UNIVERSITYBULLDOGS OF MINNESOTA WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Athletic Communications, Women’s Hockey • Kelly Grgas-Wheeler University of Minnesota Duluth • Duluth, MN 55812-2496 • (218) 726-8937 • Fax: (218) 726-6529 THE MATCH-UP Games 1 & 2 SEASON GETS UNDERWAY FOR THE BULLDOGS UMD vs. Lindenwood AGAINST LINDENWOOD SATURDAY September 23, 2015 Date: Sept. 26-27, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday The Crowell Era will finally formally hit the ice this weekend when the Univer- Site: Lindenwood Ice Arena -- Wentzville, MO sity of Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey team visits Lindenwood University Record: UMD: ...... 0-0-0 to drop the puck on the 2015-16 season. The Bulldogs and Lions will skate Lindenwood: ..... 0-0-0 at the Lindenwood Ice Arena on Saturday and Sunday. Both games will get underway at 2:00 p.m. Online Video: http://eversport.tv/ice-hockey/cha- womens#schedule Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/lindenwood/ USCHO RANKING: UMD-- Receiving Votes, Lindenwood -- N/A whockey/ THE SERIES: The two squads have met for just one series, last season, at AMSOIL Arena. UMD swept the series by scores of 3-1 and 6-2 on Oct. 25- 2015-2016 SCHEDULE 26. 11 players notched points in the series, including three players that had Date Opponent Location Time two or more points in one game. had back-to-back multiple 9/26/2015 Lindenwood Wentzville, MO 2:00 p.m. point games with two assists on Oct. 25 and three on Oct. 26. Then junior 9/27/2015 Lindenwood Wentzville, MO 2:00 p.m. goaltender Kayla Black made 24 saves in the opening game (Oct. 25), 10/2/2015 Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 7:00 p.m. 10/3/2015 Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 3:00 p.m. while Karissa Grapp nabbed 22 stops on Oct. 26. 10/9/2015 Bemidji State Bemidji, MN 7:07 p.m. 10/10/2015 Bemidji State Bemidji, MN 2:00 p.m. 2015-16 PREVIEW 10/16/2015 Minnesota State Duluth, MN 7:07 p.m. GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: The Bulldogs lost eight players off their 10/17/2015 Minnesota State Duluth, MN 3:07 p.m. 2015-15 roster including offensive stalwarts Zoe Hickel, Jenna McParland 10/23/2015 Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 6:07 p.m. and blueliner . Hickel -- who along with Lacquette was 10/24/2015 Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 7:07 p.m. a All-WCHA Second Team selection -- led all scorers last season with 19 11/13/2015 Wisconsin Duluth, MN 3:07 p.m. goals and 13 assists for 32 points. 11/14/2015 Wisconsin Duluth, MN 3:07 p.m. 11/20/2015 North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 7:07 p.m. 11/21/2015 North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 4:07 p.m. RETURNING RELIABILITY: UMD returns three of its top-five scorers in a 11/27/2015 Harvard Duluth, MN 4:07 p.m. trio of juniors -- forward Asheligh Brykaliuk, junior center Lara Stalder and 11/28/2015 Harvard Duluth, MN 1:07 p.m. Katerina Mrázová. Brykaliuk finished second in scoring only to Zoe Hickel, 12/4/2015 St. Cloud State Duluth, MN 3:07 p.m. compiling 16 goals and 14 assists for 30 points in 36 games. 12/5/2015 St. Cloud State Duluth, MN 3:07 p.m. 12/11/2015 Ohio State Columbus, OH 7:07 p.m. Brykaliuk posted eight games with multiple-point efforts, including a UMD 12/12/2015 Ohio State Columbus, OH 4:07 p.m. career mark of four points (2g, 2a) against Minnesota State on Nov. 2 that 1/8/2016 Wisconsin Madison, WI 2:07 p.m. 1/9/2016 Wisconsin Madison, WI 12:07 p.m. landed her WCHA Offensive Player of the Week honors on Nov. 4. With four 1/15/2016 North Dakota Duluth, MN 3:07 p.m. game-winning goals and two assists, Brykaliuk also proved she could drive 1/16/2016 North Dakota Duluth, MN 3:07 p.m. a stake through opponents hearts. Brykaliuk also led the Bulldogs with five 1/22/2016 Bemidji State Duluth, MN 7:07 p.m. power play goals and ranked second with a plus/minus rating of +15. 