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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 …


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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 — University of North Dakota Vs. Denver University, December 4, 2015

The No. 4-ranked University of North Dakota men’s hockey team, behind its high-flying first line of Drake Caggiula, Nick Schmaltz and Brock Boeser, took it to ninth-rated Denver University on Friday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena, scoring a 5-1 win before a sellout crowd of 11,768. The “CBS” line combined for six points as the Fighting Hawks upped its National Collegiate Hockey …

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 …