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2 0 0 9 - 1 0 W C H A W O M E N ’ S Y E A R B O O K WCHA HISTORY WCHA TEAM ALL-TIME RECORDS • ALL GAMES NCAA FROZEN FOUR FACTS Team 1st Year Yrs GP W L T Pct. WCHA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 2005 • DURHAM, NH Minnesota 1999-2000 10 378 287 68 23 .790 Year Team The national tournameant field expands to eight Minnesota Duluth 1999-2000 10 359 260 70 29 .765 1999-00 Minnesota (AWCHA Div. 1) teams with Mercyhurst, Providence and Wisconsin Wisconsin 1999-2000 10 376 272 73 31 .765 2000-01 Minnesota Duluth all making their first appearances. Minnesota wins its second straight national title after a 4-3 win over Ohio State 1999-2000 10 366 147 185 34 .448 2001-02 Minnesota Duluth 2002-03 Minnesota Duluth Harvard in the title game in Durham, NH. St. Lawrence St. Cloud State 1999-2000 10 354 127 199 28 .398 2003-04 Minnesota finished third, Dartmouth fourth. Minnesota State, Mankato 1999-2000 10 346 99 215 32 .332 2004-05 Minnesota The third place game at the Frozen Four was Bemidji State 1999-2000 10 348 91 220 37 .315 2005-06 Wisconsin discontinued after the 2005 tournament. Since then, North Dakota 2004-2005 5 179 36 126 17 .249 2006-07 Wisconsin both teams defeated in the semi-finals are awarded 2007-08 Minnesota Duluth third place. 2008-09 Wisconsin 2006 • MINNEAPOLIS, MN Wisconsin claims its first NCAA Women’s Frozen Four title in Minneapolis after defeating Minnesota, WCHA TEAM ALL-TIME RECORDS • LEAGUE GAMES 3-0, the two-time defending national champion. The FROZEN FOUR APPEARANCES Badgers become the first team in tournament history Team 1st Year Yrs GP W L T Pct. 6 Minnesota (2002-03-04-05-06-09) other than the Golden Gophers or Minnesota Duluth Minnesota 1999-2000 10 260 201 41 18 .808 6 Minnesota Duluth (2001-02-03-07-08-09) to win the championship. The other semi-finalists Minnesota Duluth 1999-2000 10 260 189 48 23 .771 5 St. Lawrence (2001, 04-05-06-07) were New Hampshire and St. Lawrence. 5 Harvard (2001-03-04-05-08) Wisconsin 1999-2000 10 260 185 49 26 .762 4 Wisconsin (2006-07-08-09) 2007 • LAKE PLACID, NY Ohio State 1999-2000 10 260 96 137 27 .421 4 Dartmouth (2001-03-04-05) The NCAA Women’s Frozen Four was held in historic St. Cloud State 1999-2000 10 260 82 155 23 .360 2 New Hampshire (2006-08) Lake Placid, N.Y., where the 1980 Winter Olympic Minnesota State, Mankato 1999-2000 10 260 61 173 26 .285 1 Brown (2002) games took place. Wisconsin successfully defended 1 Niagara (2002) its title after defeating Minnesota Duluth, 4-1, in Bemidji State 1999-2000 10 260 54 180 26 .258 the championship game. Boston College and St. North Dakota 2004-2005 5 140 22 107 11 .196 1 Boston College (2007) 1 Mercyhurst (2009) Lawrence were the other semi-finalists. 2008 • DULUTH, MN CONSECUTIVE FROZEN FOUR Minnesota Duluth capture its fourth national cham- CONFERENCE RANKINGS • SEASON-BY-SEASON pionship at the DECC in Duluth with a 4-0 shutout of APPEARANCES Wisconsin in the final to avenge a loss to the Badgers 5 Minnesota (2002-06) in the 2007 championship game. The other semi- Team 2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 finalists were Harvard and New Hampshire. Bemidji State 6 6 5 5 7 8 6 6 8 8 4 Wisconsin (2006-09) 4 St. Lawrence (2004-07) 2009 • BOSTON, MA Minnesota 2 1 1 2 