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Contact: Matt Hodson / O: 952-681-7668 / C: 612-801-2808 / [email protected] WESTERN COLLEGIATE Opening Faceoff • 20 Years of Excellence: The Women's League of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) is celebrating HOCKEY ASSOCIATION its 20th Anniversary season in 2018-19, honoring 20 Years of Excellence as the nation's premier women's college • Founded 1999 • hockey conference. 2950 Metro Drive, Suite 102 • Home to a record 16 national championships (one AWCHA crown and 15 NCAA Frozen Four titles), seven Bloomington, MN 55425 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winners, numerous Olympic and national team heroes, and countless 952-681-7947 young women inspired, the WCHA is proud to honor yesterday's heroes, today's teammates and tomorrow's legends. We are Leaders and Champions. We are the WCHA. MEMBER TEAMS • Each student-athlete competing in the WCHA this season will wear a 20th Anniversary helmet sticker. The Bemidji State University league will also unveil its 20-member WCHA 20th Anniversary Team, with fan voting starting Oct. 1. University of • Polling Place: The WCHA leads all NCAA D-I conferences with four teams in the preseason USCHO.com and USA Duluth Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls: No. 2 Wisconsin, No. 3 Minnesota, No. 7 Ohio State and No. 9 Minnesota Duluth. Minnesota State University • FloHockey.tv: The WCHA is the nation's first women's hockey conference to offer a live streaming platform that The Ohio State University features each of its member teams, launching an exclusive partnership with FloHockey.tv for the 2018-19 season. St. Cloud State University With a monthly or annual pass, FloSports subscribers receive access to WCHA hockey from opening night through University of Wisconsin the 2019 Final Faceoff, along with original programming, studio shows and other hockey content -- all available on iOS, Roku or Apple TV 4. 16 National Championships • FloHockey.tv will stream every game (live and on-demand) hosted by Bemidji State, Minnesota Duluth, 98 All-Americans Minnesota State and St. Cloud State, along with the WCHA Final Faceoff tournament. FloHockey.tv also 100+ Olympians and offers access to games hosted by Minnesota, Ohio State and Wisconsin that are also available on BTN Plus. • Mark Your Calendars: In addition to the nightly excellence in WCHA rinks, the league is excited for several special National Team Members events throughout the 2018-19 season. • Bemidji State and St. Cloud State will play in the annual U.S. Face-off Classic, set for This Week in the WCHA Nov. 20 in Brainerd, Minn. • Bemidji is hosting Hockey Day Minnesota 2019, with the Beavers and Minnesota State playing outdoors on Friday, Sept. 28 the shores of Lake Bemidji on Jan. 19. (7) Ohio State at Quinnipiac, 6:00pm ET (NC) • The inaugural Minnesota Cup tournament will take place Jan. 5-6 at in Minneapolis. The two- St. Cloud State at UConn, 6:00pm ET (NC) (1) Clarkson at Bemidji State, 6:07pm CT (NC)* day, four-team event features Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota State, St. Cloud State and the host Gophers. (4) Boston College at (9) Minnesota Duluth • The 2019 WCHA Final Faceoff returns to Ridder Arena in Minneapolis on March 9-10. (7:07pm CT - NC)* (10) Mercyhurst at (3) Minnesota (7:07pm CT - NC)*^ By the Numbers Lindenwood at (2) Wisconsin, • 4: Returning 2018 Olympians to WCHA ice: St. Cloud State junior Janine Alder (), Wisconsin 7:07pm CT (NC)*^ redshirt-senior forward Emily Clark (a Canadian silver medalist), and gold medalists (redshirt-senior forward at Minnesota) and Maddie Rooney (redshirt-junior goaltender at Minnesota Duluth). Saturday, Sept. 29 (7) Ohio State at Quinnipiac, 2:00pm ET (NC) • Additionally, a trio of players who were centralized with their national teams last season also return to the St. Cloud State at UConn, 3:00pm ET (NC) WCHA: Minnesota's Amy and Sarah Potomak () and Wisconsin's Annie Pankowski (USA). Rensselaer at Minnesota State • 7: Straight seasons that WCHA teams have ranked 1-3 nationally in attendance. Last season, Wisconsin drew (2:07pm CT - NC)* 38,505 fans (2,265 per game) for 17 games at LaBahn Arena, Minnesota welcomed 32,753 (1,629) over 20 dates Lindenwood at (2) Wisconsin, 2:07pm CT (NC)*^ at Ridder Arena, while 19,769 fans (1,163) saw contests at Minnesota Duluth's AMSOIL Arena. (1) Clarkson at Bemidji State, 3:07pm CT (NC)* (4) Boston College at (9) Minnesota Duluth The Week Ahead (4:07pm CT - NC)* (10) Mercyhurst at (3) Minnesota • Nonconference Tests: The WCHA officially drops the puck on its 20th Anniversary season Sept. 28-30, with all (4:07pm CT - NC)*^ seven teams playing nonconference series (five at home and two on the road). • Opening weekend includes two top-10 matchups, as No. 3 Minnesota hosts No. 10 Mercyhurst and No. 9 Sunday, Sept. 30 Minnesota Duluth welcomes No. 4 Boston College. Rensselaer at Minnesota State • Bemidji State opens by hosting two-time defending national champion and preseason No. 1 Clarkson, (2:07 p.m. CT - NC) * while No. 2 Wisconsin (with a 29-game home unbeaten streak and an all-time mark of 17-0-1 in September Bold denotes WCHA team contests) plays at home against Lindenwood and Minnesota State hosts Rensselaer. (NC) denotes nonconference game • No. 7 Ohio State begins on the road at Quinnipiac, while St. Cloud State also ventures east to face UConn. * denotes FloHockey.tv *^ denotes FloHockey.tv and BTN Plus Final 2017-18 WCHA Standings Conference Overall Rk (Natl Rank) Team Pts GP W L T SW % GF GA GP W L T % GF GA 1 (3) Wisconsin 64 24 20 2 2 2 .875 81 29 38 31 5 2 .842 126 48 2 (4) Ohio State 49 24 14 6 4 3 .667 63 51 39 24 11 4 .667 112 77 3 (6) Minnesota 42 24 13 8 3 0 .604 74 54 38 24 11 3 .671 119 79 4 Minnesota Duluth 35 24 10 11 3 2 .479 49 62 35 15 16 4 .486 71 82 5 Bemidji State 30 24 9 13 2 1 .417 60 68 38 16 19 3 .461 90 96 6 St. Cloud State 23 24 6 14 4 1 .333 41 59 33 8 20 5 .318 52 82 7 Minnesota State 9 24 3 21 0 0 .125 37 82 34 5 28 1 .162 57 123 (shootout win = 1 additional ; rankings listed by USCHO.com first, followed byUSA Today/USA Hockey Magazine) HOME OF A RECORD 16 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 •2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2015 • 2016 #WeAreWCHA #LeadersAndChampions #20YearsofExcellence 2018-19 WCHA Preseason Coaches' Poll #WeAreWCHA

