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) ................................... 5-1-0 (5-1-0) Record: 5-1-0 National Ranking (USCHO/USA Today) .......................... 2/2 Head Coach..............................................................Brad Frost WCHA Record: 5-1-0-0 (W-L-T-SoW) Record ............................................407-77-34 (14th Season) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT ST. CLOUD STATE HUSKIES 11/21 NO. 5 OHIO STATE* W, 4-0 2020-21 Record (WCHA) ................................... 2-4-0 (2-4-0) National Ranking (USCHO/USA Today) .................... NR/NR 11/22 NO. 5 OHIO STATE* L, 2-1 Head Coach................................................. Steve Macdonald 11/27 at No. 6 Minnesota Duluth* W, 4-2 Record at SCSU .....................................8-29-4 (2nd 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 vs. St. Cloud State 12/10 at Minnesota State* W, 5-1 Thursday, Jan. 7 | 3:07 p.m. CT | Ridder Arena | Minneapolis, Minn. 12/11 MINNESOTA STATE* W, 2-1 Game Two: Minnesota vs. St. Cloud State Saturday, Jan. 9 | 4:07 p.m. CT | Ridder Arena | Minneapolis, Minn. 12/11 at Ohio State* Postponed Game Three: Minnesota at St. Cloud State 12/12 at Ohio State* Postponed Sunday, Jan. 10 | 3:07 p.m. CT 1/4 NO. 6 MINN. DULUTH* Postponed Herb Brooks National Hockey Center | St. Cloud, Minn. 1/5 NO. 6 MINN. DULUTH* Postponed MEDIA COVERAGE 1/7 ST. CLOUD STATE* 3:07 pm Video: BTN+ (Thurs. & Sat.) | FloHockey (Sun.) 1/9 ST. CLOUD STATE* 4:07 pm Audio: FREE at GopherSports.com (Thurs. & Sat.) 1/10 at St. Cloud State* 3:07 pm Stats: GopherSports.com and StatBroadcast.com 1/15 at Wisconsin* 2:07 pm Social Media: @GopherWHockey, #GWH, #Gophers 1/16 at Wisconsin* 2:07 pm The No. 2 Golden Gopher women’s hockey team resumes competition 1/29 at Ohio State* 5:07 pm in 2021 by facing off against St. Cloud State in three games this week, 1/30 at Ohio State* 2:07 pm hosting the Huskies on Thursday and Saturday before capping off the 2/5 WISCONSIN* 6:07 pm week on the road on Sunday. 2/6 WISCONSIN* 4:07 pm Last Time Out: Gophers Sweep Mavericks 2/12 OHIO STATE* TBA Minnesota (5-1-0) concluded the 2020 portion of the schedule by 2/13 OHIO STATE* TBA sweeping Minnesota State in a home-and-home series with the Mavericks. The Gophers earned a 5-1 win in game one win on the road 2/19 at Bemidji State* 3:07 pm and closed out the series with a 2-1 win at home. Crystalyn Hengler 2/20 at Bemidji State* 2:07 pm (3a), Grace Zumwinkle (2g), Abigail Boreen (2g), Olivia Knowles (1g-1a), TBA WCHA Postseason TBA Audrey Wethington (1g-1a), and Emily Oden (2a) led the Gophers with TBA NCAA First Round& TBA multiple points against the Mavericks, and Lauren Bench and Makayla Pahl each earned one win in net for the Maroon & Gold. 3/19-21 NCAA Frozen Four+ TBA Home games in BOLD CAPS at Ridder Arena. Schedule Changes All times Central. The Gophers were originally scheduled to host No. 6 Minnesota Duluth Rankings reflect USCHO.com poll at time of game. on Monday and Tuesday this week, but the series was postponed. * WCHA regular season game Minnesota then added a third game with St. Cloud State to set up this & NCAA First Round (at top seeds) week’s three-game week. + NCAA Frozen Four (Erie, Pa.) About the Series Thursday’s game marks the 100th all-time game between the Gophers and Huskies. Minnesota is 93-3-3 all-time against St. Cloud State (2-4-0, 2-4-0 WCHA) in the series dating back to November 1997, including a 44-0-2 mark in games at Ridder Arena. The Gophers have won Tough • Grateful • Disciplined • Devoted 14-straight games over the Huskies. 2020-21 SITUATIONAL RECORDS Overall record 5-1-0 Freshmen Firsts In home games 2-1-0 Freshmen Josey Dunne (Nov. 21), Anne Cherkowski (Nov. 27), Abbey In road games 3-0-0 In neutral-site games 0-0-0 Murphy (Nov. 27), and Audrey Wethington (Dec. 11) all scored their Against USCHO.com poll ranked opponents 3-1-0 first collegiate goals during the first half of the season. Cherkowski (1g- Against WCHA opponents 5-1-0 2a) and Murphy (1g-2a) lead the way in scoring among rookies while Against ECAC Hockey teams 0-0-0 Wethington (1g-1a) and Dunne (1g-1a) also have multiple points on the Against CHA teams 0-0-0 Against Hockey East teams 0-0-0 year. Maggie Nicholson (1a) has