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Heise, Kaiser Earn WCHA Honors After Weekend Sweep
1/23/2023 2:15:00 PM | Women's Hockey
Madison Kaiser earns her second-career WCHA weekly award while Heise takes home her fourth this season.
MINNEAPOLIS – Fifth-year forward Taylor Heise and freshman forward Madison Kaiser have been named WCHA weekly award winners on Monday afternoon after stellar performances in a series sweep at Bemidji State.
Taylor Heise earned her fourth WCHA honor of the season and the seventh WCHA Forward of the Week award of her career. The captain tallied five points (2g-3a) over the weekend to extend her lead in the national scoring race. Heise's four points on Saturday (2g-2a) marked her team-leading 12th multi-point game this season. The fifth year's NCAA-leading third shorthanded goal of the season on Friday earned her the fifth spot on Sportscenter's Top-10 plays of the night. She now ranks fourth in program history in career shorthanded goals (8). The Lake City, Minn., native tallied a point in each series to extend her point streak to 10 games.
Madison Kaiser is named WCHA Rookie of the Week for the second time in her career after recording four assists over the weekend. Kaiser's two assists in each game marked her third and fourth multi-point games in her debut season. The Andover, Minn., native ranks second among Gopher rookies in scoring (4g-8a) this season and has averaged a point-per-game since the start of 2023 (1g-5a in six games).
WCHA Players of the Week
Forward of the Week: Taylor Heise, Minnesota
Defender of the Week: Ashton Bell, Minnesota Duluth
Goaltender of the Week: Cami Kronish, Wisconsin
Rookie of the Week: Madison Kaiser, Minnesota
Taylor Heise earned her fourth WCHA honor of the season and the seventh WCHA Forward of the Week award of her career. The captain tallied five points (2g-3a) over the weekend to extend her lead in the national scoring race. Heise's four points on Saturday (2g-2a) marked her team-leading 12th multi-point game this season. The fifth year's NCAA-leading third shorthanded goal of the season on Friday earned her the fifth spot on Sportscenter's Top-10 plays of the night. She now ranks fourth in program history in career shorthanded goals (8). The Lake City, Minn., native tallied a point in each series to extend her point streak to 10 games.
Madison Kaiser is named WCHA Rookie of the Week for the second time in her career after recording four assists over the weekend. Kaiser's two assists in each game marked her third and fourth multi-point games in her debut season. The Andover, Minn., native ranks second among Gopher rookies in scoring (4g-8a) this season and has averaged a point-per-game since the start of 2023 (1g-5a in six games).
WCHA Players of the Week
Forward of the Week: Taylor Heise, Minnesota
Defender of the Week: Ashton Bell, Minnesota Duluth
Goaltender of the Week: Cami Kronish, Wisconsin
Rookie of the Week: Madison Kaiser, Minnesota
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