1/23/2016 Bemidji State Duluth, MN 4:07 p.m. 1/29/2016 Ohio State Duluth, MN 7:07 p.m. Stalder’s move from the backline to center proved fruitful for the Bulldogs 1/30/2016 Ohio State Duluth, MN 4:07 p.m. last season, as the speedy Switzerland native continued her offensive ways 2/5/2016 Minnesota State Mankato, MN 2:07 p.m. with 10 goals and 19 assists for 29 points in 37 skates. Like Brykaliuk, 2/6/2016 Minnesota State Mankato, MN 2:07 p.m. 2/12/2016 Minnesota Duluth, MN 7:07 p.m. Stalder had eight multiple-point games and had two game-winning tallies, 2/13/2016 Minnesota Duluth, MN 4:07 p.m. along with three assists. 2/19/2016 St. Cloud State St. Cloud, MN 7:07 p.m. 2/20/2016 St. Cloud State St. Cloud, MN 3:07 p.m. Mrázová rounds out the top-five scorers from a year ago after recording 25 2/26/2016 WCHA 1st Round TBA TBA points (7g, 18a) in 37 outings. Mrázová, who joined the Bulldogs in January 2/27/2016 WCHA 1st Round TBA TBA of 2014, has 33 career points (8g, 25a) in just 53 career skates. 2/28/2016 WCHA 1st Round TBA TBA Point Leaders vs. Lindenwood 3/5/2016 WCHA Final Face-Off TBA TBA Games vs. Lindenwood (2-0-0 All-Time) Ashleigh Brykaliuk, 2 games - 2 goals 3/6/2016 WCHA Final Face-Off TBA TBA Oct. 25, 2014 3-1 Win Home Lara Stalder, 2 games - 2 games, 5 assists 3/11/2016 NCAA Regionals TBA TBA Oct.26, 2014 6-2 Win Home Five-Time NCAA Champions 2010 • 2008 • 2003•2002•2001 On the blueline, expect big teams from son, including a northland household name junior defenseman , who in goaltender Maddie Rooney, who starred had three games last season with two in net for the Andover boys high school Head Coach assists and a one goal, two assist skate team last winter and forward Reagan Hal- against Cornell on Nov. 21. Morin found ey, a Ms. Minnesota Hockey finalist. They the scoresheet in 11 games last season, are joined by defensemen Valerie Drouin -First Season- with three of her helpers serving up game- and Shelby Brossart, and forwards Mor- winning goals. gan Morse and Emma Yanko. Duluth native Alexia Klaas, a redshirt freshman a Maura Crowell, a five-year veteran of the Harvard Though arguably no position took a bigger year ago, will also be eligible for her first ice University coaching staff, enters her first season at the helm of the UMD program. hit as a result of graduation than UMD’s time as a Bulldog. Crowell, who becomes just the second head coach in defensive core, sophomore Jessica Heal- the 16-year history of the Bulldog program, served as ey blossomed late in the season last win- UNDER(BULL)DOGS: Picked to finish Harvard’s associate head coach last season after filling fifth in the WCHA’s preseason poll earlier an interim head coaching role in 2013-14. She was a ter, and should assert herself as one of the Crimson assistant coach from 2010-13. Crowell stepped Bulldogs top blueliners. Healey, who was this month, UMD will be looking to improve in for head coach Katey Stone (who spent the 2013-14 season with the USA Women’s Olympic Team) and was named the WCHA’s Rookie of the Week on its 20-12-5 overall record last season named a finalist for the 2014 ECAC Coach of the Year back on Feb. 24th after netting back-to- (its 14th season with 20 or more wins), award after guiding Harvard to a 23-7-4 record, an Ivy League regular season title, a berth in the ECAC semifi- back goals against Ohio State, including and fourth in the WCHA finish. The Bull- nals and the NCAA quarterfinals. Prior to signing on with dogs bowed out to Bemidji State in the first the Crimson, Crowell built an impressive resume over a game-winner on Feb. 20 and 22, refined five years (2005-10) at the University of Massachusetts- her skills with the Canadian Development round of the best-of-three WCHA playoff Boston helm. During her time behind the Beacon bench, series in February, the first time in program she rolled up an overall record of 73-53-4 -- making her Team in August. UMass-Boston’s all-time winningest coach -- and helped history that UMD did not advance out of the produce 11 All-Conference selections. In 