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) ................................... 1-1-0 (1-1-0) Record: 1-1-0 National Ranking (USCHO/USA Today) .......................... 3/3 WCHA Record: 1-1-0-0 (W-L-T-SoW) Head Coach..............................................................Brad Frost Record ............................................403-77-34 (14th Season) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT MINNESOTA DULUTH BULLDOGS 11/21 NO. 5 OHIO STATE* W, 4-0 2020-21 Record (WCHA) ................................... 2-0-0 (2-0-0) 11/22 NO. 5 OHIO STATE* L, 2-1 National Ranking (USCHO/USA Today) .......................... 6/6 11/27 at No. 6 Minnesota Duluth* 6:07 p.m. Head Coach...................................................... Maura Crowell Record .............................................. 113-79-24 (7th Season) 11/28 at No. 6 Minnesota Duluth* 3:07 p.m. 12/4 WISCONSIN* 6:07 p.m. GOPHER WOMEN'S HOCKEY GAME DAY 12/5 WISCONSIN* 4:07 p.m. Game One: Minnesota at Minnesota Duluth 12/11 at Ohio State* TBA Friday, Nov. 27 | 6:07 p.m. CT | AMSOIL Arena | Duluth, Minn. 12/12 at Ohio State* TBA Game Two: Minnesota at Minnesota Duluth Saturday, Nov. 28 | 3:07 p.m. CT | AMSOIL Arena | Duluth, Minn. TBA Second Half WCHA Schedule TBA TBA WCHA Postseason TBA MEDIA COVERAGE TBA NCAA First Round TBA Video (Subscription Required): FloHockey online at flohockey.tv Audio: KDAL - 610 AM/103.9 FM (Duluth radio) 3/19-21 NCAA Frozen Four+ TBA Stats: GopherSports.com Home games in BOLD CAPS at Ridder Arena. Social Media: @GopherWHockey, #GWH, #Gophers All times Central. Rankings reflect USCHO.com poll at time of game. No. 3 Minnesota faces No. 6 Minnesota Duluth at 6:07 p.m. CT Friday and 3:07 p.m. CT Saturday at AMSOIL Arena. * WCHA regular season game & NCAA First Round (at top seeds) + NCAA Frozen Four (Erie, Pa.) Last Time Out: Split with Ohio State Minnesota opened the season with a series split with Ohio State at home at Ridder Arena last weekend, earning a 4-0 win in game one before falling 2020-21 GOPHER AWARD WINNERS 2-1 in game two. Senior Grace Zumwinkle scored three goals while Madeline Wethington and Anne Cherkowski each recorded a pair of assists in the series. WCHA PRESEASON AWARDS Redshirt senior Lauren Bench combined for 69 saves on 71 shots faced, Abbey Murphy, WCHA Rookie of the Year earning a 36-save shutout in her Gopher debut before adding 33 saves on 35 Emily Brown, All-WCHA shots faced in game two against the Buckeyes. WCHA WEEKLY AWARDS Notable Notes Grace Zumwinkle, Forward of the Week (Nov. 24) • With Saturday’s 4-0 win over Ohio State, the Gophers improved to 17-2-0 Lauren Bench, Goaltender of the Week (Nov. 24) all-time in home-openers at Ridder Arena since 2002-03. • Minnesota now has an all-time mark of 22-2-0 in overall season-openers. • Grace Zumwinkle and Anne Cherkowski each logged points in both of Minnesota’s games so far this season. • Madeline Wethington tied her career-best with a pair of assists in game one against Ohio State. Freshmen Firsts Freshman Josey Dunne (1g) scored her first collegiate goal in Minnesota’s 4-0 win over Ohio State (Nov. 21) while Anne Cherkowski (2a) also logged her first collegiate points during the Gophers’ season-opening weekend. Scoring Milestones on the Horizon Senior Grace Zumwinkle (70g-57a) is Minnesota's active career scoring leader with 127 career points; she ranks 14th among all-time Gophers with 70 career goals. Junior Emily Oden’s (16g-33a) next point will be her 50th career point while junior Taylor Heise (31g-48a) and senior Emily Brown (13g-46a) are nearing 50 career assists as well. Tough • Grateful • Disciplined • Devoted Aye, Aye Captains 2020-21 SITUATIONAL RECORDS Seniors Emily Brown and Grace Zumwinkle are serving as team captains while Overall record 1-1-0 fellow seniors Olivia Knowles and Taylor Wente are assistant captains for the In home games 1-1-0 Gophers. In road games 0-0-0 In neutral-site games 0-0-0 24th Season Against USCHO.com poll ranked opponents 1-1-0 The 2020-21 season marks the 24th season of Gopher women’s hockey. Against WCHA opponents 1-1-0 Following a season-opening series split with Ohio State, Minnesota has an all- Against ECAC Hockey teams 0-0-0 Against CHA teams 0-0-0 time record of 681-144-56. Against Hockey East teams 0-0-0 In non-conference games 0-0-0 Home, Sweet Home In overtime games 0-0-0 The 2020-21 season marks the 19th season of Ridder Arena serving as the In day games (4:07 p.m. or earlier) 1-1-0 home of Gopher women's hockey. Minnesota’s season-opening win over Ohio In night games 0-0-0 State marked a historic 300th win for the Maroon & Gold at Ridder Arena. The Minnesota scores first 1-1-0 Gophers’ all-time record in home games at Ridder Arena stands at 300-50-22, Opponent scores first 0-0-0 Minnesota leads at 1st intermission 1-0-0 dating back to the 2002-03 season. Minnesota trails at 1st intermission 0-1-0 Tied at 1st intermission 0-0-0 Who's New? Minnesota leads at 2nd intermission 1-0-0 Eight newcomers joined the Gophers for the 2020-21 season. Goaltender Minnesota trails at 2nd intermission 0-1-0 Lauren Bench (Eagan, Minn./Burnsville High School) has transferred to Tied at 2nd intermission 0-0-0 Minnesota as a graduate student after completing her undergraduate degree Minnesota leads in shots 0-0-0 at Bemidji State while freshmen forward Addie Burton (Orono, Minn./Blake Minnesota trails in shots 1-1-0 Shots are even 0-0-0 School), forward Anne Cherkowski (Coldstream, B.C./Pursuit of Excellence), Minnesota has 0-19 shots 1-0-0 defense Josey Dunne (O'Fallon, Mo./Chicago Mission), forward Tella Jungels Minnesota has 20-29 shots 0-1-0 (Edina, Minn./Edina High School), forward Abbey Murphy (Evergreen Park, Ill./ Minnesota has 30-39 shots 0-0-0 Chicago Mission), defense Maggie Nicholson (Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka Minnesota has 40-49 shots 0-0-0 High School), and forward Audrey Wethington (Edina, Minn./Blake School) Minnesota has 50 or more shots 0-0-0 complete the newest class of Gophers. Minnesota allows 0-19 shots 0-0-0 Minnesota allows 20-29 shots 0-0-0 Minnesota allows 30-39 shots 1-1-0 Who's Back? Minnesota allows 40-49 shots 0-0-0 Head coach Brad Frost is back for his 14th season at the helm of the program Minnesota allows 50 or more shots 0-0-0 with a .818 winning percentage in his first 13 seasons. The Gophers returned Minnesota scores on power play 0-0-0 15 players from last year's team, including eight of Minnesota's top-10 Minnesota is scoreless on power play 1-1-0 scorers from 2019-20. Senior Grace Zumwinkle (25g-20a), junior Taylor Heise Opponent scores on power play 0-0-0 (18g-25a), and redshirt junior Amy Potomak (18g-18a) are Minnesota’s top Opponent is scoreless on power play 1-1-0 returning scorers from a year ago while the Maroon & Gold also returned five Scoring 1 goal 0-1-0 of the team’s top six defense from last season led by seniors Emily Brown and Scoring 2 goals 0-0-0 Scoring 3 goals 0-0-0 Olivia Knowles. Scoring 4 goals 1-0-0 Scoring 5 goals 0-0-0 Gophers in the Pros Scoring 6 goals 0-0-0 Four University of Minnesota alumnae are competing in the NWHL this season Scoring 7 or more goals 0-0-0 Amanda Leveille, Meghan Lorence, Chelsey Brodt-Rosenthal, and Winny Brodt- Allowing 1 goal 0-0-0 Brown have signed with the Minnesota Whitecaps for 2020-21. Meanwhile, Allowing 2 goals 0-1-0 Allowing 3 goals 0-0-0 Allowing 4 goals 0-0-0 Ten Gopher women's hockey alums are on regional rosters for the Professional Allowing 5 goals 0-0-0 Women's Hockey Players' Association (PWHPA) this season: Sarah Potomak Allowing 6 goals 0-0-0 (Calgary); Amanda Kessel and Gigi Marvin (New Hampshire); Sydney Scobee, Allowing 7 or more goals 0-0-0 Hannah Brandt, Dani Cameranesi, Kelly Pannek, Lee Stecklein, Nicole In one-goal games 0-1-0 Schammel, and Noora Raty (Minnesota). In two-goal games 0-0-0 In three-goal games 0-0-0 In addition, Patti Marshall (Brynas IF in Sweden), Alex Woken (Mad Dogs On Monday 0-0-0 On Tuesday 0-0-0 Mannheim in Germany), Katie Robinson (TPS Naisten Liiga in Finland), On Wednesday 0-0-0 and Megan Bozek and Noora Raty (Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays) are playing On Thursday 0-0-0 professional hockey in Europe this season. On Friday 0-0-0 On Saturday 1-0-0 2019-20 Season in Review On Sunday 0-1-0 Minnesota wrapped up the 23rd season of Gopher women’s hockey as NCAA In September 0-0-0 Tournament qualifiers and WCHA regular-season runners-up along with tying In October 0-0-0 for third at the WCHA Final Faceoff in 2019-20. The Gophers posted a record of In November 1-1-0 In December 0-0-0 27-6-3 before the season was cut short prior to the NCAA quarterfinal round In January 0-0-0 when the NCAA announced it was ceasing competitions and championships In February 0-0-0 because of COVID-19 public health concerns on March 12, 2020.