North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's ice hockey

North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's ice hockey
University	University of North Dakota
Conference	WCHA
Head coach	Brian Idalski 10th season, 169–156–39
Arena	Ralph Engelstad Arena Grand Forks, North Dakota
Colors	Kelly green and white [1]
Fight song	It's For You, North Dakota U Stand Up and Cheer
NCAA tournament appearances
2012, 2013

The North Dakota Fighting Sioux women's ice hockey team was the college ice hockey team at the Grand Forks campus of the University of North Dakota. They were members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and competed in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I women ice hockey.

The program was cut by the University of North Dakota on March 29, 2017.

History

On October 5, 2010, North Dakota was ranked 10th in the Uscho.com poll. It was only the second time in program history that the club was in the top 10 in either the USA Today or Uscho.com poll. The last time came during the 2008–09 season after a 7–2–1 start. ^[2] On October 23, 2010, Jocelyne Lamoureux had a hat trick and one assist. In addition, one of her goals was the game-winning goal. The hat trick was the first by a North Dakota player since Cami Wooster in 2005. ^[3] On February 25–27, North Dakota participated in its first WCHA First Round Home Playoff Series, vs. Bemidji State at Fido Purpur Arena. On February 27, the Sioux advanced to their first WCHA Final Face-off berth winning an overtime thriller 3–2 in OT with a goal by Monique Lamoureux.

In its WCHA home opener on October 21, 2011, the top line of the Fighting Sioux combined for thirteen points as they bested the Ohio State Buckeyes by an 11–1 margin. ^[4] Monique Lamoureux-Kolls tied a North Dakota record with a 5-point game. In the contest, 13 different Sioux skaters registered at least one point. Michelle Karvinen scored a hat trick and logged one assist for four points. In addition, Josefine Jakobsen and Jocelyne Lamoureux each had 4-point games. Several program records were broken in the game including: most goals scored in a game (11), largest margin of victory (10), and largest margin of victory over a conference opponent (10).

On March 29, 2017, the University of North Dakota announced it was cutting women's hockey – along with men's and women's swimming and diving – to meet a mandated $1.3M reduction in the athletics department budget that was part of a university-wide budget cut. ^[5] Following the decision to drop the program, 11 ex-UND players filed a complaint claiming that dropping the program violated Title IX guidelines. The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights dismissed two discrimination complaints related to the decision and on June 20, 2019, a U.S. District Court judge dismissed a lawsuit against the school brought on similar grounds. ^[6]

Year by Year

Won Championship

Lost Championship

Conference Champions

League Leader

Season	Coach	W	L	T	Conference	Conf. W	Conf. L	Conf. T	Finish	Conference Tournament	NCAA Tournament
2002–03	Shantel Rivard	10	14	2	Independent						Did not qualify
2003–04	Shantel Rivard	16	14	2	Independent						Did not qualify
2004–05	Shantel Rivard	9	23	3	WCHA	6	21	1	7th WCHA	Lost Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota Duluth (2–3 OT)	Did not qualify
2005–06	Shantel Rivard	7	27	2	WCHA	3	23	2	8th WCHA	Lost Quarterfinals vs. Wisconsin (1–4, 0–6)	Did not qualify
2006–07	Shantel Rivard (18 games) Dennis Miller (18 games)	3	31	2	WCHA	0	27	1	8th WCHA	Lost Quarterfinals vs. Wisconsin (0–4, 0–3)	Did not qualify
2007–08	Brian Idalski	4	26	6	WCHA	4	20	4	7th WCHA	Lost Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota (1–3, 0–9)	Did not qualify
2008–09	Brian Idalski	13	19	4	WCHA	9	16	3	6th WCHA	Lost Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota Duluth (0–7, 0–4)	Did not qualify
2009–10	Brian Idalski	8	22	4	WCHA	7	19	2	8th WCHA	Lost Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota Duluth (1–6, 1–4)	Did not qualify
2010–11	Brian Idalski	20	13	3	WCHA	16	10	2	4th WCHA	Won Quarterfinals vs. Bemidji State (3–2, 0–3, 3–2 OT) Lost Semifinals vs. Wisconsin (0–3)	Did not qualify
2011–12	Brian Idalski	22	12	3	WCHA	16	9	3	3rd WCHA	Won Quarterfinals vs. Bemidji State (3–1, 2–0) Lost Semifinals vs. Minnesota (0–6)	Lost First Round vs. Minnesota (1–5)
2012–13	Brian Idalski	26	12	1	WCHA	18	9	1	2nd WCHA	Won Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota State (6–1, 8–1) Won Semifinals vs. Wisconsin (2–1) Lost Championship vs. Minnesota (0–2)	Lost First Round vs. Minnesota (2–3 3OT)
2013–14	Brian Idalski	20	12	4	WCHA	14	10	4	3rd WCHA	Won Quarterfinals vs. Bemidji State (4–2, 3–2 OT) Won Semifinals vs. Wisconsin (1–0) Lost Championship vs. Minnesota (1–3)	Did not qualify
2014–15	Brian Idalski	22	12	3	WCHA	16	9	3	3rd WCHA	Won Quarterfinals vs. Ohio State (5–2, 2–1 3OT) Lost Semifinals vs. Wisconsin (1–4)	Did not qualify
2015–16	Brian Idalski	18	12	5	WCHA	13	10	5	4th WCHA	Won Quarterfinals vs. St. Cloud State (6–1, 6–1) Lost Semifinals vs. Minnesota (0–2)	Did not qualify
2016–17	Brian Idalski	16	16	6	WCHA	11	12	5	4th WCHA	Won Quarterfinals vs. Ohio State (2–3 OT, 4–1, 2–1 OT) Lost Semifinals vs. Wisconsin (1–2)	Did not qualify

