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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) ................................... 0-0-0 (0-0-0) Record: 0-0-0 National Ranking (USCHO/USA Today) .......................... 4/4 WCHA Record: 0-0-0-0 (W-L-T-SoW) Head Coach..............................................................Brad Frost Record ............................................402-76-34 (14th Season) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT OHIO STATE BUCKEYES 11/21 NO. 5 OHIO STATE* 3:07 p.m. 2020-21 Record (WCHA) ................................... 0-0-0 (0-0-0) 11/22 NO. 5 OHIO STATE* 2:07 p.m. National Ranking (USCHO/USA Today) .......................... 5/5 11/27 at Minnesota Duluth* 6:07 p.m. Head Coach...................................................Nadine Muzerall Record .................................................82-50-17 (5th Season) 11/28 at Minnesota Duluth* 3:07 p.m. 12/4 WISCONSIN* 6:07 p.m. GOPHER WOMEN'S HOCKEY GAME DAY 12/5 WISCONSIN* 4:07 p.m. Game One: Minnesota vs. Ohio State 12/11 at Ohio State* TBA Saturday, Nov. 21 | 3:07 p.m. CT | Ridder Arena | Minneapolis, Minn. 12/12 at Ohio State* TBA Game Two: Minnesota vs. Ohio State Sunday, Nov. 22 | 2:07 p.m. CT | Ridder Arena | Minneapolis, Minn. TBA Second Half WCHA Schedule TBA TBA WCHA Postseason TBA MEDIA COVERAGE TBA NCAA First Round TBA Video (Subscription Required): BTN+ online at btnplus.com Audio (FREE): GopherSports.com 3/19-21 NCAA Frozen Four+ TBA Stats: GopherSports.com Home games in BOLD CAPS at Ridder Arena. Social Media: @GopherWHockey, #GWH, #Gophers All times Central. Rankings reflect USCHO.com poll at time of game. The No. 4 Golden Gophers begin the 2020-21 regular season by * WCHA regular season game hosting No. 5 Ohio State at Ridder Arena this weekend. & NCAA First Round (at top seeds) + NCAA Frozen Four (Erie, Pa.) Who's Back? Head coach Brad Frost returns for his 14th season at the helm of the program with a .818 winning percentage in his first 13 seasons. The 2020-21 GOPHER AWARD WINNERS Gophers return 15 players from last year's team, including eight of WCHA PRESEASON AWARDS Minnesota's top-10 scorers from 2019-20. Senior Grace Zumwinkle Abbey Murphy, WCHA Rookie of the Year (25g-20a), junior Taylor Heise (18g-25a), and redshirt junior Amy Emily Brown, All-WCHA Potomak (18g-18a) are Minnesota’s top returning scorers while the Maroon & Gold also return five of the team’s top six defense from last season led by seniors Emily Brown and Olivia Knowles. Who's New? Eight newcomers joined the Gophers for the 2020-21 season. Goaltender Lauren Bench (Eagan, Minn./Burnsville High School) has transferred to Minnesota as a graduate student after completing her undergraduate degree at Bemidji State while freshmen forward Addie Burton (Orono, Minn./Blake School), forward Anne Cherkowski (Coldstream, B.C./Pursuit of Excellence), defense Josey Dunne (O'Fallon, Mo./Chicago Mission), forward Tella Jungels (Edina, Minn./Edina High School), forward Abbey Murphy (Evergreen Park, Ill./Chicago Mission), defense Maggie Nicholson (Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka High School), and forward Audrey Wethington (Edina, Minn./Blake School) complete the newest class of Gophers. Notable Notes • Seniors Emily Brown and Grace Zumwinkle are serving as team captains while fellow seniors Olivia Knowles and Taylor Wente are Tough • Grateful • Disciplined • Devoted assistant captains for the Gophers. 2020-21 SITUATIONAL RECORDS • The Gophers are 16-2-0 all-time in home-openers at Ridder Arena Overall record 0-0-0 since 2002-03. In home games 0-0-0 • In all-time season-opening games, Minnesota has a record of In road games 0-0-0 In neutral-site games 0-0-0 21-2-0 as the Maroon & Gold begins the 24th season of Gopher Against USCHO.com poll ranked opponents 0-0-0 women’s hockey with an all-time record of 680-143-56. Against WCHA opponents 0-0-0 Against ECAC Hockey teams 0-0-0 Against CHA teams 0-0-0 2019-20 Season in Review Against Hockey East teams 0-0-0 Minnesota wrapped up the 23rd season of Gopher women’s hockey In non-conference games 0-0-0 as NCAA Tournament qualifiers and WCHA regular-season runners-up In overtime games 0-0-0 along with tying for third at the WCHA Final Faceoff in 2019-20. The In day games (4:07 p.m. or earlier) 0-0-0 In night games 0-0-0 Gophers posted a