Wisconsin, Minnesota Split Coaches' Vote as WCHA Preseason 2017-18 WCHA Preseason Coaches' Poll Favorites Rank Team (1st Place Votes) Points 1. Wisconsin (4) 33 If the 2018-19 preseason coaches’ vote is any indication, the 20th Minnesota (3) 33 Anniversary season of the women’s Western Collegiate Hockey 3. Ohio State 24 Association (WCHA) will feature quite a race for the regular season 4. Minnesota Duluth 23 crown and home-ice advantage in the playoffs. Three-time defending 5. Bemidji State 16 regular season champion Wisconsin and reigning league playoff winner 6. St. Cloud State 12 Minnesota each collected 33 points in the poll of the WCHA’s seven head 7. Minnesota State 6 coaches, with the Badgers’ four first-place votes edging the Gophers’ Predicted order of finish. Based on a 6-5-4-3-2-1 scale. Coaches could not vote for their own teams. three. WCHA Preseason Player of the Year (votes) Ohio State, which set a school record with 24 wins in 2017-18 en route to Maddie Rooney, RS-Jr., G, Minnesota Duluth (3) its first-ever NCAA tournament and Frozen Four appearance, placed third Others receiving votes: Kelly Pannek, Sr., F, Minnesota (2); Emily Clark, Sr., with 24 points. The Buckeyes edged out Minnesota Duluth (23 points), F, Wisconsin (1); Annie Pankowski, Sr., F, Wisconsin (1) which returns five of its top six scorers and welcomes back U.S. Olympic gold medalist Maddie Rooney in net. The poll was rounded out by Bemidji WCHA Preseason Rookie of the Year (votes) State and its pair of returning All-WCHA performers, St. Cloud State with Taylor Heise, Fr., F, Minnesota (5) its stellar goaltending tandem and a Minnesota State squad that features Others receiving votes: Amy Potomak, Fr., F, Minnesota (1); Sophie Shirley, its top-three scorers from a year ago. Fr., F, Wisconsin (1)

Rooney, who seven months ago backstopped Team USA to its first Preseason All-WCHA Team Olympic gold since 1998, beat out a crowded field for WCHA Preseason Forward: Kelly Pannek, RS-Sr., Minnesota Player of the Year honors. Her three votes edged the two received by Forward: Emily Clark, RS-Sr., Wisconsin Olympic teammate Kelly Pannek (RS-Sr., F, Minnesota), while redshirt- Forward: Annie Pankowski, RS-Sr., Wisconsin (tie) senior Wisconsin forwards Emily Clark (a 2018 Olympian with Canada) Forward: Sarah Potomak, RS-Jr., Minnesota (tie) and Annie Pankowski (centralized last year with the U.S. National Team) Defenseman: Jincy Dunne, RS-Jr., Ohio State each got a vote apiece. Defenseman: Mikaela Gardner, Sr., Wisconsin Goaltender: Maddie Rooney, RS-Jr., Minnesota Duluth The WCHA Preseason Rookie of the Year selection is Gophers’ freshman forward Taylor Heise, the 2018 Minnesota Ms. Hockey award winner and Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically by position): Forwards – 2018 USA Today High School Sports All-USA Girls Hockey Player of the Clair DeGeorge, So., Bemidji State; Emma Maltais, So., Ohio State; Abby Year. Heise received five votes, with the others going to Minnesota’sAmy Roque, Jr., Wisconsin. Defensemen – Mak Langei, So., Bemidji State; Patti Potomak and Wisconsin’s Sophie Shirley (the 2017-18 Canadian Women’s Marshall, So., Minnesota; Maddie Rolfes, RS-Sr., Wisconsin. Goaltender – Hockey League Rookie of the Year). Kristen Campbell, RS-Jr., Wisconsin.

The loaded Preseason All-WCHA Team features Pannek, Clark, Pankowski and Minnesota redshirt-junior Sarah Potomak as forwards, Ohio State All-American Jincy Dunne (redshirt-junior) and Wisconsin senior Mikaela Gardner on the blue line and Rooney as the goaltender.