2009-10, Crow- ell was chosen the ECAC’s Coach of the Year after the The Bulldogs also retain the services of first round of the WCHA playoffs. Beacons went 17-9-0 in all games and 13-6-0 against their starting goaltender Kayla Black, ECAC competition. who set both UMD’s single (10) and ca- CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN: Voted UMD’s Crowell’s collegiate coaching resume also includes a team captain for the 2015-16 season, junior two-season stint (2003-05) as an assistant coach at reer (19) records for shutouts last season Connecticut College, where she helped the Camels and became the all-time leader for saves. Ashleigh Brykaliuk will lead the Bulldogs in to their first first-ever playoff appearance. Crowell addition to being its top-scoring returner. came to Connecticut College from St. Mark’s School Black will start the season with 2510 ca- in Southborough, Mass., where she doubled as an assis- reer saves to her name and 102 career tant women’s hockey coach and junior varsity lacrosse games played -- just two games short of Brykaliuk will be joined by Minnetonka, coach. tying former Bulldog All-American Riitta Minn. native Sidney Morin, who was voted In addition to serving as an assistant at the 2010 Women’s National Festival in Lake Placid, N.Y., since Schaublin, who leads all former netmind- the assistant captain. Morin, a junior de- 2007, Crowell has served as a coach at U-14, U-16 fenseman, led UMD with a +16 plus/minus and U-17 USA Hockey National Development Camps in ers with 104 career games at UMD. Rochester, N.Y. and St. Cloud, Minn. Crowell has par- rating last season. ticipated in USA Hockey development events, including serving as an evaluator for Massachusetts Hockey and YOUTH MOVEMENT: Six new freshman the Texas Amateur Hockey Association. Crowell holds a will debut the gold Bulldog head this sea- USA Hockey Level Four coaching certification. THE LAST TIME... BY THE NUMBERS - BULLDOGS VS. LIONS Overtime Game: March 1, 2015 -- UMD 1, Bemidji State 2, in Duluth, Minn. 2014-15 Season Stats UMD Shutout at Home: Feb. 28, 2015 -- UMD 2, Bemidji State 0 (Kayla Black) Overall Record UMD Was Shut Out at Home: Jan. 30, 2015 -- UMD 0, North Dakota 1 (Shelby Amsley-Benzie) 20-12-5 10-21-2 UMD Shutout on the Road: Feb. 6, 2015 -- UMD 0, Wisconsin 0 (Kayla Black) Scoring Offense (G/Gm) 2.65 1.70 UMD Was Shut Out on the Road: Feb. 14, 2015 -- UMD 0, Minnesota 2 (Amanda Leveille)

Scoring Defense (G/Gm) UMD Hat Trick: Jan. 25, 2013 -- Brigette Lacquette (UMD 7, Ohio State 5 in Columbus, Ohio) 1.89 3.10 UMD Had 14 or More Players Tally a Point: Jan. 23, 2015 -- 14 players (UMD 12, Minnesota St. 0) Scoring Margin UMD Player Scored Four Goals: Feb. 19, 2011 - (UMD 8, St. Cloud St. 0) +0.76 -1.40 UMD Player Scored Six Goals: Jan. 25, 2004 -- Jenny Potter (UMD 9, St. Cloud State 3) Shots on Goal (SOG/Gm) UMD Player Had Four Assists: Jan. 23, 2015 Katerina Mrazova (UMD 12, Minnesota State 0) 32.6 23.3 UMD Player Has Six Assists: Dec. 3, 2011 -- (UMD 10, St. Cloud 2) Penalty Minutes Per Game UMD Player Had Five or More Points: Jan. 25, 2013 -- Brigette Lacquette, 3g, 2a, (UMD 7, Ohio State 5) 9.7 8.2 Power Play UMD Player Made a Penalty Shot: Jan. 17, 2009 -- Sara O’Toole vs. Minnesota State in Mankato, Minn. 25/135 (18.5) 12/123 (0.9) UMD Opponent Missed a Penalty Shot: Feb. 19, 2010 Erin Cody (Bemidji) vs. Jennifer Harss (UMD 5, Penalty Kill Bemidji State 2 in Bemidji, Minn.) 120/139 (86.3) 32/127 (25.2) UMD Goaltender Received an Assist: Jan. 24, 2015 -- Kayla Black (UMD 7, Connecticut 0) Record vs. Top-10 Teams UMD Goaltender Had 50 or More Saves: Nov. 17, 2007 -- 50, by Kim Martin (Minnesota 5, UMD) 2-6-4 1-5-0 UMD Swept a Home Series: Feb. 20 & 22, 2015 -- UMD 3-5, Ohio State 1-2 Point Leaders Hickel (32) Constance (27) UMD Swept a Road Series: Jan. 24-25, 2015 -- UMD 12-4, Minnesota State 0-0 in Mankato, Minn. Brykaliuk (30) Jasper (27) UMD Was Swept at Home: Oct. 18-19, 2013 -- Minnesota 4-6, UMD 0-3 in Duluth, Minn.

