1981–82 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season

March 2026 August 2023 color:black; background:#009A44; a #000000 2px black black North Dakota Fighting Sioux black 1981–82 University of North Dakota logo - interlocking ND.svg North Dakota Fighting Sioux men WCHA 1st 35–12–0 19–7–0 21–5–0 12–6–0 2–1–0 John Gasparini Dean BlaisDon Boyd Phil SykesCary Eades Winter Sports Center National championWCHA, champion 1982 NCAA tournament champion 1980–81 1982–83 North Dakota Fighting Sioux #000000 background:#eeeeee; The 1981–82 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey team represented the University of North Dakota in college ice hockey. In its fourth year under head coach John Gasparini, the team compiled a 35–12–0 record and reached the NCAA tournament for the ninth time.North Dakota Men's Hockey Team History https://www.uscho.com/stats/history/north-dakota/mens-hockey/ USCHO.com February 14, 2019 The Fighting Sioux defeated Wisconsin 5–2 to win the championship game at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island. Season Early season In the summer of 1981 the WCHA suffered a tremendous upheaval. Two years after a proposal to divide the Conference into two divisions was rejected, the three Michigan schools along with Notre Dame left for the CCHA, a lesser but more geographically-centered conference. As a result, the WCHA was left with only 6 teams though those teams had combined to win 5 of the previous 6 national championships. The six teams scrambled to fill up their conference schedules against one another which resulted in several cases of unbalanced home/road games between WCHA members. Regardless of their conference issues, North Dakota began the season on the road against Bowling Green, taking both games against the eventual CCHA champion. The following week UND hosted Northern Arizona, who were only in their second year of Division I play, and easily won both games with a combined score of 18–4. The Fighting Sioux ended their non-conference start with a pair of games against Providence and could only manage to split the weekend after a promising 6–0 win. The Sioux's first loss of the year began an alternating cycle of wins and losses that lasted for over a month and plagues them through their early WCHA play. Even when the team headed to San Diego for a brief respite from the winter cold they couldn't shake the pattern and UND returned home with a 10–6 record but only 4–4 in conference. In mid-December North Dakota finally climbed out of their funk and won four consecutive games to close out the first part of their regular season. Holiday Tournament North Dakota headed to Troy to participate in the Rensselaer Holiday Tournament but with the team losing several members to the World Junior championship the Fighting Sioux couldn't stop St. Lawrence from posting 7 goals in the contest. UND salvaged the tournament with a win in the consolation game before barely squeaking by a down Boston University squad. After returning home North Dakota returned to their conference schedule and won two tight games against Denver before splitting a road series at Colorado College. After capturing another home series UND headed to Wisconsin to take on the defending national champions as well as their biggest competition for the WCHA regular season title. At this point in the season Wisconsin was comfortably in the lead with a 14–1–1 conference recordWisconsin Badgers Men's Ice Hockey Record Book https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/uwbadgers.com/documents/2018/10/8/201819_HKY_FactBook.pdf Wisconsin Badgers August 5, 2019 March 5, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190305062128/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/uwbadgers.com/documents/2018/10/8/201819_HKY_FactBook.pdf dead but UND had the ability to close the 7-point gap. The Fighting Sioux shut out Wisconsin in the first game but the Badgers came storming back to turn the tables on North Dakota and the two teams drew even after the weekend. With UND needing a minor miracle to catch up to Wisconsin they played the two worst teams in the WCHA over a two-week span and won all four games. Fortunately, UND got the help they needed when Wisconsin split consecutive weekends (at home no less) and arrived in North Dakota with only a 3-point lead in the standings. The Fighting Sioux took full advantage and swept the weekend to put themselves atop the WCHA for the first time all season. With only one weekend remaining in the regular UND only needed to hold serve with Wisconsin but luck stayed on their side when the Badgers lost an 8–9 contest to Minnesota–Duluth. North Dakota won their first game against Denver and won the WCHA title, earning the first Broadmoor Trophy which replaced the MacNaughton Cup that Michigan Tech kept when they left the