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2015-16 WCHA Season in Review

July 27, 2016 / wcha.com

@wcha_whockey @wcha_whockey /WCHAWomensHockey Matt Hodson ● o: 952-818-8872 ● c: 612-801-2808 ● [email protected]

WESTERN COLLEGIATE Opening Face-Off HOCKEY ASSOCIATION • No. 17 In the Books: The Women's League of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) proudly completed its 17th • Founded 1999 • year of competition in 2015-16, another terrific season of on- and off-ice accomplishments by its student-athletes, coaches Minnesota State Univ., Mankato at Edina and programs. 7700 France Avenue South, Suite 360C • The WCHA won its 16th national championship (15th NCAA Frozen Four title, in addition to one AWCHA crown); Edina, MN 55435 comprised half of the Frozen Four field; tied for the NCAA lead with four teams in the final opinion polls; boasted 952-818-8869 the best nonconference winning percentage in the country; featured both the USCHO National Player and Rookie of the Year, along with the Women's Hockey Commissioners Association Rookie of the Year; celebrated a Patty MEMBER TEAMS Kazmaier Memorial Award top-3 finalist and five top-10 finalists; saw six players earn CCM All-America accolades; Bemidji State University saw student-athletes earn nominations for NCAA Woman of the Year and the Hockey Humanitarian Award; and applauded numerous current and former players that competed on the international stage, along with 26 that starred University of Minnesota Duluth professionally in either the CWHL or during the inaugural season of the NWHL. Minnesota State University • National Champions: Minnesota won the 2016 NCAA Women's Frozen Four, knocking off previously unbeaten Boston College University of North Dakota to earn its second consecutive crown, fourth in five years and the seventh national championship in program history. Ohio State University • In addition to Minnesota, the WCHA was also represented in the National Collegiate Women's Championship and St. Cloud State University Frozen Four by Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin • Polling Place: No. 1 Minnesota, No. 3 Wisconsin, No. 9/10 North Dakota and No. 10/9 Bemidji State gave the WCHA an NCAA- best four teams (tied with ECAC Hockey) in the final USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls. 16 National Championships • Five (5) of the WCHA's eight teams spent at least one week ranked in the opinion polls, as Minnesota Duluth - which 86 All-Americans played the nation's toughest schedule by RPI - also spent time among the top-10. 100+ Olympians and • Winning Hockey: Not surprisingly, four of the nation's top-12 winning percentages in 2015-16 belonged to WCHA teams. National Team Members Frozen Four semifinal opponents Minnesota and Wisconsin tied for second-best with identical 35-4-1 records (.888). The best regular season in program history propelled Bemidji State to ninth at .653 (22-11-3), while North Dakota was 12th at .586 (18-12-5). 2016-17 Important Dates • Badgers Win Regular Season and Final Face-Off Titles: Long among the nation's elite programs, Wisconsin returned to the top of the WCHA's regular season and postseason mountains in 2015-16. Date Event • The Badgers earned their fifth WCHA regular season crown in program history, and first since 2011-12, with a 24-win, 74-point campaign. Sept. 23-25 Regular Season begins • Wisconsin then successfully defended its Final Face-Off championship, in the process matching the league record with Oct. 7-9 First weekend of four (4) the sixth postseason title in program annals. WCHA league series • National Accolades: Record-setting Wisconsin Ann-Renée Desbiens was chosen as the USCHO National Player of Dec. 19-Jan. 5 Holiday Break the Year after a remarkable junior campaign. Minnesota forward Sarah Potomak was tabbed as the National Rookie of the Jan. 6-8 Play resumes; U.S. Hockey Year by both the Women's Hockey Commissioners Association and USCHO. Hall of Fame Game • Six WCHA players earned CCM All-America honors - First Team selections Desbiens (UW) and Minnesota senior Feb. 17-19 Final weekend of the forward , along with Second Teamers Courtney Burke (UW senior defenseman), (UMN regular season junior defenseman), (UMN junior forward) and Annie Pankowski (UW sophomore forward). Feb. 24-26 2017 WCHA Quarterfinals • UW's Desbiens was a top-3 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. Badgers' teammate Pankowski, along with UMN's Brandt and Cameranesi, and North Dakota senior goaltender Shelby Amsley-Benzie, gave the WCHA an Host sites; top four seeds NCAA-best five players among the top-10 finalists. March 4-5 2017 WCHA Final Face-Off • The WCHA also had an NCAA-best nine players on All-USCHO teams: UW's Desbiens (First Team); UMN's Brandt, Cameranesi, Stecklein and (senior goaltender), and UW's Pankowski (Second Team); UW's Burke Minneapolis, MN and Bemidji State senior defenseman Ivana Bilic (Third Team); and, UMN's Potomak (All-Rookie Team. March 10-12 2017 NCAA Quarterfinals • College Hockey's Best Fans: For the fifth straight season, WCHA teams ranked 1-4 nationally by total and average attendance. Host sites; top four seeds • Minnesota drew 42,501 (2,125 per game) to Ridder Arena, Wisconsin welcomed 42,398 (2,019) to LaBahn Arena March 17-19 2017 NCAA Frozen Four (including a program-record 12 sellouts), Minnesota Duluth greeted 21,293 fans (1,331) at AMSOIL Arena and North Family Arena Dakota hosted 16,143 (1,009) at the Ralph Engelstad Arena. St. Charles, MO • Six (6) of eight WCHA teams saw their average attendance rise from 2014-15, while the league's overall average attendance rose 1.3%, to 1,029 per game.

Final 2015-16 WCHA Standings Conference Overall Rk (Natl Rank) Team Pts GP W L T SW % GF GA GP W L T % GF GA 1 (3/3) Wisconsin 74 28 24 3 1 1 .875 100 22 40 35 4 1 .888 154 29 2 (1/1) Minnesota 73 28 24 3 1 0 .875 139 39 40 35 4 1 .888 187 51 3 (10/9) Bemidji State 54 28 17 9 2 1 .643 56 51 36 22 11 3 .653 77 68 4 (9/10) North Dakota 47 28 13 10 5 3 .554 54 49 35 18 12 5 .586 79 62 5 St. Cloud State 34 28 9 15 4 3 .393 44 88 35 13 18 4 .429 63 115 6 Minnesota Duluth 31 28 10 17 1 0 .375 67 84 37 15 21 1 .419 90 109 7 Ohio State 20 28 6 21 1 1 .232 58 110 36 10 25 1 .292 80 134 8 Minnesota State 3 28 0 25 3 0 .054 41 116 36 3 29 4 .139 55 137 (shootout win = 1 additional point; rankings listed by USCHO.com first, followed byUSA Today/USA Hockey Magazine)

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Celebrating Incredible Accomplishments The Next Level (Cont.) • Desbiens' Record-Setting Year: Wisconsin goaltender and WCHA Player of the • IIHF Worlds: Thirty-six (36) current or former WCHA student-athletes, Year Ann-Renée Desbiens fashioned a season for the ages – arguably the best representing seven member institutions and competing for six different campaign by a netminder in NCAA history. The junior set the all-time NCAA countries, participated in the 2016 IIHF World Championships. Division I single-season records for save percentage (.960), goals-against average • Led by the 11 who helped the win its third consecutive (0.76) and shutouts (21). gold, 21 WCHA players medaled at the 2016 Worlds, held March 28 • Her scoreless run of 543:33 between Oct. 3 and Nov. 14 also set a new through April 4 in Kamloops, British Columbia. Eight members of the NCAA D-I standard (men’s or women’s), and was nearly 100 minutes silver-medalist Canadian squad hailed from the WCHA, while a pair longer than the previous record of 448:32 (posted by Badger legend Jessie of Russian forwards earned bronze. Vetter during the 2006-07 season). • Knight was named to the All-Star Team, was tabbed the • Desbiens became just the second goaltender to earn WCHA Player of competition's best forward and – for the second consecutive year the Year accolades, joining Bemidji State All-American Zuzana Tomcikova – was selected as the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Joining (2010). Knight on the All-Star Team was defenseman and former North • After making 52 saves and posting consecutive shutouts during Dakota standout -Morando. Wisconsin's two wins at the Final Face-Off, she became the first player • The final 2016 Women's Worlds statistical leaderboard featured since 2007 (UW's ) and first goaltender ever to win both the several WCHA products. Knight led the tournament with seven goals WCHA Player of the Year and Final Face-Off Most Outstanding Player and tied for first with nine points; the Lamoureux twins (Monique awards in the same season. Desbiens' 35-save, 1-0 blanking of Minnesota and Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson), along with Minnesota Duluth in the Final Face-Off championship game was part of her five-straight junior-to-be , all had a Worlds-best five assists; Knight shutouts during the 2016 postseason. and Lamoureux-Davidson tied for top honors with a +8 rating; and, • 10 Hours, 24 Minutes and 18 Seconds of Scoreless Hockey: Beginning at the former Wisconsin great Alex Rigsby led all with a .986 18:45 mark of the first period during an Oct. 3 victory over Providence and ending save percentage, a 0.31 goals-against average and two shutouts with 16:57 left in regulation of a Nov. 14 triumph at Minnesota Duluth, Wisconsin (including a 32-save, 1-0 blanking in the Americans' 1-0, held its opponents scoreless – a sensational streak that spanned more than a full win over in the gold-medal game). month, parts of 11 games, included an incredible nine-straight shutouts and an • CWHL and NWHL Impact: WCHA alumni dotted rosters across the two women's NCAA DI-record (men's or women's) 624 minutes, 18 seconds of shutout hockey. professional leagues, with the league (and four of its institutions) represented • After the 8-1 victory over Providence during which the streak started, on eight of the nine combined rosters for the Canadian Women's Hockey League the Badgers' nine-straight shutouts spanned both games of WCHA series (CWHL) and the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). against Ohio State, at St. Cloud State, vs. Bemidji State and at Minnesota • Fifteen (15) former WCHA players competed on four of the five CWHL State, and then the first contest of a set at Minnesota Duluth. Counting clubs: Calgary (5 players), Toronto (4), Brampton (3) and Montréal (3). the portions of the games vs. Providence (after the Friars' ) and at • Eleven (11) league alumni played across the four founding franchises of UMD (before the Bulldogs' score), Wisconsin tallied 54 goals while keeping the NWHL in its inaugural season: Boston (4), (3), Buffalo (2) their opponents off the scoreboard. and New York (2). • The Badgers were not done after the streak, however. UW also recorded • Both league champions were well-stocked with WCHA products. Sarah five-straight shutouts during the postseason, spanning the entirety of the Davis (Minnesota), (Minnesota Duluth), Brigette Lacquette Badgers' WCHA playoff championship run and their NCAA quarterfinal (Minnesota Duluth), (Wisconsin) and round victory over Mercyhurst. For the season, Wisconsin tallied a WCHA- (UW) all played for the champion . Brianna record 23 shutouts and finished the season with an NCAA-record of a Decker (UW), (UMD), Hilary Knight (UW) and mere 0.72 goals-allowed per contest. (UMN) all were key contributors to a club that won the first- • Brandt's Illustrious Career: One of the all-time great players in WCHA history, ever . Minnesota forward Hannah Brandt wrapped up her career with prominent places • NWHL Draft and Signings: Both of the first two NWHL drafts, in which teams are throughout the league and NCAA record books. allowed to select rising seniors, have featured a bevy of WCHA selections. • She finished with 285 points, matching North Dakota great and U.S. • Five (5) WCHA players were chosen in 2015, including a pair of first-round Olympian Jocelyne Lamoureux for most in WCHA history (since 1999- selections and four from Minnesota (matching Boston College for the 2000), while her 170 assists are the most in league annals and her 115 most of any program). goals are tied for fourth. • Minnesota goaltender Amanda Leveille (Buffalo) became the first • In NCAA history (since 2000-01), Brandt finished tied for second for NWHL draft pick to sign a team, while defensemen Courtney Burke points, was second for assists and tied for seventh for goals. (Wisconsin) and Milica McMillen (UMN) inked deals with New York. • Kessel's Inspirational Return: For nearly three years, it appeared that the • Additionally, signed a free agent contract with New collegiate career of Amanda Kessel - a two-time All-American, 2013 Patty York after returning to the ice with Minnesota in February. Kazmaier Award and U.S. Olympian - was over due to a concussion suffered in the • More than half – 11 of 20 – selections in the 2016 NWHL Draft are 2016- run-up to the 2014 Winter Olympics. However, she fought back and, on Feb. 5, 17 rising seniors representing four WCHA schools. 2016, returned to the ice to begin a truly remarkable and thrilling 13-game run to • Each of the draft’s five rounds featured at least one WCHA player properly close out her career in the Maroon and Gold. chosen, while the first and third rounds saw three of the four picks • A three-time NCAA champion, Kessel finished her career with 108 goals, coming from league schools. 140 assists and 248 points in 126 games. She ranks sixth in WCHA history • Wisconsin, the 2015-16 WCHA regular season and playoff (since 1999-2000) for points and assists, and tied for seventh for goals. champion, led all NCAA schools with five players selected. • In NCAA history (since 2000-01), Kessel is eighth for points and assists, and Defending national champion Minnesota, along with Minnesota tied for 11th for goals. Duluth and North Dakota, each had two picks apiece. • The full list: Lee Stecklein, D, UMN (, 1st Round – 2nd The Next Level pick overall); Dani Cameranesi, F, UMN (Connecticut Whale, 1st • International Stage: The nation's premier women's college hockey conference Round – 3rd pick overall); Ann-Renée Desbiens, G, UW (Boston continued to make its mark on international ice during the 2015-16 season. Pride, 1st Round – 4th pick overall); , F, University of • Four Nations Cup: Thirty-two (32) current or former WCHA student- Wisconsin (Boston Pride, 2nd Round – 8th pick overall); Jenny athletes, representing seven member institutions and all four competing Ryan, D, UW (New York Riveters, 3rd Round – 9th pick overall); countries, participated in the 2015 Four Nations Cup hosted by Sweden. Mellissa Channell, D, UW (Connecticut Whale, 3rd Round – 11th • WCHA players accounted for four of the five goals scored in the pick overall); Ashleigh Brykaliuk, F, UMD (Boston Pride, 3rd Round championship game, including all three by the United States as the – 12th pick overall); Sydney McKibbon, F, UW (New York Riveters, Americans rallied for a 3-2, overtime victory. Former Badger great 4th Round – 13th pick overall); Halli Krzyzaniak, D, UND (Boston Hilary Knight secured gold for the United States with a dramatic Pride, 4th Round – 16th pick overall); Amy Menke, F, UND (New goal just 36 seconds into OT. York Riveters, 5th Round – 17th pick overall); Lara Stalder, F, UMD (Boston Pride, 5th Round – 20th pick overall).

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The Next Level (Cont.) More from the 2015-16 Season • Award Winners: The following WCHA alumni earned recognition for their • Nonconference Success: The WCHA boasted, far and away, the best achievements in 2015-16: nonconference winning percentage in the country at .800 (35-8-2) – including a • USA Hockey named North Dakota great Monique Lamoureux-Morando perfect 3-0 mark in the NCAA Tournament. as the Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year, while honoring Wisconsin • All eight WCHA teams were at .500-or-above against nonconference star Hilary Knight with the Bob Johnson Award in recognition of her opponents. Wisconsin (7-0-0), Minnesota (6-0-0) and St. Cloud State excellence in international play. (4-0-0) were all perfect; Bemidji State posted a .917 mark (5-0-1); North • Following the NWHL's inaugural season, Wisconsin's Dakota finished at 3-1-0 (.750); Ohio State went 4-2-0 (.667); Minnesota was named Most Valuable Player and Knight was recognized as scoring State logged a 3-2-1 (.583) ledger; and, Minnesota Duluth was an even champion. Additionally, Minnesota's Gigi Marvin earned Defensive Player .500 (3-3-0). of the Year accolades. • The WCHA was 17-4-0 (.810) against nonconference teams at home, 15-3- 2 (.800) on the road and 3-1-0 (.750) at neutral site venues. In the Classroom and In the Community • Playmakers: Ten (10) of the nation's top-25 leaders in points per game this past • CoSIDA Academic All-Americans: North Dakota senior Shelby Amsley-Benzie, season played in the WCHA. Minnesota senior Hannah Brandt and Gophers' junior Lee Stecklein all earned • Minnesota's Hannah Brandt (fourth at 1.78 points per game) led the way, CoSIDA Academic All-America honors for their combined performances athletically followed by teammate Dani Cameranesi (fifth at 1.70), Wisconsin's Annie and in the classroom. Pankowski (seventh at 1.45), UMN's Sarah Potomak (eighth at 1.42), • A three-time Academic All-American, Amsley-Benzie recorded a perfect Minnesota Duluth's Ashleigh Brykaliuk (10th at 1.27), UMN's 4.0 grade-point average. (15th at 1.23), UMD's Lara Stalder (16th at 1.21), UW's Emily Clark (18th • Scholar-Athletes: Fifty-two (52) student-athletes, representing all eight WCHA at 1.18), North Dakota's Amy Menke (22nd at 1.14) and UND's Meghan Women's League member institutions, earned WCHA Scholar-Athlete Awards for Dufault (25th at 1.09). maintaining a GPA of 3.50 or above. • The Puck Stops Here: On the other end of the ice, five of the nation's top-20 • This represented a 10.6-percent increase, from 47 in 2014-15. leaders in save percentage and five of the top-25 for goals-against average were • All-Academic Team: One hundred and twenty-one (121) student-athletes, WCHA goaltenders. representing all eight WCHA Women's League member institutions, earned a spot • Wisconsin All-American Ann-Renée Desbiens set NCAA records for both on the WCHA All-Academic Team for maintaining a GPA of 3.00 or above. save percentage (.960) and GAA (0.76). She was followed on the save • This number represented a 31.5-percent increase, from 92 in 2014-15. percentage charts by Minnesota's Amanda Leveille (fifth at .942), Bemidji • Hockey Humanitarian Award: Ohio State senior defenseman Cara Zubko was State's Brittni Mowat (ninth at .938), North Dakota's Shelby Amsley- one of 18 nominees for the 2016 BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Benzie (14th at .930) and Minnesota Duluth's Kayla Black (20th at .919). Humanitarian Award, presented annually to college hockey’s finest citizen – a • Leveille was fourth nationally with a 1.29 GAA, Amsley-Benzie finished student-athlete who makes significant contributions not only to his or her team seventh at 1.60, Mowat was eighth at 1.68 and Black was 24th at 2.47. but also to the community-at-large through leadership in volunteerism. • Scoring Ticks Up: Despite some of the nation's best goaltending, and as a • NCAA Woman of the Year: North Dakota's Shelby Amsley-Benzie, a two-time testament to the offensive skill on display throughout the league, scoring was up WCHA Student-Athlete of the Year and the 2016 WCHA Postgraduate Scholarship 8.2-percent in WCHA league games in 2015-16. winner, is among the 517 nominees for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year award • There was an average of 4.99 combined goals scored per game in the 112 (but is just one of nine that played hockey, across all three NCAA Divisions). The WCHA conference games in 2015-16 (559 total), up from 4.61 in 2014- NCAA Woman of the Year award honors graduating female college athletes who 15 (516 total) and the league's highest since the 2012-13 season (5.15 have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves throughout their average / 577 total). collegiate careers in academics, athletics, service and leadership. • Welcome to the WCHA: The 2015-16 season marked the debut of three head • Postgraduate Scholarship: North Dakota senior goaltender Shelby Amsley-Benzie coaches in the WCHA: Minnesota Duluth's , Minnesota State's John was awarded the 2016 WCHA Postgraduate Scholarship. Harrington and Ohio State's Jenny Potter. • By any and all measures, Amsley-Benzie represents the very best of college • Crowell successfully navigated the nation's toughest schedule (by RPI) and athletics. One of the nation’s top goaltenders, a 4.0 student while pursuing eventually guided the Bulldogs back to the WCHA Final Face-Off after a a combined degree program, and tireless in her devotion to giving back in quarterfinal-round upset victory over Bemidji State. the community, she is an ideal representative of the University of North • Featuring one of the league's youngest rosters (including 10 freshmen and Dakota, the WCHA and the NCAA. 20 underclassmen), Harrington's Mavericks proved to be a team on the • A two-time, top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, a rise during a highly-competitive second half. 2015 All-American and WCHA Goaltending Champion, and a First Team • A two-time WCHA Player of the Year and twice an All-American during her All-WCHA performer (junior season), Amsley-Benzie posted a 67-33-10 collegiate career at Minnesota Duluth, four-time Olympic medalist Potter career record in 111 collegiate games, along with a .929 save percentage, returned to the league for her first D-I coaching assignment. Under her a 1.69 goals-against average and 22 shutouts. She is UND’s all-time leader tutelage, freshman defenseman Lauren Boyle earned WCHA All-Rookie in every major goaltending category, while in WCHA history she ranks sixth team honors, while the Buckeyes ranked fourth in the league for scoring for shutouts, eighth for games played, tied for eighth for wins, 12th for offense during WCHA play. GAA, tied for 14th for save percentage and 16th for saves (2,474). • Coaching Milestones: Two of the WCHA's legendary head coaches added • While compiling a prestigious and ongoing athletic career, which has also milestone victories to their résumés during the 2015-16 campaign. included invitations to four prestigious USA Hockey camps or training • With Wisconsin's 3-1 victory Jan. 24 over North Dakota, Badgers' head sessions, Amsley-Benzie has excelled academically. The native of Warroad, coach Mark Johnson moved into sole possession of third place on the Minn. has maintained a perfect 4.0 grade-point average in a combined all-time NCAA Division I women's hockey wins list - and most in WCHA degree program within UND’s College of Engineering and Mines, which history - with 384. Johnson concluded his 13th season at the helm of the will allow her to obtain a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and Wisconsin program with a 395-75-35 (.816) career mark. a Master of Science with a major in chemical engineering over the course • Minnesota's 7-0 triumph Jan. 22 at St. Cloud State was the 279th for of five years. Gophers' head coach , making him the winningest bench boss in • After pursuing a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, program history. After completing his ninth season in Minneapolis with his Amsley-Benzie hopes to apply knowledge of how drugs interact with the fourth NCAA national championship, Frost enters the 2016-17 campaign body and apply it to help those who are suffering from various afflictions with a 293-45-22 (.844) career record. – from working to develop new cancer-fighting drugs to enhancing current medications to assist those plagued with disease to live longer and fuller lives.