recorded her first career assist, and In non-conference games 0-0-0 Addie Burton and Tella Jungels have also made their college debuts to In overtime games 0-0-0 round out Minnesota’s rookie class. In day games (4:07 p.m. or earlier) 2-1-0 In night games 3-0-0 Minnesota scores first 4-1-0 Notable Notes Opponent scores first 1-0-0 • Through six games this season, 15 different Gophers have at least Minnesota leads at 1st intermission 4-0-0 one point while 12 different skaters have scored goals. Minnesota trails at 1st intermission 1-1-0 Tied at 1st intermission 0-0-0 • Grace Zumwinkle (5g-1a) leads the Gophers in scoring with six Minnesota leads at 2nd intermission 4-0-0 points in six games. Minnesota trails at 2nd intermission 1-1-0 • Crystalyn Hengler had a career-high three assists in the series Tied at 2nd intermission 0-0-0 sweep over Minnesota State. Minnesota leads in shots 2-0-0 Minnesota trails in shots 2-1-0 • Abigail Boreen had her first career two-goal game in Minnesota’s Shots are even 1-0-0 5-1 win at Minnesota State. Minnesota has 0-19 shots 1-0-0 • Makayla Pahl earned her first career win in her first career start in Minnesota has 20-29 shots 1-1-0 Minnesota’s 2-1 win over Minnesota State. Minnesota has 30-39 shots 3-0-0 Minnesota has 40-49 shots 0-0-0 Minnesota has 50 or more shots 0-0-0 Scoring Milestones Minnesota allows 0-19 shots 1-0-0 Senior Grace Zumwinkle is Minnesota's active career scoring leader Minnesota allows 20-29 shots 1-0-0 with 130 career points (72g-58a) in 119 career games; her 72 career Minnesota allows 30-39 shots 2-1-0 Minnesota allows 40-49 shots 1-0-0 goals rank tied for 12th among all-time Gophers. Junior Emily Oden Minnesota allows 50 or more shots 0-0-0 (17g-34a) recorded her 50th career point against Minnesota Duluth Minnesota scores on power play 2-0-0 (Nov. 27) while junior Taylor Heise (32g-49a) and senior Emily Brown Minnesota is scoreless on power play 3-1-0 Opponent scores on power play 0-0-0 (14g-46a) are nearing 50 career assists as well. Opponent is scoreless on power play 5-1-0 Scoring 1 goal 0-1-0 Aye, Aye Captains Scoring 2 goals 2-0-0 Seniors Emily Brown and Grace Zumwinkle are serving as team Scoring 3 goals 0-0-0 Scoring 4 goals 2-0-0 captains while fellow seniors Olivia Knowles and Taylor Wente are Scoring 5 goals 1-0-0 assistant captains for the Gophers. Scoring 6 goals 0-0-0 Scoring 7 or more goals 0-0-0 24th Season Allowing 1 goal 3-0-0 Allowing 2 goals 1-1-0 The 2020-21 season marks the 24th season of Gopher women’s Allowing 3 goals 0-0-0 hockey. Six games in to the season, Minnesota has an all-time record Allowing 4 goals 0-0-0 of 685-144-56. Allowing 5 goals 0-0-0 Allowing 6 goals 0-0-0 Allowing 7 or more goals 0-0-0 Home, Sweet Home In one-goal games 2-1-0 The 2020-21 season marks the 19th season of Ridder Arena serving In two-goal games 1-0-0 as the home of Gopher women's hockey. Minnesota’s season-opening In three-goal games 0-0-0 win over Ohio State marked a historic 300th win for the Maroon & Gold On Monday 0-0-0 On Tuesday 0-0-0 at Ridder Arena. The Gophers enter this week’s games with an all-time On Wednesday 0-0-0 record of 301-50-22 in home games at Ridder Arena, dating back to On Thursday 1-0-0 the 2002-03 season. On Friday 2-0-0 On Saturday 2-0-0 On Sunday 0-1-0 Who's New? In September 0-0-0 Eight newcomers joined the Gophers for the 2020-21 season. In October 0-0-0 Goaltender Lauren Bench (Eagan, Minn./Burnsville High School) has In November 3-1-0 In December 2-0-0 transferred to Minnesota as a graduate student after completing In January 0-0-0 her undergraduate degree at Bemidji State while freshmen forward In February 0-0-0 Addie Burton (Orono, Minn./Blake School), forward Anne Cherkowski In March 0-0-0 (Coldstream, B.C./Pursuit of Excellence), defense Josey Dunne (O'Fallon, Current streak 4-0-0 Current home streak 1-0-0 Mo./Chicago Mission), forward Tella Jungels (Edina, Minn./Edina High Current road streak 5-0-0 School), forward Abbey Murphy (Evergreen Park, Ill./Chicago Mission), defense Maggie Nicholson (Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka High Tough • Grateful • Disciplined • Devoted 2020-21 GOPHER AWARD WINNERS School), and forward Audrey Wethington (Edina, Minn./Blake School) complete the newest class of Gophers.