North Dakota's MacMillan Out Indefinitely

CHN Staff Report

North Dakota senior Mark MacMillan will undergo surgery Wednesday on a "lower body injury," the school announced. And while he is not officially out for the rest of the season, the school said he's sidelined "indefinitely."

North Dakota is currently No. 1 in the Pairwise and takes on Miami this weekend in the final two games of the regular season with first place in the NCHC on the line.

MacMillan blocked a blast with his left leg by St. Cloud State's Jonny Brodzinski in Saturday's win, while helping kill that penalty. He didn't return to the game. He later hobbled onto the ice for the post-game tribute hopping on one leg.

UND coach Dave Hakstol said he was unable, then, to talk about the full extent of the injury to MacMillan, who centers the top line and is one of UND's leading scorers. His 16 goals this season are a career high.

"I've got a pretty good idea (of the extent of injury) but it's probably too early to discuss it," Hakstol said after the game. "I don't know officially, so I'm not really comfortable discussing it."

A fourth-round draft pick of the Montreal Canadiens in 2010, MacMillan leads all active North Dakota skaters with 99 points (46 goals, 53 assists) in 151 career games. He is a finalist for both the 2015 Hockey Humanitarian Award and the 2015 Senior CLASS Award.

- Virg Foss contributed to this report.