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UND MEN'S HOCKEY: Berry applies for assistant job
Brad Berry, who played for the Sioux and served as an assistant from 2000-2006, has applied for the vacant assistant coaching position and is expected to be officially named soon after the job posting closes May 30.
RELATED CONTENTPREP TENNIS: Red River wins 12th straight East Region title
Grand Forks Red River won its 12th consecutive East Region team championship, cruising past Grand Forks Central, Fargo Davies and West Fargo at Center Court Fitness Club. The Roughriders beat Central and Davies 5-0 before topping the Packers 4-1 in the championship.
RELATED CONTENTEades to coach Sioux Falls in USHL 
One week after it was announced that UND wasn't going to renew his contract as associate head coach, Cary Eades landed a new job as head coach and general manager of the Sioux Falls Stampede in the United States Hockey League.
RELATED CONTENTPREP TENNIS: Red River completes undefeated regular season
Grand Forks Red River is ready to make another state championship run. The Roughriders showed off their power and depth during Thursday’s 9-0 victory over Grand Forks Central during a windy day at Riverside Courts. Red River, the 10-time defending state champion, dropped just one set as it completed the regular season undefeated with a record of 8-0.
RELATED CONTENTNCHC hires hockey ops director; UND looks for defenseman coach
Joe Novak, an assistant athletic director at Air Force who has worked in officiating for 25 years for USA Hockey and other organizations, will handle the league’s referees, suspensions for illegal hits and scheduling duties.
UND BASEBALL: A win for grandma
Ben Clark was looking forward to pitching on UND’s Cancer Awareness Day. “My grandma is battling cancer,” Clark said. “I was definitely thinking about it last night. I got texts from my parents and stuff and they were saying they had a feeling I would do well.” Indeed, Clark delivered on Saturday afternoon.
Dobmeier opens race season with a win
The rain stayed away from River Cities Speedway on Friday night. Therefore, there wasn’t anything to keep Mark Dobmeier from claiming his usual spot at the Grand Forks track. Dobmeier started second, took the lead on the first lap and was never challenged during the 25-lap sprint feature during the track’s opening night.
RELATED CONTENTUND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Brewster hires local assistant coach
Fordville, N.D., product will move from the men’s side to the women’s side
Travis Brewster didn’t have to look very far to make his first hire as UND women’s basketball coach. Brewster tabbed Tom Dryburgh, who was working down the hall at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center as the director of men’s basketball operations, as the program’s new assistant coach.
Eades out as Sioux assistant
Hakstol: Decision ‘extremely difficult’
Cary Eades, who has been at UND as a player and an assistant coach for nearly two decades, was let go by the school as the associate head coach of the men’s hockey team on Thursday.
Several former UND players look to get name on Stanley Cup
Outside the UND men’s hockey locker room, there’s a piece of wall reserved for those who go on to win the Stanley Cup. Right now, there are 12 plaques featuring 10 different former Sioux players who have won hockey’s ultimate prize. As of now, there’s plenty of room to add plaques if needed. And that might be a good thing the way this playoff season is going. As the second round begins, seven former Sioux still have a shot at getting their names engraved on the Stanley Cup.
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NCAA should consider altering hockey playoff format
Thursday afternoon, Division I hockey coaches and administrators will meet in Naples, Fla., to discuss the NCAA tournament, and they should consider a new format that was proposed at last year’s meetings.
RELATED CONTENTSioux bank on savvy coaching staff to pull them through
UND isn't the most veteran team in the 16-team field for the NCAA men's hockey tournament that begins today. But it has a hat trick of coaches who can do far more than teach the intricacies of the game to their players.
RELATED CONTENTVIRG FOSS COLUMN: Flood of comments on officiating
Maybe I'll come back in my next life as a preacher and follow in the footsteps of my father, uncle and cousin. It seems like a logical step, since I certainly found a congregation of fellow believers after I ripped the quality of officiating in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association in a recent column.
RELATED CONTENTLong college goals are linked
Chris Chelios has played nearly as many years in the National Hockey League (23) as Robbie Bina is old (24).
RELATED CONTENTVIRG FOSS COLUMN: WCHA needs upgrade in officiating
I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore.
RELATED CONTENTA slip of the tongue and behavior from coaches that's too far-flung
The world slowed down for most of us as we celebrated Christmas and welcomed in the New Year. But when you're a semi-retired journalist as I am, the whole year slows down to a most comfortable pace.
RELATED CONTENTShowcase event set for REA
College hockey recruiters spend countless hours each year traveling the back roads in the United States and Canada looking for the next great player.
RELATED CONTENTA look at a hat trick of walk-ons
In the spirit of the Christmas season, I'm going to tell you about the three greatest gifts the UND hockey program has received, other than Ralph Engelstad's donation of the $115 million arena bearing his name.
RELATED CONTENTLet's just call the Sioux 'Pro Puck U'
Miami of Ohio is known as the "Cradle of Coaches" because such esteemed men as Earl Blaik, Paul Brown, Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and Ara Parseghian once coached football there.
RELATED CONTENTSioux hockey was special in 1981-82
For those of us who make a living writing about sports, defining greatness can be as fleeting as the transition from fall to winter. It's here one day, gone the next.
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