conference. WCHA tournament With only six teams left in the conference the WCHA decided to include all members in the postseason tournament with the top two seeds receiving byes to the semifinal. As conference champion, North Dakota sat idle for a weekend before welcoming Denver to Grand Forks. After a close win in game 1 UND captured the series with a 3-goal win to put them in the first WCHA championship series in 5 years. The only team standing in their way was Wisconsin who were looking for revenge after being passed for the conference title. In the first game North Dakota suffered their worst lost in six years, losing 0–9 at home. Because the championship was a two-game total-goal series UND still had another contest against Wisconsin but with a virtually insurmountable deficit UND was flat in the second match and lost to the Badgers once more. NCAA tournament Despite being embarrassed in the championship, North Dakota's season was not over and the 31 wins the team posted over the course of the season all but guaranteed UND with an at-large bit to the NCAA tournament. UND received the 2nd western seed and was able to host the Quarterfinal series against Clarkson. The Fighting Sioux defense showed up in full, holding the Golden Knights to a single goal in each game and advanced to the championship round in Providence. In the semifinal North Dakota faced Northeastern who were making their first tournament appearance. After easily dispatching the Huskies, North Dakota faced Wisconsin for the seventh and final time. The two teams were evenly matched in the first period; Glen White opened the score less than 90 seconds in but the badgers responded less than three minutes later. The UND defense began to clamp down on UW in the second but that couldn't stop Wisconsin from again tying the game quickly. In the final period the Fighting Sioux threw caution to the wind and fired a barrage of 16 shots against Terry Kleisinger, finding the twine three times while Darren Jensen held the UND net. Team captain Phil Sykes was the story of the game, producing a hat trick along with an assist for North Dakota and allowing his team to win the national championship for the fourth time. Awards and honors Phil Sykes set an NCAA record for total points in championship games with 9 when his totals from the 1980 game are included (still the top mark as of 2019). Sykes received the tournament MOP for his performance and was joined on the All-Tournament team by Darren Jensen, James Patrick and Cary Eades. Despite North Dakota setting a new program record with 35 wins (since broken) no players were named to the AHCA All-American West Team,Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_icehockey_rb/2013/MIH%20awards%20for%202013.pdf NCAA.org June 11, 2013 however, the WCHA recognized the team's accomplishments and UND swept the individual conference awards with Sykes winning Most Valuable Player,WCHA Awards http://www.augenblick.org/chha/wcha_awd.html College Hockey Historical Archives May 19, 2013 James Patrick capturing Freshman of the Year and John Gasparini receiving Coach of the Year. Furthermore, despite North Dakota rotating three goaltenders nearly equally throughout the season, Jon Casey was named to the All-WCHA First TeamWCHA All-Teams http://www.augenblick.org/chha/wcha_all.html College Hockey Historical Archives May 19, 2013 with Phil Sykes while James Patrick, Craig Ludwig and Troy Murray were named to the Second Team. Jon Casey also set a new team record for wins in a season with 15 (since UND began keeping individual goaltending records in 1973). Standings UND Schedule |- !colspan=12 style="North Dakota Fighting Sioux #000000;" | Regular season October 16 w yes yes 1981 men Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green BGSU Ice Arena Bowling Green, Ohio 6–4 1–0 October 17 w yes yes 1981 men Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green BGSU Ice Arena Bowling Green, Ohio 6–3 2–0 October 23 w yes no 1981 men Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Northern Arizona Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 10–2 3–0 October 24 w yes no 1981 men Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Northern Arizona Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 8–2 4–0 October 30 w yes no 1981 men Providence Friars Providence Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 6–0 5–0 October 31 l yes no 1981 men Providence Friars Providence Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 5–6 OT 5–1 November 6 w no 1981 men Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota–Duluth Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 4–1 6–1 1–0 November 7 l no 1981 men Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota–Duluth Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 4–5 6–2 1–1 November 13 w yes 1981 men Colorado College Tigers Colorado College Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 5–4 7–2 2–1 November 14 l yes 1981 men Colorado College Tigers Colorado College Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 2–3 7–3 2–2 November 20 w yes 1981 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota 5–2 8–3 3–2 November 21 l yes 1981 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota 5–7 8–4 3–3 November 27 w no 1981 men Denver Pioneers Denver Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 7–1 9–4 4–3 November 28 l no 1981 men Denver Pioneers Denver Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 5–2 9–5 4–4 December 5 w yes yes 1981 men US International Gulls US International San Diego Ice Arena San Diego, California 5–2 10–5 4–4 December 6 l yes yes 1981 men US International Gulls US International San Diego Ice Arena San Diego, California 1–3 10–6 4–4 December 11 w no 1981 men Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota–Duluth Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 4–1 11–6 5–4 December 12 w no 1981 men Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota–Duluth Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 7–4 12–6 6–4 December 18 w yes no 1981 men Ferris State Bulldogs Ferris State Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 5–2 13–6 6–4 December 19 w yes no 1981 men Ferris State Bulldogs Ferris State Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 6–2 14–6 6–4 |- !colspan=12 style="North Dakota Fighting Sioux #000000;" | #000000 Rensselaer Holiday Tournament December 29 l yes yes 1981 men St. Lawrence Saints St. Lawrence Houston Field House Troy, New York Tournament Semifinal 5–7 14–7 6–4 December 30 w yes yes 1981 men RPI Engineers Rensselaer Houston Field House Troy, New York Tournament Consolation Game 5–4 15–7 6–4 January 2 w yes yes 1981 men Boston University Terriers Boston University Walter Brown Arena Boston, Massachusetts 3–2 OT 16–7 6–4 January 8 w no 1981 men Denver Pioneers Denver Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 6–4 17–7 7–4 January 9 w no 1981 men Denver Pioneers Denver Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 5–4 18–7 8–4 January 15 l yes 1981 men Colorado College Tigers Colorado College Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 2–6 18–8 8–5 January 16 w yes 1981 men Colorado College Tigers Colorado College Broadmoor World Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado 6–3 19–8 9–5 January 22 w no 1981 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 3–1 20–8 10–5 January 23 w no 1981 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 4–1 21–8 11–5 January 29 w yes 1981 men Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 3–0 22–8 12–5 January 30 l yes 1981 men Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin 0–3 22–9 12–6 February 5 w no 1981 men Colorado College Tigers Colorado College Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 6–1 23–9 13–6 February 6 w no 1981 men Colorado College Tigers Colorado College Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 5–2 24–9 14–6 February 12 w yes 1981 men Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota–Duluth Duluth Arena Auditorium Duluth, Minnesota 4–3 OT 25–9 15–6 February 13 w yes 1981 men Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota–Duluth Duluth Arena Auditorium Duluth, Minnesota 11–3 26–9 16–6 February 19 w no 1981 men Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 5–4 OT 27–9 17–6 February 20 w no 1981 men Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 3–1 28–9 18–6 February 26 w yes 1981 men Denver Pioneers Denver DU Arena Denver, Colorado 8–4 29–9 19–6 February 27 l yes 1981 men Denver Pioneers Denver DU Arena Denver, Colorado 3–4 29–10 19–7 |- !colspan=12 style="North Dakota Fighting Sioux #000000;" | #000000 WCHA tournament March 9 w yes no 1981 men Denver Pioneers Denver Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota WCHA Semifinal game 1 4–3 30–10 19–7 March 10 w yes no 1981 men Denver Pioneers Denver Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota WCHA Semifinal game 2 5–2 31–10 19–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|North Dakota Wins Series 9–5 March 13 l yes no 1981 men Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota WCHA championship game 1 0–9 31–11 19–7 March 14 l yes no 1981 men Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota WCHA championship game 2 1–3 31–12 19–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|North Dakota Loses Series 1–12 |- !colspan=12 style="North Dakota Fighting Sioux #000000;" | #000000 NCAA tournament March 19 w yes no 1981 men Clarkson Golden Knights Clarkson Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota National Quarterfinal game 1 5–1 32–12 19–7 March 20 w yes no 1981 men Clarkson Golden Knights