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JIM FUGLIE: View From The Prairie — Congratulations, Jocelyne And Monique

The Lamoureux twins, Jocelyne and Monique, who led the U.S. Women’s hockey team to a gold medal in the 2018 Winter Olympics, have been named recipients of the North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt  Rough Rider Award, the state’s highest honor. Finally. They are the first and only North Dakotans ever to win Winter Olympic Gold. And they did it in a …


Unheralded

RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — Golden Girls

The city of Grand Forks welcomed home Olympic heroes Jocelyn Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando on Thursday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena. The twins were members of the U.S. women’s hockey team that won the gold medal last month in South Korea. In the gold-medal victory over Canada, Monique scored the tying goal late in the third period and Jocelyn iced …


RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — Western Collegiate Hockey Association, University of North Dakota Vs. University of Minnesota-Duluth, November 20, 2015

The University of North Dakota’s women’s hockey team, led by Amy Menke’s first career hat trick, defeated the University of Minnesota-Duluth 4-3 Friday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena. Playing for the first time as the Fighting Hawks, UND came from behind twice to win. Rear liner Shannon Kaiser scored the game-winner just 61 seconds after Menke recorded her hat trick. …

RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — Women’s Hockey, University of Minnesota 5, University of North Dakota 1, October 29, 2015

No. 1-ranked University of Minnesota women’s hockey team was too much for the University of North Dakota on Thursday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena. The Gophers scored three unanswered goals in the first period to hand North Dakota a 5-1 loss before more than 4,000 fans. UND fell to 5-2-2 overall and 3-2-2-1 in Western Collegiate Hockey Association play. Undefeated …

UND 2, MINNESOTA STATE-MANKATO 0, Women’s Hockey On Saurday, February 21, 2015

UND (16-9-3 WCHA, 20-11-3 overall) finished the regular season with it fourth consecutive shutout by defeating Minnesota St.- Mankato (1-26-1 WCHA, 3-30-1 overall) 2-0. UND is locked into third place in the WCHA and tied for eigh th in the Pairwise raking, with a good chance of making the NCAA tournament.