The upstart Nashville Predators will face the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Finals beginning on Monday night in Pittsburgh.
The last time many of us saw Drake Caggiula and Nick Schmaltz on the ice, they were helping the University of North Dakota win their eighth national championship. Wednesday night, they'll both be suiting up in the NHL.
University of North Dakota defenseman Keaton Thompson's collegiate career is officially over, after the junior signed an entry level contract with the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League.
Brock Boeser, one of the stars of the University of North Dakota's 2015-16 national championship men's hockey team, has announced that he will return for his sophomore season.