GOPHER WOMEN'S HOCKEY Seven-Time National Champions • 2000, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 TM 7 National titles • 14 NCAA Frozen Fours • 10 WCHA regular season titles • 7 WCHA Final Faceoff titles • 40 All-American honors • 33 Patty Kazmaier Award finalists MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2020-21 Record (WCHA) ................................... 8-3-0 (8-3-0) Record: 8-3-0 National Ranking (USCHO/USA Today) .......................... 2/2 Head Coach..............................................................Brad Frost WCHA Record: 8-3-0-0 (W-L-T-SoW) Record ............................................410-79-34 (14th Season) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT OHIO STATE BUCKEYES 11/21 NO. 5 OHIO STATE* W, 4-0 2020-21 Record (WCHA) ................................... 8-4-0 (8-4-0) National Ranking (USCHO/USA Today) .......................... 3/3 11/22 NO. 5 OHIO STATE* L, 2-1 Head Coach...................................................Nadine Muzerall 11/27 at No. 6 Minnesota Duluth* W, 4-2 Record .................................................90-54-17 (5th Season) 11/28 at No. 6 Minnesota Duluth* W, 2-1 12/4 NO. 1 WISCONSIN* Postponed GOPHER WOMEN'S HOCKEY GAME DAY 12/5 NO. 1 WISCONSIN* Postponed Game One: Minnesota at Ohio State 12/10 at Minnesota State* W, 5-1 Friday, Jan. 29 | 5:07 p.m. CT | OSU Ice Rink | Columbus, Ohio 12/11 MINNESOTA STATE* W, 2-1 Game Two: Minnesota at Ohio State Saturday, Jan. 30 | 2:07 p.m. CT | OSU Ice Rink | Columbus, Ohio 12/11 at Ohio State* Postponed 12/12 at Ohio State* Postponed MEDIA COVERAGE 1/4 NO. 6 MINN. DULUTH* Postponed Video: BTN+ Audio: None 1/5 NO. 6 MINN. DULUTH* Postponed Stats: GopherSports.com and StatBroadcast.com 1/7 ST. CLOUD STATE* W, 2-1 Social Media: @GopherWHockey, #GWH, #Gophers 1/9 ST. CLOUD STATE* W, 4-1 1/10 at St. Cloud State* W, 4-0 The No. 2 Golden Gophers are back on the road for a series with the No. 3 Buckeyes in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Jan. 29 and Saturday, Jan. 1/15 at No. 2 Wisconsin* L, 5-0 30. 1/16 at No. 2 Wisconsin* L, 6-3 1/29 at No. 3 Ohio State* 5:07 pm Last Time Out Minnesota (8-3-0, 8-3-0 WCHA) enters the series with OSU after a 1/30 at No. 3 Ohio State* 2:07 pm bye weekend. Most recently, the Gophers suffered a road sweep at 2/5 WISCONSIN* 6:07 pm Wisconsin, falling 5-0 and 6-3. The series finale saw Gophers receive 2/6 WISCONSIN* 4:07 pm goals from Grace Zumwinkle, Amy Potomak, and Josey Dunne, and 2/12 OHIO STATE* TBA Lauren Bench and Makayla Pahl both saw action in net in the series. 2/13 OHIO STATE* TBA About the Series: Minnesota vs. Ohio State 2/19 at Bemidji State* 3:07 pm Minnesota has an all-time record of 77-16-5 in 98 games against 2/20 at Bemidji State* 2:07 pm Ohio State. This weekend’s series includes the 100th all-time meeting TBA WCHA Postseason TBA between the two teams. The Gophers are 34-7-1 in all-time games in Columbus, Ohio. Earlier this season, the teams split a series at Ridder & TBA NCAA First Round TBA Arena as Minnesota won 4-0 in game one but fell 2-1 in game two. 3/19-21 NCAA Frozen Four+ TBA Freshmen Firsts Home games in BOLD CAPS at Ridder Arena. All times Central. Freshmen Abbey Murphy (3g-5a), Anne Cherkowski (1g-5a), Josey Rankings reflect USCHO.com poll at time of game. Dunne (2g-1a), Audrey Wethington (1g-1a), and Maggie Nicholson (1a) have already recorded their first collegiate points while Addie Burton * WCHA regular season game and Tella Jungels have also made their college debuts and round out & NCAA First Round (at top seeds) + NCAA Frozen Four (Erie, Pa.) Minnesota’s rookie class. Notable Notes • Through 11 games this season, 16 different Gophers have at least one point while 13 different skaters have scored goals. • Grace Zumwinkle (8g-2a) leads the team with 10 points and eight Tough • Grateful • Disciplined • Devoted goals while Emily Oden (1g-8a), Taylor Heise (5g-3a), and Abbey 2020-21 SITUATIONAL RECORDS Murphy (3g-5a) round out the team’s top four scorers. Overall record 8-3-0 • Grace Zumwinkle is tied for the national lead with three game- In home games 4-1-0 winning goals. In road games 4-2-0 In neutral-site games 0-0-0 Against USCHO.com poll ranked opponents 3-3-0 Scoring Milestones Against WCHA opponents 8-3-0 Senior Grace Zumwinkle is Minnesota's active career scoring leader Against ECAC Hockey teams 0-0-0 with 134 career points (75g-59a) in 124 career games; she is now tied Against CHA teams 0-0-0 Against Hockey East teams 0-0-0 for 11th among all-time Gophers with 75 career goals, matching Bobbi In non-conference games 0-0-0 Ross's career total from 2004-07. Junior Emily Oden (17g-40a) recorded In overtime games 0-0-0 her 50th career point against Minnesota Duluth (Nov. 27) while junior In day games (4:07 p.m. or earlier) 5-3-0 In night games 3-0-0 Taylor Heise (36g-50a) earned her 50th career assist against St. Cloud Minnesota scores first 6-1-0 State (Jan. 9). Senior Emily Brown (14g-48a) is nearing 50 career assists Opponent scores first 2-2-0 as well. Minnesota leads at 1st intermission 6-0-0 Minnesota trails at 1st intermission 1-3-0 Tied at 1st intermission 1-0-0 24th Season Minnesota leads at 2nd intermission 6-0-0 The 2020-21 season marks the 24th season of Gopher women’s Minnesota trails at 2nd intermission 2-2-0 hockey. Through 11 games this season, Minnesota has an all-time Tied at 2nd intermission 0-1-0 record of 688-146-56. Minnesota leads in shots 5-0-0 Minnesota trails in shots 2-3-0 Shots are even 1-0-0 Home, Sweet Home Minnesota has 0-19 shots 1-0-0 The 2020-21 season marks the 19th season of Ridder Arena serving as Minnesota has 20-29 shots 1-2-0 the home of Gopher women's hockey. Minnesota’s season-opening win Minnesota has 30-39 shots 4-1-0 Minnesota has 40-49 shots 2-0-0 over Ohio State marked a historic 300th win for the Maroon & Gold at Minnesota has 50 or more shots 0-0-0 Ridder Arena. After two wins over St. Cloud State at home to start the Minnesota allows 0-19 shots 3-0-0 New Year, the Gophers have an all-time record of 303-50-22 in home Minnesota allows 20-29 shots 2-1-0 games at Ridder Arena, dating back to the 2002-03 season. Minnesota allows 30-39 shots 2-2-0 Minnesota allows 40-49 shots 1-0-0 Minnesota allows 50 or more shots 0-0-0 Aye, Aye Captains Minnesota scores on power play 2-1-0 Seniors Emily Brown and Grace Zumwinkle are serving as team Minnesota is scoreless on power play 6-2-0 Opponent scores on power play 1-2-0 captains while fellow seniors Olivia Knowles and Taylor Wente are Opponent is scoreless on power play 7-1-0 assistant captains for the Gophers. Scoring 1 goal 0-1-0 Scoring 2 goals 3-0-0 Who's New? Scoring 3 goals 0-1-0 Scoring 4 goals 4-0-0 Eight newcomers joined the Gophers for the 2020-21 season. Scoring 5 goals 1-0-0 Goaltender Lauren Bench (Eagan, Minn./Burnsville High School) has Scoring 6 goals 0-0-0 transferred to Minnesota as a graduate student after completing Scoring 7 or more goals 0-0-0 her undergraduate degree at Bemidji State while freshmen forward Allowing 1 goal 5-0-0 Allowing 2 goals 1-1-0 Addie Burton (Orono, Minn./Blake School), forward Anne Cherkowski Allowing 3 goals 0-0-0 (Coldstream, B.C./Pursuit of Excellence), defense Josey Dunne (O'Fallon, Allowing 4 goals 0-0-0 Mo./Chicago Mission), forward Tella Jungels (Edina, Minn./Edina High Allowing 5 goals 0-1-0 School), forward Abbey Murphy (Evergreen Park, Ill./Chicago Mission), Allowing 6 goals 0-1-0 Allowing 7 or more goals 0-0-0 defense Maggie Nicholson (Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka High In one-goal games 3-1-0 School), and forward Audrey Wethington (Edina, Minn./Blake School) In two-goal games 1-0-0 complete the newest class of Gophers. In three-goal games 1-1-0 On Monday 0-0-0 On Tuesday 0-0-0 Who's Back? On Wednesday 0-0-0 Head coach Brad Frost is in his 14th season at the helm of the On Thursday 2-0-0 program with a .818 winning percentage in his first 13 seasons. The On Friday 2-1-0 On Saturday 3-1-0 Gophers returned 15 players from last year's team, including eight of On Sunday 1-1-0 Minnesota's top-10 scorers. Senior Grace Zumwinkle (25g-20a), junior In September 0-0-0 Taylor Heise (18g-25a), and redshirt junior Amy Potomak (18g-18a) are In October 0-0-0 Minnesota’s top returning scorers from a year ago while the Maroon & In November 3-1-0 In December 2-0-0 Gold also returned five of the team’s top six defense from last season In January 3-2-0 led by seniors Emily Brown and Olivia Knowles.