North Dakota
Tyson Ulmer's 2 power play goals push Red River to win over Mandan in ND boys hockey state quarterfinals
GRAND FORKS — Holding a one-goal lead late in the game, Grand Forks Red River was in need of insurance.
Senior captain Tyson Ulmer provided just that.
With 2:56 remaining, Ulmer struck on the power play for his second goal of the night. From there, Griffen Haagenson’s empty-netter iced it in the waning seconds as the Roughriders picked up a 4-1 win over Mandan during the North Dakota boys hockey state tournament quarterfinals Thursday at Ralph Engelstad Arena.
Ulmer’s power play shot came from the bottom of the left circle, beating Mandan goaltender Cooper Anderson short-side to give his team some breathing room.
“That was really big,” Ulmer said. “We kind of struggled (tonight) just getting things on net. I think the shots kind of show how the game was. We just struggled burying our chances, but it was really big to get us that one there at the end.”
The Roughriders outshot the Braves in the contest 38-10.
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With the win, East No. 2 seed Red River (14-7-4) advanced to Friday’s state semifinals. The Roughriders will take on West No. 1 Minot (24-1-0) in the day’s second semifinal, 30 minutes after the conclusion of the 5:30 p.m. opener.
Ulmer opened the scoring at the 10:45 mark of the first period, a goal that also came on the power play, to give the Roughriders a 1-0 lead.
Caden Ulmer proceeded to make it 2-0 just 54 seconds into the second period with his seventh of the season.
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The score remained 2-0 through two periods, but Mandan opened the third with 1:26 remaining on an extended power play after Red River’s Rylan Bydal was sent off for a boarding major late in the second.
The Braves’ Carson Joersz capitalized on the infraction, putting one by Red River goaltender Rilan Korynta to cut Mandan’s deficit in half and make it a 2-1 game with 15:56 remaining.
Red River fended off the rally from there until Tyson Ulmer’s second power play tally and Haagenson’s empty-netter with four seconds remaining.
“When it’s a one-goal game and it’s late like that in the state tournament, those are the scary moments,” Red River head coach Tim Skarperud said. “But the guys kept battling hard and we got better as the game went on. Obviously, a huge goal there with a couple of minutes left to get a little cushion.”
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West No. 3 seed Mandan (11-8-3) will play against East No. 4 Fargo Davies (12-13-0) in the second consolation semifinal Friday, 30 minutes after the conclusion of the 1 p.m. consolation game.
Korynta finished with nine saves in the win for the Roughriders while Anderson recorded 34 saves in the losing effort.
The defending state champions now try to advance to Saturday’s state championship game for the sixth year in a row.
“Just get going right away,” Tyson Ulmer said. “(Today), we had a really poor start. So we really have to be ready right from puck drop, pump a few in early and get going right away.”
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FIRST PERIOD: 1, RR, T. Ulmer (Bydal), 10:45.
SECOND PERIOD: 2, RR, C. Ulmer (Bydal, Wasvick), 0:54.
THIRD PERIOD: 3, MAN, Joersz (unassisted), 1:04. 4, RR, T. Ulmer (Rost, Bydal), 14:04. 5, RR, Haagenson (Jackson, Hultberg), 16:56.
SAVES: MAN, C. Anderson 8-9-17—34. RR, Korynta 6-1-2—9.
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BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – With federal health care tax credits set to expire, rural hospitals in the state warn the ripple effect could strain their budgets while they are already operating on thin margins.
The Emergency Department at Jamestown Regional Medical Center is gearing up for more patients to come into their doors, uninsured, starting Jan. 1.
“We could be affected as early as January of the coming year. So it would happen very, very quickly. And nobody really knows what’s going to happen,” said Mike Delfs, the CEO of Jamestown Regional Medical Center.
Many rural residents are on the Affordable Care Act marketplace. Since premiums are predicted to spike significantly, some people will drop insurance, and they will be forced to go to the ER when they get sick. Hospitals cannot refuse emergency patients, and will have to shoulder the cost on thin margins.
“We would be looking at anticipated bad debt, but to what degree we don’t even know, and it is kind of scary to think about,” said Delfs.
Hospital leadership and staff say that the uncertainty is wearing on them, on top of the common stressors rural providers have to deal with.
As of now, they say their best bet is to hope that Congress can put aside partisan differences and come up with a solution.
“We have real people who are either going to lose their insurance or its going to get so expensive they literally can’t afford it. And the downstream effect of that is now you are endangering hospitals in rural locations just by their mere viability,” said Delfs.
According to hospital leadership, without congressional action in 2026, the end of the year could leave the hospital with nearly one million dollars in unpaid medical bills.
North Dakota’s Republican congressional delegation says the Rural Health Transformation Fund will greatly benefit rural hospitals and blames democrats for voting against their healthcare plan.
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North Dakota State Bison (8-2) at Pepperdine Waves (7-2)
Malibu, California; Tuesday, 5 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: North Dakota State visits Pepperdine after Avery Koenen scored 22 points in North Dakota State’s 83-55 victory against the Eastern Illinois Panthers.
The Waves are 4-0 on their home court. Pepperdine is 1-0 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents and averages 18.2 turnovers per game.
The Bison are 3-0 on the road. North Dakota State scores 77.4 points and has outscored opponents by 15.3 points per game.
Pepperdine averages 8.1 made 3-pointers per game, 2.8 more made shots than the 5.3 per game North Dakota State gives up. North Dakota State averages 6.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.1 fewer made shots on average than the 7.3 per game Pepperdine allows.
TOP PERFORMERS: Seleh Harmon averages 2.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Waves, scoring 10.4 points while shooting 44.4% from beyond the arc. Elli Guiney is shooting 47.3% and averaging 14.4 points.
Molly Lenz averages 1.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Bison, scoring 7.8 points while shooting 39.5% from beyond the arc. Koenen is averaging 18.2 points, 10 rebounds and 1.6 steals.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
WEST FARGO — Three incumbents from West Fargo will run for reelection to their state legislative seats.
North Dakota Sen. Judy Lee and Reps. Jim Jonas and Austen Schauer, all Republicans, announced Sunday, Dec. 14, that they would campaign to represent District 13 in the state Legislature. The district covers much of north West Fargo.
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Lee was first elected to the North Dakota Senate in 1994. Jonas and Schauer have served in the state House since 2023 and 2019, respectively.
The three ran unopposed in the 2022 election. The next election for their seats is in 2026.
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