North Dakota Fighting Sioux

  • North Dakota Fighting Sioux Program Start Date - 1946
  • Venue - Ralph Engelstad Arena
  • Capacity - 11634
  • Teamsite - Fighting Sioux
  • Booster Club - Sioux Crew
  • Ticket Information - Fighting Sioux Men's Hockey Tickets
  • Conference - Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA)
  • WCHA Teams - Alaska Anchorage, Bemidji State, Colorado College, Denver, Michigan Tech, Minnesota, Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota State, Nebraska-Omaha, North Dakota Fighting Sioux, St. Cloud State, Wisconsin

Team Profile

Team record:

  • NCAA Tournament Record - 41-21
  • NCAA Tournament Appearances - 26(1958, '59, '63, '65, '67, '68, '79, '80, '82, '84, '87, '90, '97 to 2001, '2003 to '13)
  • NCAA Championships - 7(1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000)
  • WCHA Tournament Appearances - 47(1960, '63 to '73, '77 to 2013)
  • WCHA Championships - 9(1967, '68, '79, '80, '87, '97, '2000, '06, '10, '11, '12)

# of Seniors by Position - Forwards - 2, Defensemen - 1, Goaltenders - 1

Team Breakdown by league

  • OJHL - 1
  • USHL - 9
  • USNTDP - 3
  • SJHL - 2
  • NAHL - 1
  • BCHL - 5
  • MJHL - 1
  • NCAA - 2
  • AJHL - 2
  • Players to the NHL - 74
  • Players Currently Playing in the NHL - 12
  • Players to the Olympics - 2
  • Prominent Hockey Alumni - Ed Belfour, James Patrick, Steve Peters, Tom Renney, Dave Tippett, Rick Wilson
  • # Scholarships - 18

School Profile

  • Enrollment - 14494
  • Estimated Cost of Attendance - $14,000 to $24,000
  • # of Majors - 82
  • Most Popular Majors - Air Traffic Controller; Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew; Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies; and Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Academic Calender Type: semester
  • Student-Faculty Ratio: 19:1
  • Freshman Retention Rate: 76.8%
  • School site - University of North Dakota

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