Brian Faison - University of North Dakota

Dec. 27-28, 2002: UND plays host to the � rst
annual Subway Holiday Classic at Ralph Engelstad
Arena. The Fighting Sioux win the tournament,
� rst defeating Brown 5-2 in the opener,
then following up with a 4-3 win over Bemidji
State in the � nal. Sophomore forward Brandon
Bochenski is named tournament MVP
after six goals in the two games. Teammates
David Hale and Josh Siembida joined Bochenski
on the all-tournament team.
March 28, 2003: After a one-year absence,
the Sioux return to the NCAA playo� s. UND
was eliminated by Ferris State in the NCAA
West Regional in Minneapolis, ending UND’s
season with a 26-12-5 record. Freshman sensation
Zach Parise is named a Hobey Baker Finalist
– the � rst freshmen in UND history to be
so honored – and is named to the All-WCHA
Third team and All-Rookie Team. Brandon
Bochenski is a second-team selection, while
David Hale and Andy Schneider join Parise on
the third team.
March 5, 2004: UND defeats Michigan Tech,
5-1, at Ralph Engelstad Arena, to clinch the
WCHA title. It is the 13th WCHA title for the
Fighting Sioux, more than any other conference
school. UND � nishes the regular season
on March 6 with another 5-1 win over Michigan
Tech. UND compiles a 20-5-3 WCHA record.
UND unveiled a new WCHA championship banner in
2004.
March 27, 2004: Denver stuns UND, 1-0, in
the West Region championship game in Colorado
Springs, Colo., on a goal by Pioneers’ forward
Luke Fulghum with 2:29 to play in the
third period. It marked the � rst time UND was
shut out since Dec. 1, 2001, when Minnesota
State shut out the Sioux, 6-0. North Dakota’s
season comes to an end with UND fashioning
a 30-8-3 overall record. It was the � fth 30-win
season for the Sioux in Dean Blais’s 10 years as
head coach.
April 7, 2004: Brandon Bochenski and Zach
Parise are named � rst team All-Americans by
the American Hockey Coaches Association. It
is the 12th time in school history that UND has
had two or more players named to the � rst
team, but � rst time since 2000-01, when Je�
Panzer and Travis Roche were � rst team selections.
UND’s men’s hockey team has now had
36 players to be honored one or more times as
� rst team All-Americans.
April 9, 2004: Zach Parise, one of three � nalists
for the Hobey Baker Award, is one of two
runners-up to winner Junior Lessard of Minnesota
Duluth. Parise and teammate Brandon
Bochenski were both earlier named Top 10 � -
nalists for the Hobey Baker Award.
June 25, 2004: Dean Blais announces he is
stepping down after 10 seasons as UND’s
head coach to take the associate head coaching
position with the Columbus Blue Jackets
of the NHL. Counting nine years that Blais
spent as an assistant at UND, Blais worked
with the Fighting Sioux hockey program for
19 years. Hired as the 14th head coach in the
history of UND hockey on May 21, 1994, Blais
compiled a 262-115-33 overall record at North
Dakota, and his .679 winning percentage was
the highest among active NCAA men’s hockey
coaches at the conclusion of the 2003-04 season.
His 262 wins rank second on the school’s
all-time list, trailing only his mentor, John
“Gino” Gasparini (392), under whom Blais
served as an assistant coach at UND from
1980-89. Blais leaves UND with a 176-87-20
WCHA record (.657) and in 2003-04 he posted
his fourth 20-win WCHA season.
June 26, 2004: UND’s Drew Sta� ord, who
just completed his freshman season, is chosen
by the Bu� alo Sabres as the 13th overall
selection in the NHL draft. Incoming Sioux
freshman Travis Zajac is chosen 20th overall
by the New Jersey Devils. Zajac is the third
player with UND ties in the last � ve years to
be drafted in the � rst round by New Jersey,
joining Zach Parise in 2003 and David Hale in
2000.
July 9, 2004: Dave Hakstol is named the 15th
head coach in Fighting Sioux hockey history.
Hakstol takes the position after serving on
Dean Blais coaching sta� for four years.
Aug. 3, 2004: Cary Eades is named an assistant
coach on Dave Hakstol’s coaching sta� . It
marks the beginning of Eades’ second stint as
a UND assistant. Eades served on John “Gino”
Gasparini’s sta� for seven seasons from 1984-
1991.
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Zach Parise (2002-04) was named a Hobey Baker
Award � nalist in each of his two seasons at UND
and is the only Sioux ever to be named a � nalist
for the award as a freshman.
March 26, 2005: UND defeats Boston College,
6-3, in the East Region � nal in Worcester, Mass.,
to earn the school’s 15th trip to the NCAA Frozen
Four. The win came one night after UND
sophomore goalie Jordan Parise shut out Boston
University, 4-0, in the region semi� nals.
April 9, 2005: Denver defeats the Fighting
Sioux, 4-1, in the NCAA championship game
after UND had downed Minnesota, 4-2, behind
two goals from Erik Fabian in the NCAA
semi� nals on April 7. Sioux freshman Travis
Zajac was named to the NCAA all-tournament
team.
July 30, 2005: Seven incoming UND players
are chosen in the NHL draft, including � rst
rounders Brian Lee, T.J. Oshie and Joe Finley.
Taylor Chorney and Andrew Kozek are chosen
in the draft’s second round.
March 18, 2006: UND beats St. Cloud State,
5-3, in the WCHA Final Five championship
game at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
UND wins the Broadmoor Trophy for the � rst
time since the 2000 season. The WCHA playo�
title also means UND wins the conference’s
automatic berth into the NCAA tournament.
March 24-25, 2006: UND hosts the NCAA
West Regional at Ralph Engelstad Arena,
marking the � rst time the Sioux have played
an NCAA tournament game at home since
1987. The regional semi� nal matchups feature
top seed Minnesota against Holy Cross and
the Sioux against Michigan. Holy Cross upsets
Minnesota, 4-3, in overtime in one semi� nal,
while UND downs Michigan, 5-1, in the other.
The Sioux claim the West Region title by defeating
Holy Cross, 5-2, in the region championship
game.
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