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Third-Straight Top-10 Series Up Next
1/27/2020 1:05:00 PM | Women's Hockey
No. 2 Minnesota returns home to host No. 9 Minnesota Duluth this Friday and Saturday at Ridder Arena.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Another top-10 series awaits as the No. 2 University of Minnesota women's hockey team returns home to host No. 9 Minnesota Duluth at Ridder Arena this week. Puck drop between the Gophers and Bulldogs is set for 7:07 p.m. CT Friday and 4:07 p.m. CT Saturday.
Friday is Teacher Appreciation Night at Ridder Arena, and the Gophers will celebrate National Girls & Women in Sports Day with a bag tag giveaway during both games of this weekend's series. It is also Community Weekend for Plymouth, Maple Grove, and Shakopee.
Last Time Out: Gophers Swept By Badgers
Minnesota (20-4-3, 12-4-2-1 WCHA) suffered a sweep on the road at top-ranked Wisconsin last weekend. Despite a three-goal third period to tie the game and send it to overtime in game one, the Gophers fell 5-4 in overtime before dropping a 3-0 decision in game two of the Border Battle. Grace Zumwinkle (2g-1a), Taylor Heise (3a), and Sarah Potomak (1g-1a) recorded multiple points against the Badgers, and Sydney Scobee combined for 44 saves on 51 shots faced.
About the Series: Minnesota vs. Minnesota Duluth
Minnesota owns a 60-28-10 all-time mark against Minnesota Duluth in a series dating back to November 1998. Earlier this season, the teams tied 2-2 in overtime before the Gophers won game two, 4-3. Catie Skaja (2g), Emily Oden (1g-1a), and Sarah Potomak (1g-1a) led Minnesota with multiple points in the series against the Bulldogs.
Scoring Milestones
Sarah Potomak is Minnesota's active career scoring leader, ranked 12th in Gophers' history with 166 career points (61g-105a). She is chasing 11th-ranked Ronda Curtin (60g-107a) with 167 career points.
Two Gophers hit milestones in Minnesota's sweep over Bemidji State (Nov. 15-16) as S. Potomak recorded her 150th career point and Grace Zumwinkle recorded her 100th point. Amy Potomak, Alex Woken, Taylor Heise, and Emily Brown have all reached the 50-career points mark this season, and Patti Marshall recorded her 50th career assist against Harvard (Nov. 30).
Top Line Delivers
The line of Grace Zumwinkle (18g-15a), Sarah Potomak (15g-18a), and Taylor Heise (14g-18a) is closing in on 100 points on the year as each of them have surpassed the 30-point mark this season.
League's Best Goaltending
Sydney Scobee is tied for third in the NCAA with six shutouts this season. She leads the WCHA with a 1.64 goals against average and a .933 save percentage while ranking among the nation's top goaltenders in both categories as well. Scobee leads the nation in minutes played at 1574:06 as well.
Notable Notes
Up Next: Bemidji State
The Gophers are back on the road in Bemidji, Minn., next weekend with puck drop between the Gophers and Beavers set for 6:07 p.m. CT Friday, Feb. 7 and 3:07 p.m. CT Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Sanford Center.
WCHA Final Faceoff Returns to Ridder Arena
The 2020 WCHA Final Faceoff, which will crown the postseason champion of the league's 21st season, will take place at Ridder Arena on March 7-8. All-session ticket packages grant access to each of the tournament's three games and are priced at $20 (general admission bench for seniors/students and youth), $25 (general admission bench for adults) and $35 (reserved chairback).
Gophers Celebrate Hockey Day Minnesota
Minnesota played its second outdoor game in program history when the Gophers hosted the Buckeyes outdoors at Parade Stadium in downtown Minneapolis as part of this year's Hockey Day Minnesota celebration. With a 2-1 win over Ohio State, the Gophers are undefeated in outdoor games after the program's first-ever outdoor game saw the Maroon & Gold earn a 4-0 win over Minnesota State in the Hockey City Classic at TCF Bank Stadium on Jan. 17, 2014.