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Once Around the Rink More From the 2017-18 Season (Cont.) • BSU: The Beavers returned to the Final Faceoff for the first time since • The Puck Stops Here: WCHA ranked among the NCAA Division 2015, had a trio of All-WCHA performers (senior Alexis Joyce, and I leaders in goals-against average (GAA), save percentage, winning freshmen Clair DeGeorge and Mak Langei), and earned wins over percentage, wins, saves and shutouts. Minnesota and Ohio State (along with playing Wisconsin to a tie, snapping • In her first season wearing the Cardinal and White, Wisconsin the Badgers' season-opening, 15-game WCHA winning streak). sophomore Kristen Campbell topped D-I netminders with a 1.19 • UMN: Behind WCHA Overall and Defensive Player of the Year Sydney GAA. She was followed by Ohio State redshirt-junior Kassidy Sauvé Baldwin, the Gophers won at least 20 games for the 21st consecutive (ninth at 1.88), Minnesota redshirt-senior Sidney Peters (13th season and, after upsetting Ohio State and Wisconsin to win the 2018 at 1.93), St. Cloud State freshman Emma Polusny (19th at 2.20), WCHA Final Faceoff, made the program's NCAA-record 11th-straight Minnesota Duluth senior Jessica Convery (21st at 2.23) and SCSU tournament appearance. sophomore Janine Alder (25th at 2.42). • UMD: Despite skating one of the youngest rosters in team history and • Campbell ranked second with a .939 save percentage, while Sauvé playing the nation's fifth-toughest schedule, the Bulldogs won the in- was third (.938), Alder was fifth (.935) and Polusny was eighth season tournament, went 13-10-4 over their final 27 (.934). games and earned home ice for the WCHA Quarterfinals. • Campbell was also second with an .842 winning percentage (31-5- • MSU: The Mavericks, who defeated Bemidji State and Ohio State down 2), while Sauvé ranked seventh (.656, 19-9-4), Peters was eighth the stretch, saw their overall record skewed by seven one- losses. (.648, 17-9-1) and Convery was 16th (15-14-3, .516). Forward Brittyn Fleming (4g-15a--19pts) tied for 10th in the WCHA overall • Continuing a pattern of excellence, Campbell ranked second with rookie scoring race. 31 wins, Sauvé was seventh with 19, Peters (17) tied for eighth and • OSU: Under second-year bench boss and WCHA Coach of the Year Convery (15) was 11th. , the Buckeyes set program records with 24 overall wins • Sauvé paced the WCHA and ranked second nationally with 920 (24-11-4) and 14 WCHA victories (14-6-4-3), while OSU's first-ever NCAA saves, followed by Convery (11th with 816) and Campbell (16th at tournament appearance resulted in a 2-0 win at No. 4 seed Boston College 706). and a trip to the Frozen Four. OSU's second-place WCHA finish was its • Campbell's 12 shutouts tied for most among D-I goaltenders, while best-ever, as was its final No. 4 national ranking. Sauvé ranked third with 10, Peters and Polusny tied for eighth with • SCSU: After starting the season 2-12-0 (1-9-0), the Huskies finished the four apiece, while Bemidji State senior Erin Deters and Convery season 6-6-5 (5-5-4). SCSU played winning hockey after Jan. 1, going each had three apiece to tie for 17th. 5-4-3 and -- behind the stellar goaltending of All-WCHA Third Team and • Campbell's Historic Start: Kristen Campbell set the tone for her All- Rookie Team selection Emma Polusny, along with Olympian Janine Alder America campaign early, as the eventual WCHA Goaltender of the Year -- allowed just 1.92 goals-per-game after the New Year. became the first Wisconsin goaltender to win her first nine starts in the • UW: The Badgers won their third-straight WCHA regular season Cardinal and White, opening 16-0-0. championship, joining Minnesota (2013-15) as the only teams in league • Polusny Sets Standard: Emma Polusny enjoyed a fantastic debut season, history to go back-to-back-to-back. Wisconsin ranked third nationally with as her four shutouts set the all-time St. Cloud State single-season record. 31 wins and advanced to its fifth-straight Frozen Four, the longest active • All four of Polusny's clean sheets came after Nov. 22, as she stretch in the country. posted five wins, 465 saves, a 1.84 GAA and a .945 save mark over final 15 starts. More From the 2017-18 Season • Fabulous Final Faceoff: Annually the nation's top conference • Continued Nonconference Success: The WCHA one again boasted the championship tournament, the 2018 WCHA Final Faceoff -- featuring country's top nonconference winning percentage, going 34-21-2 (.614). Wisconsin, Ohio State, Minnesota and Bemidji State -- did not disappoint. • Five of seven WCHA schools finished above .500 against The three-game tournament featured three All-Americans, a pair of Patty competition from College Hockey America, ECAC Hockey and Kaz top-10 finalists and 20 players who are participating this summer at Hockey East. development camp for either USA Hockey or . • Youth is Served: Eight of the top-20 scoring freshmen in all of NCAA • The No. 3 seed Gophers, needing two wins to keep their season Division I hockey skated in the WCHA, representing five different teams. alive, outlasted eventual NCAA Frozen Four participants Ohio State • WCHA Rookie of the Year Emma Maltais excelled in her debut and Wisconsin to win their seventh WCHA playoff championship -- season at Ohio State, ranking fourth among D-I freshmen with 1.08 matching the Badgers for most in league history. points per game (16g-24a for 50 points in 37 contests). Her 40 • Final Faceoff Most Outstanding Player Sidney Peters, Minnesota's points overall were the most by any Buckeyes skater since two-time redshirt-senior goaltender, stopped a combined 64-of-65 shots in Olympic medalist collected 50 in 2011-12. the Gophers' 2-0, semifinal victory over Ohio State and their 3-1, • Minnesota's Grace Zumwinkle tied for fifth at 1.00 points per game championship game triumph over UW. (17g-21a--38pts), Ohio State's Tatum Skaggs ranked eighth at 0.95 • UW senior co- Baylee Wellhausen notched the first (23g-14a--37pts), St. Cloud State's Laura Kluge was 11th at 0.80 Final Faceoff hat trick since 2012, including a second-period, (7g-17a--24pts), Minnesota Duluth's Naomi Rogge was 16th at 0.69 shorthanded tally that stood as the game-winner, to lead the (16g-8a--24pts), UMN's Taylor Wente was 17th at 0.66 (11g-14a-- Badgers past Bemidji State, 4-1 in the semifinals. 25pts), UMD's Ashton Bell was 18th at 0.66 (11g-12a--23pts) and • Coaching Milestones: A pair of WCHA coaching legends in Wisconsin's Bemidji State's Clair DeGeorge was 20th at 0.62 (7g-16a--23pts). Mark Johnson and Minnesota's again enjoyed milestone • Rookie Scoring Champ: Fittingly, Minnesota freshman Grace Zumwinkle victories. became the WCHA's first rookie Scoring Champion (defined as the most • Johnson, who ranks third in NCAA National Collegiate (D-I) women's points in league play) since Ohio State's Hokey Langan in the 2009-10 hockey annals with 459 career victories, recorded win No. 450 on season. Jan. 13 with a 6-0 triumph over visiting Minnesota State. Johnson • Zumwinkle collected 27 of points (11g-16a) in her 24 WCHA games, enters the 2018-19 season, his 16th season behind the Badgers' three more than Ohio State's Emma Maltais (10g-14a--24pts). bench, with a career .822 winning percentage (459-83-41). • Frost moved past his predecessor, the iconic , and into sixth place on the NCAA National Collegiate women's annals with his 338th career coaching win, a 2-0 victory over visiting Minnesota State on Jan. 27. Frost enters the 2018-19 season, his 12th as the Gophers' head coach, with a career 343-64-30 record (.819).

