1947–48 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season

1947–48 North Dakota Fighting Sioux
men's ice hockey season
1947–48 North Dakota Fighting Sioux; men's ice hockey season
Conference	Independent
Home ice	Winter Sports Building
Record
Overall	11–5–0
Home	5–2–0
Road	6–3–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Don Norman
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The 1947–48 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season was the 7th season of play for the program but first under the oversight of the NCAA. The Fighting Sioux represented the University of North Dakota and were coached by Don Norman, in his 1st season.

Season

The still inexperienced program at North Dakota put together a rather good season. While the Sioux performed well versus non-collegiate opponents, it was against their peers where the team showed it belonged. UND defeated every other school they played at least once, but it was the victories over Michigan and Colorado College, both of whom would make the inaugural NCAA tournament, that illustrated just how good the Fighting Sioux could be.

The team used different captains for each game.

Roster

No.	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
15	Jim Medved	Sophomore	F			1926-06-24	Crookston, Minnesota	Saint John's (MIAC)
16	Arthur Forman		G				Wahpeton, North Dakota
16	Bob Dorsher		D			1927-08-20	Grand Forks, North Dakota
17	Bob Murray	Sophomore	G			1923-10-27	Saint Paul, Minnesota
18	Joe Silovich	Sophomore	F			1922-05-04	Eveleth, Minnesota
19	John Noah	Freshman	D			1927-11-21	Crookston, Minnesota
20	Cal Marvin	Sophomore	D			1924-04-29	Warroad, Minnesota
20	Jim Williams	Sophomore	D				Grand Forks, North Dakota
21	Buzz Johnson	Sophomore	F			1922-01-09	Webster, South Dakota
22	Gordon Christian	Sophomore	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1927-11-21	Warroad, Minnesota
23	Tom Buran	Sophomore	G				Roseau, Minnesota	Roseau (USHS-MN)
25	Bob Krumholz	Freshman	F			1929-11-24	Hallock, Minnesota
26	Bill Sullivan	Sophomore	F			1925-12-08	Crookston, Minnesota
27	Paul McKinnon	Freshman	D			1929-04-29	Williams, Minnesota	Warroad Lakers
28	Ted Wilson	Freshman	F				Warroad, Minnesota
29	Jim Doyle	Sophomore	D/F				Thief River Falls, Minnesota	Thief River Falls (USHS-MN)
30	Wes Cole		F				Warroad, Minnesota	Warroad Lakers
31	Prince Johnson	Sophomore	F			1927-11-18	Webster, South Dakota
32	Dan McKinnon	Sophomore	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	1922-04-21	Williams, Minnesota
37	Bob Grina	Junior	F			1926-08-09	Grand Forks, North Dakota

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Standings

1947–48 NCAA Independent ice hockey standings v t e
	Intercollegiate							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Army	16	11	4	1	.719	78	39	16	11	4	1	78	39
Bemidji State	5	0	5	0	.000	13	36	10	2	8	0	37	63
Boston College	19	14	5	0	.737	126	60	19	14	5	0	126	60
Boston University	24	20	4	0	.833	179	86	24	20	4	0	179	86
Bowdoin	9	4	5	0	.444	45	68	11	6	5	0	56	73
Brown	14	5	9	0	.357	61	91	14	5	9	0	61	91
California	10	2	8	0	.200	45	62	17	5	12	0	87	89
Clarkson	12	5	6	1	.458	67	39	17	10	6	1	96	54
Colby	8	2	6	0	.250	28	41	8	2	6	0	28	41
Colgate	10	7	3	0	.700	54	34	13	10	3	0	83	45
Colorado College	14	9	5	0	.643	84	73	27	19	8	0	207	120
Cornell	4	0	4	0	.000	3	43	4	0	4	0	3	43
Dartmouth	23	21	2	0	.913	156	76	24	21	3	0	156	81
Fort Devens State	13	3	10	0	.231	33	74	–	–	–	–	–	–
Georgetown	3	2	1	0	.667	12	11	7	5	2	0	37	21
Hamilton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	7	7	0	–	–
Harvard	22	9	13	0	.409	131	131	23	9	14	0	135	140
Lehigh	8	0	8	0	.000	8	95	10	0	10	0	12	108
Massachusetts	2	0	2	0	.000	1	23	3	0	3	0	3	30
Michigan	18	16	2	0	.889	105	53	23	20	2	1	141	63
Michigan Tech	19	7	12	0	.368	87	96	20	8	12	0	91	97
Middlebury	14	8	5	1	.607	111	68	16	10	5	1	127	74
Minnesota	16	9	7	0	.563	78	73	21	9	12	0	100	105
Minnesota–Duluth	6	3	3	0	.500	21	24	9	6	3	0	36	28
MIT	19	8	11	0	.421	93	114	19	8	11	0	93	114
New Hampshire	13	4	9	0	.308	58	67	13	4	9	0	58	67
North Dakota	10	6	4	0	.600	51	46	16	11	5	0	103	68
North Dakota Agricultural	5	3	2	0	.600	27	28	6	4	2	0	37	29
Northeastern	19	10	9	0	.526	135	119	19	10	9	0	135	119
Norwich	9	3	6	0	.333	38	58	13	6	7	0	56	70
Princeton	18	8	10	0	.444	65	72	21	10	11	0	79	79
St. Cloud State	12	10	2	0	.833	55	35	16	12	4	0	73	55
St. Lawrence	9	6	3	0	.667	65	27	13	8	4	1	95	50
Suffolk	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tufts	4	3	1	0	.750	17	15	4	3	1	0	17	15
Union	9	1	8	0	.111	7	86	9	1	8	0	7	86
Williams	11	3	6	2	.364	37	47	13	4	7	2	–	–
Yale	16	5	10	1	.344	60	69	20	8	11	1	89	85

