2019–20 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey season explained

The 2019–20 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey season was the 79th season of play for the program and the 7th in the NCHC conference. The Fighting Hawks represented the University of North Dakota and were coached by Brad Berry, in his 5th season. The team won the Penrose Cup, the NCHC regular season championship, for the 3rd time. No postseason was played due to the outbreak of COVID-19.

Roster

As of September 8, 2019.^[1]

Schedule and Results

|-!colspan=12 style=";" | Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style=";" | |- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"|colspan=12|Tournament Cancelled^[2]

Scoring Statistics

		33	15	30	45	8
		33	6	23	29	50
		33	16	12	28	46
		35	16	12	28	14
		35	12	16	28	18
		32	7	18	25	12
		35	8	12	20	18
		34	11	7	18	37
		35	10	8	18	20
		31	4	13	17	4
		29	4	8	12	7
		32	2	10	12	16
		35	5	6	11	10
		24	4	7	11	14
		33	6	4	10	10
		28	2	8	10	13
		35	1	9	10	12
		22	2	3	5	18
		19	1	4	5	0
		31	1	4	5	17
		16	0	4	4	0
		26	0	2	2	0
		9	1	0	1	6
		16	1	0	1	2
		11	0	0	0	0
Bench	-	-	-	-	-	10
Total			135	220	355	362

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Goaltending statistics

	26	1509	19	4	2	52	489	2	.904	2.07
	11	613	7	1	2	14	202	2	.935	1.37
Empty Net	-	7	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
Total	35	2130	26	5	4	68	691	4	.910	1.92

Rankings

See main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings.

Poll	Week
	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23 (Final)
USCHO.com	18	18	16	16	14	10	9	5	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	3	2
USA Today	NR	NR	NR	NR	14	10	9	6	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2

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Players drafted into the NHL

2020 NHL Entry Draft

1	5	Jake Sanderson†	Ottawa Senators
2	44	Tyler Kleven†	Ottawa Senators
4	111	Mitchell Miller† ‡	Arizona Coyotes
4	113	Jackson Kunz†	Vancouver Canucks
5	131	Matteo Costantini†	Buffalo Sabres
7	207	Ethan Bowen†	Anaheim Ducks

† incoming freshman
‡ Mitchell was subsequently removed from the program after information about his bullying of a handicapped minority classmate became public.

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Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018–19 M Hockey Roster.
2. Web site: North Dakota Fighting Hawks (Men) 2019-2020 Schedule and Results . College Hockey Stats . December 5, 2019.
3. News: Univ. of North Dakota 2019-2020 Skater Stats . Elite Prospects . July 16, 2020.
4. News: USCHO Division I Men's Poll . USCHO.com . December 6, 2019.
5. News: NHL DRAFT: Second day of NHL Draft concludes, nearly 70 players with NCAA ties chosen overall . USCHO.com . October 8, 2020.