you look at the thermometer, the weather right now isn’t all that conducive…
UND Hockey: Remembering the ‘Old Ralph’ Engelstad Arena
The University of North Dakota hockey team played their games in the “old” Ralph Engelstad Arena, a 6,067-seat multi-purpose arena, from 1972-2001. During this time in UND’s storied history, the university won…
NCHC Hockey: Conference to use Shootouts to Break Ties
Today, it was announced, that the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) will use the shootout to break ties during conference match-ups, if the game is tied after a standard five-minute…
NCAA Hockey: Is Expansion around the Corner?
With the University of North Dakota and Princeton University traveling to Burnaby, British Columbia to play in the Great Northwest Showcase in early January 2014. I asked myself the question,…
NCAA Hockey: Dog Days of Summer
The dog days of summer are in full swing. In my opinion, this is the worst time of the year, for the college hockey fan. During the dead of summer,…
Most Anticipated NCHC Game: North Dakota vs. Miami
It’s really no mystery; the National Collegiate Hockey Conference has made a few stumbles coming out of the starting blocks during its two-year formation period. First, there were the “original”…
NCAA Hockey: Current NCHC Television Deal is Unacceptable
The National Collegiate Hockey Conference will launch its new website on August first, and a full CBS Sports Network broadcast schedule was announced today as well. Yippy Skippy! Good times…
NCAA Hockey: Viva Las Vegas
Imagine a college hockey holiday tourney in Las Vegas, Nevada during the holiday season. Hey, it sounds good to me. It’s not that far-fetched, there is already an annual holiday…