{"id":78657,"date":"2017-08-10T11:31:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T16:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=78657"},"modified":"2017-08-10T11:31:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T16:31:30","slug":"matt-smaby-returns-to-north-dakota-as-fighting-hawks-student-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2017\/08\/10\/matt-smaby-returns-to-north-dakota-as-fighting-hawks-student-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Smaby returns to North Dakota as Fighting Hawks&#8217; student manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/matt-smaby-2013-4312.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-78661\" alt=\"matt-smaby-2013-4312\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/matt-smaby-2013-4312-120x150.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>North Dakota announced Thursday the addition of former UND captain Matt Smaby to his program&#8217;s support staff.<\/p>\n<p>Smaby, who will serve as student manager, recently retired after an 11-year professional playing career and returned to UND to complete his bachelor&#8217;s degree.<\/p>\n<p>Smaby played at UND from 2003-04 through 2005-06 and captained the 2005-06 squad to a berth in the NCAA Frozen Four. 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