The 2020–21 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey season was the 80th season of play for the program and the 8th in the NCHC conference. The Fighting Hawks represented the University of North Dakota and were coached by Brad Berry, in his 6th season. The first ten regular season games were played in a "pod" in Omaha, Nebraska at Baxter Arena during the COVID-19 pandemic. North Dakota won its 4th Penrose Cup as regular season champions of the NCHC. UND won the NCHC tournament for the first time in program history.
As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the entire college ice hockey season was delayed. Because the NCAA had previously announced that all winter sports athletes would retain whatever eligibility they possessed through at least the following year, none of North Dakota's players would lose a season of play.[1] However, the NCAA also approved a change in its transfer regulations that would allow players to transfer and play immediately rather than having to sit out a season, as the rules previously required.[2]
| Dixon Bowen | Forward | Graduation (Signed with HK Spišská Nová Ves) | ||
| Casey Johnson | Defenseman | Graduation (Signed with Macon Mayhem) | ||
| Wes Michaud | Forward | Graduation (Signed with Manitoba Moose) | ||
| Andrew Peski | Defenseman | Graduation (Signed with Providence Bruins) | ||
| Colton Poolman | Defenseman | Graduation (Signed with Calgary Flames) | ||
| Forward | Graduation (Signed with Nashville Predators) | |||
| Jonny Tychonick | Defenseman | Transferred to Omaha | ||
| Zach Yon | Forward | Graduation |
| Brendan Budy | Forward | 20 | Langley, BC
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| Riese Gaber | Forward | 20 | Gilbert Plains, MB | ||
| Louis Jamernik | Forward | 20 | Calgary, AB | ||
| Defenseman | 18 | Fargo, ND
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| Cooper Moore | Defenseman | 19 | Cos Cob, CT
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| Griffin Ness | Forward | 20 | Wayzata, MN | ||
| Defenseman | 18 | Whitefish, MT
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As of December 31, 2020.[3]
|-!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=";" | |-!colspan=12 style=";" |
| 10 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 10 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 10 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | |||
| 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bench | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | |
| Total | 39 | 64 | 103 | 112 |
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| 18 | 1024 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 397 | 4 | .925 | 1.88 | ||
| 6 | 172 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 58 | 0 | .879 | 2.79 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | ||
| Empty Net | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 20 | 1200 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 458 | 4 | .920 | 2.00 |
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See main article: 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings.
| Poll | Week | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 (Final) | ||||
| USCHO.com | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | bgcolor=FFFFFF | - | 5 | ||
| USA Today | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Jordan Kawaguchi | Lowes' Senior CLASS Award | [6] |
| Shane Pinto | AHCA West First Team All-American | [7] |
| Matt Kiersted | AHCA West Second Team All-American | |
| Jordan Kawaguchi | ||
| Shane Pinto | NCHC Player of the Year | |
| Adam Scheel | NCHC Goaltender of the Year | |
| Shane Pinto | NCHC Forward of the Year | [8] |
| Jacob Bernard-Docker | NCHC Defensive Defenseman of the Year | |
| Shane Pinto | NCHC Defensive Forward of the Year | |
| Brad Berry | Herb Brooks Coach of the Year | |
| Riese Gaber | Frozen Faceoff MVP | |
| Adam Scheel | NCHC First Team | [9] |
| Matt Kiersted | ||
| Shane Pinto | ||
| Jordan Kawaguchi | ||
| Jacob Bernard-Docker | NCHC Second Team | |
| Collin Adams | NCHC Third Team | |
| Jake Sanderson | NCHC Rookie Team | [10] |
| Riese Gaber | ||
| Collin Adams | Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team | [11] |
| Gavin Hain | ||
| Riese Gaber | ||
| Jake Sanderson | ||
| Adam Scheel | ||
| 3 | 80 | Brent Johnson† | Washington Capitals | |
| 4 | 109 | Jackson Blake† | Carolina Hurricanes | |
| 6 | 182 | Nate Benoit† | Minnesota Wild |