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GOPHER WOMEN'S HOCKEY Seven-Time National Champions • 2000, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 TM 7 National titles • 14 NCAA Frozen Fours • 10 WCHA regular season titles • 7 WCHA Final Faceoff titles • 40 All-American honors • 33 Patty Kazmaier Award finalists MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2020-21 Record (WCHA) ................................... 5-1-0 (5-1-0) Record: 5-1-0 National Ranking (USCHO/USA Today) .......................... 2/2 Head Coach..............................................................Brad Frost WCHA Record: 5-1-0-0 (W-L-T-SoW) Record ............................................407-77-34 (14th Season) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT MINNESOTA DULUTH BULLDOGS 11/21 NO. 5 OHIO STATE* W, 4-0 2020-21 Record (WCHA) ................................... 4-2-0 (4-2-0) National Ranking (USCHO/USA Today) .......................... 6/6 11/22 NO. 5 OHIO STATE* L, 2-1 Head Coach...................................................... Maura Crowell 11/27 at No. 6 Minnesota Duluth* W, 4-2 Record at UMD .................................88-72-20 (6th Season) 11/28 at No. 6 Minnesota Duluth* W, 2-1 12/4 NO. 1 WISCONSIN* Postponed GOPHER WOMEN'S HOCKEY GAME DAY 12/5 NO. 1 WISCONSIN* Postponed Game One: Minnesota vs. Minnesota Duluth 12/10 at Minnesota State* W, 5-1 Monday, Jan. 4 | 6:07 p.m. CT | Ridder Arena | Minneapolis, Minn. 12/11 MINNESOTA STATE* W, 2-1 Game Two: Minnesota vs. Minnesota Duluth Tuesday, Jan. 5 | 5:07 p.m. CT | Ridder Arena | Minneapolis, Minn. 12/11 at Ohio State* Postponed 12/12 at Ohio State* Postponed MEDIA COVERAGE 1/4 NO. 6 MINN. DULUTH* 6:07 pm Video: BTN+ Audio: FREE at GopherSports.com 1/5 NO. 6 MINN. DULUTH* 5:07 pm Stats: GopherSports.com and StatBroadcast.com 1/9 ST. CLOUD STATE* 4:07 pm Social Media: @GopherWHockey, #GWH, #Gophers 1/10 at St. Cloud State* TBA 1/15 at Wisconsin* TBA The No. 2 Golden Gopher women’s hockey team resumes competition in 2021 by hosting No. 6 Minnesota Duluth at 6:07 p.m. CT on Monday, 1/16 at Wisconsin* TBA Jan. 4 and 5:07 p.m. CT on Tuesday, Jan. 5 at Ridder Arena. 1/29 at Ohio State* 5:07 pm 1/30 at Ohio State* 2:07 pm Last Time Out: Gophers Sweep Mavericks Minnesota (5-1-0) concluded the 2020 portion of the schedule by 2/5 WISCONSIN* 6:07 pm sweeping Minnesota State in a home-and-home series with the 2/6 WISCONSIN* 4:07 pm Mavericks. The Gophers earned a 5-1 win in game one win on the road 2/12 OHIO STATE* TBA and closed out the series with a 2-1 win at home. Crystalyn Hengler 2/13 OHIO STATE* TBA (3a), Grace Zumwinkle (2g), Abigail Boreen (2g), Olivia Knowles (1g-1a), Audrey Wethington (1g-1a), and Emily Oden (2a) led the Gophers with 2/19 at Bemidji State* 3:07 pm multiple points against the Mavericks, and Lauren Bench and Makayla 2/20 at Bemidji State* 2:07 pm Pahl each earned one win in net for the Maroon & Gold. TBA WCHA Postseason TBA TBA NCAA First Round& TBA About the Series Minnesota has an overall record of 63-29-10 in 102 games against 3/19-21 NCAA Frozen Four+ TBA Minnesota Duluth, in a series dating back to November 1998. Last Home games in BOLD CAPS at Ridder Arena. season, Minnesota was 2-1-1 against Minnesota Duluth, including All times Central. splitting a series at Ridder Arena. Most recently, the Gophers earned a Rankings reflect USCHO.com poll at time of game. road sweep over the Bulldogs earlier this season with 4-2 and 2-1 wins * WCHA regular season game led by two points each from Emily Oden (1g-1a), Catie Skaja (1g-1a), and & NCAA First Round (at top seeds) Abbey Murphy (1g-1a). + NCAA Frozen Four (Erie, Pa.) Freshmen Firsts Freshmen Josey Dunne (Nov. 21), Anne Cherkowski (Nov. 27), Abbey Murphy (Nov. 27), and Audrey Wethington (Dec. 11) all scored their first collegiate goals during the first half of the season. Cherkowski (1g- 2a) and Murphy (1g-2a) lead the way in scoring among rookies while Wethington (1g-1a) and Dunne (1g-1a) also have multiple points on the Tough • Grateful • Disciplined • Devoted year. Maggie Nicholson (1a) has recorded her first career assist, and 2020-21 SITUATIONAL RECORDS Addie Burton and Tella Jungels have also made their college debuts to Overall record 5-1-0 round out Minnesota’s rookie class. In home games 2-1-0 In road games 3-0-0 In neutral-site games 