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In the Classroom and In the Community The Next Level • Hockey Humanitarian Award: As previously mentioned, Minnesota • 2018 Winter : The WCHA was proud and honored to have redshirt-senior goaltender Sidney Peters was named the 2018 Hockey 37 current or former players competing at the in Humanitarian Award recipient as college hockey's finest citizen, while Ohio Pyeongchang, South Korea. The group represented seven universities State senior forward Lauren Spring, a two-time nominee, was also a top- (Minnesota, Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota State, North Dakota, Ohio State, five finalist for the prestigious honor. St. Cloud State and Wisconsin, while playing for five countries (the United • Peters, who was honored for making significant contributions States of America, Canada, , and Switzerland). not only to her team, but also to the community at-large through • Thirty (30) players with WCHA ties brought home medals, including leadership in volunteerism, logged over 830 volunteer hours 14 that helped Team USA win its first gold since 1998. Canada’s with various community outreach activities during her time with silver medalists featured nine WCHA players, while seven alumnae the Gophers. The certified Emergency Media Technician (EMT) earned bronze with Finland. volunteered with the University of Minnesota EMS and the Rush- • When the puck drops on the 2018-19 season, the WCHA will Copley Emergency Department in Aurora, Ill (near her hometown welcome back 2018 Olympians Janine Alder (St. Cloud State / of Geneva, Ill.), along with HopeKids, Special Olympics Minnesota, Switzerland), Emily Clark (Wisconsin / Canada), Kelly Pannek the University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, and local (Minnesota / USA) and Maddie Rooney (Minnesota Duluth / USA). elementary and middle schools and youth hockey associations. Additionally, Wisconsin’s Annie Pankowski (USA) and Minnesota’s Peters also traveled to Haiti during the summer of 2016 with Amy and Sarah Potomak (Canada), all of whom were centralized Project Medishare, volunteering at the country's only critical care with their national teams, will be back on WCHA ice (with Amy and trauma hospital, while she has combined her love of hockey Potomak making her collegiate debut). with her faith as the head goalie coach for the Hockey Ministries • There was perhaps no more compelling moment in the entire International camp. 2018 Winter Olympics than the epic gold medal game between the • Spring, who was honored by SHAPE America (Society of Health United States and Canada, won by the Americans in a shootout. and Physical Educators) as a Major of the Year award recipient, • The contest was tied 2-2 after regulation and overtime, with was a frequent presence in the Columbus community -- and U.S. goals coming from former UW All-American Hilary Knight beyond. She organized local community service projects for her (assisted by fellow Badger great and former and her team, including physical education projects, trips to Meals UMD standout Sidney Morin) and UND legend Monique on Wheels food bank events and helping to run scoring tables at Lamoureux-Morando (assisted by current UMN forward Kelly wheelchair rugby events. A student-teacher at a Columbus-area Pannek). The first Canadian tally was scored by former UMD elementary school, Spring also joined 10 other OSU student- great (assisted by UW alumna Blayre Turnbull). athletes on a May 2017 trip to Ecuador with Soles4Souls to help • The WCHA took center stage in the shootout, with the winning provide shoes and clothes to needy children. goal coming off the stick of -Davidson • NCAA Woman of the Year: Minnesota's Sidney Peters is a top-30 finalist (famously known as the "Oops I Did It Again" move), which for NCAA Woman of the Year. She was selected from a record 581 school will go down as one of the epochal moments in U.S. Olympic nominees -- a group that was then narrowed to 154, before teh 30 finalists history. Goaltender Maddie Rooney will return to Minnesota were announced. Duluth for her junior season in 2018-19 as an Olympic hero, • Google Cloud Academic All-Americans: St. Cloud State sophomore as her tournament-long brilliance was capped by her stop of goaltender Janine Alder, Minnesota senior defenseman Sydney Baldwin Meghan Agosta on the tournament's final shot, lifting Team and Gophers' redshirt-senior goaltender Sidney Peters -- the only three USA to gold. hockey players among the 45 women honored -- were named to the • 2017 Four Nations Cup: Preparation for the Olympics kicked into high gear Google Cloud Academic All-America Division Women's At Large Third with the 2017 Four Nations Cup, with 39 current, former or incoming WCHA Team, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of players competing in Tampa, Fla. (representing Minnesota, Minnesota America (CoSIDA). Duluth, Minnesota State, North Dakota, Ohio State and Wisconsin.) • Krampade All American Scholars: Fifty-seven (57) student athletes, • The U.S. won its third-consecutive Four Nations Cup gold medal representing all seven WCHA Women's League member institutions, with a roster featuring 15 WCHA players. A 5-1, gold medal game were honored as Krampade All American Scholars, as announced by the victory over Canada featured two goals by former Minnesota star American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA). These outstanding players , a goal and assist apiece from former Gopher attained a 3.6 GPA each semester and participated in 40 percent of their and Wisconsin legend Hilary Knight, while another school's games during the 2017-18 season. UMN alumna, Dani Cameranesi, had four assists. • Scholar-Athletes: Sixty (60) student-athletes, representing all seven • CWHL and NWHL Impact: WCHA alumni dotted rosters across the two Women's League member institutions, earned WCHA Scholar-Athlete North America-based women's professional leagues, with the league (and Awards for maintaining a GPA of 3.50 or above. all eight of its current and past institutions) represented on 10 of the 11 • All-Academic Team: Ninety-five (95) student-athletes, representing all combined rosters for the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) and seven Women's League member institutions, earned a spot on the WCHA the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). All-Academic Team for maintaining a GPA of 3.00 or above. • Twenty (20) former WCHA players competed across each of the seven CWHL clubs: Kunlun Red Star (4), Les Canadiennes de All-Time Coaching Wins Leaders, Montréal (4), (4), Inferno (3), Furies (3), Boston Blades (1) and Vanke Rays (1). NCAA National Collegiate Women • Twelve (12) league alumni played across three of the four NWHL Minimum 10 years as a head coach at an NCAA National Collegiate school; franchises: (6), (3) and includes all victories as coach at a four-year institution. Connecticut Whale (3). Coach, School(s) Years Won Lost Tied Pct. • Both league champions were well-stocked with WCHA products. *Katey Stone (Harvard 1995-2018) 23 464 224 48 .663 A year after winning the NWHL title, former Minnesota blueliner * (Mercyhurst 2000-18) 19 462 161 48 .724 joined Minnesota Duluth alumnae and Jenna McParland, along with Ohio State product *Mark Johnson (Wisconsin 2003-09, 2001-18) 15 459 83 41 .822 Laura McIntosh, in hoisting the with the Markham (Minnesota Duluth 2000-15) 16 383 144 50 .707 Thunder. Behind the goaltending excellence of Playoffs MVP Katie *Paul Flanagan (SLU 2000-08, SU 2009-18) 19 380 246 61 .598 Fitzgerald (St. Cloud State) and a quintet of Wisconsin alumnae *Brad Frost (Minnesota 2008-18) 11 343 64 30 .819 (Courtney Burke, Erika Lawler, Kelly Nash, Madison Packer and Laura Halldorson (Colby 1990-96, UMN 1998-2007) 17 337 142 31 .691 Jenny Ryan), the Metropolitan Riveters captured the . *Jeff Kampersal (Princeton 1997-2017, PSU 2018) 22 337 276 69 .545 • and the WCHA: In their final pre-NWHL season, Heather Linstad (NU 1993-2000, UConn 2001-13) 21 322 289 81 .524 the Minnesota Whitecaps (then an elite women's hockey team made up *Bob Deraney (Providence 2000-18) 19 319 288 73 .523 of post-collegiate players), also had 27 former WCHA players – from six league schools – on its Minneapolis-based roster. * denotes coached in 2017-18; Bold denotes coaches/coached in the WCHA