Gopher Nation
With games against Boston College and Harvard at the Country Classic in Nashville earlier this season, Tennessee became the 15th state in which Minnesota has played games since the first year of the program in 1997-98. The Gophers have competed in Connecticut, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
Gophers Add Seven for 2020-21
Head coach Brad Frost and the Gopher women's hockey program are pleased to announce the addition for seven incoming student-athletes for the 2020-21 season. Forward Addie Burton (Orono, Minn./Blake School), forward Anne Cherkowski (Coldstream, B.C./Pursuit of Excellence), defense Josey Dunne (O'Fallon, Mo./Chicago Mission), forward Tella Jungels (Edina, Minn./Edina High School), forward Abbey Murphy (Evergreen Park, Ill./Chicago Mission), defense Maggie Nicholson (Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka High School), and forward Audrey Wethington (Edina, Minn./Blake School) make up the newest class of Gophers.
Twenty Years Ago
This season marks the 20-year anniversary of Minnesota's 1999-2000 AWCHA national championship season. Under the direction of head coach Laura Halldorsen, the 1999-2000 Gophers became the first women's team to win a national title in Minnesota history. After defeating rival Minnesota Duluth by a score of 3-2 in the national semifinal, the Gophers went on to defeat Brown, 4-2, to claim the national title.
2018-19 Season in Review
Minnesota wrapped up the 22nd season of Gopher women's hockey as NCAA and WCHA Final Faceoff runners-up in 2018-19. The Maroon & Gold took home the program's 10th WCHA regular-season title and said goodbye to eight graduating seniors in head coach Brad Frost's 12th season at the helm of the program. The Gophers posted an overall record of 32-6-1 as they fell one game short of a national title.
Quest for Eighth National Title Continues
Minnesota has won seven national championships (2000, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2016) and looks for a historic eighth title national crown in 2019-20.
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Friday is Teacher Appreciation Night at Ridder Arena, and the Gophers will celebrate National Girls & Women in Sports Day with a bag tag giveaway during both games of this weekend's series. It is also Community Weekend for Plymouth, Maple Grove, and Shakopee.
Last Time Out: Gophers Swept By Badgers
Minnesota (20-4-3, 12-4-2-1 WCHA) suffered a sweep on the road at top-ranked Wisconsin last weekend. Despite a three-goal third period to tie the game and send it to overtime in game one, the Gophers fell 5-4 in overtime before dropping a 3-0 decision in game two of the Border Battle. Grace Zumwinkle (2g-1a), Taylor Heise (3a), and Sarah Potomak (1g-1a) recorded multiple points against the Badgers, and Sydney Scobee combined for 44 saves on 51 shots faced.
About the Series: Minnesota vs. Minnesota Duluth
Minnesota owns a 60-28-10 all-time mark against Minnesota Duluth in a series dating back to November 1998. Earlier this season, the teams tied 2-2 in overtime before the Gophers won game two, 4-3. Catie Skaja (2g), Emily Oden (1g-1a), and Sarah Potomak (1g-1a) led Minnesota with multiple points in the series against the Bulldogs.
Scoring Milestones
Sarah Potomak is Minnesota's active career scoring leader, ranked 12th in Gophers' history with 166 career points (61g-105a). She is chasing 11th-ranked Ronda Curtin (60g-107a) with 167 career points.
Two Gophers hit milestones in Minnesota's sweep over Bemidji State (Nov. 15-16) as S. Potomak recorded her 150th career point and Grace Zumwinkle recorded her 100th point. Amy Potomak, Alex Woken, Taylor Heise, and Emily Brown have all reached the 50-career points mark this season, and Patti Marshall recorded her 50th career assist against Harvard (Nov. 30).
