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Memories at the X are aplenty for UND

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North Dakota won four league championships in Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul , Minn. The Fighting Hawks won their first WCHA title in 2001 .

UND 's Zach Parise and Brandon Bochenski went blow-for-blow with Minnesota 's Thomas Vanek , Grant Potulny and Danny Irmen in 2004 championship game.

In 2006 , UND beat St. Cloud State 5-3 for the 2006 Final Five championship.

In 2010 UND became the second team in WCHA history to win the tournament.

UND 's run started by beating Minnesota in a three -game series in the first round in Grand Forks .

UND trailed St. Cloud State 2 -0 within the first minute of the championship, but swung the momentum back.

Evan Trupp frequently did things on the ice you'd never seen before and never see again.

"That group was phenomenal," Hakstol said.

The NCHC postseason tournament moved to the Target Center in Minneapolis for four years .

The Big Ten and WCHA alternated years in the Xcel Center .