GRAND FORKS — Dane Jackson has watched plenty of UND hockey players emerge as offensive weapons at different times during their college careers.

But he couldn't quite remember one like Ben Strinden.

The UND senior forward surpassed his previous career highs in goals and points by the end of a November he won't soon forget.

Strinden tallied seven goals and 12 points during the month, two shy of the national lead. All but one came at 5-on-5.

Strinden was named the National Collegiate Hockey Conference's Forward of the Month.

"I've seen in the past, guys from Year 1 to Year 2 take big steps," Jackson said. "It's pretty rare for guys to take a big step from their junior year to their senior year. Maybe that's on us as a staff that we underutilized him beforehand. We knew he was a good pla

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