Top Line Delivers
The line of Grace Zumwinkle (18g-15a), Sarah Potomak (15g-18a), and Taylor Heise (14g-18a) is closing in on 100 points on the year as each of them have surpassed the 30-point mark this season.
League's Best Goaltending
Sydney Scobee is tied for third in the NCAA with six shutouts this season. She leads the WCHA with a 1.64 goals against average and a .933 save percentage while ranking among the nation's top goaltenders in both categories as well. Scobee leads the nation in minutes played at 1574:06 as well.
Notable Notes
- The Gophers are perfect on the penalty kill over their last five games, going 13-for-13 on the PK.
- Minnesota leads the WCHA and ranks fifth in the nation at 91.5 percent (65-for-71) on the penalty kill this season.
- The Gophers are also sixth in the NCAA in fewest penalty minutes, averaging just 6.2 penalty minutes per game.
- Madeline Wethington has a team-best four game-winning goals this season; four of her five career goals have been game-winners.
Up Next: Bemidji State
The Gophers are back on the road in Bemidji, Minn., next weekend with puck drop between the Gophers and Beavers set for 6:07 p.m. CT Friday, Feb. 7 and 3:07 p.m. CT Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Sanford Center.
WCHA Final Faceoff Returns to Ridder Arena
The 2020 WCHA Final Faceoff, which will crown the postseason champion of the league's 21st season, will take place at Ridder Arena on March 7-8. All-session ticket packages grant access to each of the tournament's three games and are priced at $20 (general admission bench for seniors/students and youth), $25 (general admission bench for adults) and $35 (reserved chairback).
Gophers Celebrate Hockey Day Minnesota
Minnesota played its second outdoor game in program history when the Gophers hosted the Buckeyes outdoors at Parade Stadium in downtown Minneapolis as part of this year's Hockey Day Minnesota celebration. With a 2-1 win over Ohio State, the Gophers are undefeated in outdoor games after the program's first-ever outdoor game saw the Maroon & Gold earn a 4-0 win over Minnesota State in the Hockey City Classic at TCF Bank Stadium on Jan. 17, 2014.
Gopher Nation
With games against Boston College and Harvard at the Country Classic in Nashville earlier this season, Tennessee became the 15th state in which Minnesota has played games since the first year of the program in 1997-98. The Gophers have competed in Connecticut, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
Gophers Add Seven for 2020-21
Head coach Brad Frost and the Gopher women's hockey program are pleased to announce the addition for seven incoming student-athletes for the 2020-21 season. Forward Addie Burton (Orono, Minn./Blake School), forward Anne Cherkowski (Coldstream, B.C./Pursuit of Excellence), defense Josey Dunne (O'Fallon, Mo./Chicago Mission), forward Tella Jungels (Edina, Minn./Edina High School), forward Abbey Murphy (Evergreen Park, Ill./Chicago Mission), defense Maggie Nicholson (Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka High School), and forward Audrey Wethington (Edina, Minn./Blake School) make up the newest class of Gophers.
Twenty Years Ago
This season marks the 20-year anniversary of Minnesota's 1999-2000 AWCHA national championship season. Under the direction of head coach Laura Halldorsen, the 1999-2000 Gophers became the first women's team to win a national title in Minnesota history. After defeating rival Minnesota Duluth by a score of 3-2 in the national semifinal, the Gophers went on to defeat Brown, 4-2, to claim the national title.
2018-19 Season in Review
Minnesota wrapped up the 22nd season of Gopher women's hockey as NCAA and WCHA Final Faceoff runners-up in 2018-19. The Maroon & Gold took home the program's 10th WCHA regular-season title and said goodbye to eight graduating seniors in head coach Brad Frost's 12th season at the helm of the program. The Gophers posted an overall record of 32-6-1 as they fell one game short of a national title.
Quest for Eighth National Title Continues
Minnesota has won seven national championships (2000, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2016) and looks for a historic eighth title national crown in 2019-20.
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