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The Next Level (Cont.) • Award Winners: The following WCHA alumnae earned recognition for their National Championships, 2000-2018 achievements in 2017-18: • USA Hockey honored North Dakota great Jocelyne Lamoureux- Davidson as its Bob Johnson Award winner, while naming The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Minnesota Duluth rising junior Maddie Rooney as the Bob Allen Women's League began play in the 1999-2000 season, Women's Player of the Year. before the sport was officially sanctioned by the • After backstopping Finland to a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics, former Minnesota All-American Noora Räty was named NCAA. At the end of that season, competing under the CWHL Goaltender of the Year. She led the league during the regular United States Olympic Committee-financed American season with a 1.60 GAA, a .944 save percentage and six shutouts, Women's College Hockey Alliance (AWCHA), Minnesota then guided Kunlun Red Star to the Clarkson Cup Final. • Wisconsin commit Sophie Shirley, who is slated to skate for the won its first of a record seven national championships. Badgers beginning this fall, earned CWHL Rookie of the Year Beginning with the inaugural National Collegiate honors after tallying 19 points (8g-11a) in 26 games with the Women's championship at the close of the . • UW's Courtney Burke made it three-for-three in WCHA alumnae 2000-01 campaign, teams representing the WCHA have earning NWHL Best Defender honors (following Minnesota's Gigi won 15 of a possible 18 NCAA titles. Marvin in 2016 and Megan Bozek in 2017). Burke led all NWHL skaters with 17 regular season assists and was second with 19 points. Year team, League (Championship) • Like Räty in the CWHL, former Gopher was the NWHL's Goaltender of the Year after leading the league with 12 2000 Minnesota, WCHA (AWCHA) regular season wins (tied) and 457 saves, to go along with a 2.53 GAA and .918 save percentage. 2001 Minnesota Duluth, WCHA (NCAA) • Of the 12 WCHA alumnae who played in the NWHL, six were All- Stars: Burke, Jordyn Burns (UMN), Lisa Chesson (OSU), Leveille, 2002 Minnesota Duluth, WCHA (NCAA) Katie Fitzgerald (SCSU) and Jenny Ryan (UW). The NWHL also included a pair of Minnesota Whitecaps in Bemidji State alumna 2003 Minnesota Duluth, WCHA (NCAA) Sadie Lundquist and former Minnesota player . (The CWHL did not hold an All-Star Game due to the 2018 Winter 2004 Minnesota, WCHA (NCAA) Olympics.) • 2018 USA vs. Canada U22 Series: Nineteen (19) WCHA players were 2005 Minnesota, WCHA (NCAA) chosen to compete in the annual three-game USA vs. Canada U22 series, Aug. 16-19, 2018 in Calgary, Alberta. 2006 Wisconsin, WCHA (NCAA) • All 19 WCHA players, representing Bemidji State, Minnesota, Minnesota Duluth, Ohio State and Wisconsin, will skate during the 2007 Wisconsin, WCHA (NCAA) 2018-19 collegiate season. • Thirteen (13) players were on the U.S. U22 Women's Select Team 2008 Minnesota Duluth, WCHA (NCAA) roster, which was led by Joel Johnson (Minnesota's associate head coach). Six (6) players joined head coach Nadine Muzerall (Ohio 2009 Wisconsin, WCHA (NCAA) State's bench boss) with Canada's National Women's Development Team. 2010 Minnesota Duluth, WCHA (NCAA) • The U.S. U18 Women's Select Team was led by Minnesota Duluth Head Coach Maura Crowell and assistant coach Brianna Decker 2011 Wisconsin, WCHA (NCAA) (Wisconsin). 2012 Minnesota, WCHA (NCAA)

