Former NoDak player wins NHL Coach of the Year

[dakotadan]

NHL: Tippett wins Jack Adams Award (http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/166437/group/Sports/)

Tippett ran away with the honor. The first-year Phoenix Coyotes coach received 57 of 59 first-place votes. He’s the first former Sioux player to win such an award.

UND joins Maine as the only colleges in the country to produce both an NHL and NBA coach of the year.

Tippett unexpectedly led the Coyotes to their best season in franchise history. The bankrupt team, owned by the NHL, was expected to be one of the worst teams in the Western Conference. Instead, the Coyotes finished fourth and earned a playoff spot.

[dakotadan]

Also, former Sioux standout Jonathan Toews captained the Chicago Blackhawks to the Cup this year and won the Conn Smyth Award as the playoff MVP, all of this after he helped lead Canada to the Olympic Gold Medal. All of this and he is only 22!

Toews captains Hawks to Cup, wins Conn Smyth (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=531376#&navid=nhl-search)

[darell1976]

xhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayx

[LakesBison]

zzzz how is this relevant to fcs football?

yea, 3 of you are excited.

[NDB]

Hockey is so awesome.

[darell1976]

zzzz how is this relevant to fcs football?

yea, 3 of you are excited.

This is in the other sports thread.

[dakotadan]

I find it hard to believe that you can get a degree from NDSU without taking any gen-ed courses that require a slight knowledge of reading comprehension. Yet Bison fans continue to prove it to be true.

[onbison09]

Man that hurts as a Stars fan.

[Torgo]

Well-deserved from Tippett. Winning under the circumstances surrounding the Coyotes last year/now is impressive.

[NDB]

Who said that lake's has a degree?