DULUTH, Minn. – For the UMD men’s hockey team, they’ll be back on the road this upcoming weekend taking on Omaha. It’s the first time the Bulldogs have been inside Baxter Arena since the NCHC Pod in 2020. But don’t sleep on the Mavericks as they come into this one ranked 16th in the country. “You look at their goaltender….
DULUTH, Minn. – A strong second half would be the difference as Augsburg defeated the St. Scholastica men’s basketball team 84-63 Wednesday night at the Reif Gym. Nick Carlson led the way with 13 points as the Saints will look for better results at Saint John’s on Saturday. Categories: College, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – In their seven-year tenure at UMD, Maura Crowell and Laura Bellamy have coached 10 players that went on to compete in the Olympics, including six of them making their Olympic debuts. And one of those players is current goaltender Emma Soderberg. The Bulldogs goalie has been selected to join the Swedish women’s hockey team. Soderberg is enjoying…
DULUTH, Minn. – This past weekend, the UMD men’s basketball team learned that all good things must come to an end. The Bulldogs dropped Saturday’s road game to Upper Iowa for their first loss of the season. The loss drops UMD to sixth and ninth in the latest polls and leaves them with a lot to learn for the rest…
DULUTH, Minn. – The Esko boys basketball team improved to 11-2 on the season as they defeated Duluth Denfeld 81-54 Tuesday night. In other prep boys basketball action, it was Duluth Marshall over Barnum 64-52 and Proctor would knock down their free throws late as they hang on to beat Two Harbors 73-67. Categories: High School, Sports
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Junior Emma Raye led all scorers with 24 points, but it wouldn’t be enough as the Superior girls basketball team drops a nail-biter to Rice Lake 73-69 Tuesday night. The loss snaps an eight-game win streak for the Spartans, who will host Hibbing Thursday night. Categories: High School, Sports
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. – The Premier Hockey Federation announced Tuesday that their Board of Governors will be investing $25 million in direct payments to its players over the next three years. The move is the largest one-time investment in women’s professional hockey, doubling each team’s salary cap for the upcoming season and includes full healthcare benefits and maternity leave…
DULUTH, Minn. – This week, the Duluth Marshall boys hockey team will hold a special ceremony to honor their late head coach Brendan Flaherty, who passed away last summer after a three-year battle with throat cancer. Back in September, Flaherty was posthumously inducted into the Duluth Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame. And now, a piece of artwork will be unveiled…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The watch list for this year’s award was released this week and Hibbing’s Ayden McDonald and Deer River’s Ty Morrison are on the list. McDonald, whose grandfather Bob is the namesake of the award, is averaging over 30 points and 10 assists per game for the Bluejackets. Morrison leads the Warriors in nearly every statistical category, including…
CLOQUET, Minn. – The Cloquet girls basketball team picked up their sixth straight win as they knocked off Barnum 72-52 Friday night. In other prep girls basketball action, Proctor got the road win over Cromwell-Wright 63-58 for the Rails’ first victory in 2022. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – When kids have a day off from school, they can do one of two things: sit at home and do nothing or get up and stay active. And Monday, the UMD men’s basketball team gave kids the option to do the latter. The Bulldogs hosted their second annual MLK Day Basketball Camp at Romano Gym. The camp…
DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth Marshall boys hockey team snapped a three-game losing streak as they defeated North Shore 5-1 Monday afternoon at Mars Lakeview Arena. Sam Aamodt, Tucker D’Allaird, Brendan Friday, Jonas Martinelli and Garrett Olek all scored for the Hilltoppers, who will host Cloquet-Esko-Carlton Thursday night. Categories: High School, Sports
SEATTLE, Wash. – Former UMD men’s hockey captain Karson Kuhlman has been claimed off waivers by the Seattle Kraken. This past weekend, the Esko native was waived by the Boston Bruins after spending the first five seasons of his pro career with the organization. This season, Kuhlman has one goal and an assist in 19 games. He will join fellow…
CLOQUET, Minn. – For this week’s Coaches Corner, we spoke with Cloquet girls basketball coach Heather Young as the Lumberjacks are one of the most improved teams in the entire Northland. Categories: Coaches Corner, Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Sports
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Junior Mady Sanders finished with 11 points and 18 rebounds as the UW-Superior women’s basketball team knocked off Crown 81-72 Friday night at the Mertz Mortorelli Gym. Makenna Guden led the way with 16 points as the Yellowjackets will look for back-to-back wins when they host Minnesota Morris on Saturday. Categories: College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – Anna Klein, Naomi Rogge and Katie Davis each scored two goals as the UMD women’s hockey team defeated Bemidji State 8-2 Friday afternoon at Amsoil Arena. 10 different Bulldogs would get on the scoresheet as they’ll look for the sweep on Saturday. Categories: College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports, University of Minnesota – Duluth
DULUTH, Minn. – The UMD men’s hockey team scored three goals in the third period as they got the win over Miami University 4-1 Friday night at Amsoil Arena. Blake Biondi, Casey Gilling, Koby Bender and Quinn Olson all scored for the Bulldogs, who will aim to sweep the RedHawks Saturday night. Categories: College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports, University of…