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Once Around the Rink From the League Office (Cont.) • BSU: The 2015-16 season was historic for Bemidji State, as the Beavers set a • WCHA.com Gets New Look: Marking an exciting new digital era, the WCHA program record with 22 wins, reached the 20-win mark during the regular season launched an updated version of its official website, wcha.com, on Sept. 15, 2015. for the first time in program history, hosted a playoff series for the first time ever, The redesign, produced in collaboration between the league office and website and achieved the highest ranking in program annals at No. 4/5 on Nov. 9. provider 867 Studios, encompasses both the Men's and Women's league pages. • UMN: The Gophers' five seniors, Hannah Brandt, Brook Garzone, Amanda • The new wcha.com is responsively designed, allowing for scalability Kessel, Amanda Leveille and Milica McMillen, make up the most successful class across devices. The site's statistical platform is integrated with in program history with three national championships and an overall record of collegehockeystats.net and contains some of the most expansive analysis 148-9-6 (.926) from 2012-13 to 2015-16 (note: Kessel's first two seasons came in available. 2010-11 and 2011-12). • UMD: The Bulldogs played 23 of their 37 games against teams ranked in the top Tradition Starts Here nine nationally, good for the toughest schedule in the nation by RPI; against that • Simply the Best: With 16 national championship in its 17 years of existence competition, junior F Ashleigh Brykaliuk (18g-29a=47pts) recorded the most - including 15 of a possible 16 NCAA crowns - along with six Patty Kazmaier points by a UMD player since Haley Irwin had 54 back in 2011-12. Memorial Award Winners, 86 All-Americans, hundreds of Olympic and • MSU: Of the Mavericks' 143 points scored, 106 were recorded by underclassmen international team members, and countless women inspired, the WCHA has (74.1 percent); freshmen and sophomores also accounted for 43 of Minnesota become the nation's premier college hockey conference. State's 55 goals (78.2 percent). Junior G Brianna Quade led the WCHA and ranked third nationally with 1,031 saves. • UND: The Fighting Hawks finished the season ranked in the top 10 nationally for the sixth-consecutive season, while advancing to their sixth-straight WCHA National Championships, Final Face-Off. Senior G Shelby Amsley-Benzie departs UND after setting every goaltending record in program history, including career shutouts (22), wins (67), 2000-2016 save percentage (.929) and goals-against average (1.69). • OSU: WCHA All-Rookie Team selection Lauren Boyle finished as the league's top- The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Women's scoring freshman blue-liner with 17 points (3g-14a), while her assist total tied for fourth nationally among her peers. Forward Maddy Field (fourth with 18 points) League began play in the 1999-2000 season, before the joined Boyle (tied for fifth) among the WCHA's highest-scoring rookies. sport was officially sanctioned by the NCAA. At the end of • SCSU: The Huskies posted their most league wins (nine) and overall victories (13) that season, competing under the United States Olympic since the 2009-10 campaign, while also earning their highest WCHA finish (fifth) in six years. Senior G Katie Fitzgerald ranked second in the league and fourth Committee-financed American Women's College Hockey nationally with 976 saves. Alliance (AWCHA), Minnesota won its first of a record seven • UW: The Badgers, who won the program's fifth WCHA regular season national championships. Beginning with the inaugural National championship and sixth league playoff title, jumped out to a school-best 18-0-0 start, advanced to its ninth NCAA Frozen Four in 11 years and posted the fourth- Collegiate Women's championship at the close of most wins in program history (35-4-1) - all while tallying 23 shutouts and finishing the 2000-01 campaign, teams representing the WCHA have the season with an NCAA-record 0.72 goals-allowed-per contest. won 15 of a possible 16 NCAA titles.

From the League Office • Million Named New VP/Commissioner: On July 21, 2016, the WCHA named longtime New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) year team, League (Championship) executive Katie Million as its next vice president and Women’s League commissioner. 2000 Minnesota, WCHA (AWCHA) • Million joins the WCHA after a highly-successful 17-year stay in Lake Placid, N.Y., including the last three years as ORDA’s director of events. 2001 Minnesota Duluth, WCHA (NCAA) • Under her leadership, ORDA further established itself as the region’s foremost hub for major national and international competitions in 2002 Minnesota Duluth, WCHA (NCAA) the 21st century, hosting multiple world cups, world championships and made-for-television events in a variety of sports. 2003 Minnesota Duluth, WCHA (NCAA) • Million oversaw multiple collegiate hockey games and tournaments, including six ECAC Men’s Hockey Championships, five NCAA Division 2004 Minnesota, WCHA (NCAA) III Men’s Championships and the 2007 NCAA Women’s Frozen Four. • Lake Placid also served as a consistent home for USA Hockey, with 2005 Minnesota, WCHA (NCAA) Million guiding efforts around numerous Men’s and Women’s National Festivals and Camps, along with the 2004, 2008 and 2013 2006 Wisconsin, WCHA (NCAA) Four Nations Cup tournaments. • Most recently, Million undertook a contract role as general manager of 2007 Wisconsin, WCHA (NCAA) the 1980 Miracle Hockey Team, assuming responsibility for managing the professional reputation and branding of the sport’s most iconic and 2008 Minnesota Duluth, WCHA (NCAA) cherished team. • She rose to that level after coordinating all aspects of the last two 2009 Wisconsin, WCHA (NCAA) “Miracle on Ice Fantasy Camps” and the widely-lauded “Miracle on Ice 35th Anniversary Celebration” events in 2015. 2010 Minnesota Duluth, WCHA (NCAA) • Million, who agreed to a three-year contract, becomes the third full-time commissioner in the 17-year history of the WCHA Women’s League, 2011 Wisconsin, WCHA (NCAA) following Sara Martin (1999-2014) and Aaron Kemp (2014-16). WCHA President and Men's League commissioner Bill Robertson served in an 2012 Minnesota, WCHA (NCAA) interim capacity following Kemp’s retirement in February 2016. • Final Face-Off on FOX Sports North: For the first time ever, the championship 2013 Minnesota, WCHA (NCAA) game of the WCHA Final Face-Off was broadcast on live television, with FOX Sports North and the FOX Sports Wisconsin alternate channel airing Wisconsin's 1-0 2014 Clarkson, ECAC (NCAA) victory over Minnesota at Ridder Arena. • The historic partnership ensured that the Upper Midwest region and 2015 Minnesota, WCHA (NCAA) beyond had live TV coverage of the top conference championship tilt in women's college hockey. 2016 Minnesota, WCHA (NCAA)

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Quarterfinal Round; February 26-28 2016 WCHA Final Face-Off Best-of-Three, at Host Sites March 5-6 Ridder Arena; Minneapolis, Minn.

#7 Ohio State

UMN wins series, 2-0 #2 Minnesota

#2 Minnesota #2 Minnesota Minnesota wins, 2-0

#5 St. Cloud State

UND wins series, 2-0 #4 North Dakota

#4 North Dakota 2016 WCHA Playoff Champion - Wisconsin Wisconsin wins, 1-0

R #6 Minnesota Duluth

UMD wins series, 2-0 R #6 Minnesota Duluth #3 Bemidji State

#1 Wisconsin Wisconsin wins, 5-0

#8 Minnesota State

UW wins series, 2-0 #1 Wisconsin

#1 Wisconsin

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• Wisconsin repeated as Final Face-Off champions, as the top- Final Face-Off Championship Game seeded Badgers completed a four-shutout run through the WCHA (1) Wisconsin 1, (2) Minnesota 0 postseason to emerge as league playoff champions for the sixth (March 6 at Ridder Arena; Minneapolis, Minn.) time (tied with Minnesota for most in league history). Ann-Renée Desbiens made 35 saves and Sydney McKibbon scored • Badgers goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens continued her the game's only goal in the second period as Wisconsin defeated rival remarkable junior season, becoming the first player since 2007 and Minnesota 1-0 to win the 2016 WCHA Final Face-Off at Ridder Arena first netminder ever to win both the WCHA Player of the Year and in Minneapolis. Desbiens was named the Most Outstanding Player, Final Face-Off Most Outstanding Player awards in the same season. becoming the first player since 2007 and first goaltender ever to win She stopped all 52 shots faced over the Final Face-Off weekend. both the WCHA Player of the Year and Final Face-Off Most Outstanding • The Final Face-Off weekend, which also included the WCHA Alumni Player awards in the same season. Game and free WCHA Youth Clinic, returned to Ridder Arena in Wisconsin, the top seed in the tournament, defended its 2015 Minneapolis. WCHA Final Face-Off championship and tied Minnesota for the most WCHA playoff titles in league history with six. Final Face-Off Semifinal #1 Desbiens - a top-three finalist - had perhaps (1) Wisconsin 5, (6) Minnesota Duluth 0 her most impressive performance of the season; recording 35 saves, (March 5 at Ridder Arena; Minneapolis, Minn.) including 14 in the third period to preserve the one-goal victory. Sarah Nurse recorded her team-leading 24th goal, Sophia Shaver Wisconsin's game-winning sequence came in the second period and added two assists and Ann-Renée Desbiens recorded 17 saves as top- started as Sarah Nurse fired a shot from the slot on net. Minnesota seeded Wisconsin defeated Minnesota Duluth, 5-0. UW out-shot UMD goaltender Amanda Leveille made the initial save, butMcKibbon by a 43-17 margin, while nine different Badgers recorded a point in the crashed the net and fought off a check to knock the puck in for a 1-0 victory. Badgers' lead at 13:12. Wisconsin jumped out on the attack early in the first period and Leveille also was terrific, stopping all 12 Wisconsin shots in the first finally broke through at 7:34 when a bouncing puck found Mikaela period and making 23 saves in all. Gardner in the slot, who fired it home. The Gophers entered the game first in the nation on the power play Senior defenseman and Courtney Burke got things going at 43.1%, but it was UW's nationally top-ranked penalty kill that won for the Badgers just 21 seconds into the second period, opening the special teams battle on Sunday, holding the Gophers scoreless on the door on a four-goal stanza for UW. Annie Pankowski netted an all four opportunities. unassisted goal at 14:28, Kim Drake scored her second of the season at the 18:24 mark and Sarah Nurse bookended Burke's early-period 2016 WCHA Final Face-Off All-Tournament Team effort with a tally just 19 seconds before intermission. Forward – Emily Clark, So., Wisconsin The shutout for Desbiens, her 19th of the season, extended her Forward – Amanda Kessel, Sr., Minnesota NCAA Division I single-season record. UMD senior G Kayla Black made Forward – Sydney McKibbon, Jr., Wisconsin 38 saves, recording double-digit stops in each period. Defense – Sydney Baldwin, So., Minnesota Defense – Courtney Burke, Sr., Wisconsin Final Face-Off Semifinal #2 Goaltender – Ann-Renée Desbiens, Sr., Wisconsin (2) Minnesota 2, (4) North Dakota (0) (March 5 at Ridder Arena; Minneapolis, Minn.) Most Outstanding Player – Ann-Renée Desbiens, Sr., G, Wisconsin Sydney Baldwin scored the game-winning goal in the first period, and Amanda Kessel added a goal and an assist, as Minnesota defeated North Dakota by a final score of 2-0 in the second WCHA Final Face-Off semifinal. Amanda Leveille made 21 saves in her 10th shutout of the season for the Gophers. Baldwin's game-winning strike came on the power play at the 13:16 mark of the first period, as her wrist shot found the back of the net and provided the only scoring Minnesota would need. Kessel added her goal in the second period, while Leveille made 21 stops to preserve the shutout. UND senior netminder Shelby Amsley-Benzie made 32 saves during the final game of her stellar collegiate career.

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First Round; March 12 2016 Women's Frozen Four at Host Sites March 18 and 20 Whittemore Center Arena; Durham, N.H.

#1 Boston College

Boston College wins, 5-1 #1 Boston College

Northeastern #1 Boston College Boston College wins, 3-2 (OT)

#4 Quinnipiac

Clarkson wins, 1-0 Clarkson

Clarkson 2016 National Champion - Minnesota Minnesota wins, 3-1

#2 Wisconsin

Wisconsin wins, 6-0 #2 Wisconsin Mercyhurst

#3 Minnesota Minnesota wins, 3-2 (OT)

#3 Minnesota

Minnesota wins, 6-2 #3 Minnesota

Princeton

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• For the 16th time in the league's illustrious 17-year history (and for NCAA Frozen Four Semifinal #2 the 15th time in 16 possible NCAA tournaments), a WCHA team (3) Minnesota 3, (2) Wisconsin 2 - OT will raise the national championship banner, as the Minnesota (March 18 at Whittemore Center Arena; Durham, N.H.) Golden Gophers won their second-straight title and seventh in For the third-straight year and the 11th time in the 16-year history program history. of the National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship, at least • Minnesota, which ended Boston College's bid for a perfect season two of the Frozen Four participants were WCHA schools. This year, with a victory in the national championship game, captured its Minnesota and Wisconsin reprised their Border Battle in a semifinal NCAA-record sixth Frozen Four crown. contest at the Whittemore Center Arena. After playing five times • Minnesota freshman forward Sarah Potomak was named Most previously in 2015-16 (and with the Badgers winning three times, Outstanding Player of the Frozen Four after scoring the game- including in the Final Face-Off championship game two weeks prior), winning goal in overtime of the Gophers' semifinal contest and the teams played an epic contest, with Sarah Potomak's overtime netting a tally just 13 seconds into the championship game (she game-winner sending the Gophers into the national championship also added an assist on the game-winner against Boston College). game. • For the third-straight year and the 11th time in the 16-year history This year's Frozen Four contest marked the third-straight year of the National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship, the Gophers and Badgers met in a national semifinal. The two teams at least two of the Frozen Four participants were WCHA schools traded first-period goals, with freshmenTaylor Williamson (Minnesota) (Minnesota and Wisconsin) and Sophia Shaver (Wisconsin) both scoring. Emily Clark gave UW a 2-1 lead with 18 seconds remaining before the second intermission; NCAA Quarterfinal however, the Gophers' Amanda Kessel answered with the equalizer 27 (2) Wisconsin 6, Mercyhurst 0 seconds into the third period. (March 12 at LaBahn Arena; Madison, Wis.) Potomak's game-winner came at the 15:00 mark of overtime when For the ninth time in 11 years, Wisconsin advanced to the NCAA she picked off a Badger defenseman in the UW zone and fired it home Frozen Four as the No. 2 Badgers blanked Mercyhurst, 6-0, in front of a to seal the 3-2 win and vault Minnesota into its fifth-straight national sellout crowd at LaBahn Arena. championship game. Junior netminder Ann-Renée Desbiens, a Patty Kazmaier Memorial Both goaltenders were excellent throughout, as Minnesota's Award top-three finalist, made 22 saves to earn her 21st shutout Amanda Leveille made 37 saves and Wisconsin's Ann-Renée Desbiens of the season, as Wisconsin outshot the Lakers 41-22 through the recorded 38 stops. contest. Offensively, six Badgers had a multi-point showing, paced by junior Sarah Nurse's three points on a goal and two assists. NCAA Frozen Four Championship Game UW scored twice in each period, with freshman Sam Cogan (3) Minnesota 3, (1) Boston College 1 netting the game-winner by tipping in a shot midway through the (March 20 at Whittemore Center Arena; Durham, N.H.) first period. Jenny Ryan added a first-period goal, Sydney McKibbon Sarah Potomak scored just 13 seconds into the game and the (short-handed) and Emily Clark both scored in the second stanza, and Golden Gophers added third-period goals by Amanda Kessel and Kelly Nurse and Baylee Wellhausen closed the 6-0 victory with third-period Pannek as Minnesota took home its seventh national title with a 3-1 markers. win over previously undefeated Boston College. Minnesota is back-to-back national champions for the third time in NCAA Quarterfinal program history and now owns an NCAA-best seven national titles. The (3) Minnesota 6, Princeton 2 Gophers have won four of the last five national championships. (March 12 at Ridder Arena; Minneapolis, Minn.) Minnesota built a 3-0 lead before Boston College found a way to Minnesota secured the program's fifth-straight NCAA Women's solve Amanda Leveille and the Gophers' defense. Leveille finished Frozen Four berth behind an Amanda Kessel hat trick and three points with 32 saves, and the Gophers held off the Eagles on four power- from Hannah Brandt as the No. 3 Golden Gophers skated to a 6-2 play opportunities, including a five-on-three advantage in the second NCAA quarterfinal win over Princeton in front of 2,468 fans at Ridder period. Arena. AfterHannah Brandt won the opening face-off for Minnesota, Princeton took a 1-0 lead just 29 seconds into the game, but the Potomak - who was named the Frozen Four's Most Outstanding Gophers responded with six-straight goals to cruise past the Tigers. Player - gave the Gophers a 1-0 lead after just 13 seconds. Kessel's Minnesota was 2-for-2 on the power play, while holding Princeton third period-tally stood as the game-winner, with Pannek adding an scoreless on two opportunities with the man advantage. insurance marker. Brandt and Kessel combined on all three Minnesota goals in the first period with three points apiece, as the former tied the game 2016 NCAA Frozen Four All-Tournament Team 1-1 with a power-play strike at the 4:47 mark and the latter put the Forward – Amanda Kessel, Sr., Minnesota Gophers ahead with a short-handed tally at 6:01. Kessel then added Forward – Sarah Potomak, Fr., Minnesota what would stand as the game-winner with a power-play goal at the Forward – , Sr., Boston College 17:35 mark. Lee Stecklein also had two assists in the stanza. Defense – Megan Keller, So., Boston College Sarah Potomak and Dani Cameranesi each scored in the second Defense – Lee Stecklein, Jr., Minnesota period, with Kessel capping her hat trick at the 17:02 mark. Goaltender – Amanda Leveille, Sr., Minnesota Minnesota senior goaltender Amanda Leveille made 25 saves as the Gophers outshot the Tigers, 43-27. Most Outstanding Player – Sarah Potomak, Fr., F, Minnesota

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2015-16 WCHA Players of the Week

Week of Offensive Defensive Rookie Sept. 21-27 Ashleigh Brykaliuk, Jr., F, Minnesota Duluth Alexis Joyce, So., D, Bemidji State Corbin Boyd, Fr., F, Minnesota State Sept. 28-Oct. 4 Annie Pankowski, So., F, Wisconsin Sam LaShomb, Sr., D, North Dakota Maddy Field, Fr., F, Ohio State Lexi Slattery, Sr., D, St. Cloud State Oct. 5-11 Emily Clark, So., F, Wisconsin Brittni Mowat, Jr., G, Bemidji State Sarah Potomak, Fr., F, Minnesota Oct. 12-18 Hannah Brandt, Sr., F, Minnesota Brittni Mowat, Jr., G, Bemidji State Sarah Potomak, Fr., F, Minnesota Oct. 19-25 Molly Illikainen, Sr., F, St. Cloud State Ann-Renée Desbiens, Jr., G, Wisconsin Lauren Boyle, Fr., D, Ohio State Amy Menke, Jr., F, North Dakota Oct. 26-Nov. 1 Meghan Dufault, Sr., F, North Dakota Ann-Renée Desbiens, Jr., G, Wisconsin Sam Cogan, Fr., F, Wisconsin Nov. 9-15 Hannah Brandt, Sr., F, Minnesota Jenny Ryan, Jr., D, Wisconsin Julia Tylke, Fr., F, St. Cloud State Nov. 16-22 Molly Illikainen, Sr., F, St. Cloud State Katie Fitzgerald, Sr., G, St. Cloud State Sarah Potomak, Fr., F, Minnesota Nov. 23-29 Dani Cameranesi, Jr., F, Minnesota Katie Fitzgerald, Sr., G, St. Cloud State Sarah Potomak, Fr., F, Minnesota Nov. 30-Dec. 6 Annie Pankowski, So., F, Wisconsin Ann-Renée Desbiens, Jr., G, Wisconsin Sam Cogan, Fr., F, Wisconsin Dec. 7-13 Lara Stalder, Jr., F, Minnesota Duluth Shelby Amsley-Benzie, Sr., G, North Dakota Vilma Tanskanen, Fr., F, North Dakota Jan. 4-10 Sarah Nurse, Jr., F, Wisconsin Lexi Slattery, Sr., D, St. Cloud State Taylor Williamson, Fr., F, Minnesota Jan. 11-17 Emily Clark, So., F, Wisconsin Brianna Quade, Jr., G, Minnesota State Julia Tylke, Fr., F, St. Cloud State Jan. 18-24 Julia McKinnon, Sr., F, Ohio State Ann-Renée Desbiens, Jr., G, Wisconsin Sarah Potomak, Fr., F, Minnesota Jan. 25-31 Meghan Dufault, Sr., F, North Dakota Ann-Renée Desbiens, Jr., G, Wisconsin Morgan Morse, Fr., F, Minnesota Duluth Feb. 1-7 Michela Cava, Sr., F, Minnesota Duluth Amanda Leveille, Sr., G, Minnesota Sam Cogan, Fr., F, Wisconsin Feb. 8-14 Dani Cameranesi, Jr., F, Minnesota Courtney Burke, Sr., D, Wisconsin Sophia Shaver, Fr., F, Wisconsin Feb. 15-21 Kelly Pannek, So., F, Minnesota Amanda Leveille, Sr., G, Minnesota Julia Tylke, Fr., F, St. Cloud State Feb. 22-28 Lara Stalder, Jr., F, Minnesota Duluth Kayla Black, Sr., G, Minnesota Duluth Anna Kilponen, Fr., D, North Dakota Feb. 29-March 6 Sydney McKibbon, Jr.,F, Wisconsin Ann-Renée Desbiens, Jr., G, Wisconsin Sophia Shaver, Fr., F, Wisconsin

2015-16 WCHA Players of the Month

Month Offensive Defensive Rookie October 2015 Kelly Pannek, So., F, Minnesota Ann-Renée Desbiens, Jr., G, Wisconsin Sarah Potomak, Fr., F, Minnesota November 2015 Dani Cameranesi, Jr., F, Minnesota Katie Fitzgerald, Sr., G, St. Cloud State Sarah Potomak, Fr., F, Minnesota December 2015 Lara Stalder, Jr., F, Minnesota Duluth Shelby Amsley-Benzie, Sr., G, North Dakota Sam Cogan, Fr., F, Wisconsin January 2016 Dani Cameranesi, Jr., F, Minnesota Ann-Renée Desbiens, Jr., G, Wisconsin Emily Antony, Fr., F, Minnesota State February 2016 Dani Cameranesi, Jr., F, Minnesota Amanda Leveille, Sr., G, Minnesota Sam Cogan, Fr., F, Wisconsin

