UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA 2013- 14 WOMEN’S HOCKEY GAME NOTES UNDSports.com • Facebook.com/UNDWHKY • @UNDWHockey 2013-14 Schedule/Results Release: Feb. 19, 2014 DATE OPPONENT TIME Sept. 27 Pursuit of Excellence (Exh) W, 12-1 Oct. 4 Lindenwood W, 5-1 #7 North Dakota Oct. 5 Lindenwood W, 6-1 (17-9-4, 14-8-4-2 WCHA) Oct. 12 No. 9 Minnesota Duluth * W, 4-3 Oct. 13 No. 9 Minnesota Duluth * T, 3-3 at Oct. 18 Ohio State * W, 5-2 Ohio State Oct. 19 Ohio State * L, 1-2 Oct. 25 St. Cloud State * W, 2-1 (12-15-5, 7-14-5-2 WCHA) Oct. 26 St. Cloud State * W, 6-1 Nov. 1 Bemidji State * W, 6-2 Nov. 2 Bemidji State * W, 5-1 Nov. 16 No. 1 Minnesota * L, 1-6 Feb. 21-22, 2014 • 6:07 p.m. & 3:07 p.m. (CT) Nov. 17 No. 1 Minnesota * W, 3-2 OSU Ice Rink (1,001) • Columbus, Ohio Nov. 22 No. 2 Wisconsin * T, 0-0 Nov. 23 No. 2 Wisconsin * L, 1-3 Live Stats: OhioStateBuckeys.com | Webcast: OhioStateBuckeyes.com Nov. 29 Team Russia (Exh.) T, 3-3 Radio: n/a | TV: n/a Nov. 30 Team Russia (Exh.) W, 2-0 Dec. 6 No. 6 Clarkson W, 2-1 This Weekend Dec. 7 No. 6 Clarkson L, 1-2 North Dakota finishes off the regular season with a trip to Columbus, Ohio for a series against Ohio Dec. 13 Minnesota State * W, 5-2 State, Feb. 21-22. Friday’s game will be played at 6:07 p.m. (CT), and Saturday’s at 3:07 p.m. (CT). Dec. 14 Minnesota State * W, 2-1 Dec. 21 Manitoba Maple Leafs (Exh.) W, 7-0 Earlier in the season, UND hosted Ohio State, Oct. 25-25, and the two teams split the weekend Jan. 11 No. 2 Wisconsin * W, 4-1 series, with North Dakota winning the first game 5-2, before dropping the second game 2-1. Jan. 12 No. 2 Wisconsin * L, 1-4 Jan. 17 St. Cloud State * W, 4-0 Media Coverage Jan. 18 St. Cloud State * W, 3-1 Live stats for this weekend’s games will be available at OhioStateBuckeyes.com. A webcast will also Jan. 24 Bemidji State * T, 3-3 be provided at OhioStateBuckeyes.com for a fee. Jan. 25 Bemidji State * W, 2-1 Jan. 31 No. 1 Minnesota * L, 1-5 Social Media Feb. 1 No. 1 Minnesota * L, 1-3 Receive real-time updates during all UND women’s hockey games by following @UNDWHockey. Feb. 8 Minnesota Duluth * W, 4-3 Additional coverage can be found at @UNDSports and @rladue. Feb. 9 Minnesota Duluth * T, 2-2 Feb. 15 Minnesota State * L, 2-4 Fans can also follow the action via live chat at UNDSports.com, hosted by UND Media Relations Feb. 16 Minnesota State * L, 1-2 assistant director Ross LaDue. Feb. 21 Ohio State * 6:07 p.m. Feb. 22 Ohio State * 3:07 p.m. Playoff Picture After Minnesota Duluth swept Bemidji State over the Jan. 31-Feb 1 weekend, North Dakota has Feb. 28 WCHA First-Round Playoffs ^ TBA clinched home ice for the WCHA first-round playoffs, Feb. 28-March 2. March 1 WCHA First-Round Playoffs ^ TBA March 2 WCHA First-Round Playoffs ^ TBA North Dakota currently sits in third place and will clinch it with at least a tie this weekend against March 7 WCHA Final Face-Off # TBA Ohio State. If UND was to lose both games over the weekend, Minnesota Duluth would need at March 8 WCHA Final Face-Off # TBA least a sweep against Minnesota to gain the third seed for the WCHA playoffs. March 15 NCAA Quarterfinal ^ TBA March 21 NCAA Frozen Four % TBA UND could still potentially play Ohio State, Bemidji State or Minnesota State for the first round March 23 NCAA Frozen Four % TBA of playoffs, Feb. 28-March 2. If UND finishes in third, it will host the sixth-seeded team, which is currently Bemidji State. However, BSU sits just two points behind Ohio State and could surpass the Home games in bold; all times Central Buckeyes with a win or shootout win against St. Cloud State this weekend. * WCHA game ^ At Campus Locations 2014 Olympians # Bemidji Minn. (Sanford Center) Senior Michelle Karvinen, sophomore Tanja Eisenschmid and freshmen Susanna Tapani have % Hamden, Conn. (TD Bank Sports Center) left Grand Forks to meet up with their respective countries to compete in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Former UND players, Jocelyne Lamoureux, Monique Lamoureux and Susanne Fellner along with MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACT current video coach Max Markowitz, will also be in Sochi. You can follow all of their results and Asst. Athletics Director . Ross LaDue updates from Sochi online at UNDsports.com. Email . [email protected] Office Phone . 701.777.6743 Last Time Out Cell Phone . 