DULUTH, Minn. – This week, Duluth Marshall’s Jasper Timm committed to joining the UW-Stout men’s basketball team. The senior is leading the way this season for the Hilltoppers, averaging 25 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks per game. Last week, Timm scored his 1,000th career point for Duluth Marshall, becoming just the 15th player in program history to hit that…
DULUTH, Minn. – This weekend, the Bemidji State women’s hockey team will be in town to take on UMD. And the series will be extra special for three former Northland hockey stars. Coleraine’s Claire Vekich, Carlton’s Taylor Nelson and Hermantown’s Alyssa Watkins return to a rink that they are very familiar with. “It’s crazy. Time flies. I just think about…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Koi Perich led the way with 26 points as the Esko boys basketball team picked up the road win over Superior 88-77 Thursday night. In other prep basketball action, it was the Cloquet girls getting the win over Hermantown 57-49 and the Hawks boys knocking over the Lumberjacks 96-80. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – The Grand Rapids boys hockey team scored four goals in the second period as they defeated Duluth Denfeld 8-1 Thursday night at the Heritage Center. Joey DelGreco and Hayden DeMars each scored two goals as the Thunderhawks picked up their seventh straight win. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – This week, Team Canada announced their women’s hockey roster for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The team released a special video with youth hockey players saying the name of each Olympian which included a familiar name. UMD’s Ashton Bell will be making her Olympic debut in Beijing in just a few weeks. The Deloraine, Manitoba native is now…
EVELETH, Minn. – We are less than a month away from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Northland’s own Team Shuster will be back in action to defend their Olympics gold medals that turned them into overnight celebrities when they came back home. The team says looking back at what they did in 2018 will always bring a smile…
DULUTH, Minn. – The UMD women’s hockey team is back at practice this week after an unplanned break due to COVID. Nothing new for the Bulldogs though as they dealt with starts and stop all of last season. Assistant captain Gabbie Hughes says the team’s mindset is just focusing on their next series. “Coach has talked about it a little…
DULUTH, Minn. – The UMD men’s hockey team returned to practice this week after COVID issues knocked out their series against St. Cloud State. And with several injuries and other issues keeping guys in and out of the lineup, it was quite the first half of the season for head coach Scott Sandelin’s crew. “So many people went through what…
DULUTH, Minn. – This week, UMD’s Laura Bellamy received the 2022 Women’s Ice Hockey Assistant Coach Award from the American Hockey Coaches Association. The Duluth Denfeld alum and former Duluth Northern Stars goalie is in her seventh season at UMD. Head coach Maura Crowell says she’s an unsung hero within the program. “I think she’s one of the best in…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Garrett Drotts would score four goals on the night as the Grand Rapids boys hockey team got a big road shutout over Superior 7-0 Tuesday night at Wessman Arena. In prep girls hockey action, Cloquet-Esko-Carlton shook off a slow start to get the road win over Superior 4-1 and the Duluth Northern Stars got two goals from…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Superior girls basketball team improved to 13-1 on the season as they defeated Duluth Marshall 88-62 Tuesday night. In the boys game, the Spartans used a strong second half to get the win over the Hilltoppers 92-69, behind 36 points from Robert Olson. Categories: High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – Senior forward Tessa Jorde scored the lone goal of the game as the UW-Superior women’s hockey team defeated St. Scholastica 2-1 Tuesday night at Wessman Arena. The Yellowjackets improve to 6-5-1 while the Saints fall to 6-5-1. Categories: College, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – Tuesday, the Canadian women’s hockey team announced their roster for the 2022 Winter Olympics and it has a pair of familiar names. UMD defenseman Ashton Bell and former All-American Bulldog Jocelyne Larocque are heading to Beijing in a few weeks. Last season, Bell’s overtime goal in the NCAA quarterfinals sent UMD to the Frozen Four for the…
CROMWELL, Minn – The Cromwell-Wright girls basketball team rolled past McGregor 81-17 Monday, extending the Cardinals win streak to four straight games. In other prep girls basketball action, Jayden Karppinen led the way with 17 points as Esko knocked off Proctor 52-43. Categories: High School, Sports
TWO HARBORS, Minn. – The Two Harbors boys basketball team is off to a solid start to their season. The Agates are 6-2 and looking to carry that momentum into the second half of the season. But it won’t be easy as they’ll battle some teams that they might end up facing in the loaded Section 7AA playoffs. “Esko really…
DULUTH, Minn. – Confidence is a big thing for athletes, even more so for basketball players. And no one has more confidence in his game that UMD’s Drew Blair. This past weekend, the junior guard scored his 1,000th career point for the Bulldogs in a win over Concordia-St. Paul. Blair jumped right into the Bulldog program starting 30 games his…
