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Eight Gophers Representing Four Countries to Compete in 2023 Women's Worlds
4/1/2023 8:27:00 AM | Women's Hockey
The 2023 Women's World Championship will take place Apr. 5-14 in Brampton, Ontario.
MINNEAPOLIS – Eight players with ties to the Golden Gopher Women's Hockey program will compete in the 2023 International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championship, Apr. 5-14 in Brampton, Ontario. Five athletes will represent the United States while Finland, Hungary and Sweden will each have one Minnesota representative.
Fifth-year Taylor Heise, redshirt-sophomore Abbey Murphy and Gopher alumnae Amanda Kessel ('16), Kelly Pannek ('19) and Lee Stecklein ('17) were selected to represent the Red, White and Blue in this year's edition of Women's Worlds. Heise, Kessel, Pannek and Stecklein were a part of Team USA's silver-medal-winning team in 2022. In her first action with the U.S. senior national team last September, Heise recorded 18 points (7g-11a) in seven games – the second-most in a single Women's Worlds tournament in IIHF history. She was named Tournament MVP, Best Forward and to the Media All-Star Team.
Freshmen Josefin Bouveng (Sweden) and Nelli Laitinen (Finland) were each selected to their respective national team rosters after competing at the 2022 Women's Worlds. The 2023 tournament will be Laitinen's fourth with Finland after winning silver in 2019 and bronze in 2021. Bouveng will compete in her second-straight women's world championship with Sweden.
Incoming freshman forward, Emma Kreisz, will represent Hungary for the second-straight tournament. In 2022, the Budapest, Hungary native scored a goal against Sweden for her lone point of the world championship.
At the 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship, the U.S. Women's National Team will compete in Group A alongside Canada, Czechia, Japan and Switzerland. Finland, Hungary and Sweden will compete in Group B with Germany and France. Competition begins on Wednesday, Apr. 5 and runs through Sunday, Apr. 16. France and Finland open the tournament at 10:00 a.m. CT on Apr. 5. Team USA begins tournament action in the following game at 2:00 pm CT. All Team USA games will be broadcast live in the U.S. on NHL Network.
Canada has taken home the gold medal a record 12 times after winning the event in 2023. The U.S. trails with nine gold medals including five-straight from 2013-19. Finland, who earned their first silver medal in 2019, has finished third 13 times since the event's inception in 1990. Sweden has won bronze twice, most recently in 2007. Hungary has never medaled at the event.
Fifth-year Taylor Heise, redshirt-sophomore Abbey Murphy and Gopher alumnae Amanda Kessel ('16), Kelly Pannek ('19) and Lee Stecklein ('17) were selected to represent the Red, White and Blue in this year's edition of Women's Worlds. Heise, Kessel, Pannek and Stecklein were a part of Team USA's silver-medal-winning team in 2022. In her first action with the U.S. senior national team last September, Heise recorded 18 points (7g-11a) in seven games – the second-most in a single Women's Worlds tournament in IIHF history. She was named Tournament MVP, Best Forward and to the Media All-Star Team.
Freshmen Josefin Bouveng (Sweden) and Nelli Laitinen (Finland) were each selected to their respective national team rosters after competing at the 2022 Women's Worlds. The 2023 tournament will be Laitinen's fourth with Finland after winning silver in 2019 and bronze in 2021. Bouveng will compete in her second-straight women's world championship with Sweden.
Incoming freshman forward, Emma Kreisz, will represent Hungary for the second-straight tournament. In 2022, the Budapest, Hungary native scored a goal against Sweden for her lone point of the world championship.
At the 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship, the U.S. Women's National Team will compete in Group A alongside Canada, Czechia, Japan and Switzerland. Finland, Hungary and Sweden will compete in Group B with Germany and France. Competition begins on Wednesday, Apr. 5 and runs through Sunday, Apr. 16. France and Finland open the tournament at 10:00 a.m. CT on Apr. 5. Team USA begins tournament action in the following game at 2:00 pm CT. All Team USA games will be broadcast live in the U.S. on NHL Network.
Canada has taken home the gold medal a record 12 times after winning the event in 2023. The U.S. trails with nine gold medals including five-straight from 2013-19. Finland, who earned their first silver medal in 2019, has finished third 13 times since the event's inception in 1990. Sweden has won bronze twice, most recently in 2007. Hungary has never medaled at the event.
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