319.360.0543 North Dakota suffered its second sweep of the season, dropping two games at home to Minnesota Twitter . .@UNDWHockey, @rladue State, Feb. 15-16, by scores of 4-2 and 2-1. UND scored first in both games, but the Mavericks rallied Mailing Address . Athletics Media Relations Office back both times. MSU’s goaltender Danielle Butters made a total of 85 saves over the weekend for . University of North Dakota the pair of upset wins. Hyslop Sports Center Room 122 In Saturday’s game, Shannon Kaiser opened the scoring with goal off a scramble in the first period. 2751 2nd Avenue North, Stop 9013 However, less than two minutes later Minnseota State tied the game. The Mavericks then took a 2-1 . .Grand Forks, ND 58202-9013 lead before the end of the first period. In the second period, MSU scored on the power play to take THREE OLYMPIC MEDALISTS // TWO NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES PAGE 2 • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA WOMEN’S HOCKEY GAME NOTES • Feb. 19, 2014 a 3-1 lead, but Meghan Dufault scored on the power play to bring the game back within one. North Dakota Quick Facts Minnesota State then took a 4-2 lead halfway through the second period. UND fired 23 shots in the third period, but was unable to get anything past Butters. University Information On Sunday, Dufault scored the opening goal less than six minutes into the start of the game. School: University of North Dakota The goal would be the only scoring for the first 50 minutes of the contest. North Dakota outshot Minnesota State 35-11 through the first two periods, but MSU bounced back in the third period, Location: Grand Forks, N D (pop 52,838) scoring a power-play goal and the game-winner off a breakaway rebound in the final nine Founded: 1883 minutes of play. Enrollment: 42,099 About Ohio State Nickname: none This Saturday will be Senior Day for Ohio State as the six seniors will be recognized. The six seniors are Chelsea Knapp, Lisa Steffes, Ally Tarr, Becky Allis, Madison Marcotte and Annie Svedin. Colors: Kelly Green & White Conference: WCHA Ohio State can clinch fifth-place in the WCHA with a win against North Dakota or a Bemidji State loss to St. Cloud State. Division: NCAA I President: Dr Robert Kelley The Buckeyes are coming off a series split on the road at Bemidji State, dropping last Friday’s contest 4-1 and bouncing back with a 3-1 win Saturday. Director of Athletics: Brian Faison Senior Woman Administrator: Daniella Irle Ally Tarr has a team-leading 27 points this season on nine goals and 18 assists. Freshman Claudia Kepler has a team-leading 12 goals on the season. Kepler is 13th in the WCHA 2013-14 Team Information in goals-scored and has the second most goalsscored out of WCHA rookies. She is fourth in the NCAA for goals-scored by a freshman. 2012-13 Overall record: 26-12-2 2012-13 WCHA record (finish): 18-9-1-0 (T-2nd) Sara Schmitt is third in the WCHA, fifth in the NCAA with 25 points, in defensemen scoring while her sister Kari is tied for fifth in the WCHA and tied for 14th nationally with 21 points. 2012-13 WCHA Tournament: Lost to Minn , 2-0 Letterwinners returning/lost: 14/9 Lisa Steffes is posting career-best numbers in goals-against average (1.92) and save percentage (.933). Newcomers: 10 Three former Buckeyes are representing their countries in Sochi at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Natalie Spooner will be skating for Team Canada in the gold medal game, while Emma Program History Terho (Laaksonen) and Minttu Tuominen played for Team Finland. First season: 2002-03 (12th season) Great Comebacks All-time record: 155-222-36 ( 418) After finding itself on the short end of a 3-0 score on Feb. 8, 2014, UND rallied to score four- All-time WCHA record: 93-162-24 ( 376) unanswered goals against Minnesota Duluth to win 4-3. The four-goal comeback win is the largest in program history. WCHA regular season titles: 0 WCHA tournament championships: 40 The three-goal third-period comeback on Oct. 12 vs Minnesota Duluth, marked the first time in program history that UND has won a game after starting the third period with a two-goal deficit. NCAA appearances: 2 (2012, 13) North Dakota then repeated its heroics the next night, Oct. 13, overcoming a 3-2 deficit to start NCAA titles: 0 the third period to force a 3-3 tie. Prior to that, the last time UND came back from a third-period deficit to win was on Nov.