Brad Eidsness

Classroom

Eidsness completed his bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship by the end of his junior year, while also taking graduate courses, recording an undergraduate grade point average of 3.779. He is now pursuing a master’s degree in business administration, and owns a grad school GPA of 3.625. He was the 2010-11 recipient of the NCAA Elite 88 award for men’s hockey, presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA’s 88 championships. Eidsness is also a two-time WCHA Scholar-Athlete, a two-time All-WCHA Academic team selection and was named to UND’s 2010 Athletics Director’s Honor Roll. He is the 2011-12 recipient of UND’s Ken and Marcia Nelson Impact Scholarship.

Character

Eidsness is a model senior leader not only for the men’s hockey team, but for the entire UND athletics department. An outstanding public speaker, Eidsness has frequently been asked to speak to large groups, including the National Honor Society, UND Boosters, donors and UND Champions Club members.

Community

Eidsness has logged significant hours of community service with a variety of organizations in each of his four years at UND, including the Sioux Kids Club, the National Honor Society, the Northlands Rescue Mission, Pucks for Plates, the UND Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Food Drive, and more.

Competition

Eidsness ranks fifth all-time at UND in career wins (53), games played (53) and goals against average (2.44), sixth in save percentage (.905), and is tied for eighth in shutouts (four). He also ranks ninth in career saves (2,077) and 10th in career winning percentage (.661), and is the only goalie in UND history to appear in at least 40 games in each of his first two seasons. He is also one of only two goalies (with Karl Goehring) in UND history to win 20-plus games in each of his first two seasons. He is a two-time All-WCHA goaltender and was named to the WCHA Final Five All-Tournament team. As a freshman, he led the WCHA in wins (24), winning percentage (.650) and conference winning percentage (.731) and set UND freshman records for consecutive appearances (40) and consecutive starts (34). He was also a three-time WCHA Rookie of the Week and backstopped UND to a league regular season title. As a sophomore, he led the nation in minutes played (2387:54) and tied for the WCHA lead with 24 wins while leading UND to a WCHA playoff championship. Last season as a junior, he was a key letterwinner on a UND team that won both the WCHA regular season and playoff titles en route to a berth in the NCAA Frozen Four. This season, Eidsness has appeared in five games (three stars), going 3-1-0 while leading the team in goals against average (2.43) and save percentage (.918).