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Duo Signs with Minnesota Whitecaps
9/6/2018 8:05:00 AM | Women's Hockey
Gopher alumnae Winny Brodt Brown and Chelsey Brodt Rosenthal have signed NWHL contracts.
MINNEAPOLIS --Â Gopher alumnae Winny Brodt Brown and Chelsey Brodt Rosenthal have signed contracts with the National Women's Hockey League's Minnesota Whitecaps for the 2018-19 season, the NWHL announced Wednesday.
An original member of the Minnesota Whitecaps, Brown played for the Gophers during the 1998-99, 1999-00, and 2002-03 seasons. In 96 career games, she totaled 134 career points with 41 goals and 93 assists. She was named the 2000 WCHA Defensive Player of the Year and a Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award finalist and led the Gophers to the 2000 AWCHA national championship. Brown still ranks second in career points and third in both career goals and assists among all-time Gopher defense. Brown was the first-ever winner of the Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award and was a member of the U.S. National Team program for a decade. The Roseville, Minn., native began her college career at New Hampshire, where she won the inaugural AWCHA national championship in the 1997-98 season. In February 2018, she served as a coach at the NWHL All-Star Game in Saint Paul, Minn.
Rosenthal played for the Gophers from 2002-03 to 2005-06, recording 43 career points on seven goals and 36 assists in 151 games. A defenseman from Roseville, Minn., she helped the Gophers advance to four-straight NCAA Frozen Fours and was part of back-to-back NCAA national championship teams, along with winning two WCHA regular-season and tournament titles, in 2004 and 2005. Rosenthal served as an assistant captain as a senior, helping the Gophers to a 29-11-1 overall record and an NCAA runner-up showing in 2005-06. She was a three-time WCHA All-Academic honoree.
Brown and Rosenthal join fellow Golden Gopher alumnae Hannah Brandt, Jordyn Burns, Dani Cameranesi, Amanda Kessel, Amanda Leveille, Gigi Marvin, Kate Schipper, and Lee Stecklein in the NWHL for the 2018-19 season. The Whitecaps open the season at home against the Metropolitan Riveters on Saturday, Oct. 6.
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)
Megan Bozek, Markham Thunder (CWHL)
Hannah Brandt, Minnesota Whitecaps (NWHL)
Winny Brodt Brown, Minnesota Whitecaps (NWHL)
Chelsey Brodt Rosenthal, Minnesota Whitecaps (NWHL)
Jordyn Burns, Buffalo Beauts (NWHL)
Dani Cameranesi, Buffalo Beauts (NWHL)
Amanda Kessel, Metropolitan Riveters (NWHL)
Amanda Leveille, Minnesota Whitecaps (NWHL)
Gigi Marvin, Boston Pride (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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An original member of the Minnesota Whitecaps, Brown played for the Gophers during the 1998-99, 1999-00, and 2002-03 seasons. In 96 career games, she totaled 134 career points with 41 goals and 93 assists. She was named the 2000 WCHA Defensive Player of the Year and a Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award finalist and led the Gophers to the 2000 AWCHA national championship. Brown still ranks second in career points and third in both career goals and assists among all-time Gopher defense. Brown was the first-ever winner of the Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award and was a member of the U.S. National Team program for a decade. The Roseville, Minn., native began her college career at New Hampshire, where she won the inaugural AWCHA national championship in the 1997-98 season. In February 2018, she served as a coach at the NWHL All-Star Game in Saint Paul, Minn.
Rosenthal played for the Gophers from 2002-03 to 2005-06, recording 43 career points on seven goals and 36 assists in 151 games. A defenseman from Roseville, Minn., she helped the Gophers advance to four-straight NCAA Frozen Fours and was part of back-to-back NCAA national championship teams, along with winning two WCHA regular-season and tournament titles, in 2004 and 2005. Rosenthal served as an assistant captain as a senior, helping the Gophers to a 29-11-1 overall record and an NCAA runner-up showing in 2005-06. She was a three-time WCHA All-Academic honoree.
Brown and Rosenthal join fellow Golden Gopher alumnae Hannah Brandt, Jordyn Burns, Dani Cameranesi, Amanda Kessel, Amanda Leveille, Gigi Marvin, Kate Schipper, and Lee Stecklein in the NWHL for the 2018-19 season. The Whitecaps open the season at home against the Metropolitan Riveters on Saturday, Oct. 6.
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)
Megan Bozek, Markham Thunder (CWHL)
Hannah Brandt, Minnesota Whitecaps (NWHL)
Winny Brodt Brown, Minnesota Whitecaps (NWHL)
Chelsey Brodt Rosenthal, Minnesota Whitecaps (NWHL)
Jordyn Burns, Buffalo Beauts (NWHL)
Dani Cameranesi, Buffalo Beauts (NWHL)
Amanda Kessel, Metropolitan Riveters (NWHL)
Amanda Leveille, Minnesota Whitecaps (NWHL)
Gigi Marvin, Boston Pride (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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