NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING SIOUX HOCKEY

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 Jon Roberts, with Max Huber filling in while Roberts is recovering from surgery. On-ice intermission personalities for the men's hockey home games are Max Huber and Katie O'Keefe.

Contents

Fighting Sioux men's team

Championships

Head coaches

Arenas

Notable players

Hobey Baker Award winners

Fighting Sioux women's team

Head coaches

Arenas

External links

Fighting Sioux men's team

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.

Championships

★ Frozen Four championship teams: 1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000

★ Frozen Four runner-up teams: 1958, 1968, 1979, 2001, 2005

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

Arenas

★ "The Old Barn" 1936-1972

★ Old Ralph Engelstad Arena 1972-2000

★ Ralph Engelstad Arena 2001-present

Notable players

★ Ed Belfour

★ Murray Baron

★ Branden Bochenski

★ Brad Bombardir

★ Jason Blake

★ Jon Casey

★ Marc Chorney

★ Dave Christian

★ Mike Commodore

★ Ryan Duncan

★ Matt Greene

★ David Hale

★ Dennis Hextall

★ Tony Hrkac

★ Bob Joyce

★ Craig Ludwig

★ John Marks

★ Troy Murray

★ T.J. Oshie

★ Zach Parise

★ James Patrick

★ Cliff "Fido" Purpur

★ Doug Smail

★ Drew Stafford

★ Dave Tippett

★ Jonathan Toews

★ Travis Zajac

Hobey Baker Award winners

★ Tony Hrkac (1987)

★ Ryan Duncan (2007)

Fighting Sioux women's team

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

Head coaches

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

(
★ - interim)

Arenas

★ Ralph Engelstad Arena 2002-present

External links

★ Fighting Sioux Men's Hockey website

★ Fighting Sioux Women's Hockey website

★ SiouxSports.com - independent fansite with message boards