2017-18 National Accolades 2013 Minnesota, WCHA (NCAA) HONOREES Honor Player (Yr., Pos., Team) 2014 Clarkson, ECAC (NCAA) Hockey Humanitarian Award Sidney Peters (RS-Sr., G, UMN) AHCA/CCM Hockey Alll-America 1st Team Sydney Baldwin (Sr., D, UMN) 2015 Minnesota, WCHA (NCAA) AHCA/CCM Hockey All-America 2nd Team Kristen Campbell (So., G, UW) Jincy Dunne (RS-So., D, OSU) 2016 Minnesota, WCHA (NCAA) All-USCHO 1st Team Maddie Rolfes (Sr., D, UW) All-USCHO 2nd Team Kristen Campbell (So., G, UW) All-USCHO 3rd Team Kassidy Sauvé (RS-Jr., G, OSU) 2017 Clarkson, ECAC (NCAA) Jincy Dunne (RS-So., D, OSU) Abby Roque (So., F, UW) 2018 Clarkson, ECAC (NCAA) All-USCHO Rookie Team Olivia Knowles (Fr., D, UMN) Emma Maltais (Fr., F, OSU) Academic All-America 3rd Team Janine Alder (So., G, SCSU) Sydney Baldwin (Sr., D, UMN) Sidney Peters (RS-Sr., G, UMN)

NOMINEES / CANDIDATES / FINALISTS Honor Player (Yr., Pos., Team) Hockey Humanitarian Award Top-5 Finalist Lauren Spring (Sr., F, OSU) Top-10 Finalist Sydney Baldwin (Sr., D, UMN) Kristen Campbell (So., G, UW) NCAA Woman of the Year Top-30 Finalis Sidney Peters (RS-Sr., G, UMN)

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USCHO.com USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Sept. 17, 2018 (PRESEASON) Sept. 25, 2018 (PRESEASON) Rk Team (1st Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll Rank Team, Points (1st place) Last Wk Record Top 10 1 Clarkson (14) 36-4-1 147 1 1. Clarkson, 189 (18) 1 36-4-1 1 2 Wisconsin 31-5-2 125 3 2. Wisconsin, 165 (1) 3 31-5-2 1 3 Minnesota 24-11-3 119 6 3. Minnesota, 145 6 24-11-3 1 4 Boston College (1) 30-5-3 113 5 4. Boston College, 140 5 30-5-3 1 5 Colgate 34-6-1 91 2 5. Colgate, 119 2 34-6-1 1 6 Cornell 21-9-3 56 7 6. Cornell, 80 7 21-9-3 1 7 Ohio State 24-11-4 54 4 7. Ohio State, 73 4 24-11-4 1 8 Northeastern 19-17-3 38 8 8. Northeastern, 51 8 19-17-3 1 9 Minnesota Duluth 15-16-4 32 NR 9. Minnesota Duluth, 33 -- 15-16-4 1 10 Mercyhurst 18-15-4 20 10 10. Mercyhurst, 20 10 18-15-4 1 Others receiving votes: St. Lawrence 17, Princeton 7, Connecticut 2, Others receiving votes: St. Lawrence, 15; Princeton, 9; Robert Morris, Maine 2, Harvard 1, Providence 1. 2; Harvard, 1; Providence, 1; Quinnipiac, 1; Connecticut, 1.

WCHA Against the Rest (Final 2017-18) By Team vs CHA vs ECAC vs HEA vs Ind Total Bemidji State 4-1-1 0-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-3-1 Minnesota 4-0-0 0-0-0 2-2-0 0-0-0 6-2-0 Minnesota Duluth 2-0-0 1-0-0 1-2-0 0-0-0 4-2-0 Minnesota State 2-3-1 0-0-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 2-5-1 Ohio State 5-3-0 2-1-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 8-4-0 St. Cloud State 0-0-0 0-2-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 1-3-0 Wisconsin 6-0-0 2-1-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 9-2-0 TOTALS: 23-7-2 5-6-0 6-8-0 0-0-0 34-21-2 (.750) (.455) (.429) (.---) (.614)

By Site vs CHA vs ECAC vs HEA vs Ind Total Home 14-5-1 2-0-0 3-3-0 0-0-0 19-8-1 Away 9-2-1 2-4-0 2-2-0 0-0-0 13-8-1 Neutral 0-0-0 1-2-0 1-3-0 0-0-0 2-5-0 TOTALS: 23-7-2 5-6-0 6-8-0 0-0-0 34-21-2 (.750) (.455) (.429) (.---) (.614)

WCHA Head-to-Head (Final 2017-18 Regular Season, League Games) BSU UMN UMD MSU OSU SCSU UW W-L-T-SW Pts BSU --- 1-3-0 2-2-0 3-1-0 1-2-1 2-2-0 0-3-1 9-13-2-1 30 UMN 3-1-0 --- 3-0-1 4-0-0 0-3-1 3-0-1 0-4-0 13-8-3-0 42 UMD 2-2-0 0-3-1 --- 4-0-0 2-2-0 2-1-1 0-3-1 10-11-3-2 35 MSU 1-3-0 0-4-0 0-2-0 --- 1-3-0 1-3-0 0-4-0 3-19-0-0 9 OSU 2-1-1 3-0-1 2-2-0 3-1-0 --- 2-0-2 2-2-0 14-6-4-3 49 SCSU 2-2-0 0-3-1 1-2-1 3-1-0 0-2-2 --- 0-4-0 6-14-4-1 23 UW 3-0-1 4-0-0 3-0-1 4-0-0 2-2-0 4-0-0 --- 20-2-2-2 64

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Head Coach: Jim Scanlan (5th season) Head Coach: Brad Frost (12th season) Record at BSU: 71-67-10 Record at UMN: 343-64-30 2017-18 Overall Record: 16-19-3 (9-13-2-1) 2017-18 Overall Record: 26-8-5 (19-4-5-3) 2018-19 Overall Record: 0-0-0 (0-0-0-0) 2018-19 Overall Record: 24-11-3 (13-8-3-0)

Beavers Golden Gophers Bemidji State University University of Minnesota

• The Beavers were picked to finish fifth in the WCHA • The No. 3 University of Minnesota begins the 2018-19 regular Preseason Coaches’ Poll after garnering 16 points in the poll. season by hosting Mercyhurst at Ridder Arena at 7:07 p.m. • Bemidji State will be captained by Melissa Hunt during the CT on Friday, Sept. 28 and 4:07 p.m. CT on Saturday, Sept. 29. 2018-19 season and she will be assisted by Emily Bergland The Maroon & Gold will honor their 2018 Olympians along with and Kiki Radke. raising the 2018 WCHA Final Faceoff banner prior to Friday's • The Beavers welcome back 19 letter-winners from last season game. and will have five newcomers join the squad to fill the roster • Head coach Brad Frost returns for his 12th season at the at 24. helm of the program with a career coaching record of • The Beavers finished fourth in the Western Collegiate Hockey 343-64-30 (.819 winning percentage) in his first 11 seasons Association scoring an average of 2.37 goals per game and leading the Gophers. were sixth in defense (2.53 g/gm) in 2017-18. • The Gophers return 17 players from last year's WCHA Final • Bemidji State returns eight of its top ten leading scorers from Faceoff championship team along with the addition of three last season including its top three in Haley Mack (11g-14a), players who red-shirted the 2017-18 season: U.S. Olympic gold Bergland (11g-13a) and Clair DeGeorge (7g-16a). medalist Kelly Pannek and Canada's National Women's Team • Also returning for the respective careers are sophomore Mak members Amy Potomak and Sarah Potomak. Langei (4g-14a), junior Jacqueline Kaasa (8g-9a), sophomore • Seven newcomers join the Gophers for the 2018-19 season, Paige Beebe (7g-10a), junior Abby Halluska (7g-7a) and junior made up of six true freshmen and one junior transfer. Abigail Radke (3g-9a). Boreen (Somerset, Wis./Hill-Murray School), Taylor Heise • The Beavers graduated just one goaltender from last year and (Lake City, Minn./Red Wing High School), Crystalyn Hengler will look to split time between sophomores Kerigan Dowhy (Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie High School), Emily Oden and Lauren Bench. Bench posted an 8-9-0 record in 18 starts (Edina, Minn./Edina High School), Gracie Ostertag (Shakopee, to lead the Beavers while Dowhy had the hot hand late in the Minn./Shattuck St. Mary's School), and Catie Skaja (New season and backstopped BSU to the WCHA Final Faceoff. , Minn./New Prague Senior High School) make up the • Joining the Beavers for their first season with the green newest class of incoming freshmen while goaltender Sydney and white are freshmen Claudia Verkerke, Ellie Moser, Lexi Scobee (Minnetrista, Minn.) joins the Maroon & Gold after Cheveldayoff, Graysen Myers and Lexi Baker. spending two years at the University of Vermont. • Bergland leads all active skaters with 53 career points (30g- • The Gophers defeated the UBC Thunderbirds by a score of 23a) while Mack follows with 38 points (15g-23a). 8-1 in the program’s lone of the 2018-19 • DeGeorge rejoins the Beavers after spending the offseason preseason last weekend. Minnesota received points from 12 with the U.S. Women’s Hockey Olympic Team at its evaluation different players led by Grace Zumwinkle (1g-2a) and Skaja camp and U-22 series versus Canada. (2g-1a) along with two points each from Hengler (1g-1a), Katie • Bemidji State will be at the center of the hockey world Robinson (2a), and Sarah Potomak (2a). in Minnesota by participating in the 2019 Hockey Day in • Minnesota looks to return to the NCAA Frozen Four and to Minnesota Jan. 19. The Beavers will play a non-conference secure a historic eighth national title this season after the game with Minnesota State University, Mankato outdoors next 2017-18 season ended in the NCAA quarterfinal round. The to Lake Bemidji. 2017-18 Gophers punched their ticket to the NCAA tournament by winning the program's seventh overall WCHA Final Faceoff title and the team's first since 2013-14. Minnesota finished with a 24-11-3 overall record while going 13-8-3-0 in WCHA action a year ago.

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Head Coach: Maura Crowell (10th season) Head Coach: John Harrington (20th season) Overall Record: 151-105-18 Overall Record: 256-225-40 Overall D-I: 78-51-14 (5th season) Overall D-I: 15-83-9 (4th season) Record at UMD: 55-44-10 (4th season) Record at MSU: 15-83-9 (4th season) 2017-18 Overall Record: 15-16-4 (10-11-3-2) 2017-18 Overall Record: 5-28-1 (3-21-0-0) R 2018-19 Overall Record: 0-0-0 (0-0-0-0) 2018-19 Overall Record: 0-0-0 (0-0-0-0)

Bulldogs Mavericks University of Minnesota Duluth Minnesota State University

• UMD dropped an exhibition last Saturday to the NWHL's • Minnesota State enters the 2018-19 season after finishing Minnesota Whitecaps by a 4-3 score, despite scoring three 5-28-1 (3-21-0 WCHA) in 2017-18. goals in the first period. • Minnesota State’s 2018-19 captains are senior forward Corbin • Three Bulldogs notched two points in the outing, including two Boyd and senior defenseman Megan Hinze. The alternate goals by freshman forward Gabbie Hughes, and two assists captains are senior forward Jordan McLaughlin and junior by sophomore forward Anna Klein and junior forward Ryleigh defenseman McKenzie Sederberg. Boyd returns with the Houston. third most points (11) from last season and Hinze also returns • UMD outshot the Whitecaps 37-36 in the contest, but the with the third most blocks (49) in 2017-18. McLaughlin was Whitecaps outshot the Bulldogs 28-19 in the second and third the leading goal scorer on last year’s squad and Sederberg periods. returns with the second most block (52) from last year. • Two goaltenders logged time for UMD, including junior Maddie • The Mavericks return 18 players from the 2017-18 teams and Rooney, who made 19 saves in the first 40 minutes -- her first have added five freshmen and one transfer Mallorie( Iozzo). Bulldog action since March of 2017 in a UMD jersey. Minnesota State’s roster has 14 upperclassmen (7 seniors, 7 • The Bulldogs host No. 4 Boston College this weekend at juniors). AMSOIL. UMD is 6-6-1 all-time against BC after the Golden • The Mavericks begin play at home against Rensselaer on Eagles swept UMD last season by scores of 4-3 and 4-1 in Sept. 29th and Sept. 30th, before starting WCHA play on the Chestnut Hill, Mass. road at Ohio State on Oct. 12th and Oct. 13th. • Against Hockey East opponents, UMD is 32-14-5 all-time after • The Mavericks’ nonconference schedule includes meetings going 1-2 against them a year ago. with Rensselaer, Lindenwood, Robert Morris, and also St. Cloud State and Bemidji State (1 game each). Minnesota State will also play exhibition games against the Minnesota Whitecaps. • Minnesota State will take part in the Minnesota Cup on Jan. 5th and Jan. 6th while being held in Minneapolis, Minn. The other three teams include St. Cloud State, Minnesota Duluth and Minnesota.

