North Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey

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The North Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey teams (men's and women's) are currently the only Division I sports at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The Sioux men have won seven Frozen Four NCAA Division I championships. The current men's head coach is former Sioux player Dave Hakstol and the current women's head coach is Brian Idalski. The public address announcer for the men's hockey team is Darrin Looker and the announcer for the women's hockey team is Josh Jones, with Max Huber filling on a as-needed basis. Local radio DJ Jon Roberts and Max Huber are former announcers for the women's team. Max Huber is also the current On-ice intermission personality for the men's hockey home games. His former emcee partner Katie O'Keefe has moved on to the Heartland Poker Tour.

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[edit] Men's team

University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux
University University of North Dakota
Conference WCHA
Location Grand Forks, ND
Head Coach Dave Hakstol (fourth year)
Arena Ralph Engelstad Arena
(Capacity: 11,406)
Nickname Fighting Sioux
Colors Green and White and Black

                     

Uniforms
 
Home jersey
Home jersey
 
Home shorts
Home
 
Away jersey
Away jersey
 
Away shorts
Away

The roots of the men's team go back to 1946. The Sioux men played in the WIHL until the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) was formed in 1951.

[edit] Championships

  • Frozen Four championship teams: 1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000
  • Frozen Four runner-up teams: 1958, 1968, 1979, 2001, 2005

[edit] Head coaches

# Name Term
1 John C. (Jamie) Jamieson 1946-1947
2 Don Norman 1947-1949
3 Cliff "Fido" Purpur 1949-1956
4 Al Renfrew 1956-1957
5 Bob May 1957-1959
6 Barry Thorndycraft 1959-1964
7 R.H. "Bob" Peters 1964-1966
8 Bill Selman 1966-1968
9 Rube Bjorkman 1968-1978
10 John "Gino" Gasparini 1978-1994
11 Dean Blais 1994-2004
12 Dave Hakstol 2004-present

[edit] Arenas

[edit] Notable players

[edit] Hobey Baker Award winners

[edit] Women's team

University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux
University University of North Dakota
Conference WCHA
Location Grand Forks, ND
Head Coach Brian Idalski (first year)
Arena Ralph Engelstad Arena
(Capacity: 11,406)
Nickname Fighting Sioux
Colors Green and White and Black

                     

Uniforms
 
Home jersey
Home jersey
 
Home shorts
Home
 
Away jersey
Away jersey
 
Away shorts
Away

The Fighting Sioux women's team started play in 2002. They have played in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association since 2003.

[edit] Head coaches

# Name Term
1 Shantel Rivard 2002-2006
2 Dennis Miller* 2006-2007
3 Brian Idalski 2007-present

(* - interim)

[edit] Arenas

[edit] External links