GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The University of North Dakota hockey program can once again boast as the best collegiate hockey town in North America. For the eighth straight year, UND paced the nation in attendance with 11,294 fans per contest.  

The Fighting Hawks are the only program in collegiate hockey to average over 10,000 people, with Wisconsin (9,736), Minnesota (7,913), Penn State (5,976) and Minnesota Duluth (5,882) rounding out the top-5.  

UND did not just dominate the collegiate level, but also on a world stage, as the program was the highest-drawing team in North America outside of the NHL and the second-highest in the world. North Dakota also outdrew two NHL teams, the Buffalo Sabres and Ottawa Senators.  

On the ice, the Fighting Hawks have given their fans a treat with a 41-8-1 record at home over the last three seasons and have captured three straight Penrose Cups, the first in NCHC history to do so.  

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