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Head Coach: Nadine Muzerall (3rd season) Head Coach: Eric Rud (5th season) Record at OSU: 38-29-9 Record at SCSU: 38-89-14 2017-18 Overall Record: 24-11-4 (14-6-4-3) 2017-18 Overall Record: 8-20-5 (6-14-4-1) 2018-19 Overall Record: 0-0-0 (0-0-0-0) 2018-19 Overall Record: 0-0-0 (0-0-0-0)

Buckeyes Huskies Ohio State University St. Cloud State University

• The Buckeyes have only faced Quinnipiac one time in the • The Huskies won 9-0 in their exhibition game against the history of both programs, a 6-1 win for OSU in Columbus back Hockey Training Institute on Saturday, Sep. 22. in the 2003-04 season. Multiple Buckeye greats wound up • The top line (Kayla Friesen, Laura Kluge, Hannah Potrykus) on the scoresheet, with notching an assist, had 6 of SCSU’s 9 goals in the game. Emma Laaksonen scoring a goal and tallying an assist, Jana • Kluge, a sophomore forward, had a 5-point game (2 G, 3 A). Harrigan getting an assist, Jeni Creary racking up two assists She was St. Cloud's leading point scorer last season (24 pts, and Amber Bowman assisting on the final goal of the game. 7 G, 17 A). • OSU returns nearly 80 percent of its goal scoring from the • The only newcomer to score a goal was freshman 2017-18 season, including the top three goal scorers in Tatum defenseman, Olivia Hanson. She scored the eighth goal of Skaggs, Madison Field and Emma Maltais. The players the game and was assisted by freshman forward Jenniina accounting for almost 73 percent of the assists tallied last Nylund. season are back for another year as well, led by Maltais and • St. Cloud's three goaltenders, (JR.) Janine Alder (7 saves), Dunne, who tied for the team lead with 24. (SO.) Emma Polusny (3 saves), and (FR.) Karlie Ries (3 saves) • Retired NHL player and former ECHL coach Andrew Cassels combined for a shutout win. joined the Buckeye hockey staff as an interim associate head • Polusny returned from participating in the 2018 U.S. Women's coach on September 24. Cassels enjoyed a 16-year NHL National Team Evaluation Camp last week which took place career with stops in Montreal, Hartford, Calgary, Vancouver, Sep. 13-17 in Biddeford, Maine. Washington and Columbus. He tallied 732 points during his • St. Cloud appointed their season captains last week; Friesen career, including a career year with the in (JR. F) – team captain, Potrykus (SR. F) & Abby Thiessen (JR. the 1992-93 season where he scored 85 points from 21 goals D) – alternative captains. and 64 assists. Cassels appeared in 1,015 games during his • St. Cloud travels to the University of Connecticut this week to NHL career. He also spent one year as an assistant coach for open their regular season against the UCONN Huskies with the . games Friday (28th) and Saturday (29th). • The Buckeyes brought in seven newcomers this season, and one came with some extra jewelry. Sara Saekkinen won a bronze medal playing with the Finland national team in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Fellow newcomer Andrea Braendli served as a backup goaltender for the Swiss national team but did not see any time on ice. • After holding the assistant captain role last season, Jincy Dunne will have the captain’s “C” on her sweater this year. Joining Dunne as a captain is senior Erin Langermeier. Madison Field and Olivia Soares will serve as assistant captains. • OSU's No. 7 preseason ranking is the highest in program history, bettering the Buckeyes' No. 10 mark in the 2007 USCHO preseason poll.

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Head Coach: Mark Johnson (16th season) Record at UW: 459-83-41 2017-18 Overall Record: 31-5-2 (20-2-2-2) 2018-19 Overall Record: 2-0-0 (0-0-0-0)

Badgers University of Wisconsin

• The 20th season of Wisconsin women’s hockey starts this Friday and Saturday with a showdown against Lindenwood at LaBahn Arena. Puck drop on Friday is set of 7 p.m. and the series wraps up on Saturday at 2 p.m. • No. 2 Wisconsin returns the WCHA Forward of the Year Abby Roque and second-team All-American and WCHA Goaltender of the Year Kristen Campbell in addition to standouts Emily Clark and Annie Pankowski. Clark helped Team Canada earn silver at the 2018 Winter Olympics while Pankowski skated with Team USA in its lead up to the 2018 Winter Olympics. During their junior seasons, Clark and Pankowski combined to average 2.71 points per game while skating on UW’s top line. Pankowski averaged 1.53 points per game while Clark registered an average of 1.18 points per game. • Wisconsin leads the all-time series with Lindenwood 13-0, and have outscored the Lady Lions 81-9. • The Badgers have won their last five home-opening games and are 5-1 in home openers at LaBahn Arena. UW has outscored its opponents 22-2 in home-opening games at LaBahn Arena and has four shutouts. • UW is 15-3-1 in its previous 19 season-opening games and the Badgers are undefeated in their last eight season openers (7-0-1). • Wisconsin begins its 16th season under Mark Johnson, who is 459-83-42 (.818) as head coach at his alma mater. He has led UW to five-straight NCAA Frozen Four appearances, the longest active streak in the country, and sits at No. 3 in NCAA history in career wins. • The Badgers have been spectacular in regular-season games in September as UW is 17-0-1 all-time in contests played in the month. More impressively, UW has outscored its opponents 100-12 during the ninth month of the year. UW is a perfect 10-0 at home during the month after sweeping Lindenwood and Mercyhurst last year. • The Badgers currently boast a 29-game unbeaten streak at home. Wisconsin has not lost a contest in Madison since Dec. 3, 2016. During the streak, the Badgers have outscored their opponents 134-18.

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