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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. Lara Stalder 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 Brigette Lacquette. 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 Sidney Morin, 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 Maura Crowell 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.