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Record
Regular Season
December 10	Grand Forks Amerks*	Winter Sports Building • Grand Forks, North Dakota	W 8–0	1–0–0
December 17	at Thief River Falls Thieves*	Thief River Falls, Minnesota	W 6–4	2–0–0
December 20	at Thief River Falls Thieves*	Thief River Falls, Minnesota	L 1–3	2–1–0
January 5	Thief River Falls Thieves*	Winter Sports Building • Grand Forks, North Dakota	W 7–4	3–1–0
January 9	at Michigan*	Weinberg Coliseum • Ann Arbor, Michigan	W 6–5	4–1–0
January 10	at Michigan*	Weinberg Coliseum • Ann Arbor, Michigan	L 2–5	4–2–0
January 16	Michigan Tech*	Winter Sports Building • Grand Forks, North Dakota	L 6–7 ^OT	4–3–0
January 17	Michigan Tech*	Winter Sports Building • Grand Forks, North Dakota	W 7–3	5–3–0
January 23	Minnesota*	Winter Sports Building • Grand Forks, North Dakota	W 5–3	6–3–0
January 24	Minnesota*	Winter Sports Building • Grand Forks, North Dakota	L 4–7 ^OT	6–4–0
February 10	at Wichita Flyers*	Wichita, Kansas	W 13–5	7–4–0
February 12	at Colorado College*	Broadmoor Ice Palace • Colorado Springs, Colorado	W 8–4	8–4–0
February 13	at Colorado College*	Broadmoor Ice Palace • Colorado Springs, Colorado	L 3–6	8–5–0
February 20	at Michigan Tech*	Dee Stadium • Houghton, Michigan	W 5–4	9–5–0
February 21	at Michigan Tech*	Dee Stadium • Houghton, Michigan	W 5–2	10–5–0
February 27	at North Dakota Agricultural*	Winter Sports Building • Grand Forks, North Dakota	W 17–8	11–5–0
*Non-conference game.

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Scoring statistics

Name	Position	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Bill Sullivan	F	16	18	6	24	4
Gordon Christian	F	15	12	12	24	12
Jim Medved	F	16	14	9	23	6
Prince Johnson	F	16	14	6	20	8
John Noah	D	16	13	3	16	6
Buzz Johnson	F	15	8	8	16	8
Wes Cole	F	16	8	6	14	6
Paul McKinnon	F	15	5	2	7	8
Joe Silovich	D	16	3	2	5	39
Bob Krumholz	F	12	3	2	5	4
Dan McKinnon	D	16	2	1	3	6
Ted Wilson	F	6	2	1	3	0
Jim Doyle	D/F	11	1	2	3	2
Cal Marvin	D	10	0	1	1	2
Tom Buran	F	4	0	1	1	0
Bob Dorscher	D	8	0	0	0	2
Jim Williams	D	3	0	0	0	4
Bob Murray	G	-	0	0	0	0
Art Forman	G	-	0	0	0	0
Total			103	62	185	117

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Goaltending statistics

Name	Games	Minutes	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals Against	Saves	Shut Outs	SV %	GAA
Bob Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	.894	4.07
Art Forman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	.840	5.50
Total	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	.888	4.25

References

^ "Univ. of North Dakota". Elite Prospects. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "North Dakota Hockey 2020-21 Media Guide" (PDF). North Dakota Fighting Hawks. Retrieved May 23, 2022.

[1] "Univ. of North Dakota". Elite Prospects. Retrieved May 5, 2023.

[guide-2] "North Dakota Hockey 2020-21 Media Guide" (PDF). North Dakota Fighting Hawks. Retrieved May 23, 2022.

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v t e North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey
Formerly the North Dakota Flickertails and North Dakota Fighting Sioux
Venues	Winter Sports Building (1936–1972) Ralph Engelstad Arena (old; 1972–2001) Ralph Engelstad Arena (new; 2001–present)
Head coaches	Joe Brown (1929–1932) Noland Franz (1932–1933) Buck Cameron (1935–1936) John Jamieson (1946–1947) Don Norman (1947–1949) Fido Purpur (1949–1956) Al Renfrew (1956–1957) Bob May (1957–1959) Barry Thorndycraft (1959–1964) Bob Peters (1964–1966) Bill Selman (1966–1968) Rube Bjorkman (1968–1978) John Gasparini (1978–1994) Dean Blais (1994–2004) Dave Hakstol (2004–2015) Brad Berry (2015–present)
Seasons	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 Program Suspended (1933–34) 1935–36 Program Suspended (1936–37 through 1945–46) 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) (1951–1958, 1959–2013) National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) (2013–present)
Rivalries	Denver Minnesota Wisconsin
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Greg Johnson (272 Points) Ben Cherski (131 Goals) Karl Goehring (80 Wins)
National championships	1959 1963 1980 1982 1987 1997 2000 2016
Frozen Four appearances	1958 1959 1963 1965 1967 1968 1979 1980 1982 1984 1987 1997 2000 2001 2005 2006 2007 2008 2011 2014 2015 2016
NCAA Tournament appearances	1958 1959 1963 1965 1967 1968 1979 1980 1982 1984 1987 1990 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2021 2022 2024
Conference Tournament titles	WCHA: 1967 1968 1979 1980 1987 1997 2000 2006 2010 2011 2012 NCHC: 2021
Hobey Baker winners	Tony Hrkac (1987) Ryan Duncan (2007)
Mike Richter winners	Zane McIntyre (2015)
University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND