Английская Википедия:1986–87 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season

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The 1986–87 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey team represented the University of North Dakota in college ice hockey. In its 9th year under head coach John Gasparini the team compiled a 40–8–0 record and reached the NCAA tournament for the eleventh time. The Fighting Sioux defeated defending champion Michigan State 5–3 to win the championship game at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.

Season

Early season

After a rather dismal season, North Dakota was expected to improve but not challenge for the WCHA title in 1987. The team, however, received a major boon from two players that changed their fortune. The first was from freshman goaltender Ed Belfour, a 21-year old player who had spent the past three years in relative obscurity in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. The second was from returning sophomore Tony Hrkac who had produced well in his first campaign but spent the entire 1985-86 season with the Canadian National Team.

The two players were instrumental in Gino Gasparini's team getting off to a fast start, winning its first 8 games and jumping out to a huge lead in the conference standings. While Belfour was establishing himself in net as one of the top players in the country, Hrkac was on an all-time scoring pace, flanked by Bob Joyce and Steve Johnson. The Fighting Sioux split a pair of weekends on the road but they used their indomitable home crowd to their advantage and finished the month of November with a 14–2 record (13–2 in conference).

December slump

North Dakota began December with another road split and followed that with their first home loss of the year, losing to a middling US International squad. Though they recovered slightly in the second game of the weekend the team lost both games of its holiday weekend in New England. Having lost four of their previous five games and producing some of their worst performances of the season, it appeared that the Fighting Sioux might be sliding back to the pack but a 4-game stretch at home came at the perfect time.

Winning streak

UND hosted the two Boston schools at the beginning of January and took both games, dispelling any doubts about their ability to compete with Eastern teams, then welcomed in WCHA powerhouse Minnesota. The defense returned in force, holding the Gophers to two goals in each game and allowing Hrkac to lead the Sioux to consecutive wins and seat North Dakota atop the conference standings.

The Fighting Sioux continued their winning streak for another five weeks, taking 14 matches before their next loss which came on the final weekend of the regular season. UND finished with a record of 31–7 and won the WCHA handily, ending 7 points above Minnesota.

WCHA tournament

As the top seed, North Dakota would be able to play each round of the conference tournament at home. They faced Minnesota–Duluth in the quarters, easily dispatching the Bulldogs in both games. Next up was Colorado College who had upset in-state rival Denver. The Tigers fell 6–2 in the first game and the 4-goal advantage allowed the Fighting Sioux to get away with a sloppy effort in the rematch; CC won the second game but only by a single goal and North Dakota advanced to the championship with a 7–4 series win.

North Dakota met Minnesota once more in the finals and again, despite possessing one of the top offenses in the country, couldn't get much past the Fighting Sioux defense. UND won both games by a 5–3 score and won the WCHA championship, their first in 7 years. The 36 wins they had at that point set a new program record while Tony Hrkac finished with 104 points, just 6 points away from a new NCAA record.

NCAA tournament

North Dakota received the top western seed, and played another home series, this time against ECAC Hockey runner-Up St. Lawrence. UND won both games to take the total-goal series 9–4 with Hrkac piling up the points (2 goals and 5 assists), breaking Bill Watson's record for points in a season with two games yet to play. Additionally, the Fighting Sioux tied the NCAA record for wins in a season with 38 (Michigan State, 1985).

UND met 1986 Runner-Up Harvard in the semifinal at the Joe Louis Arena. Once again Hrkac was the story of the game, scoring a goal and adding three assists as the Fighting Sioux trounced the Crimson 5–2 to reach the championship. On defending National Champion Michigan State stood in their way but just as they had against Harvard, UND got off to a quick start; this time with was Ian Kidd who led the way with a goal and two assists in the first period. North Dakota built a 3–0 lead after 20 minutes while allowed only 2 shots from the Spartans to reach Ed Belfour. MSU woke up in the second period, scoring twice on 8 shots, but the Sioux added another goal of their own as well as a fifth goal in the third to hold off Michigan State. The Spartans eventually scored their third of the game but it came too late to mount a comeback and North Dakota won their fifth national championship.

Awards and honors

Tony Hrkac scored 12 points in four tournament games, the second-highest total ever (behind the 13 points by both Aaron Broten (1981) and Tony Amonte (1990) as of 2019) and was awarded the tournament MOP despite scoring only once in the championship match. He was joined on the All-Tournament team by Ed Belfour, Ian Kidd and Bob Joyce. Just prior to the championship game Hrkac received the Hobey Baker Award as the top Division I athlete and finished the season as the first North Dakota player to lead the NCAA in scoring. Hrkac's 116 points in an NCAA record for a single season and is 7 better than the next-highest total (as of 2019). Head coach Gino Gasparini, for leading his team to the first-ever 40-win season, was awarded the Spencer Penrose Award as the top Division I coach, also a first for North Dakota. Hrkac, Joyce and Kidd were also named to the AHCA All-American West first-team, while Belfour was a second-team All-American.

All four players were also on the All-WCHA First Team with Hrkac being named as the conference Most Valuable Player and Gasparini as the Coach of the Year for the third time.

Both Ed Belfour and Tony Hrkac left the program after the season to begin their professional careers. Hrkac played a long time in the NHL, amassing 371 over 758 games while Belfour finished his career with the then-3rd-most wins in NHL history (484) and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011.

Schedule

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Roster and scoring statistics

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21	Шаблон:Sortname	Sophomore	C	Thunder Bay, ON	Шаблон:Flagicon	48	46	70	116	48
20	Шаблон:Sortname	Junior	LW	Winnipeg, MB	Шаблон:Flagicon	48	52	37	89	42
7	Шаблон:Sortname	Junior	W	Grand Forks, ND	Шаблон:Flagicon	48	26	44	70	38
4	Шаблон:Sortname	Sophomore	D	Gresham, OR	Шаблон:Flagicon	47	13	47	60	58
8	Шаблон:Sortname	Senior	LW	Hibbing, MN	Шаблон:Flagicon	47	27	27	54	18
15	Шаблон:Sortname	Sophomore	C	North Battleford, SK	Шаблон:Flagicon	48	19	27	46	34
11	Шаблон:Sortname	Senior	W	Edmonton, AB	Шаблон:Flagicon	48	18	21	39	50
14	Шаблон:Sortname	Freshman	C	Winnipeg, MB	Шаблон:Flagicon	41	16	12	28	65
10	Шаблон:Sortname	Senior	W	Dauphin, MB	Шаблон:Flagicon	43	6	14	20	42
6	Шаблон:Sortname	Junior	D	Victoria, BC	Шаблон:Flagicon	47	0	20	20	80
19	Шаблон:Sortname	Sophomore	LW	Park River, ND	Шаблон:Flagicon	46	11	8	19	81
25	Шаблон:Sortname	Freshman	C	Regina, SK	Шаблон:Flagicon	46	8	11	19	16
17	Шаблон:Sortname	Freshman	D	Winnipeg, MB	Шаблон:Flagicon	47	2	17	19	50
27	Шаблон:Sortname	Sophomore	D	Grand Forks, ND	Шаблон:Flagicon	47	2	17	19	36
22	Шаблон:Sortname	Sophomore	RW	Winnipeg, MB	Шаблон:Flagicon	42	5	10	15	38
3	Шаблон:Sortname	Freshman	D	Kamloops, BC	Шаблон:Flagicon	41	4	10	14	62
9	Шаблон:Sortname	Senior	LW	East Grand Forks, MN	Шаблон:Flagicon	45	5	8	13	42
16	Шаблон:Sortname	Senior	D	Olds, AB	Шаблон:Flagicon	32	1	9	10	38
18	Шаблон:Sortname	Senior	F	Virginia, MN	Шаблон:Flagicon	20	2	2	4	10
5	Шаблон:Sortname	Freshman	D	Bemidji, MN	Шаблон:Flagicon	16	1	2	3	8
29	Шаблон:Sortname	Freshman	G	Carman, MB	Шаблон:Flagicon	34	0	2	2	6
23	Шаблон:Sortname	Freshman	F	Fargo, ND	Шаблон:Flagicon	9	0	1	1	18
35	Шаблон:Sortname	Junior	G	Viking, AB	Шаблон:Flagicon	15	0	1	1	4
24	Шаблон:Sortname	Freshman	W	Port Huron, MI	Шаблон:Flagicon	5	0	1	1	4
13	Шаблон:Sortname	Junior	LW	Esterhazy, SK	Шаблон:Flagicon	1	0	0	0	0
1	Шаблон:Sortname	Senior	G	Muenster, SK	Шаблон:Flagicon	1	0	0	0	0
Total							264	418	682	888

Goaltending statistics

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29	Шаблон:Sortname	34	2049	29	4	0	81	876	3	.915	2.43
35	Шаблон:Sortname	15	803	11	4	0	44	282	0	.865	3.09
1	Шаблон:Sortname	1	40	0	0	0	3	21	0	.875	4.48
Total		48	–	40	8	0	129	–	3	.902	2.69

1987 championship game

(W1) North Dakota vs. (W2) Michigan State

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	align=center style="Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle;" | UND	Ian Kidd – PP	Joyce	15:07	1–0 UND
	align=center style="Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle;" | UND	Murray Baron	Bowen and Kidd	16:44	2–0 UND
	align=center style="Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle;" | UND	Bob Joyce	Kidd and Hrkac	17:02	3–0 UND
2nd	align=center style="Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle;" | MSU	Tom Tilly	McReynolds and Messier	28:30	3–1 UND
	align=center style="Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle;" | UND	Malcolm Parks – GW	Koberinski	35:05	4–1 UND
	align=center style="Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle;" | MSU	Kevin Miller	unassisted	36:56	4–2 UND
3rd	align=center style="Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle;" | UND	Brent Bobyck	Parent	47:54	5–2 UND
	align=center style="Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle;" | MSU	Kip Miller	Miller	58:34	5–3 UND

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	T
align=center style="Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle;" | Michigan State	2	8	8	18
align=center style="Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle;" | North Dakota	8	9	6	23

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
align=center style="Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle;" | MSU	Bob Essensa	18	5	60:00
align=center style="Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle;" | UND	Ed Belfour	15	3	60:00

Players drafted into the NHL

1987 NHL Entry Draft

= NHL All-Star team

= NHL All-Star

= NHL All-Star and NHL All-Star team

= Did not play in the NHL

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3	63	Geoff Smith†	Edmonton Oilers
6	108	Garry Valk†	Vancouver Canucks
6	113	Mike McCormick†	Chicago Blackhawks
10	201	David Marvin†	St. Louis Blues
12	233	Neil Eisenhut†	Vancouver Canucks

† incoming freshman

1987 NHL Supplemental Draft

= Did not play in the NHL

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5	Mike LaMoine	Detroit Red Wings
18	Steve Johnson	Vancouver Canucks

See also

• 1987 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
• List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions