Tampa, Fla.

University of North Dakota legacies were cemented Saturday night at the Frozen Four.

Drake Caggiula. The CBS Line. The entire 2015-16 UND team.

Each earned their spot in the memory banks and history books of Grand Forks and UND hockey during a 5-1 win over Quinnipiac at Amalie Arena.

Caggiula, linemates Brock Boeser and Nick Schmaltz, and this year’s team will go down as UND greats after their dominant showing on college hockey’s biggest stage.

This UND team will be remembered for its highlight-reel plays, its surprise goaltending performances and its ability to break the school’s 16-year drought of national championships.

“Grand Forks has waited too long for this,” UND defenseman and Grand Forks native Paul LaDue said. “To bring this back home, watching those games when I was younger, I never

could have imagined this

moment. I’m so proud of this team. It was a special season and a special group. We knew right away this year that there was something special about us. I can’t even explain the feeling.”

UND’s 2015-16 team will be remembered as Brad Berry’s first as a head coach and the team’s first year with the Fighting Hawks nickname, although you wouldn’t have heard much reference of the Hawks in Tampa.

Chants of “Let’s go Sioux” and “Sioux Forever” rang out in a crowd of more than 19,000 throughout a third period that allowed UND fans to soak in the moment with a comfortable lead.

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THE KINGS OF COLLEGE HOCKEY

Photos by David Samson / The Forum

University of North Dakota’s Paul LaDue kisses the title trophy after the Fighting Hawks beat Quinnipiac in the NCAA men’s ice hockey championship game on Saturday at Amalie Arena in Tampa.

By Brad E. SchlossmanForum News Service

TAMPA, Fla. – The wait is over.At long last, North Dakota is the King

of College Hockey again.UND emphatically won its eighth

national championship – and first since 2000 – by dominating Quinnipiac 5-1 in front of 19,358 in Amalie Arena.

UND’s CBS Line, which had dom-inated all year long served up one last finale, scoring three of UND’s five goals.

Drake Caggiula had two of them, Brock Boeser one, while Austin Poganski and Shane Gersich each chipped in goals.

When the buzzer sounded, UND’s players exploded onto the ice and mobbed Cam Johnson, who made the

first five minutes of this season a dis-tant memory by stopping 32 of 33 shots.

Brad Berry became the first rookie coach in college hockey history to win a national championship, leading UND to a 34-6-4 season – the second best winning percentage in school history, only behind the Hrkac Circus team of 1986-87.

“After 16 years, we finally did it,” Berry said.

UND fans chanting “Let’s go Sioux” and “Sioux forever” – an ode to the program’s old nickname – as the team received its national championship gear.

UND puts on near-flawless performance, downs Quinnipiac for first national title since 2000

North Dakota 5, Quinnipiac 1

UND: Page D6From left, University of North Dakota’s Joel Janatuinen, Austin Poganski and Hayden Shaw cut the net after the national championship game.

Players, coach earn spot in UND hockey historyTOM

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University of North Dakota senior Drake

Caggiula is a member

of the successful

CBS line that helped the Fighting

Hawks to its eighth

national title.