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Schipper Signs with Whitecaps
7/19/2018 11:49:00 AM | Women's Hockey
University of Minnesota alumna Kate Schipper is the fourth Gopher women's hockey alum to sign with the Minnesota Whitecaps
MINNEAPOLIS -- University of Minnesota alumna and two-time national champion Kate Schipper has signed with the National Women's Hockey League's Minnesota Whitecaps for the 2018-19 season, the NWHL announced this week. Schipper is the fourth Gopher alum to join the Whitecaps for the upcoming season and the sixth Minnesota alum to sign with an NWHL team for 2018-19.
"The All-Star Weekend in Saint Paul showed the strength of the women's hockey community and fan base we have in Minnesota, so I'm very excited for the opportunity to play a part in bringing professional women's hockey to the state," Schipper said in a statement issued by the NWHL. "I hope to establish the Whitecaps as a competitor in the NWHL while continuing to advance girls' hockey in Minnesota and across the U.S."
Schipper spent the 2017-18 season playing with the Whitecaps as well but will make her NWHL debut this season after the Whitecaps officially joined the league earlier this spring. Schipper was one of the Whitecaps' two representatives to take part in the 2018 NWHL All-Star Game, which was played in Saint Paul, Minn., last February.
In four years with the Gophers from 2013-14 to 2016-17, Schipper recorded 121 points with 41 goals and 80 assists in 157 games. She helped the Gophers to back-to-back national championships in 2015 and 2016 and served as an assistant captain as a senior.
The Whitecaps open the 2018-19 season at TRIA Rink in Saint Paul on Saturday, Oct. 6 and Sunday, Oct. 7 against the defending Isobel Cup champion Metropolitan Riveters, including fellow Gophers alum Amanda Kessel. The Whitecaps' roster includes 2018 Team USA Olympic gold medalists Hannah Brandt and Lee Stecklein, along with NWHL Goaltender of the Year Amanda Leveille.
About the National Women's Hockey League
Established in 2015, the NWHL became the first professional women's hockey league in North America to pay its players and share in revenue from select apparel sales. The mission of the league is to promote and develop women's hockey, increase participation and interest in the sport at all levels, and shine a light on the role models that fill the rosters of all of its clubs. The league is made up of the Boston Pride (2016 Isobel Cup champions), Buffalo Beauts (2017 champions), Connecticut Whale, Metropolitan Riveters (2018 champions), and Minnesota Whitecaps. For more information, please visit NWHL.zone and follow the league on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @NWHL.
Gophers in the Pros: 2018-19 Season
Sydney Baldwin, EHV Vienna Sabres (EWHL)
Hannah Brandt, Minnesota Whitecaps (NWHL)
Dani Cameranesi, Buffalo Beauts (NWHL)
Amanda Kessel, Metropolitan Riveters (NWHL)
Amanda Leveille, Minnesota Whitecaps (NWHL)
Noora Raty, Kunlun Red Star (CWHL)
Caitlin Reilly, EHV Vienna Sabres (EWHL)
Kate Schipper, Minnesota Whitecaps (NWHL)
Lee Stecklein, Minnesota Whitecaps (NWHL)
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