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- ↑ "Archibald, Dowd, LaLeggia Headline NCHC Award Winners". NCHC Hockey. March 20, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
- ↑ "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. March 6, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
- ↑ "NCHC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. March 6, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ↑ NCHC (March 17, 2016). "Prow, Berry Capture NCHC's Top Honors at Awards Celebration".
- ↑ NCHC (March 9, 2017). "Finalists for 2016–17 NCHC Individual Awards Announced".