DULUTH, Minn. – For this week’s Coaches Corner, we spoke with Proctor/Hermantown girls hockey coach Emma Stauber as the Mirage continue their state title defense. Among the topics discussed are Stauber’s life as a head coach and a professional hockey player, as well as how her team’s success has impacted their local youth program. Categories: Coaches Corner, Friday Night Frenzy,…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Friday afternoon, Superior’s Kaylee Baker signed her National Letter of Intent to join the Lincoln University softball and golf teams. Baker says she loved the historic campus of the school and the move allows her to keep playing her two favorite sports. “Well softball has been always my #1 sport. And I also picked up golf because…
DULUTH, Minn. – Senior Brooke Olson led the team with 20 points as the UMD women’s basketball team defeated Minnesota State Mankato 61-52 Friday night at Romano Gym. The Bulldogs held the Mavericks to just four points in the first quarter and 10 in the third as they will host Concordia-St. Paul Saturday. Categories: College, Friday Night Frenzy, Sports, University…
CLOQUET, Minn. – Maddie Young and Alexa Snesrud combined to score 36 points as the Cloquet girls basketball knocked off Crosby-Ironton 67-61 Friday night. Tori Oehrlein scored 33 points for the Rangers. Categories: Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – Connor McClure scored four goals on the night as the Duluth Denfeld boys hockey team blanked North Shore 10-0 Friday night at the Heritage Center. The Hunters improve to 11-3 as they will host Grand Rapids next Thursday. Categories: Friday Night Frenzy, High School, Sports
PORT WING, Wis. – If you had 10 guesses to come up with this season’s leading scorer in Wisconsin prep boys basketball, you’d probably think it was someone in Madison, Milwaukee or green bay. Even if you got 20 guesses, you would never think it was someone from port wing. And that guy is South Shore’s Koy Nelson. The senior…
CLOQUET, Minn. – Hermantown’s Beau Janzig has been tendered by the Minnesota Wilderness. The senior has six points in nine games this season while anchoring the Hawks’ defense. He joins former teammate Aaron Pionk, who also skates for the Wilderness. Last season, the pair helped the Hawks win their 11th section title in the past 12 seasons. Categories: College, High…
DULUTH, Minn. – Evan Bennett led the way with 21 points as the Superior boys basketball team got the road win over Duluth East 58-50. In other prep boys basketball action, Grand Rapids defeated Duluth Denfeld 73-55 and Duluth Marshall knocked off Proctor 81-74 as Jasper Timm scored his 1,000th career point. Categories: High School, Sports
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Kaelyn Christian led her team with 15 points, but it wouldn’t be enough as the UW-Superior women’s basketball team dropped their first game of 2022 to Finlandia 67-62. The Yellowjackets will be back in action Saturday when they head to Ashland to take on Northland College. Categories: College, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – Two weeks ago, the NHL announced that none of their players would be going to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. So Team USA had to come up with a squad quick and they’ve found a collection of some of the best college hockey players in the country, including a UMD bulldog. Team captain Noah Cates is…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Duluth native and St. Cloud State men’s hockey coach Brett Larson will be joining the coaching staff for the U.S. men’s hockey team at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Larson will be making his Olympic coaching debut. He previously served as an assistant coach for the 2020 World Junior Championships and head coach of the…
DULUTH, Minn. – The UMD men’s basketball team has cancelled Friday’s home game against Minnesota State Mankato. The decision comes as the Mavericks are having COVID-19 issues within their program. Per NSIC guidelines, the game will be declared a no contest and will not be rescheduled. The women’s game has now been moved to 6 p.m. at Romano Gym. Both…
DULUTH, Minn. – The UMD women’s hockey team has postponed their series this weekend against St. Cloud State due to COVID-19 concerns within the Bulldogs program. This comes after the men’s team postponed their series against the Huskies as well. The WCHA says they will make every effort to reschedule the series. UMD will be back in action next weekend…
DULUTH, Minn. – Miranda Broberg led the way with 17 points, but it wouldn’t be enough as the St. Scholastica women’s basketball team fell to Hamline 68-59. Karli Nixon also chipped in with 14 points as the Saints continue to search for their first win of the season. Categories: College, Sports
DULUTH, Minn. – Back in her freshman year, Gabbie Hughes led the UMD women’s hockey team in scoring, displaying her stellar ability to light the lamp each and every night. And now as a senior, she is finally getting some national recognition. Hughes was named National Player of the Month by the Hockey Commissioners Association. The Lino Lakes native took…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The UWS men’s hockey team announced Wednesday morning that its game Thursday at Saint John’s has been postponed due to COVID-19 protocols. No make-up date has been set for the contest, but both schools are looking at potential scheduling scenarios where the game can be played. The Yellowjackets are scheduled to be back in action Saturday against…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – UMD Athletics announced Wednesday afternoon that the men’s hockey series against St. Cloud State has been postponed. The decision is due to COVID-19 protocols within the Bulldogs’ program. The NCHC will attempt to make up this series at a later date. If they are unable to do that, the games will be declared no contests. UMD…