Goals Scored UMD Was Swept on the Road: Feb. 13-14, 2015 -- Minnesota 7-2, UMD 1-0 Hickel (19) Constance (14) Brykaliuk (16) Jasper (10) UMD Defeated a Top-Ten Ranked Opponent: Nov. 28, 2014 -- UMD 2, No. 9/10 Bemidji State 0 2015-16 MINNESOTA DULUTH ROSTER No Player Yr Pos Ht S/C Hometown (Previous Team)

1 Kayla Black SR G 5-8 L Blyth, Ontario (Canada U-18) 5 Sidney Morin JR D 5-7 R Minnetonka, Minn. (USA U-18) 7 Morgan Morse FR F 5-4 R Lakeville, Minn. (Lakeville South High School) 15 Reagan Haley FR F 5-7 R Red Wing, Minn. (Red Wing Senior High) 12 Catherine Daoust SO D 5-5 R IIe Bizard, Quebec (Team Canada U-18) 13 Ashleigh Brykaliuk JR F 5-8 L Brandon, Manitoba (Canada U-18) 16 Alexia Klaas FR F 5-2 R Duluth, Minn. (Northern Stars) 17 Katherine McGovern JR F 5-4 L Scottsdale, Ariz. (Dallas Stars U-19) 18 Valerie Drouin FR D 5-5 R Quebec City, Quebec (Limoilou Titans) 21 Lara Stalder JR F 5-6 R Luzem, Switzerland (Swiss National Team) 22 Emma Yanko FR F 5-5 R Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Notre Dame Hounds) 23 Shelby Brossart FR D 5-9 R Grand Forks, North Dakota (Minnesota Revolution) 24 Michela Cava SR F 5-4 R Thunder Bay, Ontario (University of Connecticut) 28 Demi Crossman JR F 5-7 L Livonia, Mich. (USA-18) 29 Lynn Astrup SO D 5-7 R Warroad, Minn. (Warroad High School) 34 Karissa Grapp SR G 5-5 L Essexville, Mich. (Ohio Flames) 35 Maddie Rooney FR G 5-6 L Andover, Minn. (Andover (Boys) High School) 47 Jessica Healey SO D 5-3 L Edmonton, Alberta (Canada U-18) 66 SO F 5-9 L Stockholm, Sweden (Team Sweden) 67 Michelle Lowenhielm SO F 5-8 L Sollentuna, Sweden (Team Sweden) 95 Linnea Hedin SO D 5-3 L Huddinge, Sweden (Team Sweden) 98 Katerina Mràzovà JR F 5-5 L Prague, Czech Republic (Czech National Team)

HEAD COACH: Maura Crowell ATHLETIC TRAINER: Jacqueline Phillips ASSISTANT COACHES: Laura Bellamy, Samantha, Reber TEAM PHYSICIAN: Dr. Ann Sudoh DIRECTOR OF HOCKEY OPERATIONS: Ian Kronberg STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH: Julianne Vasichek SPORTS INFORMATION: Kelly Grgas-Wheeler EQUIPMENT COORDINATOR: Julianne Vasichek

A BREAKDOWN OF THE 2015-2016 BULLDOGS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE • Lynn Astrup A-strup By Year By Position Seniors 3 Forward 12 • Ashleigh Brykaliuk Brick-uh-lick Juniors 6 Defense 7 • Catherine Daoust Da-woo Sophomores 6 Goalie 3 • Alexia Klaas Clause Freshmen 7 • Michela Cava Caa-va By Location • Karissa Grapp Gr-ah-p By Major Alberta 1 • Linnea Hedin Lyn-knee-ah Headin Biology 1 Arizona 1 Biochemistry 1 Czech Republic 1 • Maria Lindh Lind Business 4 Manitoba 1 • Michelle Lowenhielm Low-ven-yellm Chemical Engineering 1 Michigan 2 • Sidney Morin More-in Communication Science and Minnesota 6 •Katerina Mrázová Ka-tiss-rina MRRA-zava Disorders 1 North Dakota 1 Community Health 1 Ontario 2 Criminology 1 Quebec 2 Early Childhood Education 1 Saskatchewan 1 Exercise Science 1 Sweden 2 Geographic Info. Science 1 Switzerland 1 Health Care Management 1 International Studies 1 Marketing Analytics 2 Mechanical Engineering 1 Psychology 2 Undeclared 2