record of 27-6-3 before the season was cut short Minnesota scores first 0-0-0 prior to the NCAA quarterfinal round when the NCAA announced it was Opponent scores first 0-0-0 ceasing competitions and championships because of COVID-19 public Minnesota leads at 1st intermission 0-0-0 health concerns on March 12, 2020. The Maroon & Gold said goodbye Minnesota trails at 1st intermission 0-0-0 Tied at 1st intermission 0-0-0 to six graduating seniors in head coach Brad Frost’s 13th season at the Minnesota leads at 2nd intermission 0-0-0 helm of the program. Minnesota trails at 2nd intermission 0-0-0 Tied at 2nd intermission 0-0-0 Scoring Milestones on the Horizon Minnesota leads in shots 0-0-0 Minnesota trails in shots 0-0-0 Senior Grace Zumwinkle is Minnesota's active career scoring leader, Shots are even 0-0-0 ranked 29th in program history with 124 career points (67g-57a) in Minnesota has 0-19 shots 0-0-0 113 career games. Junior Emily Oden is closing in on 50 career points, Minnesota has 20-29 shots 0-0-0 starting the season with 48 career points (16g-32a) while junior Taylor Minnesota has 30-39 shots 0-0-0 Minnesota has 40-49 shots 0-0-0 Heise (31g-47a) and senior Emily Brown (13g-46a) are nearing 50 Minnesota has 50 or more shots 0-0-0 career assists as well. Minnesota allows 0-19 shots 0-0-0 Minnesota allows 20-29 shots 0-0-0 Minnesota allows 30-39 shots 0-0-0 24th Season Minnesota allows 40-49 shots 0-0-0 The 2020-21 season marks the 24th season of Gopher women’s Minnesota allows 50 or more shots 0-0-0 hockey. Minnesota enters the season with an all-time record of 680- Minnesota scores on power play 0-0-0 143-56. Minnesota is scoreless on power play 0-0-0 Opponent scores on power play 0-0-0 Opponent is scoreless on power play 0-0-0 Home, Sweet Home Scoring 1 goal 0-0-0 The 2020-21 season marks the 19th season of Ridder Arena serving Scoring 2 goals 0-0-0 as the home of Gopher women's hockey. Minnesota starts the season Scoring 3 goals 0-0-0 Scoring 4 goals 0-0-0 with an all-time record of 299-49-22 in home games at Ridder Arena, Scoring 5 goals 0-0-0 dating back to the 2002-03 season. Scoring 6 goals 0-0-0 Scoring 7 or more goals 0-0-0 Gophers in the Pros Allowing 1 goal 0-0-0 Allowing 2 goals 0-0-0 Four University of Minnesota alumnae are competing in the NWHL this Allowing 3 goals 0-0-0 season Amanda Leveille, Meghan Lorence, Chelsey Brodt-Rosenthal, Allowing 4 goals 0-0-0 and Winny Brodt-Brown have signed with the Minnesota Whitecaps for Allowing 5 goals 0-0-0 2020-21. Meanwhile, Allowing 6 goals 0-0-0 Allowing 7 or more goals 0-0-0 In one-goal games 0-0-0 Ten Gopher women's hockey alums are on regional rosters for the In two-goal games 0-0-0 Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association (PWHPA) this In three-goal games 0-0-0 season: Sarah Potomak (Calgary); Amanda Kessel and Gigi Marvin (New On Monday 0-0-0 On Tuesday 0-0-0 Hampshire); Sydney Scobee, Hannah Brandt, Dani Cameranesi, Kelly On Wednesday 0-0-0 Pannek, Lee Stecklein, Nicole Schammel, and Noora Raty (Minnesota). On Thursday 0-0-0 On Friday 0-0-0 On Saturday 0-0-0 In addition, Patti Marshall (Brynas IF in Sweden), Alex Woken (Mad Dogs On Sunday 0-0-0 Mannheim in Germany), Katie Robinson (TPS Naisten Liiga in Finland), In September 0-0-0 and Megan Bozek and Noora Raty (Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays) are In October 0-0-0 playing professional hockey in Europe this season. In November 0-0-0 In December 0-0-0 In January 0-0-0 Quest for Eighth National Title Continues In February 0-0-0 Minnesota has won seven national championships (2000, 2004, In March 0-0-0 2005, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2016) and looks for a historic eighth title Current streak 0-1-0 Current home streak 0-1-0 national crown in 2020-21. Current road streak 2-0-0 Tough • Grateful • Disciplined • Devoted HEAD COACH BRAD FROST MINNESOTA QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION The 2020-21 season marks head coach Brad Frost's School: University of Minnesota 14th season at the helm of Gopher women's hockey. Location: Minneapolis, Minn. 55455 In his first 13 seasons as head coach, Frost has Founded: 1851 brought the program to the pinnacle of the collegiate Enrollment: 52,017 hockey world by advancing to six-straight NCAA Nickname: Golden Gophers Women's Frozen Fours from 2011-12 to 2016-17.