Hall of Fame
Archibald, a native of Craig, Sask., was a four-year letterwinner on the men's hockey team from 1981-1985. Archibald, a forward, played in 154 career games and amassed 75 goals and 69 assists for 144 points. Archibald is UND's all-time leader in career penalties (247) and career penalty minutes (540), as well as single season penalties (81) and penalty minutes (197). His 12 career game-winning goals are tied for third all-time at UND and he is tied for 26th on UND's all-time scoring list. In Archibald's four seasons at UND, the Fighting Sioux went 111-53-6 overall and 70-38-5 in WCHA games. During his freshman season of 1981-82, UND went 35-12-0 - including a WCHA-best 19-7-0 record - and captured the WCHA title and the school's fourth national title. UND beat Wisconsin 5-2 in the NCAA title game in Providence, R.I. Archibald tallied 10-16-26 as a freshman and led the team with 96 PIM. As a sophomore, Archibald scored 7-14-21 in 33 games with 91 PIM as the Fighting Sioux went 21-13-2 overall and 16-9-2 (2nd place) in the WCHA. As a junior Archibald helped lead the Fighting Sioux to another second-place NCAA finish and a berth in the national semi-final. He scored 21-15-36 in 44 games and led the team with 156 PIM. Archibald truly broke through in his senior season, during which he served as co-captain. He led the team in goals (37), assists (24), points (61), power play goals (15) and PIM (197). UND went 24-16-2 overall and 19-14-2 in the WCHA, good for a fourth-place conference finish. His 37 goals that season still rank eighth-best on UND's single season charts and his 15 PPG are tied for fourth. Archibald was named UND's Male Athlete of the Year, the hockey team's Most Valuable Player and was named to the All-WCHA Team. Archibald, who was a seventh round pick (139th overall) of the Minnesota North Stars in 1981, went on to play parts of three seasons in the National Hockey League with Minnesota from 1985-88. He also spent time with Springfield of the AHL and Kalamazoo of the IHL.