1 1 2t 3 2 1 3 Minnesota Duluth (2001-03) (2007-09) Wisconsin captures it’s third NCAA Women’s Frozen Minnesota Duluth 1 2 2t 1 3 2 2t 2 1 3 3 Dartmouth (2003-05) Four title in the past four seasons. The Badgers defeat Minnesota State, Mankato 7 7 7 7 4t 5 7 5 6 5t 3 Harvard (2003-05) Mercyhurst, 5-0, in the title game at Agganis Arena North Dakota – – – – – 7 8 8 7 5t in Boston, Mass. Wisconsin won 5-1 over Minnesota Ohio State 4t 5 4 4 4t 4 5 4 5 7 Duluth in one semi-final while Minnesota fell 5-4 to FROZEN FOUR WINS Mercyhurst in the other. St. Cloud State 4t 4 6 6 6 6 4 7 4 4 9 Minnesota Duluth (2001-08) Wisconsin 3 3 2t 3 2 3 1 1 3 2 7 Wisconsin (2006-09) 5 Minnesota (2002-06) 4 Harvard (2001-05) 3 St. Lawrence (2001-05) NCAA WOMEN’S FROZEN FOUR 1 Brown (2002) ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS 1 Dartmouth (2003) WCHA REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS 1 Mercyhurst (2009) 2001 G - Tuula Puputti, UMD; D - Isabelle Chartrand, Year Regular Season Champion Year Regular Season Champion FROZEN FOUR WINNING PCT. St. Lawrence; D - Brittny Ralph, UMD; F - Amanda 1999-00 Minnesota Duluth 2005-06 Wisconsin (minimum 2 games) Sargeant, St. Lawrence; F - Maria Rooth, UMD*; F 2000-01 Minnesota 2006-07 Wisconsin .875 Wisconsin, 2006-09 (7-1) - Tammy Shewchuk, Harvard. 2001-02 Minnesota 2007-08 Minnesota Duluth* .818 Minnesota Duluth (2001-09) (9-2) 2002-03 Minnesota Duluth 2008-09 Minnesota .500 Minnesota (2002-09) (5-5-1) 2002 2003-04 Minnesota .500 Brown, 2002 (1-1) G - Tania Pinelli, Niagara; D - Larissa Luther, UMD; D - 2004-05 Minnesota (*26 games and the WCHA regular season title .444 Harvard, 2001-05 (4-5) Meredith Ostrander, Brown; F - Kelly Stephens, UM; F were later vacated due to an ineligible player) .375 St. Lawrence, 2001-07 (3-5) - Joanne Eustace, UMD; F - Kristy Zamora, Brown*. 2003 G - Amy Ferguson, Dartmouth; D - Angela Ruggiero, NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS WON Harvard; F - Jenny Potter, UMD; F - Hanne Sikio, 3 Minnesota Duluth (2001, 2002, 2003) UMD; F - Julie Chu, Harvard; F - Caroline Ouel- 2 Wisconsin (2006, 2007, 2009) lette, UMD*. 2 Minnesota (2004, 2005) WCHA PLAYOFF CHAMPIONS 2004 G - Jody Horak, UM; D - Allie Sanchez, UM; D - An- Year Playoff Champion Year Playoff Champion FROZEN FOUR HIGHLIGHTS gela Ruggiero, Harvard; F - Kelly Stephens, UM; F \1999-00 Minnesota Duluth 2004-05 Minnesota - Natalie Darwitz, UM; F - Krissy Wendell, UM*. 2000-01 Minnesota Duluth 2005-06 Wisconsin 2001 • MINNEAPOLIS, MN 2005 2001-02 Minnesota 2006-07 Wisconsin A NCAA Women’s Frozen Four is held for the first G - Ali Boe, Harvard; D - Caitlin Cahow, Harvard; D 2002-03 Minnesota Duluth 2007-08 Minnesota Duluth time as Minnesota Duluth defeats St. Lawrence, 4-2, - Lyndsay Wall, UM; F - Sarah Vaillancourt, Harvard; F 2003-04 Minnesota 2008-09 Wisconsin in Minneapolis to take home the first crown. Harvard - Natalie Darwitz, UM*; F - Krissy Wendell, UM. was third, Dartmouth fourth. 2006 2002 • DURHAM, NH G - Jessie Vetter, UW*; D - Bobbi-Jo Slusar, UW; Minnesota Duluth wins its second straight NCAA D - Ashley Albrecht, UM; F - Jinelle Zaugg, UW; Women’s Frozen Four with a 3-2 victory over Brown in F - Bobbi Ross, UM; F - Jennifer Hitchcock, New the title game in Durham, NH. Niagara and Minnesota Hampshire. shared third place. 