For UMD, the scenarios are pretty simple. If the Bulldogs win, tie, or just get this game to overtime, it's St. Cloud State in here next weekend for a best of three. If Colorado College wins this game in regulation, the Tigers will return to Duluth next weekend, likely armed with a red-hot goalie who just stole a game ...

The end of the regular season is somehow upon us. For UMD, if you were to look only at the end result, a successful season would have included -- bare minimum -- home ice to open the NCHC playoffs, and a return to the NCAA Tournament. One is in the bag. The other might as well be. Now, we'll see if the Bulldogs can con...

Before we get into the weekend to come, a quick salute to everyone who helped put together the celebration of life for Hoagie on Tuesday. Plenty of laughs, some tender moments, and a great idea to have one more stick salute with UMD's current teams joined by alumni, staff, family, and friends of Hoags. You can watch it...

OXFORD, Ohio -- Going to try something different here, combining takeaways from Friday night with the Saturday lineup post. I'll get this out there, then update later when we have the official line charts for both teams (in other words, after we get to the rink). In other words, I was too lazy to write after the game (...

OXFORD, Ohio -- Not much to say here. We all know what Hoagie would have wanted. It's time to deliver. And we know it isn't that easy. Ethan Dahlmeir vs Matteo Drobac. Lines? Lines. UMD forwards Plante (Max) - Plante (Zam) - Shaugabay Truman - Gaffney - Arnott Anderson - Shlaine - Bibby Zaremba - Kovich - Bentz UMD def...

When Hunter and I arrived at Grand Casino Arena for the World Juniors the day after Christmas, we soon found out that, back home, Dale Haagenson had been stricken with a stroke the day before. The man we all called "Hoagie" was in the hospital, and it did not sound like a great situation. Over the course of t...

Good win Friday. Let's do it again. UND captain Bennett Zmolek is out with an injury. Jayden Jubenvill replaces him. UMD changes nothing. Ethan Dahlmeir vs Jan Spunar again. Lines? Lines. UMD forwards Plante (Max) - Plante (Zam) - Shaugabay Truman - Gaffney - Arnott Anderson - Shlaine - Bibby Bentz - Kovich - Bechen UM...

Here we go. Lines? Lines. UMD forwards Plante (Max) - Plante (Zam) - Shaugabay Truman - Gaffney - Arnott Anderson - Shlaine - Bibby Bentz - Kovich - Bechen UMD defense Hanson - Kleber Pionk - Pierce Cleveland - Siepmann Bodnarchuk UMD goalies Dahlmeir - Sheffield North Dakota forwards Swanson - Rickwood - Zellers James...

As you read this (thanks for that, by the way), the 2026 Winter Olympics are underway, with women's hockey among the events that get going before the opening ceremony Friday night, Italy time. Plenty of UMD flavor in the hockey tournaments, especially on the women's side of things. Oh, and UMD hosts its final scheduled...

DENVER -- Very interested to see how this game starts. UMD has lost three straight by 4-3 scores, gaining only one of a possible nine points in the NCHC standings. Starting goalie Adam Gajan will leave the team Sunday to join the Slovakians ahead of the Olympics in Italy. Outside of a third period that featured UMD pos...

DENVER -- At his weekly media conference Wednesday, UMD coach Scott Sandelin bristled at the opening question from Matt Wellens of the Duluth News Tribune, where Matt asked about how the players are handling the adversity off getting swept by Western Michigan last weekend. "What adversity are we going through?,&qu...

DENVER -- The postseason is still six weeks away, but we're getting closer and closer, and games are going to get tighter and tighter. UMD's 9-1 non-conference record has it still in a very good position to return to the NCAA Tournament, despite losing three of its last four games. Scott Sandelin seemed encouraged by h...

DENVER -- From a results standpoint, the UMD men had their toughest weekend of the season against a very good Western Michigan team last weekend at Amsoil Arena. But success in the regular season isn't always measured by the pure result of the game. Saturday is a good example of that. Sometimes you have to, well, you k...

Words usually go in this space, but I don't have any. We'll hit the air at 5:30, hopefully we can be a diversion from the doom-scrolling. I understand if you're not looking for that right about now. Please do join us if you think a diversion is a good idea. We aren't here to pretend things aren't happening. But the gam...

One of the strangest sequences -- maybe "unique" is a better word, not sure -- of the UMD season happened in the Saturday game at Kalamazoo on Dec. 6. The Broncos tied the game 2-2 early in the third period. With 9:22 left in regulation time, UMD goalie Adam Gajan stopped a shot from Western forward Grant Slu...

With no disrespect meant to anyone, the UMD men's hockey team is going to learn an awful lot about itself in the next three weekends before its final bye of the regular season. Home versus Western Michigan, at Denver, and then back home for North Dakota. The rest of the NCHC's top four is lined up for the Bulldogs to g...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- Friday was the first series-opening loss of the season for UMD after 11 straight wins. I probably didn't need to tell you that. There were Fridays along the way where the Bulldogs were far from perfect, where maybe the scoreline didn't necessarily reflect the way the game went, but the result was a ...

Seven weekends remain in the regular season for UMD. The Bulldogs will play 12 games, all for NCHC points, with one bye week mixed in. It all starts here against old friend St. Cloud State. The teams haven't met in the first round of the postseason either of the last two years, cutting back on some of the well-discusse...

The Winter Olympics are less than a month away in Italy, where the talk remains about facility construction ahead of the hockey tournament. And the women's event starts Feb. 5, ahead of the opening ceremony and the start of the men's draw on the 11th, so time's running out quickly on that. Nations participating in the ...

You know the drill. Early game, not a lot of time. Both teams make changes, listed below. Grayden Siepmann is dinged up after that hit in the first period Friday, hopefully nothing serious there. Ethan Dahlmeir vs Liam Beerman. Dahlmeir's first start as a Bulldog, something that might have been in the works but became ...