2015 – 2016 National Accolades (WCHA Honorees) HONOREES Honor Player (Yr., Pos., Team) USCHO National Player of the Year Ann-Renée Desbiens (Jr., G, Wisconsin) AWCHA National Rookie of the Year Sarah Potomak (Fr., F, Minnesota) USCHO National Rookie of the Year Sarah Potomak (Fr., F, Minnesota) CCM Hockey Division I All-America First Team Ann-Renée Desbiens (Jr., G, Wisconsin) Hannah Brandt (Sr., F, Minnesota) CCM Hockey Division I All-America Second Team Courtney Burke (Sr., D, Wisconsin) Lee Stecklein (Jr., D, Minnesota) Dani Cameranesi (Jr., F, Minnesota) Annie Pankowski (So., F, Wisconsin) All-USCHO First Team Ann-Renée Desbiens (Jr., G, Wisconsin) All-USCHO Second Team Amanda Leveille (Sr., G, Minnesota) Lee Stecklein (Jr., D, Minnesota) Hannah Brandt (Sr., F, Minnesota) Dani Cameranesi (Jr., F, Minnesota) Annie Pankowski (So., F, Wisconsin) All-USCHO Third Team Courtney Burke (Sr., D, Wisconsin) Ivana Bilic (Sr., D, Bemidji State) All-USCHO Rookie Team Sarah Potomak (Fr., F, Minnesota) Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player Sarah Potomak (Fr., F, Minnesota) Frozen Four All-Tournament Team Amanda Leveille (Sr., G, Minnesota) Lee Stecklein (Jr., D, Minnesota) Amanda Kessel (Sr., F, Minnesota) Sarah Potomak (Fr., F, Minnesota) CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team Shelby Amsley-Benzie (Sr., G, North Dakota) CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team Hannah Brandt (Sr., F, Minnesota) Lee Stecklein (Jr., D, Minnesota)

NOMINEES / CANDIDATES / FINALISTS Honor Player (Yr., Pos., Team) Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Top-3 Finalist Ann-Renée Desbiens (Jr., G, Wisconsin) Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Top-10 Finalist Shelby Amsley-Benzie (Sr., G, North Dakota) Hannah Brandt (Sr., F, Minnesota) Dani Cameranesi (Jr., F, Minnesota) Ann-Renée Desbiens (Jr., G, Wisconsin) Annie Pankowski (So., F, Wisconsin) NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee Shelby Amsley-Benzie (Sr., G, North Dakota) Hockey Humanitarian Award Nominee (Top 18) Cara Zubko (Sr., D, Ohio State)

2015-16 Season in Review @wcha___whockey @wcha___whockey /WCHAWomensHockey wcha.com #TraditionStartsHere 2015-16 WCHA Season in Review - Awards #WCHA Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Ann-Renée Desbiens, Jr., G, Wisconsin Ivana Bilic, Sr., D, Bemidji State Desbiens fashioned a season for the Bilic was the backbone and veteran ages – arguably the best campaign leader for a Bemidji State team that by a netminder in NCAA history. The reached the 20-win plateau during the junior from La Malbaie, Québec set regular season for the first time ever, the all-time NCAA Division I single- set a program record with 22 wins and season records for save percentage recorded its highest WCHA finish ever (.960), goals-against average (0.76) and with a third-place showing. The senior shutouts (21). She was also the WCHA’s from Coquitlam, British Columbia led triple-crown winner among goaltenders, leading the league with a 0.81 the WCHA with 89 blocked shots during league play and ranked second GAA, .958 save percentage and .870 winning percentage (23-3-1) in her in the nation with 98 overall. Offensively, she led league blue-liners 27 conference outings. A Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award top-3 finalist, with seven power-play assists in her 27 conference games, while tying Desbiens backstopped Wisconsin to the Frozen Four and finished with a for fourth with 16 helpers and ranking fifth with 19 points (three goals) 33-4-1 (.882) overall winning percentage. in WCHA outings. Bilic tied for fifth among league defensemen with 19 assists overall and tied for sixth with 22 points. Rookie of the Year Sarah Potomak, Fr., F, Minnesota Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year Potomak finished a sensational first season by leading all NCAA freshmen Shelby Amsley-Benzie; Sr., G, North Dakota Amsley-Benzie was recognized for with 39 assists, 54 points, 1.03 assists the second consecutive season as the per game, 1.42 points per game, nine Outstanding Student-Athlete of the power-play assists and a +55 rating. The Year, a testament to her dedication and Aldergrove, British Columbia native and commitment to her studies, her Fighting National Rookie of the Year (Women's Hawks teammates and the Grand Forks Hockey Commissioner's Association and USCHO) and led league community. The senior from Warroad, freshmen in nearly every category during her 28 WCHA games, with 10 Minn. graduated with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average in a combined points, 31 assists, 41 points, eight power-play assists, nine power-play degree program within UND’s College of Engineering and Mines, which points, 89 shots on goal and a +36 rating. will allow her to obtain a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering All-WCHA First Team and a Master of Science with a major in chemical engineering over the Hannah Brandt, Sr., F, Minnesota course of five years. A four-time recipient of the WCHA Scholar-Athlete Annie Pankowski, So. F, Wisconsin Award (one of only 12 individuals to achieve that feat in the award’s Dani Cameranesi, Jr., F, Minnesota 11-year history), Amsley-Benzie has also spent nine semesters on the Lee Stecklein, Jr., D, Minnesota UND Dean’s List and President’s Honor Roll, and has been part of the Courtney Burke, Sr., D, Wisconsin Athletic Department Honor Roll for Student-Athletes during each of Ann-Renée Desbiens, Jr., G, Wisconsin her five years. A Patty Kazmaier Award top-10 finalist for the second season in a row, she ranked sixth nationally with eight shutouts, finished All-WCHA Second Team seventh with a 1.60 goals-against average and 14th with a .930 save Emily Clark, So., F, Wisconsin Ashleigh Brykaliuk, Jr., F, Minnesota Duluth Coach of the Year Amy Menke, Jr., F, North Dakota Mark Johnson, Wisconsin Jenny Ryan, Jr., D, Wisconsin Johnson returned Wisconsin to the Milica McMillen, Sr., D, Minnesota top of the WCHA's regular season and Brittni Mowat, Jr., G, Bemidji State postseason mountains, leading the Badgers to their fifth regular season title All-WCHA Third Team (and first since 2011-12), followed by Sarah Nurse, Jr., F, Wisconsin UW's second-consecutive Final Face-Off Sarah Potomak, Fr., F, Minnesota crown (and league record-tying sixth in school history). The Badgers’ 24 Molly Illikainen, Sr., F, St. Cloud State conference wins tied for the most in school history, while the program’s Ivana Bilic, Sr., D, Bemidji State sixth 30-win season included an 18-0-0 start. Johnson, who guided UW Halli Krzyzaniak, Jr., D, North Dakota into the Frozen Four, was also named WCHA Coach of the Year in 2003 Shelby Amsley-Benzie, Sr., G, North Dakota (Co-Coach), 2006, 2007, 2009 (Co-Coach), 2011 and 2012.

All-WCHA Rookie Team Scoring Champion Sarah Potomak, F, Minnesota Dani Cameranesi, Jr., F, Minnesota Sam Cogan, F, Wisconsin (24 goals, 29 assists for 53 points in 28 WCHA games) Julia Tylke, F, St. Cloud State Lauren Boyle, D, Ohio State Goaltending Champion Anna Kilponen, D, North Dakota and Melissa Hunt, D, Bemidji State Ann-Renée Desbiens, Jr., G, Wisconsin Maddie Rooney, G, Minnesota Duluth (22 goals allowed in 1625:03 for a 0.81 GAA in 27 WCHA games)

2015-16 Season in Review @wcha___whockey @wcha___whockey /WCHAWomensHockey wcha.com #TraditionStartsHere 2015-16 WCHA Season in Review - Awards #WCHA WCHA All-Academic Team University of North Dakota A total of 121 student-athletes, representing all eight member institutions, Shelby Amsley-Benzie* (Sr., G, Warroad, Minn.); Annie Chipman* (So., G, earned distinction as members of the men’s 2015-16 WCHA All-Academic Team. , Manitoba); Meghan Dufault* (Sr., F, Winnipeg, Manitoba); Tanja To earn recognition as a member of the WCHA All-Academic Team, student- Eisenschmid* (Sr., D, Kaufbeuren, Germany); Kayla Gardner* (Jr., F, Warroad, athletes must have completed one year of eligibility at their present institution Minn.); Jordan Hampton (Jr., D, Foxborough, Mass.); Samantha Hanson* (Sr., prior to the current academic year, have a grade-point average of at least 3.0 (4.0 D, White Bear Lake, Minn.); Gracen Hirschy* (Jr., D, Fort Wayne, Ind.); Shannon scale) for the previous two semesters or three quarters, or may qualify if overall Kaiser* (Sr., F, Crookston, Minn.); Halli Krzyzaniak* (Jr., D, Neepawa, Manitoba); GPA is at least 3.0 for all terms at the present institution. Sam LaShomb* (Sr., D, Inver Grove Heights, Minn.); Layla Marvin* (Sr., F, Warroad, Minn.); Lisa Marvin* (Jr., F, Warroad, Minn.); Amy Menke* (Jr., F, Following, by member institution, are the 2015-16 WCHA All-Academic Team Shakopee, Minn.); Marissa Salo* (Jr., F, Grand Rapids, Minn.); Lexie Shaw* (Jr., G, honorees (*indicates repeat honoree): Troy, Mich.)

Bemidji State University Ohio State University Stephanie Anderson (Sr., F, North St. Paul, Minn.); Mackenzie Bruch (Sr., G, Stacy Danczak* (Sr., G, Macedonia, Ohio); Jessica Dunne (So., D, O’Fallon, Mo.); Barrie, Ontario); Erin Deters* (So., G, Sartell, Minn.); Carley Esse* (Jr., D, Cloquet, Julianna Iafallo (So., F, Eden, N.Y.); Claudia Kepler* (Jr., F, Verona, Wis.); Katie Minn.); Reilly Fawcett (So., F, Proctor, Minn.); Kristin Huber* (Sr., F, Kelowna, Matheny* (Jr., F, Chesterfield, Mo.); Julia McKinnon* (Sr., F, Kelowna, British British Columbia); Madison Hutchinson* (Jr., D, Manitou, Manitoba); Alexis Joyce Columbia); Melani Moylan* (Sr., F, Mississauga, Ontario); Bryanna Neuwald* (So., D, Lakeville, Minn.); Megan Lushanko* (Sr., F, Chisago City, Minn.); Lauren (Sr., D, Oakville, Ontario); Alexa Ranahan* (Jr., D, Salmon Arm, British Columbia); Miller* (Jr., F, Brockville, Ontario); Hanna Moher* (Sr., F, Milton, Ontario); Brittni Maggie Rothgery (Sr., F, Elyria, Ohio); Dani Sadek (So., D, Lakeville, Minn.); Mowat* (Jr., G, Glenboro, Manitoba); Ciscely Nelson* (So., F, Roseau, Minn.); Lauren Spring (So., F, Kelowna, British Columbia); Cara Zubko (Sr., D, Stenen, Teagan Rose (Sr., D, Gibbons, Alberta); Emma Terres (So., F/D, New Hope, Minn.); Saskatchewan) Summer Thibodeau (So., F, Maple Grove, Minn.); Kaitlyn Tougas* (Sr., F, Thunder Bay, Ontario); Whitney Wivoda* (Sr., F, Fairbanks, Alaska); Bailey Wright (So., F, St. Cloud State University Anchorage, Alaska) Brittney Anderson (So., D, Hudson, Wis.); Hanna Brodt* (Sr., F, Roseville, Minn.); Alyssa Erickson (So., F, Mission, British Columbia); Lauren Hespenheide* (Jr., University of Minnesota F, Shakopee, Minn.); Molly Illikainen (Sr., F, Grand Rapids, Minn.); Caroline Sydney Baldwin (So., D, Minnetonka, Minn.); Hannah Brandt* (Sr., F, Vadnais Markstrom* (Jr., D, Kovland, Sweden); Christa Moody* (Jr., D, Battle Creek, Heights, Minn.); Dani Cameranesi* (Jr., F, Plymouth, Minn.); Kelsey Cline* (Jr., Mich.); Payge Pena* (Jr., F, Maple Ridge, British Columbia); Jenna Redford* (Jr., D/F, Bloomington, Minn.); Paige Haley* (Jr., D/F, Red Wing, Minn.); Amanda D/F, Soldotna, Alaska); Lexi Slattery (Sr., D, Hugo, Minn.); Vanessa Spataro* (Sr., F, Kessel* (Sr., F, Madison, Wis.); Amanda Leveille (Sr., G, Kingston, Ontario); Kelly Stouffville, Ontario); Emma Turbyville (So., D, Chicago, Ill.) Pannek (So., F, Plymouth, Minn.); Sidney Peters* (So., G, Geneva, Ill.); Cara Piazza (So., F, Darien, Ill.); Kate Schipper* (Jr., F, Brooklyn Park, Minn.); Lee Stecklein* University of Wisconsin (Jr., D, Roseville, Minn.); Megan Wolfe (Jr., D, Eagan, Minn.); Nina Rodgers (So., F, Emily Clark (So., F, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan); Ann-Renée Desbiens* (Jr., G, Minnetonka, Minn.) La Malbaie, Quebec); Molly Doner (Sr., F, Mukilteo, Wash.); Kim Drake* (Sr., F, Mosinee, Wis.); Sydney McKibbon* (Jr., F, Oakville, Ontario); Megan Miller (Sr., University of Minnesota Duluth G, Long Grove, Ill.); Annie Pankowski (So., F, Laguna Hills, Calif.); Jenny Ryan** Lynn Astrup (So., D, Warroad, Minn.); Kayla Black* (Sr., G, Blyth, Ontario); (Jr., D, Victor, N.Y.); Jorie Walters (Sr., G, Grinnell, Ia.); Baylee Wellhausen (So., F, Ashleigh Brykaliuk (Jr., F, Brandon, Manitoba); Michela Cava (Sr., F, Thunder Williams Bay, Wis.); Lauren Williams (So., D, Windsor, Ontario) Bay, Ontario); Catherine Daoust (So., D, L'Île-Bizard, Québec); Jessica Healey (So., D, Edmonton, Alberta); Linnea Hedin (So., D, Huddinge, Sweden); Michelle Lowenhielm (So. F, Sollentuna, Sweden); Katherine McGovern* (Jr., F, Scottsdale, Ariz.); (Jr., D, Minnetonka, Minn.); Katerina Mrázová* (Jr., F, Prague, ); Lara Stalder* (Jr., F, Luzern, Switzerland)

Minnesota State University Kathryn Bidulka (So., G, Oakville, Ontario); Julia Carle (Fr., G, North St. Paul, Minn.); Lindsey Coleman (So., F, Burnsville, Minn.); Amanda Conway (So., F, Naperville, Ill.); Hannah Davidson (So., F, Kitchener, Ontario); Anna-Maria Fiegert* (Jr., D, Landshut, Germany); Megan Hinze (Fr., D, Carver, Minn.); Katie Johnson* (Sr., F, Anoka, Minn.); Anna Keys (So., D, Cottage Grove, Minn.); Victoria Lovdal (So., D, Fredrikstad, Norway); Amanda Martin (So., F, Peoria, Ariz.); Brianna Quade (Jr., G, Newcastle, Ontario); Emily Stegora (So., F, Red Wing, Minn.); Emma Wittchow (So., D, Burnsville, Minn.)

2015-16 Season in Review @wcha___whockey @wcha___whockey /WCHAWomensHockey wcha.com #TraditionStartsHere 2015-16 WCHA Season in Review - Awards #WCHA WCHA Scholar-Athletes WCHA Postgraduate Scholarship A total of 52 student-athletes, representing all eight member institutions, earned Now in its 13th year, the WCHA Postgraduate Scholarship Program awards grants of distinction as 2015-16 WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award winners. The WCHA Scholar- $7,500 for postgraduate studies. Athlete Award was developed through member team Faculty Representatives and approved by the conference membership for the 2005-06 season. To earn 2016 WCHA Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient (Women’s) recognition as a WCHA Scholar-Athlete, conference-member student-athletes Shelby Amsley-Benzie, University of North Dakota (Warroad, Minn.) must have completed at least one year of residency at their present institution By any and all measures, Amsley-Benzie represents the very best of college athletics. One of the nation’s top goaltenders, a 4.0 student while pursuing a combined degree prior to the current academic year and must also have a grade-point average of program, and tireless in her devotion to giving back in the community, she is an ideal at least 3.50 on a 4.0 scale for the previous two semesters or three quarters, or representative of the University of North Dakota, the WCHA and the NCAA. may qualify if his/her overall GPA is at least 3.50 for all terms at his or her present institution. A two-time, top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, a 2015 All- American and WCHA Goaltending Champion, and a First Team All-WCHA performer The full list of 2015-16 WCHA Scholar-Athletes, by institution (**** indicates (junior season), Amsley-Benzie posted a 67-33-10 career record in 111 collegiate four-time recipient; *** indicates three-time recipient; ** indicates two-time games, along with a .929 save percentage, a 1.69 goals-against average and 22 recipient): shutouts. She is UND’s all-time leader in every major goaltending category, while in WCHA history she ranks sixth for shutouts, eighth for games played, tied for eighth for Bemidji State University wins, 12th for GAA, tied for 14th for save percentage and 16th for saves (2,474). Mackenzie Bruch (Sr., G, Barrie, Ontario); Carley Esse (Jr., D, Cloquet, Minn.); Reilly Fawcett (So., F, Proctor, Minn.); Madison Hutchinson** (Jr., D, Manitou, While compiling a prestigious and ongoing athletic career, which has also included Manitoba); Alexis Joyce (So., D, Lakeville, Minn.); Megan Lushanko** (Sr., F, invitations to four prestigious USA Hockey camps or training sessions, Amsley-Benzie Chisago City, Minn.); Lauren Miller** (Jr., F, Brockville, Ontario); Hanna Moher*** has excelled academically. The native of Warroad, Minn. has maintained a perfect (Sr., F, Milton, Ontario); Brittni Mowat** (Jr., G, Glenboro, Manitoba); Emma 4.0 grade-point average in a combined degree program within UND’s College of Engineering and Mines, which will allow her to obtain a Bachelor of Science in Terres (So., F/D, New Hope. Minn.); Summer Thibodeau (So., F, Maple Grove, Chemical Engineering and a Master of Science with a major in chemical engineering Minn.); Kaitlyn Tougas (Sr., F, Thunder Bay, Ontario); Whitney Wivoda**** (Sr., F, over the course of five years. Fairbanks, Alaska) Simply put, her career goals in the field are nothing short of remarkable. After University of Minnesota pursuing a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, Amsley-Benzie hopes to Hannah Brandt** (Sr., F, Vadnais Heights, Minn.); Kelsey Cline** (Jr., D/F, apply knowledge of how drugs interact with the body and apply it to help those who Bloomington, Minn.); Kelly Pannek (So., F, Plymouth, Minn.); Sidney Peters** are suffering from various afflictions – from working to develop new cancer-fighting (So., G, Geneva, Ill.); Cara Piazza (So., F, Darien, Ill.); Kate Schipper** (Jr., F, drugs to enhancing current medications to assist those plagued with disease to live Brooklyn Park, Minn.); Lee Stecklein** (Jr., D, Roseville, Minn.) longer and fuller lives.

University of Minnesota Duluth “Receiving this award is one of the greatest feelings I’ve had, and I am very grateful,” Lynn Astrup (So., D, Warroad, Minn.); Kayla Black** (Sr., G, Blyth, Ontario); said Amsley-Benzie. “I will be able to finish my master’s degree in chemical Catherine Daoust (So., D, L'Île-Bizard, Québec); Linnea Hedin (So., D, Huddinge, engineering with a conjugate in biology. After finishing my studies, my goal is to work Sweden); Lara Stalder (Jr., F, Lucerne, Switzerland) for a drug company or in the pharmaceutical field to develop new drugs that can help those suffering throughout the world. Minnesota State University, Mankato “This award enables me to finish my graduate work at UND, while being less of a Amanda Conway (So., F, Naperville, Ill.); Anna-Maria Fiegert** (Jr., D, Landshut, financial burden on my mother, who is a single mother of two and who has sacrificed Germany); Anna Keys (So., D, Cottage Grove, Minn.); Victoria Løvdal (So., D, so much for me – financially and emotionally – to allow me to pursue my dreams of Fredrikstad, Norway); Amanda Martin (So., F, Peoria, Ariz.) being a Division I college athlete and to someday play for the U.S. Women’s National Team. Education has always been a priority to me and my family; knowing that my University of North Dakota mother will not have to worry about me while I finish my studies is really what makes Shelby Amsley-Benzie**** (Sr., G, Warroad, Minn.); Annie Chipman** (So., G, this award so special to me.” Winnipeg, Manitoba); Meghan Dufault*** (Sr., F, Winnipeg, Manitoba); Tanja Eisenschmid*** (Sr., D, Kaufbeuren, Germany); Kayla Gardner** (Jr., F, Warroad, A two-time Academic All-American, Amsley-Benzie is also a four-time WCHA Scholar- Minn.); Shannon Kaiser**** (Sr., F, Crookston, Minn.); Halli Krzyzaniak** (Jr., D, Athlete Award recipient and was a member of the WCHA All-Academic Team four Neepawa, Manitoba); Sam LaShomb*** (Sr., D/F, Inver Grove Heights, Minn.); years running. She has spent nine semesters on the UND Dean’s List and President’s Amy Menke** (Jr., F, Shakopee, Minn.); Marissa Salo (Jr., F, Grand Rapids, Minn.) Honor Roll, and has been part of the Athletic Department Honor Roll for Student- Athletes during each of her five years. She has also consistently given back to the Ohio State University community by volunteering across a variety of settings, both on campus and in the Claudia Kepler** (Jr., F, Verona, Wis.); Katie Matheny** (Jr., F, Chesterfield, Mo.); greater Grand Forks area. Bryanna Neuwald*** (Sr., D, Oakville, Ontario) Nominating Amsley-Benzie for the WCHA Postgraduate Scholarship was Dr. Sue Jeno, Faculty Athletics Representative at the University of North Dakota. St. Cloud State University Hanna Brodt*** (Sr., F, Roseville, Minn.); Caroline Markström** (Jr., D, Kovland, “On behalf of the entire Western Collegiate Hockey Association family, we are thrilled Sweden); Christa Moody** (Jr., D, Battle Creek, Mich.); Jenna Radford** (Jr., D/F, to recognize Ms. Shelby Amsley-Benzie as this season’s Postgraduate Scholarship Soldotna, Alaska); Vanessa Spataro (Sr., F, Stouffville, Ontario); Emma Turbyville recipient,” said Bill Robertson, WCHA President and Interim Women’s League (So., D, Chicago, Ill.) Commissioner. “Shelby is an exemplary student-athlete who embodies the true mission of the WCHA and its member institutions. University of Wisconsin Megan Miller (Sr., G, Long Grove, Ill.); Annie Pankowski (So., F, Laguna Hills, “During her time on campus, Shelby competed at the highest level of college hockey, Calif.); Jenny Ryan** (Jr., D, Victor, N.Y.) maintained a standard of academic excellence and made invaluable contributions within her community. She has proven to be a selfless individual who aspires to further her education with the goal of making lasting contributions for the betterment of society; we are truly thrilled to be able to assist in these inspiring ambitions. We applaud Shelby's commitment, effort and dedication; we thank her for being a tremendous ambassador for the WCHA; and we wish her all the best in her future academic and personal endeavors.”

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USCHO.com USA TODAY/USA Hockey Magazine March 21, 2016 (FINAL) March 21, 2016 (FINAL) Rk Team (1st Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll Rank Team, Points (1st place) Last Wk Record Top 10 1 Minnesota (15) 35-4-1 150 3 1. Minnesota, 190 (19) 3 35-4-1 24 2 Boston College 40-1-0 135 1 2. Boston College, 171 1 40-1-0 24 3 Wisconsin 35-4-1 119 2 3. Wisconsin, 152 2 35-4-1 24 4 Clarkson 30-5-5 106 5 4. Clarkson, 133 4 30-5-5 24 5 Quinnipiac 30-3-5 90 4 5. Quinnipiac, 114 5 30-3-5 24 6 Northeastern 28-9-1 74 6 6. Northeastern, 94 6 28-9-1 23 7 Princeton 22-9-2 50 7 7. Princeton, 72 7 22-9-2 16 8 Colgate 22-9-7 35 8 8. Colgate, 47 8 22-9-7 10 9 North Dakota 18-12-5 31 9 9. Bemidji State, 37 9 22-11-3 24 10 Bemidji State 22-11-3 28 10 10. North Dakota, 31 10 18-12-5 24 Also receiving votes: Mercyhurst 4, St. Lawrence 2, Boston University Also receiving votes: Mercyhurst, 4. 1.

WCHA Against the Rest By Team vs CHA vs ECAC vs HEA vs Ind Total Bemidji State 3-0-1 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 5-0-1 Minnesota 2-0-0 3-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 6-0-0 Minnesota Duluth 2-0-0 1-1-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 3-3-0 Minnesota State 2-2-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-2-1 North Dakota 1-1-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-1-0 Ohio State 3-1-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 4-2-0 St. Cloud State 2-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 4-0-0 Wisconsin 3-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 7-0-0 TOTALS: 18-4-1 9-1-1 8-3-0 0-0-0 35-8-2 (.804) (.864) (.727) (.---) (.800)

By Site vs CHA vs ECAC vs HEA vs Ind Total Home 8-2-1 7-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 15-3-2 Away 10-2-0 2-0-0 5-2-0 0-0-0 17-4-0 Neutral 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-1-0 0-0-0 3-1-0 TOTALS: 18-4-1 9-1-1 8-3-0 0-0-0 35-8-2 (.804) (.864) (.727) (.---) (.800)

WCHA Head-to-Head (Regular Season) BSU UMN UMD MSU UND OSU SCSU UW W-L-T-SW Pts BSU --- 0-4-0 4-0-0 4-0-0 2-1-1 4-0-0 3-0-1 0-4-0 17-9-2-1 54 UMN 4-0-0 --- 4-0-0 4-0-0 2-1-1 4-0-0 4-0-0 2-2-0 24-3-1-0 73 UMD 0-4-0 0-4-0 ---- 4-0-0 1-3-0 3-1-0 2-1-1 0-4-0 10-17-1-0 31 MSU 0-4-0 0-4-0 0-4-0 --- 0-3-1 0-3-1 0-3-1 0-4-0 0-25-3-0 3 UND 1-2-1 1-2-1 3-1-0 3-0-1 --- 2-2-0 2-1-1 1-2-1 13-10-5-3 47 OSU 0-4-0 0-4-0 1-3-0 3-0-1 2-2-0 --- 0-4-0 0-4-0 6-21-1-1 20 SCSU 0-3-1 0-4-0 1-2-1 3-0-1 1-2-1 4-0-0 --- 0-4-0 9-15-4-3 34 UW 4-0-0 2-2-0 4-0-0 4-0-0 2-1-1 4-0-0 4-0-0 --- 24-3-1-1 74

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#12 - Trio of New Coaches Join #11 - Husky Pride the WCHA St. Cloud State continued to show it is a program on the rise in 2015-16, posting its most league wins (9) and overall victories (13) since the 2009-10 campaign, The 2015-16 season was a momentous one in the WCHA for many reasons, while also earning its highest WCHA finish (fifth) in six years. Under second-year including the debut of three new head coaches: Maura Crowell at Minnesota head coach Eric Rud, the Huskies also recorded eight road wins – their most Duluth, John Harrington at Minnesota State and Jenny Potter at Ohio State. away from SCSU since 2008-09.

Crowell, who helped build Harvard into a national power during a five-year The Huskies' progress was most prominent in November, when SCSU put tenure as assistant coach, interim head coach and associate head coach, together a perfect month (6-0-0) – part of a longer seven-game unbeaten streak successfully navigated the nation's toughest schedule (by RPI) and eventually (6-0-1) that stands as the second-longest in school history. St. Cloud State swept guided the Bulldogs back to the WCHA Final Face-Off in her first campaign. UMD, a pair of home WCHA series (vs. Minnesota State and Ohio State), went on the which played its first six games on the road and 12 of its first 16 contests against road and won twice in a nonconference set at Lindenwood, then played to a ranked opponents, posted consecutive victories against top-10 teams since 2-2 tie Dec. 4 at Minnesota Duluth (before earning the extra league point in a 2013. After finishing with a 10-17-1-0 mark in league play, the Bulldogs (15-21-1 shootout win). overall) upset third-seeded Bemidji State in the WCHA Quarterfinals, sweeping the host Beavers at the Sanford Center (5-1 and 2-1 in OT). Senior goaltender Katie Fitzgerald earned WCHA Defensive Player of the Month accolades for November, while she fashioned a 1.41 goals-against average and a Following a distinguished, two-decade career on the bench for men's programs league-leading .948 save percentage (including a WCHA-high 182 saves) during in Denver (assistant coach), St. Cloud State (associate head coach) and St. John's the seven-game run. Fellow senior Molly Illikianen – an eventual All-WCHA Third (head coach), along with a stint as a Colorado Avalanche scout, Harrington Team selection – tallied 14 points (8g-6a) and a WCHA-high three game-winning returned to the WCHA with Minnesota State. Featuring one of the league's goals over the five-week stretch. Finally, WCHA All-Rookie Team performerJulia youngest rosters (including 10 freshmen and 20 underclassmen), Harrington's Tylke registered a point in all seven games (5g-6a—11pts), while factoring in Mavericks proved to be a team on the rise during a highly-competitive second four of the Huskies' six game-winning goals (scoring one and assisting on three half. After Nov. 28, Minnesota State played eventual national champion others). Minnesota to a one-goal loss, posted a 5-5 tie at No. 8 North Dakota, and had 13 of its final 19 games decided by two-or-fewer goals.

A two-time WCHA Player of the Year and twice an All-American during her collegiate career at Minnesota Duluth, four-time Olympic medalist Potter returned to the league for her first D-I coaching assignment. Under Potter's tutelage, freshman defenseman Lauren Boyle earned WCHA All-Rookie team honors. The entire Buckeyes team showed steady growth, posting a pair of wins over eventual Final Face-Off participant and nationally-ranked North Dakota, while ranking fourth in the league for scoring offense during WCHA play.

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#10 - Record-Setting Year in #9 - The Next Level Bemidji Championship-winning, overtime goal at the 2015 Four Nations Cup? Check (Hilary Knight).

Over the past two seasons in Bemidji, a potential new giant has begun to 32-save shutout in a 1-0, overtime victory to earn gold at the 2016 IIHF Women's World emerge in the shadows of Paul Bunyan: Bemidji State women's hockey. After a Championships? Check (Alex Rigsby). breakthrough 2014-15 season that saw BSU advance to the championship game Tournament MVP at the 2016 Worlds? Check (Knight). of the WCHA Final Face-Off, the 2015-16 Beavers put together the best regular season in program annals. 2016 USA Hockey Award recipients? Check (Monique Lamoureux-Morando – Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year; Knight – Bob Johnson Award) At 22-11-3, second-year head coach Jim Scanlan and the Beavers posted the most overall wins and league wins (17) in program history, reached the 20-victory Five selections in the first-ever National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) draft? Check plateau during the regular season for the first time ever, secured its highest- (Hannah Brandt, Courtney Burke, Milica McMillen, Amanda Leveille and Maryanne ever WCHA finish (third), and ended the campaign ranked 10th nationally Menefee). USA Today USA Hockey Magazine in the USCHO.com poll and ninth in the / MVP, Leading Scorer and Best Defenseman for NWHL's inaugural season? Check (Brianna ledger. Bemidji State, which hosted a home playoff series for the first time ever, Decker, Knight and Gigi Marvin). ascended to No. 4/5 in the polls on Nov. 9 – the highest rankings ever for a Beavers team. Long the nation's premier women's college hockey conference, the WCHA continued to leave its mark on international and professional ice in 2015-16. Among the highlights: Bemidji State boasted the nation's ninth-ranked scoring defense, yielding just 1.89 goals per game. Ivana Bilic capped a terrific collegiate career by earning 2015 Four Nations Cup Thirty-two (32) current and former WCHA players – representing seven member institutions WCHA Defensive Player of the Year and Third Team All-USCHO and All-WCHA – competed for the United States, Canada, Finland and host Sweden at the 2015 Four accolades. Fellow blue-liner Melissa Hunt was named to the WCHA All-Rookie Nations Cup. Team. Junior goaltender Brittni Mowat, who was in the net for all 22 Beavers' wins and was tabbed to the All-WCHA Second Team, ranked among the NCAA's WCHA players accounted for four of the five goals in the championship game, including all top-10 for: wins (6th), shutouts (t-7th with 5), goals-against average (8th at 1.68), three by the United States as the Americans rallied for a 3-2, overtime victory. AfterNatalie save percentage (9th at .938) and saves (9th at 873). Spooner (OSU) gave Team Canada a 1-0, second-period lead, Wisconsin alumna Brianna Decker knotted the game 5:32 later. With her team again trailing, 2-1, into the third period, Decker scored 1:46 into the stanza for a 2-2 tie that stood into overtime. Another Badger Stephanie Anderson, who earned a gold medal with the U.S. Women's National great, Hilary Knight, secured gold for the United States with a dramatic goal just 36 seconds Team at the 2015 Four Nations Cup and was on the U.S. roster for the 2016 IIHF into OT. (Wisconsin) made 30 saves for Team USA. World Championships, matched fellow senior Kristin Huber for the team lead with 11 goals. Another senior, Kaitlyn Tougas, paced BSU with 29 points (8g-21a). 2016 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships Led by the 11 who helped the United States win its third consecutive gold, 21 current and former Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) players medaled (and 36 participated) at the 2016 Worlds, held March 28 through April 4 in Kamloops, British Columbia. Eight members of the silver-medalist Canadian squad hailed from the WCHA, while a pair of Russian forwards earned bronze.

Hilary Knight was named to the All-Star Team, was tabbed the competition's best forward and – for the second consecutive year – was selected as the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Joining Knight on the All-Star Team was defenseman and former North Dakota standout Monique Lamoureux-Morando.

The final 2016 Women's Worlds statistical leaderboard featured several WCHA products. Knight led the tournament with seven goals and tied for first with nine points; the Lamoureux twins (Monique and Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson), along with Minnesota Duluth junior-to-be Lara Stalder, all had a Worlds-best five assists; Knight and Lamoureux- Davidson tied for top honors with a +8 rating; and, former Wisconsin great Alex Rigsby led all goaltenders with a .986 save percentage, a 0.31 goals-against average and two shutouts (including a 32-save, 1-0 blanking in the Americans' 1-0, overtime win over Canada in the gold-medal game).

2015 National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) Draft Five WCHA players (per NWHL rules, seniors-to-be at the time) were selected in the inaugural NWHL draft: Minnesota'sHannah Brandt (Connecticut Whale, 1st Round – 2nd pick overall), Wisconsin's Courtney Burke (Buffalo Beauts, 1st Round – 4th pick overall), and Gophers Milica McMillen (Connecticut Whale, 3rd Round – 10th pick overall), Amanda Leveille (Buffalo Beauts, 3rd Round – 12th pick overall) andMaryanne Menefee (Connecticut Whale, 4th Round – 14th pick overall).

2015-16 NWHL Season The inaugural season of the NWHL saw several WCHA alumnae in starring roles. Former Badger great Brianna Decker was voted the league's Most Valuable Player after helping the Boston Pride win the Isobel Cup, while Pride teammate and fellow Wisconsin alumna Hilary Knight was the Scoring Champion with 33 points (15g-18a). A third Pride player, Gigi Marvin, earned Defensive Player of the Year honors.

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#8 - Final Face-Off Championship #7 - Kessel Returns to the Ice

Game Aired Live on FOX Sports A two-time All-American. The 2013 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner. orth One of the greatest players to ever skate for the University of Minnesota or N in the WCHA. But, for nearly three years, it appeared that this star was also – prematurely – a "former" collegiate hockey player. Amanda Kessel, however, In a historic agreement that brought live television coverage of its top game fought back and, on Feb. 5, 2016, she returned to the ice to begin a truly throughout the Upper Midwest and beyond, the WCHA partnered with FOX remarkable and thrilling 13-game run to properly close out her career in the Sports North (FSN) – the region's preeminent sports network – to telecast the Maroon and Gold. championship game of the 2016 WCHA Final Face-Off. The title game matchup, pitting two of the sport's most storied programs in Wisconsin and Minnesota, A transcendent player, Kessel had last skated collegiately in the 2013 National was shown live on both FSN and the FOX Sports Wisconsin Alternate Channel – a Championship game – leading the Gophers to a victory that triumphantly reach of more than 2 million homes throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and wrapped up a perfect 41-0-0 season – before taking a redshirt year to represent North and South Dakota. the United States at the 2014 Winter in Sochi, Russia. However, a concussion suffered during the run-up to Sochi forced her to miss the entire The game was a worthy showcase of college hockey's top talent, with the 2014-15 season and the first five months of the 2015-16 campaign. nationally third-ranked Badgers earning a thrilling, 1-0 win over the No. 2 Gophers. Wisconsin junior goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens cemented Always a highly anticipated game when Minnesota and North Dakota face off, tournament Most Outstanding Player honors with a 35-save shutout, including the night of Feb. 5 took on extra meaning. Kessel, reunited with center Hannah 14 stops during a frenetic third period that preserved the one-goal victory. Fellow Brandt on the Gophers' top line, produced a pair of assists in her first game back, junior Sydney McKibbon scored the game's lone goal at the 12:28 mark of the earning First Star honors and helping Minnesota to a 3-0 win in front of 2,635 second period, fighting off a check to cash in on a rebound opportunity. delighted fans at Ridder Arena. With the win, Wisconsin captured its second-straight Final Face-Off Overall, Kessel tallied a point in 10 of her 13 games, finishing with 17 overall championship and matched Minnesota for the most WCHA playoff titles in (11g-6a) and a +10 rating as Minnesota went 11-1-1 with her in the lineup. She league history with six. wrapped up by scoring in all three NCAA tournament games, leading the Gophers to the national title. Kessel netted a hat trick (including the game-winner) in the quarterfinal win over Princeton, scored the third-period equalizer in an eventual overtime victory over Wisconsin in the semifinals, and a second-period marker against Boston College that stood as the game-winner of the 2016 National Championship game.

A three-time NCAA champion, Kessel finished her Minnesota career with 108 goals, 140 assists and 248 points in 126 games. She ranks sixth in WCHA history (since 1999-2000) for points and assists, and tied for seventh for goals. In Gophers' annals (since 1997-98), she is second for points, and third for both goals and assists. In NCAA history (since 2000-01), Kessel is eighth for points and assists, and tied for 11th for goals.

Kessel will continue her hockey career next season with the New York Riveters in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).

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#6 - Brandt Concludes Historic #5 - Wisconsin Returns to the Top Career of the WCHA Mountain

Her first point was a goal on Sept. 28, 2012 at Ridder Arena against Colgate A strong argument can be made that winning the WCHA regular season title is – part of a hat trick in her collegiate debut. Her last point was an assist on among the highest accomplishments in college athletics, what with half of the March 20, 2016 at the Whittemore Center against Boston College in the NCAA league (four teams) finishing the 2015-16 season ranked in the top-10 nationally Championship Game. Those two games – the Gophers' first with her in uniform (and a fifth spending a portion of the year in the polls). Emerging as champion and her last – featured point(s) by Hannah Brandt and were Minnesota wins, of the WCHA postseason tournament is equally as impressive, with quarterfinal both hallmarks of a remarkable college career. round winners entering a Final Face-Off that, on a nearly annual basis, features the eventual NCAA champ (and, in 2016, boasted a field of three, top-10 teams). One of the all-time great players in the history of women's college hockey, Brandt wrapped up her career with prominent places throughout the WCHA and NCAA Winning both in the same year? A fantastic feat – and one that was achieved by record books. She finished with 285 points, matching Jocelyne Lamoureux- the Wisconsin Badgers in 2015-16. Davidson for most in WCHA history (since 1999-2000), while her 170 assists are the most in league annals and her 115 goals are tied for fourth. In NCAA history The Badgers enjoyed another tremendous season under head coach Mark (since 2000-01), Brandt finished tied for second for points, second for assists and Johnson, earning their fifth WCHA regular season crown in program history (and tied for seventh for goals. She is the Gophers' all-time leading scorer and holds first since 2011-12) with a 24-win, 74-point campaign. UW then successfully the program record for assists, while ranking second for goals. defended its Final Face-Off championship, in the process matching the league record with its sixth postseason title in program annals. A native of Vadnais Heights, Minn., Brandt tallied at least one point in 127 of her 158 career games with Minnesota, while factoring in 58 game-winning goals Wisconsin got off to a blistering start, winning its first 12 conference games en (scoring 21 and assisting on 37). route to a program-best 18-0-0 start. The Badgers, who set an NCAA record with nine-straight shutouts during the 18-game run, outscored opponents 85-9 during Brandt was a cornerstone for the winningest class in Gophers history. Her the span – a stretch that cumulated with UW's first sweep of Minnesota since the Minnesota teams compiled a 148-9-6 (.926) overall record and a 100-6-6 (.920) 2009-10 season. mark in WCHA play, won three league regular season titles and two postseason crowns, and three national championships (while playing in the Frozen Four After a loss and tie (with a shootout win) in their final series of the 2015 calendar title game each year). She also helped the Gophers to 54 consecutive victories year, the Badgers promptly went on another 12-game league winning streak to between Sept. 28, 2012 and Nov. 16, 2013 – part of Minnesota's NCAA-record 62 open 2016. UW fittingly clinched the league title in front of their raucous home straight wins. fans on the season's penultimate weekend, defeating Minnesota State 8-1 on Feb. 14 at LaBahn Arena. The Badgers' 24 league wins tied their own program On the ice, Brandt was a four-time Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award top-10 finalist record and matched the fourth-highest total in WCHA history. (and twice a top-3 finalist) and a three-time First Team All-American. She was named to the All-WCHA First Team all four years on campus, was the league's Holding the top seed for the WCHA playoffs, Wisconsin posted four shutouts in Rookie of the Year in 2013 and was twice tabbed Player of the Year (2014 and the conference postseason to capture the Final Face-Off crown for the second- 2015). Also a stellar student, Brandt was a WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award recipient consecutive year. Junior goaltenderAnn-Renée Desbiens, senior defenseman and All-Academic Team member all three years she was eligible. Courtney Burke, sophomore forward Emily Clark and junior forward Sydney McKibbon were each named to the WCHA All-Tournament team for their postseason performance. Desbiens was named the Final Face-Off's Most Outstanding player for her two blank slates in the tournament, including a 35-save effort in a thrilling, 1-0 win over Minnesota in the championship game.

Desbiens, the league's Goaltending Champion, was named the WCHA Player of the Year after her record-setting campaign, becoming only the second netminder to earn the accolade. Additionally, she was named to the All-WCHA First Team, alongside Burke and sophomore Annie Pankowski. Clark and junior Jenny Ryan were named to the Second Team, junior Sarah Nurse was awarded Third Team honors, and Sam Cogan was named to the All-Rookie Team. Johnson was also named the WCHA Coach of the Year for the seventh time in his career.

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#4 - National Award Winners #3 - WCHA Comprises Half of

The nation's premier women's college hockey conference had no shortage of Frozen Four Field sensational team and individual performances in 2015-16, with WCHA players from every position on the ice earning national accolades. For the third-straight year and the 11th time in the 16-year history of the National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship, at least two of the Individual Honors Frozen Four participants were WCHA schools. This past March in Durham, N.H., Record-setting Wisconsin goaltenderAnn-Renée Desbiens was named the Minnesota and Wisconsin reprised their Border Battle in a semifinal contest USCHO National Player of the Year after fashioning arguably the best campaign at the Whittemore Center Arena. After playing five times previously in 2015- by a netminder in NCAA history. The junior set the all-time NCAA Division I single- 16 (and with the Badgers winning three times, including in the Final Face-Off season records (men's and women's) for save percentage (.960), goals-against championship game two weeks prior), the teams played an epic contest, with average (0.76) and shutouts (21), while posting a 33-4-1 mark in 38 games. Sarah Potomak's overtime game-winner sending the Gophers into the national championship game. Minnesota forward Sarah Potomak was tabbed as the National Rookie of the Year by both the Women's Hockey Commissioner's Association and USCHO. She Long a tremendous rivalry filled with some of the greatest players and top teams finished a sensational first season by leading all NCAA freshmen with 39 assists, in the sport's history, the 2015-16 Border Battle series was once again superb. 54 points, 1.03 assists per game, 1.42 points per game, nine power-play assists Wisconsin opened with victories in both games at LaBahn Arena in December, and a +55 rating. using an Annie Pankowski overtime goal to win the opener, before posting a 3-1 victory the second day for its first sweep of Minnesota since the 2009-10 season. All-Americans The Gophers returned the favor in February in Minneapolis, with Kelly Pannek's Six WCHA players earned CCM All-America honors, led by First Team selections overtime winner in the regular season finale giving Minnesota a home sweep. Desbiens and Minnesota forward Hannah Brandt. Blue-liners Courtney Burke Game five of the season series – and the Final Face-Off crown – went to UW, (Wisconsin) and Lee Stecklein (Minnesota) were joined by forwards Dani which received 35 saves from Ann-Renée Desbiens in a 1-0 triumph at Ridder Cameranesi (UMN) and Annie Pankowski (UW) in garnering Second Team Arena. accolades. This year's Frozen Four contest marked the third-straight year the Gophers and Brandt (64 points in 36 games for a 1.78 points-per-game average) and Badgers met in a national semifinal. The two teams traded first-period goals, with Cameranesi (68 points in 40 contests for a 1.70 mark) ranked fourth and fifth, freshmen Taylor Williamson (Minnesota) and Sophia Shaver (Wisconsin) both respectively, in national points-per-game average. Pankowski was seventh in that scoring. Emily Clark gave UW a 2-1 lead with 18 seconds remaining before the category, producing 1.45 points each game (58 points in 40 games). second intermission; however, the Gophers' Amanda Kessel answered with the equalizer 27 seconds into the third period. Amanda Leveille made 37 saves for Burke, the Badgers' captain, compiled five goals, 30 assists and a +46 rating while Minnesota, while Desbiens recorded 38 stops. anchoring the NCAA's top-rated defense. Stecklein complemented 30 points (8g- 22a) with a +51 rating as the Gophers finished fourth nationally for goals allowed Potomak, the eventual National Rookie of the Year, scored the unassisted winner per game. at the 15:00 mark of overtime to vault Minnesota into its fifth-straight national championship game. Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award WCHA players made up half of the top-10 finalists field for the 2016 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, with an NCAA-high five league standouts – representing three schools – among those recognized by the USA Hockey Federation.

The five WCHA nominees included the only two goaltenders among the top-10 finalists (North Dakota'sShelby Amsley-Benzie and Wisconsin's Desbiens), a pair of Minnesota forwards (Brandt – who was a top-10 finalist in each of her four collegiate seasons – and Cameranesi), and one of just two underclassmen (Wisconsin sophomore forward Pankowski).

Desbiens became the lone netminder among the award's top-three finalists.

All-USCHO Teams The WCHA also led all conferences with nine players on the All-USCHO Women's D-I teams. Wisconsin's Desbiens was named to the First Team; Minnesota's Brandt, Cameranesi, Stecklein and goaltender Amanda Leveille, along with UW's Pankowski, earned Second Team honors; while UW's Burke and Bemidji State defenseman Ivana Bilic garnered Third Team accolades. UMN's Potomak was tabbed to the All-Rookie Team.

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#2 - 10 Hours, 24 Minutes and #1 - Minnesota Wins the 18 Seconds of Scoreless Hockey 2016 NCAA National Championship

Given all that could – and often does – go wrong or off-script in a hockey game, Once again, the premier conference in women's college hockey is home to the posting a shutout at any level of the sport is an impressive achievement, a sport's Division I national champion. testament to superb goaltending, stellar blue-line effort and excellent teamwork between all six players on the ice. How about posting a shutout not just in one For the 16th time in the league's illustrious 17-year history (and for the 15th game, but an entire two game series? How about not just one series, but two; or, time in 16 possible NCAA tournaments), a WCHA team will raise the national how about for eight games – an entire month's worth of college hockey? Now, championship banner, as the won their second- how about not allowing a single goal for parts of 11 games, at the top level of straight title and seventh in program history. Minnesota, which ended Boston women's college hockey in the country? College's bid for a perfect season with a victory in the national championship game, captured its NCAA-record sixth Frozen Four crown (and fourth in the last Impossible, you say? Not for the 2015-16 Wisconsin Badgers. five years under head coach Brad Frost).

Beginning at the 18:45 mark of the first period during an Oct. 3 victory over The Gophers began their ninth-straight appearance in the National Collegiate Providence and ending with 16:57 left in regulation of a Nov. 14 triumph at Women's Ice Hockey Championship (and 14th all-time) with a 6-2, quarterfinal Minnesota Duluth, Wisconsin held its opponents scoreless – a sensational streak round victory over Princeton at Ridder Arena. After spotting the Tigers an early, that spanned parts of 11 games, included an incredible nine-straight shutouts 1-0 lead just 29 seconds into the game, Minnesota scored the game's next six and an NCAA DI-record (men's or women's) 624 minutes, 18 seconds of shutout goals – including a hat trick from senior forward Amanda Kessel. Fellow senior hockey. The remarkable run, which spanned more than a full calendar month, Hannah Brandt tallied a three-point effort (1g-2a), while the Gophers received was fueled by standout junior goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens, who also set two assists apiece from Lee Stecklein and Kelsey Cline, along with goals by Sarah a NCAA standard (men's or women's) with a 543:33 personal scoreless streak Potomak and Dani Cameranesi. (nearly 100 minutes longer than the previous record of 448:32, set by Badger legend Jessie Vetter during the 2006-07 season). Making its NCAA-record 12th Frozen Four appearance, Minnesota advanced to its fifth-straight national title game with an epic, 3-2 overtime victory over After the 8-1 victory over Providence during which the streak started, the Wisconsin in the semifinals. After freshmenTaylor Williamson (Minnesota) and Badgers' nine-straight shutouts spanned both games of WCHA series against Sophia Shaver (Wisconsin) traded goals in the first period, Emily Clark gave the Ohio State, at St. Cloud State, vs. Bemidji State and at Minnesota State, and then Badgers a 2-1 lead with 18 seconds remaining before the second intermission. the first contest of a set at Minnesota Duluth. Counting the portions of the games However, Kessel answered with the equalizer 27 seconds into the third period, vs. Providence (after the Friars' goal) and at UMD (before the Bulldogs' score), before Potomak scored the unassisted winner at the 15:00 mark of overtime. Wisconsin tallied 54 goals while keeping their opponents off the scoreboard. Potomak, the Frozen Four's Most Outstanding Player, helped ensure that the The Badgers were not done after the streak, however. UW also recorded five- 2012-13 Gophers remain the lone undefeated team in NCAA history, scoring straight shutouts during the postseason, spanning the entirety of the Badgers' just 13 seconds into the national title game to put Minnesota on top, 1-0, in an WCHA playoff championship run and their NCAA quarterfinal round victory eventual 3-1 victory. The freshman then assisted on Kessel's third-period marker, over Mercyhurst. For the season, Wisconsin tallied a WCHA-record 23 shutouts part of a two-goal final stanza that gave the Gophers a 3-0 lead over a Boston and finished the season with an NCAA-record of a mere 0.72 goals-allowed per College team that entered with a perfect 40-0-0 record. Kelly Pannek tallied the contest. final UMN goal, while senior goaltenderAmanda Leveille – who stopped 69-of- 72 shots in the Frozen Four – cemented her spot on the All-Tournament team Desbiens fashioned perhaps the finest season by a goaltender in NCAA history, with a 32-save effort. Kessel and Stecklein, along with Potomak, also garnered shattering numerous program, conference and NCAA records during a historic All-Tournament honors. campaign. The La Malbaie, Québec native racked up 21 shutouts, setting the NCAA men's and women's single-season record. A top-three finalist for the Patty Minnesota's previous national championships came in 2000 (AWCHA), along with Kazmaier Memorial Award, her .960 save percentage and 0.76 goals-against 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013 and 2015 (NCAA). average also established NCAA records. Desbiens became just the second netminder to earn WCHA Player of the Year honors, while she was also named a First Team CCM All-American and the USCHO Player of the Year.

While Desbiens was the backstop, every player on the ice played a role in UW's run of clean sheets, including its exceptional defensemen. Anchored by senior captain Courtney Burke and assistant captain Jenny Ryan (a junior in 2015-16), the Badgers' blue-line corps also featured junior Mellissa Channell, sophomores Lauren Williams and Maddie Rolfes, and freshman Mikaela Gardner.

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Head Coach: Jim Scanlan (2nd season) Head Coach: Brad Frost (9th season) Record at BSU: 43-28-4 Record at UMN: 293-45-22 2014-15 Overall Record: 21-17-1 (13-14-1-1) 2014-15 Overall Record: 34-3-4 (22-2-4-2) 2015-16 Overall Record: 22-11-3 (17-9-2-1) 2015-16 Overall Record: 35-4-1 (24-3-1-0)

Beavers Gophers Bemidji State University University of Minnesota

• The 2015-16 season was historic for the Bemidji State women's hockey • National champion Minnesota (35-4-1) won back-to-back titles for the third time in team after the Beavers set a program record with 22 wins and the first time program history by defeating Boston College, 3-1, in the 2016 national championship winning 20 games during the regular season. game. The game marked the Gophers’ fifth-straight appearance in the NCAA title game. • Minnesota has now won four of the last five national titles. This season, the Gophers • The Beavers finished the season 22-11-3 and had their best finish in the secured the program’s seventh national title after also winning titles in 2000, 2004, WCHA standings at third with 54 points (17-9-2). 2005, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2016. • The Beavers end the 2015-16 season ranked No. 10 in the USCHO.com poll • Sarah Potomak was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Frozen Four, and she and No. 9 in the USA Today/Hockey Magazine final polls. joined Amanda Kessel, Amanda Leveille, and Lee Stecklein on the Frozen Four all- • BSU achieved its highest ranking ever earlier during the season at No. 4/5 in tournament team. Leveille combined for 69 saves on 72 shots on goal in the two Frozen the polls Nov. 9. Four games. • The Beavers hosted their first-ever home playoff series this season as the No. • This year’s NCAA tournament berth marked Minnesota’s 14th appearance in the NCAA postseason since 2001-02 (23-9-1), and the Gophers qualified for the tournament for 3 seed but fell to Minnesota Duluth in the best of three series. the ninth consecutive year. The Gophers are 14-1-0 in NCAA games since 2012. • Senior defenseman Ivana Bilic was voted the WCHA Defensive Player of the • Minnesota’s five seniors,Hannah Brandt, Brook Garzone, Kessel, Leveille, and Milica Year after leading the Beavers' blue line with 22 points and ranked second in McMillen, make up the program’s most successful class in program history with an the NCAA with 98 blocked shots. overall record of 148-9-6 for a .926 winning percentage from 2012-13 to 2015-16. The • Bilic is the first member from the BSU women's hockey team to be selected Gophers outscored their opponents 782-184 during the seniors’ four years in Maroon as the WCHA Defensive Player of the year since 2009-10 when Zuzanna and Gold. Tomcikova was voted the Co-Defensive Player of the Year. • Four Gophers finished the season ranked among the nation’s top 12 scorers. Dani Cameranesi (33g-35a), Brandt (25g-39a), Potomak (15g-39a), and Kelly Pannek (23g- • Bilic was also selected to the All-WCHA third team, her first time making the 29a) ranked fourth, fifth, eighth, and 12th, respectively, in total points. Minnesota’s list. offense ranked second in the NCAA at 4.67 goals per game. Potomak led the nation’s • Junior goaltender Brittni Mowat joins Bilic in receiving post-season awards rookies in scoring with 54 points and 1.42 points per game as well. and earned All-WCHA Second Team honors for the third time in her career. • The Gophers set an NCAA record with a 42.2 power play percentage (46/109) this • Mowat set a program record with 22 wins this season and set a program season. Cameranesi led the nation with 13 power-play goals, which ranks fourth in record with 51 career wins at BSU. She had the third best save percentage in Gopher all-time single-season records. the WCHA (.938) and finished fourth in goals against average (1.68). • McMillen wrapped up her Gophers career ranked among the top-scoring defensemen in program history. She is second with 44 goals, fourth with 120 career points, and sixth • Mowat is currently the active leader in career goals against average (1.93) with 76 career assists. and save percentage (.934) at BSU. • Potomak’s 39 assists are the second-most among all-time Gopher rookies, trailing only • Freshman Melissa Hunt earns her first-ever league award and was named Brandt’s 49 assists in 2012-13 to the All-WCHA Rookie Team. Hunt is just the seventh player from Bemidji • Ten Gophers recorded career-high point totals this season, including sophomores State to be named to the rookie team and follows Alexis Joyce who was Sydney Baldwin (5g-17a) and Cara Piazza (11g-23a) both doubling their point totals selected to the team in 2014-15. from their freshman season. • Hunt, a Hartney, Manitoba native, played in all 36 games as a blueliner for • Minnesota led the nation in attendance for the fourth straight year, averaging 1,671 fans per game. At home at Ridder Arena, the Gophers also led the NCAA with 2,125 fans the Beavers and tallied two points (1g-1a) on the season. per game. • In international play, senior F Stephanie Anderson competed for and • Brandt finished her career as Minnesota’s all-time leader in both points (285) and earned a gold medal with Team USA in the 2015 Four Nations Cup on Nov. assists (170) and ranks second in Gopher history in career goals (115), trailing only 18. Anderson was also on the initial U.S. roster for the 2016 IIHF World (139). Among all-time WCHA players, Brandt is the all-time assists Championships, but missed the tournament following successful emergency leader, tied for first in career points (with Jocelyne Lamoureux), and tied for fourth in surgery March 15 (after suffering from appendicitis). career goals. Among all-time NCAA players, she is tied for second in points, tied for ninth in goals and ranked second in assists. She is also Minnesota’s all-time leader with a +236 plus/minus rating for her career. • Three Gophers ended the 2015-16 season among the program’s all-time top 10 scorers. Along with Brandt (first, 283 career points),Kessel ended her career tied for second in Minnesota history with 246 career points. Meanwhile, Cameranesi ended her junior year ranked ninth all-time with 169 career points. The trio also ranks among the top-10 all-time Gophers in career goals. • Leveille finished her career as the NCAA all-time leader in both save percentage (.947) and winning percentage (.897). In four years with the Gophers, she posted an overall record of 98-9-5 with 32 shutouts. Her career goals against average of 1.18 is the best in Minnesota history and ranks second in WCHA and NCAA history. She ranks second in Minnesota history in both career shutouts and career wins, trailing only Noora Raty (114-17-8 with 43 shutouts). • Rising seniors Stecklein (Buffalo Beauts, 1st Round – 2nd pick overall) and Cameranesi (Connecticut Whale, 1st Round – 3rd pick overall) were both chosen in the 2016 National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) Draft. • Potomak (Canada) competed at the 2015 Four Nations Cup, while Stecklein (United States) won gold at the 2016 IIHF World Championships.

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Head Coach: Maura Crowell (7th season) Head Coach: John Harrington (16th season) Overall Record: 111-81-9 Overall Record: 244-171-35 Overall D-I Record: 38-28-5 (2nd season) Overall D-I Record: 3-29-4 (1st season) Record at UMD: 15-21-1(1st season) Record at MSU: 3-29-4 (1st season) 2014-15 Overall Record: 20-12-5 (14-10-4-2) 2014-15 Overall Record: 3-32-1 (1-26-1-0) R 2015-16 Overall Record: 15-21-1 (10-17-1-0) 2015-16 Overall Record: 3-29-4 (0-25-3-0)

Bulldogs Mavericks University of Minnesota Duluth Minnesota State University

• The Bulldogs finished the 2015-16 season 15-21-1 overall and 10-17-1 in • The 2015-16 campaign marked the 18th year of competition for the league play and sixth in the WCHA --the lowest finish in program history. Minnesota State women’s hockey program, and 17th season as members of However, UMD played 23 of its 37 games against teams ranked in the top- the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. nine in the country (the toughest schedule in the nation by RPI), posting a • MSU finished in eighth in the WCHA at the end of the regular season with an 4-19-0 record against them. overall record of 3-29-4 and 0-25-3 in the league. • UMD reached the WCHA Final Face-off Semifinal for just the second time in • The Mavericks ended the season losing two first-round WCHA Playoff games the last four years after sweeping Bemidji State in Bemidji, Minn by scores of to the then third-rated Wisconsin Badgers by scores of 4-0 and 6-0. Junior 5-1 and 2-1 back on Feb. 26-27. goaltender Brianna Quade made a career-high 52 saves against the Badgers • Junior Ashleigh Brykaliuk -- a All-WCHA Second Team pick -- led the Bulldogs in their 4-0 loss on Feb. 27. in scoring with 47 points on 18 goals and 29 assists in 37 games. Brykaliuk, • Quade finished the season ranking third in the country and first in the WCHA who ranked 12th in the NCAA in scoring with a 1.27 PPG average, put up the with 1,031 saves on the year. The Newcastle, Ont., native also ranked sixth most points in a season for UMD since Haley Irwin recorded 54 back in 2011- in the country and third in the conference with 2031:44 minutes played 12. Brykaliuk also finished 13th in the NCAA with 29 assists in her 37 skates. while coming fifth in the nation and fourth in the conference with 92.9% • Brykaliuk also recorded the 100th point of her career on Feb. 27th, and now time percentage. has 45 goals and 55 assists in 109 Bulldog skates. • Of the Mavericks' 143 points scored this season, 106 were recorded by • Brykaliuk's linemate, junior F Lara Stalder, ranked 19th in the nation with underclassmen (74.1%). a 1.21 PPG average on 41 points (17g, 24a), which also put her second in • MSU scored 55 goals this season, with 43 of them having been recorded by scoring for the Bulldogs. Stadler ranked 20th for assists and ninth with six freshmen and sophomores (78.2%). power play goals. • MSU’s junior defenseman Anna-Maria Fiegert ranked second in the league • Senior G Kayla Black finished her career with an overall record of 56-44-16, among defensemen after tallying her third power-play goal of the season on and her 56 wins ranks her fourth all-time for goaltender wins. Black leaves Feb. 20 against No. 7 Bemdiji State. also UMD its all-time saves leader with 2998 saves in 121 games played (also • Minnesota State had three players recognized throughout the season for a UMD record), as well as the all-time shutout leader with 20. their performances on the ice. Freshman forward Corbin Boyd received • UMD graduated three seniors -- Black, goaltender Karissa Grapp and forward WCHA Rookie of the Week honors, freshman forward Emily Antony garnered Michela Cava. Cava netted a team-high 19 goals this season to go with 19 WCHA Rookie of the Month honors, and Quade claimed WCHA Defensive helpers for 38 points -- the third most points by a Bulldog this season. Player of the Week accolades. • Rising seniors Brykaliuk (Boston Pride, 3rd Round – 12th pick overall) and • After their first home series of the season, Minnesota State moved into their Stalder (Boston Pride, 5th Round – 20th pick overall) were both chosen in new home venue, Verizon Wireless Center in Downtown Mankato, after the 2016 National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) Draft. recent upgrades and renovations. • Kilponen (Finland), Krzyzaniak (Canada) and Vilma Tanskanen (Finland) all represented their countries in both the 2015 Four Nations Cup and the 2016 IIHF World Championships. • Sophomore F Maria Lindh (Sweden) represented her country at the 2015 Four Nations Cup, while she was joined for the 2016 IIHF World Championships by teammate and fellow sophomore Michelle Lowenhielm. Stalder, meanwhile, competed for Switzerland at the 2016 Worlds.

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Head Coach: Jenny Potter (3rd season) Head Coach: Brian Idalski (14th season) Overall Record: 37-40-9 Overall Record: 259-160-44 Overall D-I Record: 10-23-1 (1st season) Record at UND: 148-138-33 (9th season) Record at OSU: 10-25-1(1st season) 2014-15 Overall Record: 22-12-3 (16-9-3-2) 2014-15 Overall Record: 17-16-3 (12-13-3-1) 2015-16 Overall Record: 16-11-5 (13-10-5-3) 2015-16 Overall Record: 10-25-1 (6-21-1-1)

Fighting Hawks Buckeyes University of North Dakota Ohio State University

• No. 9/10 North Dakota finished the 2015-16 season ranked in the top 10 • Ohio State finished the 2015-16 season with a 10-25-1 overall record, nationally for the sixth-consecutive campaign. The Fighting Hawks posted an including a 6-21-1-1 mark for 20 points in WCHA play. The Buckeyes finished 18-12-5 overall record and a 13-10-5 mark in WCHA play, securing a top-4 in the bottom two of the league standings (seventh place) for the first time league finish for the sixth-straight season. since the 2008-09 campaign. • UND swept a Quarterfinal Round playoff series from visiting St. Cloud State, • The Buckeyes displayed steady growth under first year head coach Jenny advancing to its sixth-consecutive WCHA Final Face-Off semifinals. Potter, defeating a pair of ranked opponents and finishing fourth in the • Junior F Amy Menke, a second team All-WCHA selection, paced the Fighting WCHA for scoring offense during league play. Hawks with 19 goals and 40 points. She ranked 22nd nationally with an • WCHA All-Rookie Team selectionLauren Boyle finished as the league's top- average of 1.14 points per game and tied for eighth with two short-handed scoring freshman blue-liner, both overall (3g-14a=17pts) and in conference goals. play (2g-10a=12pts). Her assist total tied for fourth nationally among her • Menke cracked the top-10 scoring list at UND and will enter her senior peers. campaign ranked eighth in school annals with 81 career points, eight behind • Both F Maddy Field (fourth with 18 points) and Boyle (tied for fifth) finished Becca Kohler (89). among the WCHA's top-10 freshman scorers. Field tied for second in the • Other UND All-WCHA honorees included junior D Halli Krzyzaniak (Third league (t-13th nationally) with 10 goals. Team), freshman D Anna Kilponen (All-Rookie) and senior G Shelby Amsley- • Sophomore blue-liner Dani Sadek ranked 18th nationally among Benzie, who added a bevy of honors to her career accolades. defensemen with an average of 0.61 points per game, tallying 22 in 36 • Amsley-Benzie repeated as the WCHA Outstanding Student-Athlete of the contests (4g-18a). Year, garnered All-WCHA Third Team accolades, was awarded the WCHA • OSU graduated seven seniors- Kendall Curtis, Stacy Danczak, Julia Postgraduate Scholarship, earned a spot on the CoSIDA Academic All- McKinnon, Melani Moylan, Bryanna Neuwald, Maggie Rothgery, and Cara America team and is a nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. Zubko. Aside from Rothgery, who transferred in prior to the 2014-15 season, • Amsley-Benzie departs UND after setting every single goaltending record in the senior class was part of 61 wins for the Scarlet and Gray. program history, including career shutouts (22), wins (67), save percentage • Senior D Cara Zubko was one of 18 nominees for the 2016 BNY Mellon (.929) and goals-against average (1.69). Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented annually to • UND graduates eight from a stellar senior class: Amsley-Benzie, Meghan college hockey’s finest citizen – a student-athlete who makes significant Dufault, Tanja Eisenschmid, Samantha Hanson, Shannon Kaiser, Kohler, contributions not only to his or her team but also to the community-at-large Sam LaShomb and Layla Marvin. through leadership in volunteerism. • The senior class contributed a total of 378 points throughout the past four years. Dufault departs as the fourth-highest scorer in school history with 135 career points, while she ranks third with 81 assists and fifth with 54 goals. Kohler is seventh with 89 points, sevent with 53 assits and tied for seventh with 36 goals. • North Dakota posted the eighth-best penalty kill in the country, second-best in the WCHA, averaging a .875 shorthanded efficiency. UND killed off a total of 91 penalties, while only conceding 13 goals while on the kill. • The Fighting Hawks ranked second nationally by blocking an average of 15.80 shots per game, while ranking third with 553 blocked shots overall. • Six of North Dakota’s seven defensemen registered points in 2015-16. Krzyzaniak led the group with 17 points, stemming from five goals and 12 assists. Hirschy (4g, 5a) and Kilponen (9a) each had nine points apiece, LaShomb (3g, 5a) chipped in eight, while Jordan Hampton (2g, 3a) and Eisenschmid (5a) both contributed five points. In all, the UND defense produced a total of 54 points (14g, 40a) - including an assist from Amsley-Benzie. • North Dakota games were again amongst the most well-attended in NCAA Division I hockey, as UND ranked fourth nationally with an average of 1,009 fans per contest. • Rising seniors Krzyzaniak (Boston Pride, 4th Round - 16th pick overall) and Menke (New York Riveters, 5th Round - 17th pick overall) were both chosen in the 2016 National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) Draft. • Kilponen (Finland), Krzyzaniak (Canada) and freshman F Vilma Tanskanen (Finland) all represented their countries in both the 2015 Four Nations Cup and the 2016 IIHF World Championships.

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Head Coach: Eric Rud (2nd season) Head Coach: Mark Johnson (13th season) Record at SCSU: 21-46-5 Record at UW: 395-75-35 2014-15 Overall Record: 8-28-1 (5-22-1-1) 2014-15 Overall Record: 29-7-4 (19-6-3-1) 2015-16 Overall Record: 13-18-4 (9-15-4-3) 2015-16 Overall Record: 35-4-1 (24-3-1-1)

Huskies Badgers St. Cloud State University University of Wisconsin

• St. Cloud State wrapped up a successful second season under head coach • Wisconsin women’s finished the 2015-16 season with a 35-4-1 record, the fourth- Eric Rud, posting its most league wins (9) and overall victories (13) since the most wins in program history. The Badgers also went undefeated at home for 2009-10 campaign, while also earning its highest WCHA finish (fifth) in six the first time in program history, registering a 21-0-0 record at LaBahn Arena. Of years. those 21 home contests, 12 had sellout crowds, another program best. • The Huskies also recorded eight road wins - their most away from SCSU • As a team, Wisconsin tallied 23 shutouts and finished the season with an NCAA- since 2008-09. record 0.72 goals-allowed per contest. The team also led the nation’s penalty kill for the second-consecutive year, killing 110 of 116 penalties for a .948 clip. Last • SCSU put together a perfect month of November (6-0-0) – part of a longer season, Wisconsin set the NCAA penalty kill record with a .958 percentage. seven-game unbeaten streak (6-0-1, including a Dec. 4 tie) that stands as the • Junior goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens had a historic junior campaign, shattering second-longest in school history. numerous program, conference, and NCAA records during the year. The La • Senior F Molly Illikainen set career highs and led the team with 17 goals Malbaie, Quebec native racked up 21 shutouts on the season, setting the NCAA and 32 points, while also collecting 15 assists en route to an All-WCHA Third men’s and women’s single-season shutout record. A top-three finalist for the Team selection. Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, her .960 save percentage and 0.76 goals-against • Another senior, G Katie Fitzgerald, was the Huskies' backbone all season average also topped NCAA records. Desbiens was recognized as the USCHO Player long. She appeared in every WCHA contest, played 95.5 percent of her of the Year for her historic season. team's overall minutes in net and ranked second in the league (fourth • The Badgers started the season with a bang, running to an 18-0-0 start for the nationally) with 976 saves. Fitzgerald finished the campaign with a 12-18-4 first time in program history. During that span, UW outscored opponents 85-9 and mark, along with a 2.99 goals-against average and a .906 save percentage. racked up an NCAA-record nine-straight shutouts. Desbiens was responsible for • Freshman F Julia Tylke was a huge asset for SCSU's offense in her first 543:53 minutes of shutout play during the run, another NCAA record. collegiate season, earning WCHA All-Rookie Team honors. She ranked third • The team accumulated a 24-3-1-1 conference record, earning the program’s fifth among WCHA freshmen with 24 points (9g-15a), while tying for the league WCHA regular season title. Desbiens was named the WCHA Player of the Year, rookie lead with three game-winning goals (tied for fourth nationally). becoming only the second netminder to earn the accolade. Additionally, she was named to the All-WCHA First Team, alongside senior captain Courtney Burke and • The Huskies were led on the blue line by sophomore Brittney Anderson sophomore Annie Pankowski. Sophomore Emily Clark and junior Jenny Ryan (4g-16a=20pts) and senior Lexi Slattery(4g-12a=16pts). They dynamic duo were named to the Second Team, junior Sarah Nurse was awarded Third Team were third and fourth on the team, respectively, in points, while they each honors, and Sam Cogan was named to the All-Rookie Team. UW head coach Mark played in all 35 games. Johnson was also named the WCHA Coach of the Year for the seventh time in his • SCSU saw four players awarded WCHA honors nine times. Tylke won WCHA career. Rookie of the Week three times, whileIllikainen gained WCHA Offensive • Holding the top seed for the WCHA playoffs, Wisconsin posted four shutouts in Player of the Week twice. Slattery nabbed WCHA Defensive Player of the the conference post-season to capture the WCHA Final Face-off crown for the Week once while Fitzgerald got two-time recognition as well as being second-consecutive year. Desbiens, Burke, Clark, and junior Sydney McKibbon named WCHA Player of the Month in November after being in net for six- were each named to the WCHA All-Tournament team for their postseason straight wins. performance. Desbiens was named the Final Face-Off’s Most Outstanding • Freshman F Suvi Ollikainen played for Finland in the 2015 Four Nations Cup player for her two blank slates in the tournament, as well as earning the WCHA and 2016 IIHF World Championships, while junior D Caroline Markstrom Goaltending Champion title. represented Sweden at the Worlds. • Wisconsin appeared in its ninth NCAA Frozen Four in 11 years, meeting border battle rivals Minnesota in the semifinal round for the third season in a row. At the 2016 NCAA Frozen Four Banquet, three Badgers garnered All-America honors for the first time since the 2011 season. Desbiens was named a first-team All- American, while Pankowski and Burke were named to the second-team. • The Badgers excelled off the ice as well, as Desbiens, Pankowski, Clark, Ryan, McKibbon, Molly Doner, Kim Drake, Megan Miller, Jorie Walters, Baylee Wellhausen, and Lauren Williams were all named to the WCHA All-Academic team. In addition, Miller, Pankowski, and Ryan were named WCHA Scholar- Athletes for their work in the classroom. Pankowski also received the NCAA Elite 90 Award, as the sophomore earned the highest grade point average among athletes at the Frozen Four this year. • Wisconsin led all NCAA programs with five rising seniors selected in the 2016 National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) Draft:Desbiens (Boston Pride, 1st Round – 4th pick overall), Nurse (Boston Pride, 2nd Round – 8th pick overall), Ryan (New York Riveters, 3rd Round – 9th pick overall), Mellissa Channell (Connecticut Whale, 3rd Round – 11th pick overall) and McKibbon (New York Riveters, 4th Round – 13th pick overall). • Clark and Nurse competed for Canada at the 2015 Four Nations Cup, while Clark returned for the 2016 IIHF World Championships. Pankowski won gold with Team USA at the 2016 Worlds.

2015-16 Season in Review @wcha___whockey @wcha___whockey /WCHAWomensHockey wcha.com #TraditionStartsHere Conference Scoring Leaders

Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- 1 Dani Cameranesi MIN JR F 28 24-29-53 1.89 10/20 11 0 3 0 +31 2 Hannah Brandt MIN SR F 24 19-24-43 1.79 2/4 4 1 3 4 +29 3 Annie Pankowski WIS SO F 28 15-27-42 1.50 10/20 3 1 3 0 +29 4 Sarah Potomak MIN FR F 26 10-31-41 1.58 1/2 1 0 0 0 +36 5 Kelly Pannek MIN SO F 28 18-22-40 1.43 2/4 6 0 4 0 +36 6 Ashleigh Brykaliuk MND JR F 28 12-23-35 1.25 4/8 3 0 1 1 +5 7 Emily Clark WIS SO F 26 14-17-31 1.19 6/12 3 0 5 0 +27 Michela Cava MND SR F 28 15-16-31 1.11 5/10 1 1 1 1 +16 9 Lara Stalder MND JR F 25 10-20-30 1.20 4/19 5 1 1 1 +10 Kate Schipper MIN JR F 28 10-20-30 1.07 7/14 2 0 0 0 +27 11 Cara Piazza MIN SO F 28 11-17-28 1.00 5/10 3 0 2 0 +25 12 Amy Menke NDK JR F 28 15-12-27 0.96 6/12 3 2 3 1 +6 13 Meghan Dufault NDK SR F 25 8-16-24 0.96 12/24 0 0 2 0 +10 Molly Illikainen STC SR F 26 14-10-24 0.92 7/14 3 2 3 1 -3 Milica McMillen MIN SR D 26 6-18-24 0.92 14/28 4 0 2 0 +24 Courtney Burke WIS SR D 28 4-20-24 0.86 10/20 2 0 1 0 +30 17 Claudia Kepler OSU JR F 28 13-10-23 0.82 15/30 3 0 2 0 -5 Jenny Ryan WIS JR D 28 5-18-23 0.82 6/12 2 0 2 0 +29 19 Sarah Nurse WIS JR F 24 15-7-22 0.92 4/8 2 3 2 0 +15 Kaitlyn Tougas BMJ SR F 28 8-14-22 0.79 5/10 3 0 1 0 +8 21 Megan Wolfe MIN JR D 28 4-16-20 0.71 10/20 0 0 3 0 +37 22 Julia Tylke STC FR F 27 8-11-19 0.70 7/14 2 0 3 0 -13 Ivana Bilic BMJ SR D 27 3-16-19 0.70 10/20 2 0 0 0 +6 Erika Sowchuk WIS SR F 28 11-8-19 0.68 3/6 1 0 3 0 +22 Becca Kohler NDK SR F 28 8-11-19 0.68 8/19 4 0 2 0 +6 Sydney McKibbon WIS JR F 28 6-13-19 0.68 4/8 3 0 1 0 +12

Defenseman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- 1 Milica McMillen MIN SR D 26 6-18-24 0.92 14/28 4 0 2 0 +24 Courtney Burke WIS SR D 28 4-20-24 0.86 10/20 2 0 1 0 +30 3 Jenny Ryan WIS JR D 28 5-18-23 0.82 6/12 2 0 2 0 +29 4 Megan Wolfe MIN JR D 28 4-16-20 0.71 10/20 0 0 3 0 +37 5 Ivana Bilic BMJ SR D 27 3-16-19 0.70 10/20 2 0 0 0 +6 6 Sydney Baldwin MIN SO D 28 3-15-18 0.64 2/4 0 0 0 0 +39 7 Lee Stecklein MIN JR D 28 6-11-17 0.61 3/6 1 0 1 0 +31 8 Alexis Joyce BMJ SO D 28 5-11-16 0.57 12/24 1 0 2 0 +7 Dani Sadek OSU SO D 28 3-13-16 0.57 5/10 2 0 2 0 -12 10 Cara Zubko OSU SR D 28 5-9-14 0.50 10/31 2 0 0 0 -11 Brittney Anderson STC SO D 28 2-12-14 0.50 3/6 1 0 0 0 -22 12 Halli Krzyzaniak NDK JR D 26 3-10-13 0.50 7/14 2 0 0 0 +8 13 Sidney Morin MND JR D 28 4-8-12 0.43 2/4 0 0 1 0 +11 Lauren Boyle OSU FR D 28 2-10-12 0.43 11/30 1 0 0 0 -16 15 Lexi Slattery STC SR D 28 2-9-11 0.39 10/20 1 0 1 0 -15

Freshman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- 1 Sarah Potomak MIN FR F 26 10-31-41 1.58 1/2 1 0 0 0 +36 2 Julia Tylke STC FR F 27 8-11-19 0.70 7/14 2 0 3 0 -13 3 Sam Cogan WIS FR F 28 6-11-17 0.61 2/4 1 0 1 0 +24 4 Emily Antony MNS FR F 28 6-9-15 0.54 1/2 1 0 0 0 -19 5 Taylor Williamson MIN FR F 26 4-9-13 0.50 2/4 0 0 3 0 +8 6 Maddy Field OSU FR F 28 6-6-12 0.43 8/24 0 0 1 0 -17 Lauren Boyle OSU FR D 28 2-10-12 0.43 11/30 1 0 0 0 -16 8 Sophie Skarzynski MIN FR D 27 2-7-9 0.33 1/2 0 0 0 0 +15 Jordan McLaughlin MNS FR F 28 4-5-9 0.32 2/4 0 0 0 0 -14 10 Sophia Shaver WIS FR F 28 2-6-8 0.29 1/2 0 1 0 0 +13 11 Mikaela Gardner WIS FR D 25 1-6-7 0.28 5/10 0 0 0 0 +9 Morgan Morse MND FR F 28 4-3-7 0.25 2/4 0 0 2 0 -6 13 Hannah Potrykus STC FR F 28 4-2-6 0.21 4/8 0 0 0 0 -12 14 Anna Kilponen NDK FR D 28 0-5-5 0.18 2/4 0 0 0 0 -2 15 Corbin Boyd MNS FR F 21 1-3-4 0.19 0/0 0 0 0 0 -17 Lena Düsterhöft MNS FR D 25 2-2-4 0.16 4/8 0 0 0 0 -3 Vilma Tanskanen NDK FR F 26 4-0-4 0.15 1/2 0 0 0 0 -5 Suvi Ollikainen STC FR F 26 1-3-4 0.15 3/6 1 0 0 0 -6 Conference Scoring Leaders

Goal Scoring GP G GPG Assist Scoring GP A APG 1 Dani Cameranesi MIN JR F 28 24 0.86 1 Sarah Potomak MIN FR F 26 31 1.19 2 Hannah Brandt MIN SR F 24 19 0.79 2 Dani Cameranesi MIN JR F 28 29 1.04 3 Kelly Pannek MIN SO F 28 18 0.64 3 Annie Pankowski WIS SO F 28 27 0.96 4 Sarah Nurse WIS JR F 24 15 0.62 4 Hannah Brandt MIN SR F 24 24 1.00 Michela Cava MND SR F 28 15 0.54 5 Ashleigh Brykaliuk MND JR F 28 23 0.82 Amy Menke NDK JR F 28 15 0.54 6 Kelly Pannek MIN SO F 28 22 0.79 Annie Pankowski WIS SO F 28 15 0.54 7 Lara Stalder MND JR F 25 20 0.80 8 Molly Illikainen STC SR F 26 14 0.54 Kate Schipper MIN JR F 28 20 0.71 Emily Clark WIS SO F 26 14 0.54 Courtney Burke WIS SR D 28 20 0.71 10 Claudia Kepler OSU JR F 28 13 0.46 10 Milica McMillen MIN SR D 26 18 0.69 11 Ashleigh Brykaliuk MND JR F 28 12 0.43 Jenny Ryan WIS JR D 28 18 0.64 12 Cara Piazza MIN SO F 28 11 0.39 12 Emily Clark WIS SO F 26 17 0.65 Erika Sowchuk WIS SR F 28 11 0.39 Cara Piazza MIN SO F 28 17 0.61

Power Play Goals GP G GPG Power Play Points GP G-A-P PPG 1 Dani Cameranesi MIN JR F 28 11 0.39 1 Dani Cameranesi MIN JR F 28 11-5-16 0.57 2 Kelly Pannek MIN SO F 28 6 0.21 2 Kelly Pannek MIN SO F 28 6-8-14 0.50 3 Lara Stalder MND JR F 25 5 0.20 Annie Pankowski WIS SO F 28 3-11-14 0.50 4 Hannah Brandt MIN SR F 24 4 0.17 4 Hannah Brandt MIN SR F 24 4-9-13 0.54 Milica McMillen MIN SR D 26 4 0.15 5 Milica McMillen MIN SR D 26 4-7-11 0.42 Becca Kohler NDK SR F 28 4 0.14 6 Ashleigh Brykaliuk MND JR F 28 3-7-10 0.36 7 11 Players Tied With 3 7 Sarah Potomak MIN FR F 26 1-8-9 0.35 Ivana Bilic BMJ SR D 27 2-7-9 0.33 Courtney Burke WIS SR D 28 2-7-9 0.32 10 8 Players Tied With 7 Points

Shorthanded Goals GP G GPG Game-Winning Goals GP G GPG 1 Sarah Nurse WIS JR F 24 3 0.12 1 Emily Clark WIS SO F 26 5 0.19 2 Molly Illikainen STC SR F 26 2 0.08 2 Kelly Pannek MIN SO F 28 4 0.14 Amy Menke NDK JR F 28 2 0.07 Layla Marvin NDK SR F 28 4 0.14 4 10 Players Tied With 1 4 11 Players Tied With 3

Plus-Minus GP +/- Hat Tricks GP HT 1 Sydney Baldwin MIN SO D 28 +39 1 Hannah Brandt MIN SR F 24 4 2 Megan Wolfe MIN JR D 28 +37 2 Lara Stalder MND JR F 25 1 3 Sarah Potomak MIN FR F 26 +36 Molly Illikainen STC SR F 26 1 Kelly Pannek MIN SO F 28 +36 Ashleigh Brykaliuk MND JR F 28 1 5 Dani Cameranesi MIN JR F 28 +31 Michela Cava MND SR F 28 1 Lee Stecklein MIN JR D 28 +31 Amy Menke NDK JR F 28 1 7 Courtney Burke WIS SR D 28 +30 8 Hannah Brandt MIN SR F 24 +29 Jenny Ryan WIS JR D 28 +29 Annie Pankowski WIS SO F 28 +29

Blocked Shots GP BLK BLK/G Face-Off Percentage FW FL FO % 1 Ivana Bilic BMJ SR D 27 89 3.30 1 Kelly Pannek MIN SO F 347 173 .667 2 Tanja Eisenschmid NDK SR D 26 61 2.35 2 Cara Piazza MIN SO F 98 55 .641 Sam LaShomb NDK SR D/F 28 61 2.18 3 Molly Illikainen STC SR F 54 31 .635 4 Anna Keys MNS SO D 28 55 1.96 4 Claudia Kepler OSU JR F 86 53 .619 5 Madison Hutchinson BMJ JR D 28 54 1.93 5 Sydney McKibbon WIS JR F 291 185 .611 6 Anna-Maria Fiegert MNS JR D 24 52 2.17 6 Hannah Brandt MIN SR F 254 176 .591 7 Jenna Redford STC JR D/F 28 51 1.82 7 Kaitlyn Harding WIS SR F 71 52 .577 8 Alexa Ranahan OSU JR D 28 50 1.79 8 Meghan Dufault NDK SR F 338 250 .575 9 Lexi Slattery STC SR D 28 47 1.68 9 Taylor Williamson MIN FR F 106 83 .561 10 Dani Sadek OSU SO D 28 46 1.64 10 Kaitlyn Tougas BMJ SR F 47 40 .540 Conference Goaltending Leaders

Goals Against Average GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % 1 Ann-Renée Desbiens WIS JR 27 1625:03 22 0.81 23-3-1 15 500 .958 2 Amanda Leveille MIN SR 24 1343:34 31 1.38 20-3-1 6 458 .937 3 Shelby Amsley-Benzie NDK SR 25 1515:50 39 1.54 12-9-4 7 534 .932 4 Brittni Mowat BMJ JR 28 1637:43 45 1.65 17-9-2 4 729 .942 5 Kayla Black MND SR 13 670:10 28 2.51 6-4-1 1 296 .914 6 Katie Fitzgerald STC SR 28 1671:35 78 2.80 9-15-4 1 836 .915 7 Maddie Rooney MND FR 16 840:49 45 3.21 4-10-0 2 404 .900 8 Alex LaMere OSU SO 22 1186:57 65 3.29 5-14-1 1 554 .895 9 Brianna Quade MNS JR 27 1561:53 95 3.65 0-24-2 0 807 .895

Save Percentage GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % 1 Ann-Renée Desbiens WIS JR 27 1625:03 22 0.81 23-3-1 15 500 .958 2 Brittni Mowat BMJ JR 28 1637:43 45 1.65 17-9-2 4 729 .942 3 Amanda Leveille MIN SR 24 1343:34 31 1.38 20-3-1 6 458 .937 4 Shelby Amsley-Benzie NDK SR 25 1515:50 39 1.54 12-9-4 7 534 .932 5 Katie Fitzgerald STC SR 28 1671:35 78 2.80 9-15-4 1 836 .915 6 Kayla Black MND SR 13 670:10 28 2.51 6-4-1 1 296 .914 7 Maddie Rooney MND FR 16 840:49 45 3.21 4-10-0 2 404 .900 8 Alex LaMere OSU SO 22 1186:57 65 3.29 5-14-1 1 554 .895 9 Brianna Quade MNS JR 27 1561:53 95 3.65 0-24-2 0 807 .895

Saves GP SVS/G Saves Shutouts GP Shutouts 1 Katie Fitzgerald STC SR 28 29.9 836 1 Ann-Renée Desbiens WIS JR 27 15 2 Brianna Quade MNS JR 27 29.9 807 2 Shelby Amsley-Benzie NDK SR 25 7 3 Brittni Mowat BMJ JR 28 26.0 729 3 Amanda Leveille MIN SR 24 6 4 Alex LaMere OSU SO 22 25.2 554 4 Brittni Mowat BMJ JR 28 4 5 Shelby Amsley-Benzie NDK SR 25 21.4 534 5 Maddie Rooney MND FR 16 2 6 Ann-Renée Desbiens WIS JR 27 18.5 500 6 Megan Miller WIS SR 1 1 7 Amanda Leveille MIN SR 24 19.1 458 Sidney Peters MIN SO 8 1 8 Maddie Rooney MND FR 16 25.2 404 Kayla Black MND SR 13 1 9 Kayla Black MND SR 13 22.8 296 Alex LaMere OSU SO 22 1 10 Stacy Danczak OSU SR 9 21.3 192 Katie Fitzgerald STC SR 28 1 11 Karissa Grapp MND SR 5 21.4 107 12 Kathryn Bidulka MNS SO 5 15.4 77 13 Sidney Peters MIN SO 8 9.5 76 14 Lexie Shaw NDK JR 3 13.7 41 15 Selena Hunter OSU SO 2 16.0 32 16 Mackenzie Bruch BMJ SR 1 15.0 15 17 Megan Miller WIS SR 1 14.0 14 18 Erin Deters BMJ SO 1 10.0 10 19 Emma May MIN FR 1 3.0 3 20 Taylor Crosby STC FR 1 1.0 1 Jorie Walters WIS SR 1 1.0 1 WCHA Women Team Conference Statistics

TEAM OFFENSE TEAM DEFENSE

Team Games Goals G/GM Team Games Goals G/GM 1 Minnesota 28 139 4.96 1 Wisconsin 28 22 0.79 2 Wisconsin 28 100 3.57 2 Minnesota 28 39 1.39 3 Minnesota Duluth 28 67 2.39 3 North Dakota 28 49 1.75 4 Ohio State 28 58 2.07 4 Bemidji State 28 51 1.82 5 Bemidji State 28 56 2.00 5 Minnesota Duluth 28 84 3.00 6 North Dakota 28 54 1.93 6 St. Cloud State 28 88 3.14 7 St. Cloud State 28 44 1.57 7 Ohio State 28 110 3.93 8 Minnesota State 28 41 1.46 8 Minnesota State 28 116 4.14

POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL

Team Totals SHA PP % Team Totals SHF PK % 1 Minnesota 35/76 0 46.1 1 Wisconsin 78/83 5 94.0 2 Wisconsin 19/89 0 21.3 2 North Dakota 68/76 3 89.5 3 Ohio State 15/86 2 17.4 3 Minnesota 50/60 1 83.3 4 Bemidji State 12/72 2 16.7 4 St. Cloud State 58/72 2 80.6 St. Cloud State 12/72 4 16.7 5 Bemidji State 55/69 1 79.7 6 North Dakota 11/67 2 16.4 6 Ohio State 80/103 1 77.7 7 Minnesota Duluth 12/78 1 15.4 7 Minnesota State 56/81 1 69.1 8 Minnesota State 11/76 6 14.5 8 Minnesota Duluth 44/72 3 61.1

PENALTY MINUTES SHOTS ON GOAL

Team Games PIM PIM/G Team Games SOG SOG/G 1 Ohio State 28 269 9.6 1 Wisconsin 28 1094 39.1 2 North Dakota 28 191 6.8 2 Minnesota 28 1016 36.3 3 Wisconsin 28 186 6.6 3 North Dakota 28 869 31.0 4 Minnesota Duluth 28 180 6.4 4 Minnesota Duluth 28 759 27.1 5 Minnesota State 28 176 6.3 5 Bemidji State 28 726 25.9 6 St. Cloud State 28 164 5.9 6 Ohio State 28 699 25.0 7 Bemidji State 28 148 5.3 7 Minnesota State 28 542 19.4 Minnesota 28 148 5.3 8 St. Cloud State 28 541 19.3

SCORING BY PERIOD GOALS ALLOWED BY PERIOD

Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 Minnesota 42 58 37 2 139 1 Wisconsin 6 6 9 1 22 2 Wisconsin 34 30 35 1 100 2 Minnesota 91316139 3 Minnesota Duluth 19 17 30 1 67 3 North Dakota 14 12 22 1 49 4 Ohio State 23 19 16 0 58 4 Bemidji State 161915151 5 Bemidji State 15 14 25 2 56 5 Minnesota Duluth 28 34 20 2 84 6 North Dakota 13 20 20 1 54 6 St. Cloud State 23 31 34 0 88 7 St. Cloud State 13 17 13 1 44 7 Ohio State 3838340110 8 Minnesota State 14 11 16 0 41 8 Minnesota State 3933422116

SPECIAL TEAMS NET

Team PPF SHA PP NET PPA SHF SH NET ST NET 1 Minne sota 35 0 +35 10 1 -9 +26 2 Wisconsin 19 0 +19 5 5 0 +19 3 North Dakota 11 2 +9 8 3 -5 +4 4 Bemidji State 12 2 +10 14 1 -13 -3 5 St. Cloud State 12 4 +8 14 2 -12 -4 6 Ohio State 15 2 +13 23 1 -22 -9 7 Minnesota Duluth 12 1 +11 28 3 -25 -14 8 Minnesota State 11 6 +5 25 1 -24 -19 Overall Scoring Leaders

Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- 1 Dani Cameranesi MIN JR F 40 33-35-68 1.70 14/28 13 0 4 2 +43 2 Hannah Brandt MIN SR F 36 25-39-64 1.78 2/4 6 1 3 4 +48 3 Annie Pankowski WIS SO F 40 22-36-58 1.45 13/26 4 3 3 1 +45 4 Sarah Potomak MIN FR F 38 15-39-54 1.42 3/6 1 0 2 0 +55 5 Kelly Pannek MIN SO F 40 23-26-49 1.23 7/14 6 0 6 0 +45 6 Ashleigh Brykaliuk MND JR F 37 18-29-47 1.27 6/12 4 0 3 1 +6 7 Emily Clark WIS SO F 38 24-21-45 1.18 9/18 5 0 7 0 +41 8 Lara Stalder MND JR F 34 17-24-41 1.21 9/29 6 1 2 1 +14 9 Amy Menke NDK JR F 35 19-21-40 1.14 6/12 3 2 3 1 +19 Kate Schipper MIN JR F 40 14-26-40 1.00 8/16 2 0 1 0 +38 11 Sarah Nurse WIS JR F 36 25-13-38 1.06 5/10 4 3 5 0 +33 Michela Cava MND SR F 37 19-19-38 1.03 5/10 1 1 3 1 +17 13 Sydney McKibbon WIS JR F 40 9-27-36 0.90 9/18 3 1 2 0 +27 14 Meghan Dufault NDK SR F 32 12-23-35 1.09 17/34 0 0 5 0 +23 Courtney Burke WIS SR D 40 5-30-35 0.88 13/26 2 0 1 0 +46 16 Cara Piazza MIN SO F 40 11-23-34 0.85 6/12 3 0 2 0 +26 17 Molly Illikainen STC SR F 33 17-15-32 0.97 8/16 3 2 5 1 -4 Jenny Ryan WIS JR D 40 8-24-32 0.80 9/18 3 0 3 0 +49 19 Becca Kohler NDK SR F 35 16-15-31 0.89 10/23 5 0 4 0 +16 20 Lee Stecklein MIN JR D 40 8-22-30 0.75 4/8 1 0 1 0 +51 21 Kaitlyn Tougas BMJ SR F 36 8-21-29 0.81 5/10 3 0 1 0 +10 Megan Wolfe MIN JR D 40 5-24-29 0.72 16/32 0 0 3 0 +47 23 Milica McMillen MIN SR D 38 9-19-28 0.74 18/36 7 0 3 0 +33 24 Sam Cogan WIS FR F 40 10-17-27 0.68 2/4 2 0 2 0 +36 25 Claudia Kepler OSU JR F 34 14-11-25 0.74 16/32 3 0 2 0 -5

Defenseman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- 1 Courtney Burke WIS SR D 40 5-30-35 0.88 13/26 2 0 1 0 +46 2 Jenny Ryan WIS JR D 40 8-24-32 0.80 9/18 3 0 3 0 +49 3 Lee Stecklein MIN JR D 40 8-22-30 0.75 4/8 1 0 1 0 +51 4 Megan Wolfe MIN JR D 40 5-24-29 0.72 16/32 0 0 3 0 +47 5 Milica McMillen MIN SR D 38 9-19-28 0.74 18/36 7 0 3 0 +33 6 Ivana Bilic BMJ SR D 33 3-19-22 0.67 13/26 2 0 0 0 +8 Dani Sadek OSU SO D 36 4-18-22 0.61 7/14 2 0 2 0 -14 Sydney Baldwin MIN SO D 40 5-17-22 0.55 3/6 2 0 2 0 +47 9 Brittney Anderson STC SO D 35 4-16-20 0.57 4/8 2 0 0 0 -25 Alexis Joyce BMJ SO D 36 8-12-20 0.56 13/26 1 0 2 0 +9 11 Cara Zubko OSU SR D 36 5-13-18 0.50 14/39 2 0 0 0 -10 12 Halli Krzyzaniak NDK JR D 33 5-12-17 0.52 8/16 2 0 0 0 +16 Lauren Boyle OSU FR D 36 3-14-17 0.47 14/39 1 0 0 0 -16 14 Lexi Slattery STC SR D 35 4-12-16 0.46 11/22 2 0 1 0 -18 Sidney Morin MND JR D 37 4-12-16 0.43 3/6 0 0 1 0 +12

Freshman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- 1 Sarah Potomak MIN FR F 38 15-39-54 1.42 3/6 1 0 2 0 +55 2 Sam Cogan WIS FR F 40 10-17-27 0.68 2/4 2 0 2 0 +36 3 Julia Tylke STC FR F 34 9-15-24 0.71 7/14 2 0 3 0 -14 4 Maddy Field OSU FR F 36 10-8-18 0.50 13/34 1 0 1 0 -15 5 Lauren Boyle OSU FR D 36 3-14-17 0.47 14/39 1 0 0 0 -16 Sophia Shaver WIS FR F 40 7-10-17 0.42 2/4 1 1 0 0 +25 7 Emily Antony MNS FR F 36 6-10-16 0.44 2/4 1 0 0 0 -22 8 Taylor Williamson MIN FR F 38 5-10-15 0.39 3/6 0 0 3 0 +5 9 Mikaela Gardner WIS FR D 36 2-10-12 0.33 7/14 0 0 1 0 +18 10 Jordan McLaughlin MNS FR F 34 5-5-10 0.29 5/21 0 0 0 0 -15 11 Anna Kilponen NDK FR D 35 0-9-9 0.26 2/4 0 0 0 0 +3 Morgan Morse MND FR F 37 4-5-9 0.24 4/8 0 0 2 0 -7 Sophie Skarzynski MIN FR D 39 2-7-9 0.23 1/2 0 0 0 0 +15 14 Corbin Boyd MNS FR F 26 2-5-7 0.27 0/0 0 0 0 0 -16 Charly Dahlquist NDK FR F 29 1-6-7 0.24 10/20 0 0 0 0 -8 Hannah Potrykus STC FR F 35 5-2-7 0.20 5/10 0 0 1 0 -16 Overall Scoring Leaders

Goal Scoring GP G GPG Assist Scoring GP A APG 1 Dani Cameranesi MIN JR F 40 33 0.82 1 Hannah Brandt MIN SR F 36 39 1.08 2 Hannah Brandt MIN SR F 36 25 0.69 Sarah Potomak MIN FR F 38 39 1.03 Sarah Nurse WIS JR F 36 25 0.69 3 Annie Pankowski WIS SO F 40 36 0.90 4 Emily Clark WIS SO F 38 24 0.63 4 Dani Cameranesi MIN JR F 40 35 0.88 5 Kelly Pannek MIN SO F 40 23 0.57 5 Courtney Burke WIS SR D 40 30 0.75 6 Annie Pankowski WIS SO F 40 22 0.55 6 Ashleigh Brykaliuk MND JR F 37 29 0.78 7 Amy Menke NDK JR F 35 19 0.54 7 Sydney McKibbon WIS JR F 40 27 0.68 Michela Cava MND SR F 37 19 0.51 8 Kate Schipper MIN JR F 40 26 0.65 9 Ashleigh Brykaliuk MND JR F 37 18 0.49 Kelly Pannek MIN SO F 40 26 0.65 10 Molly Illikainen STC SR F 33 17 0.52 10 Lara Stalder MND JR F 34 24 0.71 Lara Stalder MND JR F 34 17 0.50 Megan Wolfe MIN JR D 40 24 0.60 12 Becca Kohler NDK SR F 35 16 0.46 Jenny Ryan WIS JR D 40 24 0.60

Power Play Goals GP G GPG Power Play Points GP G-A-P PPG 1 Dani Cameranesi MIN JR F 40 13 0.33 1 Dani Cameranesi MIN JR F 40 13-6-19 0.47 2 Milica McMillen MIN SR D 38 7 0.18 2 Hannah Brandt MIN SR F 36 6-12-18 0.50 3 Lara Stalder MND JR F 34 6 0.18 Annie Pankowski WIS SO F 40 4-14-18 0.45 Hannah Brandt MIN SR F 36 6 0.17 4 Kelly Pannek MIN SO F 40 6-10-16 0.40 Kelly Pannek MIN SO F 40 6 0.15 5 Milica McMillen MIN SR D 38 7-7-14 0.37 6 Becca Kohler NDK SR F 35 5 0.14 6 Ashleigh Brykaliuk MND JR F 37 4-8-12 0.32 Emily Clark WIS SO F 38 5 0.13 Sydney McKibbon WIS JR F 40 3-9-12 0.30 8 Kristin Huber BMJ SR F 35 4 0.11 Courtney Burke WIS SR D 40 2-10-12 0.30 Sarah Nurse WIS JR F 36 4 0.11 9 Ivana Bilic BMJ SR D 33 2-9-11 0.33 Ashleigh Brykaliuk MND JR F 37 4 0.11 10 Brittney Anderson STC SO D 35 2-8-10 0.29 Annie Pankowski WIS SO F 40 4 0.10 Sarah Potomak MIN FR F 38 1-9-10 0.26

Shorthanded Goals GP G GPG Game-Winning Goals GP G GPG 1 Sarah Nurse WIS JR F 36 3 0.08 1 Emily Clark WIS SO F 38 7 0.18 Annie Pankowski WIS SO F 40 3 0.07 2 Kelly Pannek MIN SO F 40 6 0.15 3 Molly Illikainen STC SR F 33 2 0.06 3 Stephanie Anderson BMJ SR F 31 5 0.16 Amy Menke NDK JR F 35 2 0.06 Meghan Dufault NDK SR F 32 5 0.16 5 11 Players Tied With 1 Molly Illikainen STC SR F 33 5 0.15 Sarah Nurse WIS JR F 36 5 0.14 7 Layla Marvin NDK SR F 35 4 0.11 Becca Kohler NDK SR F 35 4 0.11 Dani Cameranesi MIN JR F 40 4 0.10 10 14 Players Tied With 3

Plus-Minus GP +/- Hat Tricks GP HT 1 Sarah Potomak MIN FR F 38 +55 1 Hannah Brandt MIN SR F 36 4 2 Lee Stecklein MIN JR D 40 +51 2 Dani Cameranesi MIN JR F 40 2 3 Jenny Ryan WIS JR D 40 +49 3 Amanda Kessel MIN SR F 13 1 4 Hannah Brandt MIN SR F 36 +48 Molly Illikainen STC SR F 33 1 5 Megan Wolfe MIN JR D 40 +47 Lara Stalder MND JR F 34 1 Sydney Baldwin MIN SO D 40 +47 Amy Menke NDK JR F 35 1 7 Courtney Burke WIS SR D 40 +46 Ashleigh Brykaliuk MND JR F 37 1 8 Kelly Pannek MIN SO F 40 +45 Michela Cava MND SR F 37 1 Annie Pankowski WIS SO F 40 +45 Annie Pankowski WIS SO F 40 1 10 Dani Cameranesi MIN JR F 40 +43

Blocked Shots GP BLK BLK/G Face-Off Percentage FW FL FO % 1 Ivana Bilic BMJ SR D 33 98 2.97 1 Kelly Pannek MIN SO F 467 252 .650 2 Tanja Eisenschmid NDK SR D 33 72 2.18 2 Cara Piazza MIN SO F 155 92 .628 3 Madison Hutchinson BMJ JR D 36 70 1.94 3 Molly Illikainen STC SR F 68 43 .613 4 Anna Keys MNS SO D 36 69 1.92 4 Sydney McKibbon WIS JR F 419 274 .605 5 Sam LaShomb NDK SR D/F 35 67 1.91 5 Claudia Kepler OSU JR F 110 72 .604 6 Anna-Maria Fiegert MNS JR D 30 66 2.20 6 Hannah Brandt MIN SR F 409 272 .601 7 Dani Sadek OSU SO D 36 63 1.75 7 Kaitlyn Tougas BMJ SR F 73 50 .593 Lee Stecklein MIN JR D 40 63 1.57 8 Meghan Dufault NDK SR F 424 315 .574 9 Jenna Redford STC JR D/F 35 62 1.77 9 Kaitlyn Harding WIS SR F 105 80 .568 10 Alexa Ranahan OSU JR D 35 60 1.71 10 Michela Cava MND SR F 377 313 .546 Overall Goaltending Leaders

Goals Against Average GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % 1 Ann-Renée Desbiens WIS JR 38 2279:18 29 0.76 33-4-1 21 701 .960 2 Amanda Leveille MIN SR 34 1957:32 42 1.29 29-4-1 10 688 .942 3 Shelby Amsley-Benzie NDK SR 31 1872:29 50 1.60 16-11-4 8 661 .930 4 Brittni Mowat BMJ JR 35 2067:59 58 1.68 22-11-2 5 873 .938 5 Kayla Black MND SR 19 1045:20 43 2.47 10-6-1 1 488 .919 6 Katie Fitzgerald STC SR 34 2029:43 101 2.99 12-18-4 2 976 .906 7 Maddie Rooney MND FR 19 1019:08 54 3.18 5-12-0 2 483 .899 8 Alex LaMere OSU SO 29 1562:54 84 3.22 8-17-1 1 720 .896 9 Brianna Quade MNS JR 35 2031:44 116 3.43 3-28-3 1 1031 .899

Save Percentage GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % 1 Ann-Renée Desbiens WIS JR 38 2279:18 29 0.76 33-4-1 21 701 .960 2 Amanda Leveille MIN SR 34 1957:32 42 1.29 29-4-1 10 688 .942 3 Brittni Mowat BMJ JR 35 2067:59 58 1.68 22-11-2 5 873 .938 4 Shelby Amsley-Benzie NDK SR 31 1872:29 50 1.60 16-11-4 8 661 .930 5 Kayla Black MND SR 19 1045:20 43 2.47 10-6-1 1 488 .919 6 Katie Fitzgerald STC SR 34 2029:43 101 2.99 12-18-4 2 976 .906 7 Maddie Rooney MND FR 19 1019:08 54 3.18 5-12-0 2 483 .899 8 Brianna Quade MNS JR 35 2031:44 116 3.43 3-28-3 1 1031 .899 9 Alex LaMere OSU SO 29 1562:54 84 3.22 8-17-1 1 720 .896

Saves GP SVS/G Saves Shutouts GP Shutouts 1 Brianna Quade MNS JR 35 29.5 1031 1 Ann-Renée Desbiens WIS JR 38 21 2 Katie Fitzgerald STC SR 34 28.7 976 2 Amanda Leveille MIN SR 34 10 3 Brittni Mowat BMJ JR 35 24.9 873 3 Shelby Amsley-Benzie NDK SR 31 8 4 Alex LaMere OSU SO 29 24.8 720 4 Brittni Mowat BMJ JR 35 5 5 Ann-Renée Desbiens WIS JR 38 18.4 701 5 Megan Miller WIS SR 2 2 6 Amanda Leveille MIN SR 34 20.2 688 Sidney Peters MIN SO 10 2 7 Shelby Amsley-Benzie NDK SR 31 21.3 661 Maddie Rooney MND FR 19 2 8 Kayla Black MND SR 19 25.7 488 Katie Fitzgerald STC SR 34 2 9 Maddie Rooney MND FR 19 25.4 483 9 Kayla Black MND SR 19 1 10 Stacy Danczak OSU SR 11 20.3 223 Alex LaMere OSU SO 29 1 11 Karissa Grapp MND SR 5 21.4 107 Brianna Quade MNS JR 35 1 12 Sidney Peters MIN SO 10 9.7 97 13 Kathryn Bidulka MNS SO 6 13.8 83 14 Lexie Shaw NDK JR 4 15.5 62 15 Selena Hunter OSU SO 2 16.0 32 16 Megan Miller WIS SR 2 12.5 25 17 Erin Deters BMJ SO 2 11.5 23 18 Taylor Crosby STC FR 2 11.0 22 19 Mackenzie Bruch BMJ SR 1 15.0 15 20 Jorie Walters WIS SR 2 2.0 4 WCHA Women Team Overall Statistics

TEAM OFFENSE TEAM DEFENSE

Team Games Goals G/GM Team Games Goals G/GM 1 Minnesota 40 187 4.67 1 Wisconsin 40 29 0.72 2 Wisconsin 40 154 3.85 2 Minnesota 40 51 1.27 3 Minnesota Duluth 37 90 2.43 3 North Dakota 35 62 1.77 4 North Dakota 35 79 2.26 4 Bemidji State 36 68 1.89 5 Ohio State 36 80 2.22 5 Minnesota Duluth 37 109 2.95 6 Bemidji State 36 77 2.14 6 St. Cloud State 35 115 3.29 7 St. Cloud State 35 63 1.80 7 Ohio State 36 134 3.72 8 Minnesota State 36 55 1.53 8 Minnesota State 36 137 3.81

POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL

Team Totals SHA PP % Team Totals SHF PK % 1 Minnesota 46/109 0 42.2 1 Wisconsin 110/116 8 94.8 2 St. Cloud State 19/91 4 20.9 2 North Dakota 91/104 3 87.5 3 Wisconsin 28/136 0 20.6 3 Minnesota 72/84 2 85.7 4 Ohio State 19/108 2 17.6 4 Bemidji State 74/91 1 81.3 5 North Dakota 14/81 2 17.3 5 Ohio State 109/139 1 78.4 6 Bemidji State 16/97 2 16.5 6 St. Cloud State 69/90 2 76.7 7 Minnesota Duluth 15/108 1 13.9 7 Minnesota State 80/111 1 72.1 8 Minnesota State 12/100 7 12.0 8 Minnesota Duluth 69/103 3 67.0

PENALTY MINUTES SHOTS ON GOAL

Team Games PIM PIM/G Team Games SOG SOG/G 1 Ohio State 36 365 10.1 1 Wisconsin 40 1647 41.2 2 North Dakota 35 251 7.2 2 Minnesota 40 1466 36.6 3 Minnesota State 36 253 7.0 3 North Dakota 35 1079 30.8 4 Minnesota Duluth 37 248 6.7 4 Bemidji State 36 1028 28.6 5 Wisconsin 40 262 6.5 5 Minnesota Duluth 37 1046 28.3 6 Bemidji State 36 213 5.9 6 Ohio State 36 910 25.3 7 St. Cloud State 35 200 5.7 7 Minnesota State 36 736 20.4 8 Minnesota 40 206 5.2 8 St. Cloud State 35 707 20.2

SCORING BY PERIOD GOALS ALLOWED BY PERIOD

Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 Minnesota 59 77 48 3 187 1 Wisconsin 10 7 10 2 29 2 Wisconsin 48 54 51 1 154 2 Minnesota 13 17 20 1 51 3 Minnesota Duluth 23 26 38 3 90 3 North Dakota 17 18 26 1 62 4 Ohio State 28 31 21 0 80 4 Bemidji State 202917268 5 North Dakota 20 28 30 1 79 5 Minnesota Duluth 36 47 24 2 109 6 Bemidji State 24 23 28 2 77 6 St. Cloud State 31 40 44 0 115 7 St. Cloud State 16 24 22 1 63 7 Ohio State 4349420134 8 Minnesota State 22 13 20 0 55 8 Minnesota State 4438532137