Clarkson Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota National Quarterfinal game 2 2–1 33–12 19–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|North Dakota Wins Series 7–2 March 25 w yes yes 1981 men Northeastern Huskies Northeastern Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island National Semifinal 6–2 34–12 19–7 March 27 w yes yes 1981 men Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island National championship 5–2 35–12 19–7 Source: North Dakota Hockey 2018–19 Hockey Media Guide https://s3.amazonaws.com/undsports.com/documents/2018/11/15/2018_19_HKY_Media_Guide_for_web.pdf North Dakota Fighting Hawks January 14, 2019 Roster and scoring statistics 2 #000000 North Dakota Fighting Sioux No. Name Year Position Hometown unsortable S/P/C Games Goals Assists Pts #000000 PIM 25 Phil Sykes Phil Sykes (ice hockey) Senior LW Dawson Creek, BC British Columbia 45 39 24 63 20 7 Troy Murray Sophomore C Calgary, AB Alberta 42 22 29 51 62 22 Cary Eades Senior W Burnaby, BC British Columbia 41 21 23 44 52 11 Gord Sherven Freshman C Weyburn, SK Saskatchewan 46 18 25 43 16 8 Dave Tippett Freshman LW Moosomin, SK Saskatchewan 43 13 28 41 24 9 Dusty Carroll Junior C Charlottetown, PE Prince Edward Island 46 19 12 31 24 2 Craig Ludwig Junior D Eagle River, WI Wisconsin 47 5 26 31 70 3 James Patrick James Patrick (ice hockey) Freshman D Winnipeg, MB Manitoba 42 4 25 29 26 20 Dan Brennan Sophomore F Dawson Creek, BC British Columbia 42 10 17 27 57 21 Jim Archibald Freshman RW Craik, SK Saskatchewan 41 10 16 26 96 16 Dave Donnelly Freshman C Edmonton, AB Alberta 38 10 15 25 38 5 Mike Stone Mike Stone (ice hockey) Senior D Roseau, MN Minnesota 46 4 20 24 68 10 Glen White Glen White (ice hockey) Junior C Rosetown, SK Saskatchewan 35 10 12 22 14 26 Steve Palmiscno Sophomore D Grand Forks, ND North Dakota 29 9 10 19 4 18 Dean Dachyshyn Junior LW Devon, AB Alberta 30 6 13 19 82 6 Rick Zombo Freshman D Des Plaines, IL Illinois 45 1 15 16 31 4 Bill Whitsitt Sophomore D Bloomington, MN Minnesota 46 3 11 14 10 17 Dean Barsness Sophomore C Grand Forks, ND North Dakota 18 4 9 13 0 14 Frank Burggraf Senior C Roseau, MN Minnesota 24 3 9 12 16 19 Glen Fester Sophomore D Vernon, BC British Columbia 34 1 7 8 20 15 Troy Magnuson Junior W Chanhassen, MN Minnesota 22 3 4 7 0 13 Ed Christian Ed Christian (ice hockey) Sophomore F Warroad, MN Minnesota 23 1 2 3 14 30 Darren Jensen Junior G Creston, BC British Columbia 16 0 0 0 2 34 Pierre Lamoureux Junior G Fort Saskatchewan, AB Alberta 16 0 0 0 9 1 Jon Casey Sophomore G Grand Rapids, MN Minnesota 18 0 0 0 0 Total North Dakota Fighting Sioux 1981–82 roster and statistics https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/1137/univ.-of-north-dakota/1981-1982?tab=stats#players EliteProspects July 24, 2019 Goaltending statistics 2 #000000 North Dakota Fighting Sioux No. Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals against Saves Shut outs #000000 SV % #000000 GAA 1 Jon Casey 18 1038 15 3 0 48 473 1 .908 2.77 30 Darren Jensen 16 – – – – – – 1 .892 2.96 34 Pierre Lamoureux 16 – – – – – – 0 .896 3.24 Total 47 – 35 12 0 143 – 2 .897 3.04 1982 championship game (W1) Wisconsin vs. (W2) North Dakota Wisconsin North Dakota Providence Civic Center March 27https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCk01u5pxFo - YouTube YouTube 2–5 2 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st UNDGlen White – PPSykes and Fester 1:26 1–0 UND WISRon VincentThomas 3:56 1–1 2nd UNDPhil SykesSherven 21:09 2–1 UND WISJohn NewberryPearson and Flatley 25:30 2–2 3rd UNDPhil Sykes – GWLudwig and White 46:27 3–2 UND UNDCary EadesMurray and Dachyshyn 50:07 4–2 UND UNDPhil SykesWhite and Zombo 55:08 5–2 UND Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T North Dakota 12 10 16 38 Wisconsin 11 5 9 25 Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice UND Darren Jensen 23 2 60:00 WIS Terry Kleisinger 33 5 60:00 Players drafted into the NHL 1982 NHL entry draft = NHL All-Star team= NHL All-StarPlayers are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career. = NHL All-Star and NHL All-Star team= Did not play in the NHL 2 #000000 North Dakota Fighting Sioux Round Pick Player NHL team 2 40 Scott Sandelin† Montreal Canadiens 4 78 Chris Jensen† New York Rangers 5 96 Tim Mishler† Winnipeg Jets 7 133 Jay Ness† Chicago Black Hawks 8 151 Mickey Krampotich† Hartford Whalers 9 187 Brian Williams† Montreal Canadiens 11 213 Tim Loven† Toronto Maple Leafs † incoming freshman 1982 NHL Entry Draft http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1982e.html Hockey DB July 25, 2019 See also 1982 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions References 50em Category:North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey seasons North Dakota North Dakota North Dakota North Dakota North Dakota North Dakota