0-0-0 Notable Notes Against USCHO.com poll ranked opponents 3-1-0 • Through six games this season, 15 different Gophers have at least Against WCHA opponents 5-1-0 one point while 12 different skaters have scored goals. Against ECAC Hockey teams 0-0-0 • Grace Zumwinkle (5g-1a) leads the Gophers in scoring with six Against CHA teams 0-0-0 Against Hockey East teams 0-0-0 points in six games. In non-conference games 0-0-0 • Crystalyn Hengler had a career-high three assists in the series In overtime games 0-0-0 sweep over Minnesota State. In day games (4:07 p.m. or earlier) 2-1-0 In night games 3-0-0 • Abigail Boreen had her first career two-goal game in Minnesota’s Minnesota scores first 4-1-0 5-1 win at Minnesota State. Opponent scores first 1-0-0 • Makayla Pahl earned her first career win in her first career start in Minnesota leads at 1st intermission 4-0-0 Minnesota’s 2-1 win over Minnesota State. Minnesota trails at 1st intermission 1-1-0 Tied at 1st intermission 0-0-0 Minnesota leads at 2nd intermission 4-0-0 Scoring Milestones Minnesota trails at 2nd intermission 1-1-0 Senior Grace Zumwinkle is Minnesota's active career scoring leader Tied at 2nd intermission 0-0-0 with 130 career points (72g-58a) in 119 career games; her 72 career Minnesota leads in shots 2-0-0 Minnesota trails in shots 2-1-0 goals rank tied for 12th among all-time Gophers. Junior Emily Oden Shots are even 1-0-0 (17g-34a) recorded her 50th career point against Minnesota Duluth Minnesota has 0-19 shots 1-0-0 (Nov. 27) while junior Taylor Heise (32g-49a) and senior Emily Brown Minnesota has 20-29 shots 1-1-0 (14g-46a) are nearing 50 career assists as well. Minnesota has 30-39 shots 3-0-0 Minnesota has 40-49 shots 0-0-0 Minnesota has 50 or more shots 0-0-0 Aye, Aye Captains Minnesota allows 0-19 shots 1-0-0 Seniors Emily Brown and Grace Zumwinkle are serving as team Minnesota allows 20-29 shots 1-0-0 captains while fellow seniors Olivia Knowles and Taylor Wente are Minnesota allows 30-39 shots 2-1-0 Minnesota allows 40-49 shots 1-0-0 assistant captains for the Gophers. Minnesota allows 50 or more shots 0-0-0 Minnesota scores on power play 2-0-0 24th Season Minnesota is scoreless on power play 3-1-0 Opponent scores on power play 0-0-0 The 2020-21 season marks the 24th season of Gopher women’s Opponent is scoreless on power play 5-1-0 hockey. Six games in to the season, Minnesota has an all-time record Scoring 1 goal 0-1-0 of 685-144-56. Scoring 2 goals 2-0-0 Scoring 3 goals 0-0-0 Scoring 4 goals 2-0-0 Home, Sweet Home Scoring 5 goals 1-0-0 The 2020-21 season marks the 19th season of Ridder Arena serving as Scoring 6 goals 0-0-0 the home of Gopher women's hockey. Minnesota’s season-opening win Scoring 7 or more goals 0-0-0 over Ohio State marked a historic 300th win for the Maroon & Gold at Allowing 1 goal 3-0-0 Allowing 2 goals 1-1-0 Ridder Arena. The Gophers enter this weekend’s series with an all-time Allowing 3 goals 0-0-0 record of 301-50-22 in home games at Ridder Arena, dating back to Allowing 4 goals 0-0-0 the 2002-03 season. Allowing 5 goals 0-0-0 Allowing 6 goals 0-0-0 Allowing 7 or more goals 0-0-0 Who's New? In one-goal games 2-1-0 Eight newcomers joined the Gophers for the 2020-21 season. In two-goal games 1-0-0 Goaltender Lauren Bench (Eagan, Minn./Burnsville High School) has In three-goal games 0-0-0 transferred to Minnesota as a graduate student after completing On Monday 0-0-0 On Tuesday 0-0-0 her undergraduate degree at Bemidji State while freshmen forward On Wednesday 0-0-0 Addie Burton (Orono, Minn./Blake School), forward Anne Cherkowski On Thursday 1-0-0 (Coldstream, B.C./Pursuit of Excellence), defense Josey Dunne (O'Fallon, On Friday 2-0-0 On Saturday 2-0-0 Mo./Chicago Mission), forward Tella Jungels (Edina, Minn./Edina High On Sunday 0-1-0 School), forward Abbey Murphy (Evergreen Park, Ill./Chicago Mission), In September 0-0-0 defense Maggie Nicholson (Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka High In October 0-0-0 School), and forward Audrey Wethington (Edina, Minn./Blake School) In November 3-1-0 In December 2-0-0 complete the newest class of Gophers. In January 0-0-0 In February 0-0-0 Who's Back? In March 0-0-0 Head coach Brad Frost is back for his 14th season at the helm of the Current streak 4-0-0 Current home streak 1-0-0 program with a .818 winning percentage in his first 13 seasons.