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Head coaches

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.	Championships
2002–2006	Shantel Rivard	5	45–91–11	.344	None
2006–2007	Dennis Miller	1	0–18–0	.000	None
2007–2017	Brian Idalski	10	169–156–39	.518	None

Records vs. WCHA opponents

Team	City, State	Arena	Record	First Meeting	Recent Meeting
Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Ridder Arena	4–32–0	2–6 L	5–1 L
St. Cloud State	St. Cloud, Minnesota	National Hockey Center	15–18–4	2–4 L	10–0 W
Minnesota Duluth	Duluth, Minnesota	AMSOIL Arena	5–35–1	0–13 L	5–1 L
Minnesota State	Mankato, Minnesota	All Seasons Arena	11–21–6	3–2 W	3–3 T
Wisconsin	Madison, Wisconsin	Kohl Center	2–34–1	1–5 L	4–4 T
Bemidji State	Bemidji, Minnesota	Sanford Center	24–18–3	2–2 T	2–0 W
Ohio State	Columbus, Ohio	OSU Ice Arena	11–18–3	5–4 W	5–2 W

Olympians

• Michelle Karvinen
• Anna Kilponen
• Emma Nuutinen
• Vilma Tanskanen
• Susanna Tapani
• Tanja Eisenschmid
• Susanne Fellner
• Jocelyne Lamoureux
• Monique Lamoureux
• Johanna Fällman

Fighting Hawks in professional hockey

= CWHL All-Star

= NWHL All-Star

= Clarkson Cup Champion

= Isobel Cup Champion

Player Position Team(s) League(s) Years Championships Kayla Gardner Forward Calgary Inferno Brynäs IF Dam CWHL SDHL 2 Halli Krzyzaniak Defense Calgary Inferno CWHL 2018 Clarkson Cup Jocelyne Lamoureux Forward Dream Gap Tour PWHPA 2015 Clarkson Cup Monique Lamoureux Defense Boston Blades Dream Gap Tour CWHL PWHPA 2015 Clarkson Cup

Awards and honors

• Shelby Amsley-Benzie, 2014–15 and 2015–16 WCHA Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year, 2014–15 WCHA Goaltending Champion, 2014–15 All-WCHA First Team
• Casie Hanson, 2007–08 WCHA Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year
• Michelle Karvinen, 2011–12 WCHA Rookie of the Year
• Jocelyne Lamoureux, 2011–12 and 2012–13 WCHA Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year, 2011–12 WCHA Scoring Champion

References

1. UND Athletics Brand 22 Media (PDF). April 10, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
2. Derek Koenen, UND Athletic Media Relations (October 4, 2010). "Sioux ranked 10th in USCHO.com women's hockey poll – UNDSports.com: Official Web Site of University of North Dakota Athletics". Fightingsioux.com. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
3. "WCHA Press Releases". WCHA.com. October 27, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
4. Derek Koenen, UND Athletic Media Relations (October 22, 2011). "UND's top line combines for 13 points in win – UNDSports.com: Official Web Site of University of North Dakota Athletics". Fightingsioux.com. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
5. "Deep budget cuts force UND to eliminate three varsity sports".
6. "Judge rejects suit to reinstate North Dakota women's hockey". June 21, 2019.
7. "Statistics :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online". USCHO.com. Retrieved December 11, 2013.