2007 2003 • DULUTH, MN G - Jessie Vetter, UW; D - Bobbi-Jo Slusar, UW; D Minnesota Duluth wins the NCAA Women’s Frozen - Meghan Mikkleson, UW; F - Jinelle Zaugg, UW; F Four, its third consecutive, by a 4-3 (ot) count over - Jessica Koizumi, UMD; F - Sara Bauer, UW*. Harvard in front of a record crowd of 5,167, in its home 2008 arena – the Duluth Entertainment & Convention Cen- G - Kim Martin, UMD*; D - Myriam Trepanier, UMD; ter. Dartmouth was third, Minnesota fourth. D - Heidi Pelttari, UMD; F - Laura Fridfinnson, UMD; 2004 • PROVIDENCE, RI F - Sara O’Toole, UMD; F - Erika Lawler, UW. Minnesota outscores its two opponents, 11-3, to 2009 dominate the NCAA Women’s Frozen Four in Provi- G - Jessie Vetter, UW*; D - Malee Windmaier, UW; D dence, RI. The Golden Gophers beat Harvard, 6-2, in - Alycia Matthews, UW; F - Erika Lawler, UW; F - Hil- the championship game. St. Lawrence was third, ary Knight, UW; F - Meghan Agosta, Mercyhurst. Dartmouth was fourth. 49 2 0 0 9 - 1 0 W C H A W O M E N ’ S Y E A R B O O K WCHA HISTORY WCHA AWARD WINNERS WCHA COACH OF THE YEAR Name, Pos ................................................ Year Name, Pos ................................................ Year WCHA PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jenny Potter, F ..................................................... 2003-04 Meghan Duggan, F (2) ...................................... 2006-07 Julianne Vasichek, D .......................................... 2003-04 Jinelle Zaugg, F (2) ............................................. 2006-07 Year Name, Position, Team Year Name, Team Caroline Ouellette, F (2) .................................... 2003-04 Bobbi-Jo Slusar, D (2)......................................... 2006-07 1999-00 Jenny Schmidgall, F, UMD 1999-00 Shannon Miller, UMD Caroline Ouellette, F .......................................... 2004-05 Erika Lawler, F (3) ................................................ 2006-07 2000-01 Courtney Kennedy, D, UM 2000-01 Laura Halldorson, UM (co) Riitta Schaublin, G .............................................. 2004-05 Christine Dufour, G (3) ...................................... 2006-07 2001-02 Ronda Curtin, D, UM Kerry Wethington, SCSU (co) Noemie Marin, F (2) ........................................... 2004-05 Meghan Duggan, F ............................................ 2007-08 2002-03 Jenny Potter, F, UMD 2001-02 Laura Halldorson, UM Julianne Vasichek, D (2) .................................... 2004-05 Jessie Vetter, G ..................................................... 2007-08 2003-04 Krissy Wendell, F, UM 2002-03 Mark Johnson, UW (co) Riitta Schaublin, G .............................................. 2005-06 Erika Lawler, F (2) ................................................ 2007-08 2004-05 Krissy Wendell, F, UM Shannon Miller, UMD (co) Noemie Marin, F (2) ........................................... 2005-06 Jinelle Zaugg, F (3) ............................................. 2007-08 2005-06 Sara Bauer, F, UW 2003-04 Jeff Vizenor, MSU Rachael Drazan, D (2) ........................................ 2005-06 Hilary Knight, F .................................................... 2008-09 2006-07 Sara Bauer, F, UW 2004-05 Laura Halldorson, UM Michaela Lanzl, F (3) .........................................