SPECIAL TEAMS NET

Team PPF SHA PP NET PPA SHF SH NET ST NET 1 Minnesota 46 0 +46 12 2 -10 +36 2 Wisconsin 28 0 +28 6 8 +2 +30 3 North Dakota 14 2 +12 13 3 -10 +2 4 Bemidji State 16 2 +14 17 1 -16 -2 5 St. Cloud State 19 4 +15 21 2 -19 -4 6 Ohio State 19 2 +17 30 1 -29 -12 7 Minnesota Duluth 15 1 +14 34 3 -31 -17 8 Minnesota State 12 7 +5 31 1 -30 -25 National Category Leaders

Points Per Game GP G-A-P P/GM Goals Against Average Minutes GA GAA 1 Kendall Coyne Northeastern SR F 37 50-34-84 2.27 1 Ann-Renée Desbiens Wisconsin JR 2279:18 29 0.76 2 Alex Carpenter Boston College SR F 41 43-45-88 2.15 2 Sydney Rossman Quinnipiac JR 2342:10 35 0.90 3 Haley Skarupa Boston College SR F 41 35-44-79 1.93 3 Katie Burt Boston College SO 2096:49 43 1.23 4 Hannah Brandt Minnesota SR F 36 25-39-64 1.78 4 Amanda Leveille Minnesota SR 1957:32 42 1.29 5 Dani Cameranesi Minnesota JR F 40 33-35-68 1.70 5 Shea Tiley Clarkson SO 2151:48 49 1.37 6 Denisa Křížová Northeastern SO F 37 20-39-59 1.59 6 Celine Whitlinger Penn State SR 1394:24 35 1.51 7 Annie Pankowski Wisconsin SO F 40 22-36-58 1.45 7 Shelby Amsley-Benzie North Dakota SR 1872:29 50 1.60 8 Sarah Potomak Minnesota FR F 38 15-39-54 1.42 8 Brittni Mowat Bemidji State JR 2067:59 58 1.68 9 Taylar Cianfarano Quinnipiac SO F 37 28-24-52 1.41 9 Sarah McDonnell Mercyhurst FR 1715:34 50 1.75 10 Ashleigh Brykaliuk Minnesota Duluth JR F 37 18-29-47 1.27 10 Harvard SR 1543:05 48 1.87 11 Megan Keller Boston College SO D 41 12-40-52 1.27 11 Kimberly Newell Princeton SR 1665:57 52 1.87 12 Rebecca Leslie Boston University SO F 39 15-34-49 1.26 12 Jenn Gilligan Syracuse SR 1931:20 65 2.02 13 Clarkson JR F 40 25-25-50 1.25 13 Lovisa Selander Rensselaer FR 1960:13 69 2.11 14 Boston University SO F 39 22-26-48 1.23 14 Grace Harrison St. Lawrence FR 1152:05 41 2.14 15 Kelly Pannek Minnesota SO F 40 23-26-49 1.23 15 Julia Vandyk Colgate FR 976:33 35 2.15 16 Lara Stalder Minnesota Duluth JR F 34 17-24-41 1.21 16 Ashlynne Rando Colgate SR 1336:18 48 2.16 17 Makenna Newkirk Boston College FR F 41 22-27-49 1.20 17 Brittany Bugalski Northeastern FR 1705:57 63 2.22 18 Emily Clark Wisconsin SO F 38 24-21-45 1.18 18 Jessica Dodds Robert Morris JR 1898:23 72 2.28 19 Karlie Lund Princeton FR F 33 17-22-39 1.18 19 Connecticut SR 1607:13 61 2.28 20 Miye D'Oench Harvard SR F 32 14-23-37 1.16 20 Robyn Chemago Dartmouth JR 1486:30 57 2.30 21 Dana Trivigno Boston College SR F 41 17-30-47 1.15 21 Hannah Ehresmann Penn State SO 903:04 35 2.33 22 Amy Menke North Dakota JR F 35 19-21-40 1.14 22 Jetta Rackleff RIT SR 889:09 35 2.36 23 Northeastern JR F 38 14-29-43 1.13 23 Paula Voorheis Cornell JR 1312:40 52 2.38 24 Brittany Howard Robert Morris SO F 36 17-23-40 1.11 24 Kayla Black Minnesota Duluth SR 1045:20 43 2.47 25 Meghan Dufault North Dakota SR F 32 12-23-35 1.09 25 Nicole Hensley Lindenwood SR 1904:12 80 2.52

Points Per Game (Defensemen) GP G-A-P P/GM Save Percentage Saves GA Save % 1 Megan Keller Boston College SO D 41 12-40-52 1.27 1 Ann-Renée Desbiens Wisconsin JR 701 29 .960 2 Kelsey Koelzer Princeton JR D 33 17-16-33 1.00 2 Sydney Rossman Quinnipiac JR 647 35 .949 3 Clarkson SR D 30 7-21-28 0.93 3 Celine Whitlinger Penn State SR 630 35 .947 4 Courtney Burke Wisconsin SR D 40 5-30-35 0.88 4 Katie Burt Boston College SO 718 43 .943 5 Mallory Souliotis Yale SO D 29 4-21-25 0.86 5 Amanda Leveille Minnesota SR 688 42 .942 6 Jordan Krause Northeastern SR D 36 5-25-30 0.83 6 Elaine Chuli Connecticut SR 972 61 .941 7 Lexi Bender Boston College SR D 41 6-27-33 0.80 7 Lovisa Selander Rensselaer FR 1058 69 .939 8 Jenny Ryan Wisconsin JR D 40 8-24-32 0.80 8 Emerance Maschmeyer Harvard SR 725 48 .938 9 Amanda Boulier St. Lawrence SR D 38 10-19-29 0.76 9 Brittni Mowat Bemidji State JR 873 58 .938 10 Lee Stecklein Minnesota JR D 40 8-22-30 0.75 10 Kimberly New ell Princeton SR 772 52 .937 11 Milica McMillen Minnesota SR D 38 9-19-28 0.74 11 Jetta Rackleff RIT SR 484 35 .933 12 Megan Wolfe Minnesota JR D 40 5-24-29 0.72 12 Melissa Black Union FR 1111 82 .931 13 Ivana Bilic Bemidji State SR D 33 3-19-22 0.67 13 Shea Tiley Clarkson SO 649 49 .930 14 Kirsten Welsh Robert Morris FR D 38 7-18-25 0.66 14 Shelby Amsley-Benzie North Dakota SR 661 50 .930 15 Leah Lum Connecticut SO D 37 10-14-24 0.65 15 Ashlynne Rando Colgate SR 579 48 .923 16 Heather Mottau Northeastern JR D 34 4-18-22 0.65 16 Nicole Hensley Lindenwood SR 947 80 .922 17 Toni Ann Miano Boston College SO D 41 8-18-26 0.63 17 Jessica Dodds Robert Morris JR 852 72 .922 18 Dani Sadek Ohio State SO D 36 4-18-22 0.61 18 Meghann Treacy Maine SR 927 79 .921 19 Micah Hart Cornell FR D 30 1-17-18 0.60 19 Robyn Chemago Dartmouth JR 649 57 .919 20 Kali Flanagan Boston College SO D 41 6-18-24 0.59 20 Kayla Black Minnesota Duluth SR 488 43 .919

Points Per Game (Freshmen) GP G-A-P P/GM Winning Percentage W-L-T Win % 1 Sarah Potomak Minnesota F 38 15-39-54 1.42 1 Katie Burt Boston College SO 35-1-0 .972 2 Makenna Newkirk Boston College F 41 22-27-49 1.20 2 Ann-Renée Desbiens Wisconsin JR 33-4-1 .882 3 Karlie Lund Princeton F 33 17-22-39 1.18 3 Amanda Leveille Minnesota SR 29-4-1 .868 4 Rachael Smith Mercyhurst F 34 11-18-29 0.85 4 Sydney Rossman Quinnipiac JR 30-3-5 .855 5 Bailey Larson Colgate F 38 10-22-32 0.84 5 Shea Tiley Clarkson SO 27-5-5 .797 Melissa Samoskevich Quinnipiac F 38 16-16-32 0.84 6 Julia Vandyk Colgate FR 11-2-3 .781 7 Christina Putigna Providence F 36 11-17-28 0.78 7 Brittany Bugalski Northeastern FR 20-8-1 .707 8 Jessie Eldridge Colgate F 38 9-18-27 0.71 8 Sarah McDonnell Mercyhurst FR 17-6-5 .696 9 Julia Tylke St. Cloud State F 34 9-15-24 0.71 9 Kimberly Newell Princeton SR 18-8-2 .679 10 Shae Labbe Colgate F 38 11-15-26 0.68 10 Erin O'Neil Boston University SO 17-8-2 .667 11 Clarkson F 40 18-9-27 0.68 11 Brittni Mow at Bemidji State JR 22-11-2 .657 Sam Cogan Wisconsin F 40 10-17-27 0.68 12 Kayla Black Minnesota Duluth SR 10-6-1 .618 13 Sammy Davis Boston University F 39 17-9-26 0.67 13 Ashlynne Rando Colgate SR 11-7-4 .591 14 Kirsten Welsh Robert Morris D 38 7-18-25 0.66 14 Shelby Amsley-Benzie North Dakota SR 16-11-4 .581 15 Sarah Quaranta Robert Morris F 38 5-19-24 0.63 15 Jenn Gilligan Syracuse SR 16-13-3 .547 16 Rhyen McGill Clarkson F 40 14-11-25 0.62 16 Jessica Dodds Robert Morris JR 15-13-4 .531 17 Shannon Morris-Reade Lindenwood F 37 8-15-23 0.62 17 Emerance Maschmeyer Harvard SR 13-12-1 .519 18 Micah Hart Cornell D 30 1-17-18 0.60 18 Elaine Chuli Connecticut SR 12-12-2 .500 19 Maggie Lague Robert Morris D 38 2-20-22 0.58 Grace Harrison St. Lawrence FR 7-7-6 .500 20 Paige Voight Merrimack F 34 11-8-19 0.56 20 Kyra Smith New Hampshire FR 10-14-1 .420 National Category Leaders

Goals Per Game GP G G/GM Assists Per Game GP A A/GM 1 Kendall Coyne Northeastern SR F 37 50 1.35 1 Alex Carpenter Boston College SR F 41 45 1.10 2 Alex Carpenter Boston College SR F 41 43 1.05 2 Hannah Brandt Minnesota SR F 36 39 1.08 3 Haley Skarupa Boston College SR F 41 35 0.85 3 Haley Skarupa Boston College SR F 41 44 1.07 4 Dani Cameranesi Minnesota JR F 40 33 0.82 4 Denisa Křížová Northeastern SO F 37 39 1.05 5 Taylar Cianfarano Quinnipiac SO F 37 28 0.76 5 Sarah Potomak Minnesota FR F 38 39 1.03 6 Hannah Brandt Minnesota SR F 36 25 0.69 6 Megan Keller Boston College SO D 41 40 0.98 Sarah Nurse Wisconsin JR F 36 25 0.69 7 Kendall Coyne Northeastern SR F 37 34 0.92 8 Sydney Daniels Harvard JR F 31 21 0.68 8 Annie Pankowski Wisconsin SO F 40 36 0.90 9 Emily Clark Wisconsin SO F 38 24 0.63 9 Dani Cameranesi Minnesota JR F 40 35 0.88 10 Cayley Mercer Clarkson JR F 40 25 0.62 10 Rebecca Leslie Boston University SO F 39 34 0.87 11 Shara Jasper Lindenwood SR F 37 23 0.62 11 Ashleigh Brykaliuk Minnesota Duluth JR F 37 29 0.78 12 Kelly Pannek Minnesota SO F 40 23 0.57 12 Hayley Scamurra Northeastern JR F 38 29 0.76 13 Victoria Bach Boston University SO F 39 22 0.56 13 Courtney Burke Wisconsin SR D 40 30 0.75 14 Annie Pankowski Wisconsin SO F 40 22 0.55 14 Dana Trivigno Boston College SR F 41 30 0.73 15 Amy Menke North Dakota JR F 35 19 0.54 15 Mallory Souliotis Yale SO D 29 21 0.72 16 Denisa Křížová Northeastern SO F 37 20 0.54 16 Miye D'Oench Harvard SR F 32 23 0.72 17 Makenna Newkirk Boston College FR F 41 22 0.54 Meghan Dufault North Dakota SR F 32 23 0.72 18 Kelsey Koelzer Princeton JR D 33 17 0.52 18 Lara Stalder Minnesota Duluth JR F 34 24 0.71 Karlie Lund Princeton FR F 33 17 0.52 19 Erin Ambrose Clarkson SR D 30 21 0.70 Molly Illikainen St. Cloud State SR F 33 17 0.52 20 Jordan Krause Northeastern SR D 36 25 0.69 21 Theresa Knutson Connecticut SO F 37 19 0.51 21 Kenzie Kent Boston College SO F 41 28 0.68 Michela Cava Minnesota Duluth SR F 37 19 0.51 22 Geneviève Bannon Clarkson JR F 40 27 0.68 23 Lara Stalder Minnesota Duluth JR F 34 17 0.50 Sydney McKibbon Wisconsin JR F 40 27 0.68 24 Ashleigh Brykaliuk Minnesota Duluth JR F 37 18 0.49 24 Victoria Bach Boston University SO F 39 26 0.67 25 Jess Brown Cornell SR F 27 13 0.48 Karlie Lund Princeton FR F 33 22 0.67

Power Play Goals GP PPG/G PPG Game-Winning Goals GP GWG 1 Dani Cameranesi Minnesota JR F 40 0.33 13 1 Haley Skarupa Boston College SR F 41 9 2 Haley Skarupa Boston College SR F 41 0.29 12 2 Melissa Samoskevich Quinnipiac FR F 38 8 3 Alex Carpenter Boston College SR F 41 0.22 9 Alex Carpenter Boston College SR F 41 8 4 Kelsey Koelzer Princeton JR D 33 0.24 8 4 Emily Clark Wisconsin SO F 38 7 Christina Putigna Providence FR F 36 0.22 8 5 Jessica Sibley Syracuse JR F 36 6 6 Kendall Coyne Northeastern SR F 37 0.19 7 Theresa Knutson Connecticut SO F 37 6 Milica McMillen Minnesota SR D 38 0.18 7 Kelly Pannek Minnesota SO F 40 6 Mikaela Lowater Robert Morris JR D 38 0.18 7 8 Stephanie Anderson Bemidji State SR F 31 5 9 Lara Stalder Minnesota Duluth JR F 34 0.18 6 Meghan Dufault North Dakota SR F 32 5 Hannah Brandt Minnesota SR F 36 0.17 6 Karlie Lund Princeton FR F 33 5 Amy Boucher New Hampshire SO F 36 0.17 6 Molly Illikainen St. Cloud State SR F 33 5 Theresa Knutson Connecticut SO F 37 0.16 6 Sarah Nurse Wisconsin JR F 36 5 Laura Bowman Penn State JR F 37 0.16 6 Shara Jasper Lindenwood SR F 37 5 Taylor Willard Vermont SO D 37 0.16 6 Denisa Křížová Northeastern SO F 37 5 Kelly Pannek Minnesota SO F 40 0.15 6 Olivia Howe Clarkson SR F 39 5 Kelly Mariani Clarkson FR F 39 5 Kenzie Kent Boston College SO F 41 5

Shorthanded Goals GP SHG/G SHG 1 Kendall Coyne Northeastern SR F 37 0.14 5 Rebecca Leslie Boston University SO F 39 0.13 5 3 Alex Carpenter Boston College SR F 41 0.10 4 4 Kaitlin Doering Cornell JR F 31 0.10 3 Emily Janiga Mercyhurst SR F 32 0.09 3 Sarah Nurse Wisconsin JR F 36 0.08 3 Annie Pankowski Wisconsin SO F 40 0.07 3 8 Hilary Lloyd Princeton JR F 28 0.07 2 Cornell SR F 31 0.06 2 Molly Illikainen St. Cloud State SR F 33 0.06 2 Amy Menke North Dakota JR F 35 0.06 2 Jess Paton RIT SR F 36 0.06 2 Denisa Křížová Northeastern SO F 37 0.05 2 Bailey Larson Colgate FR F 38 0.05 2 Rebecca Russo Boston University SR F 39 0.05 2 Olivia Howe Clarkson SR F 39 0.05 2 Geneviève Bannon Clarkson JR F 40 0.05 2 National Team Leaders

SCORING OFFENSE GP Goals G/GM SCORING DEFENSE GP Goals G/GM 1 Boston College 41 213 5.20 1 Wisconsin 40 29 0.72 2 Minnesota 40 187 4.67 2 Quinnipiac 38 35 0.92 3 Northeastern 38 163 4.29 3Boston College 41 51 1.24 4 Wisconsin 40 154 3.85 4 Minnesota 40 51 1.27 5 Boston University 39 140 3.59 5Clarkson 40 54 1.35 6 Clarkson 40 140 3.50 6 North Dakota 35 62 1.77 7 Quinnipiac 38 118 3.11 7 Harvard 32 59 1.84 8 Princeton 33 102 3.09 8 Princeton 33 61 1.85 9 Colgate 38 109 2.87 9Bemidji State 36 68 1.89 10 Robert Morris 38 108 2.84 10 Penn State 37 76 2.05 11 Syracuse 36 96 2.67 11 Mercyhurst 35 74 2.11 12 Mercyhurst 35 92 2.63 12 Syracuse 36 77 2.14 13 Yale 29 71 2.45 13 Colgate 38 86 2.26 14 St. Lawrence 38 93 2.45 14 Rensselaer 34 80 2.35 15 Harvard 32 78 2.44 15 Northeastern 38 94 2.47 16 Minnesota Duluth 37 90 2.43 16 Connecticut 37 93 2.51 17 Cornell 31 72 2.32 17 Robert Morris 38 97 2.55 18 North Dakota 35 79 2.26 18 St. Lawrence 38 98 2.58 19 Ohio State 36 80 2.22 19 Dartmouth 28 74 2.64 20 Connecticut 37 82 2.22 20 Lindenwood 37 102 2.76 21 New Hampshire 36 79 2.19 21 Cornell 31 87 2.81 22 Bemidji State 36 77 2.14 22 Minnesota Duluth 37 109 2.95 23 Providence 36 72 2.00 23 Maine 35 105 3.00 24 Rensselaer 34 62 1.82 RIT 36 108 3.00 25 Dartmouth 28 51 1.82 25 Boston University 39 119 3.05 26 St. Cloud State 35 63 1.80 26 Union 34 104 3.06 27 Penn State 37 65 1.76 27 Yale 29 94 3.24 28 Maine 35 61 1.74 28 New Hampshire 36 117 3.25 29 Lindenwood 37 64 1.73 29 Vermont 37 121 3.27 Vermont 37 64 1.73 30 St. Cloud State 35 115 3.29 31 Merrimack 34 57 1.68 31 Merrimack 34 124 3.65 32 Minnesota State 36 55 1.53 32 Ohio State 36 134 3.72 33 RIT 36 51 1.42 33 Providence 36 136 3.78 34 Brown 29 37 1.28 34 Minnesota State 36 137 3.81 35 Union 34 25 0.74 35 Brown 29 114 3.93

POWER PLAY Totals SHA PP% PENALTY KILL Totals SHF PK% 1 Minnesota 46/109 0 42.2 1 Wisconsin 110/116 8 94.8 2 Boston College 45/153 2 29.4 2 Quinnipiac 98/106 0 92.5 3 Quinnipiac 26/104 0 25.0 3 Boston College 120/131 7 91.6 4 Northeastern 28/130 3 21.5 4 Princeton 104/115 2 90.4 5 Robert Morris 36/168 3 21.4 5 Harvard 74/83 2 89.2 6 Colgate 25/119 2 21.0 6 Clarkson 121/136 4 89.0 7 Dartmouth 19/91 6 20.9 7 Dartmouth 90/102 2 88.2 St. Cloud State 19/91 4 20.9 8 North Dakota 91/104 3 87.5 9 Wisconsin 28/136 0 20.6 9 Mercyhurst 134/154 3 87.0 10 Merrimack 21/109 2 19.3 10 Syracuse 106/123 2 86.2 11 St. Lawrence 20/108 1 18.5 11 Minnesota 72/84 2 85.7 12 Boston University 24/130 2 18.5 Robert Morris 138/161 5 85.7 13 Clarkson 22/121 1 18.2 13 Penn State 101/119 1 84.9 14 New Hampshire 21/118 2 17.8 14 Northeastern 123/145 7 84.8 15 Harvard 14/79 0 17.7 15 St. Lawrence 88/104 1 84.6 16 Ohio State 19/108 2 17.6 16 Lindenwood 114/135 1 84.4 17 Connecticut 22/127 3 17.3 17 Colgate 109/132 3 82.6 18 North Dakota 14/81 2 17.3 18 Rensselaer 77/94 1 81.9 19 Providence 24/141 6 17.0 19 Boston University 117/143 11 81.8 20 Cornell 18/109 5 16.5 20 Maine 112/137 3 81.8 21 Bemidji State 16/97 2 16.5 21 Cornell 88/108 5 81.5 22 Yale 13/79 2 16.5 22 RIT 127/156 4 81.4 23 Mercyhurst 24/159 6 15.1 23 Bemidji State 74/91 1 81.3 24 Vermont 16/109 4 14.7 24 New Hampshire 88/109 0 80.7 25 Brown 17/117 6 14.5 25 Vermont 87/109 2 79.8 26 Syracuse 21/147 3 14.3 26 Providence 131/166 1 78.9 27 Princeton 19/134 3 14.2 27 Connecticut 101/128 1 78.9 28 Minnesota Duluth 15/108 1 13.9 28 Ohio State 109/139 1 78.4 29 Penn State 15/111 2 13.5 29 St. Cloud State 69/90 2 76.7 30 Lindenwood 14/114 2 12.3 30 Union 68/89 1 76.4 31 Minnesota State 12/100 7 12.0 31 Brown 80/107 0 74.8 32 RIT 15/157 5 9.6 32 Minnesota State 80/111 1 72.1 33 Maine 12/126 3 9.5 33 Yale 67/93 3 72.0 34 Rensselaer 11/130 1 8.5 34 Merrimack 63/93 3 67.7 35 Union 6/97 3 6.2 35 Minnesota Duluth 69/103 3 67.0