NoDakSens
During the University of North Dakota Hockey team's historic 77-year history, 110 former players have played at least one hockey game in the National Hockey League. On March 30, 2023, defenseman Tyler Kleven became the most recent former UND hockey player to make his NHL debut with the Ottawa Senators. In his first time out, Kleven logged 17:33 minutes of ice time and recorded an assist.
Currently, the Senators have four former UND hockey players on their roster, Jake Sanderson, Jacob Bernard-Docker, Shane Pinto, and Kleven. Unfortunately, the Senators are six points out of a playoff spot and are going to miss the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Some of the writers on the Sentors beat have referred to the team as #NodakSens. At one time, there were five UND hockey players that had been drafted by the Senators. However, former UND defenseman Jonny Tychonick who was originally drafted 48th overall by the Senators in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, recently signed a professional contract with the Toronto Marlies. With that said, I can't recall a team that had four players from the same college team on an NHL roster.
