University of Minnesota Athletics
Megan Bozek Earns WCHA Weekly Award
12/7/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Hockey
Dec. 7, 2011
Gopher defenseman Megan Bozek was named the WCHA Defensive Player of the Week for her performance against North Dakota Dec. 2-3.
Bozek had two assists in Friday's 7-2 Gopher victory over No. 5 North Dakota, including the assist on Jen Schoullis' game-winning goal. She had a plus/minus rating of +2 on Friday, and blocked two shots on the weekend. She helped Minnesota limit UND to a total of 41 shots on goal (24 on Friday and 17 on Saturday) and to just one power-play goal in eight opportunities in the two-game series.
A native of Buffalo Grove, Ill., Bozek is tied for first nationally and leads the WCHA in scoring by defensemen with 21 points on the season. She ranks first in the WCHA and second nationally in points per game by a defenseman with an average of 1.17 per game this season.
Bozek has eight goals on the season, including two gamewinners. She has surpassed her season totals for goals from her freshman and sophomore seasons, as she scored six goals in each of her first two seasons with the Gophers. Bozek has 68 career points to rank eighth on the Minnesota all-time scoring list for defensemen, and needs just one point to tie Lyndsay Wall (69 points, 2002-05) for seventh place. She ranks sixth Gopher history in goals by a defenseman with 20.
Bozek earned WCHA weekly honors for the second time in her career after earning WCHA Rookie of the Week honors once in her freshman season.
