UNIVERSITYBULLDOGS OF MINNESOTA WOMEN’S HOCKEY Athletic Communications, Women’s Hockey • Kelly Grgas-Wheeler University of Minnesota Duluth • Duluth, MN 55812-2496 • (218) 726-8937 • Fax: (218) 726-6529 THE MATCH-UP Games 23 & 24 UMD OPENS SEASON-LONG HOME STAND STARTING WITH NO.8/9 NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY UMD vs. No. 8/9 North Dakota Jan. 14, 2016 Date: Jan. 15 & 16, 3:07 p.m. Friday and Saturday The University of Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey team will embark on its Site: AMSOIL Arena -- Duluth, Minn. longest home stand of the 2015-16 season over the next three weeks, start- Record: UMD: ..................9-12-1 (6-9-1 WCHA) ing with the No. 8/9 University of North Dakota this Friday. The Bulldogs and North Dakota: ..........11-6-3 (8-5-3 WCHA) Fighting Hawks will jump start the series at AMSOIL Arena on Friday with a 3:07 p.m. start, followed by Saturday’s contest, also set to begin at 3:07 p.m. Video Feed: http://www.nchc.tv/umd Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/umd/whockey/xlive.htm USCHO RANKING: UMD-- N/A, North Dakota-- No. 9 USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY MAG: UMD-- Rec. Votes, North Dakota-- No. 8 THE SERIES: UMD is 37-13-15 all-time against North Dakota, including a 2015-2016 SCHEDULE series split in Grand Forks back against the then No. 7/8 Fighting Hawks Date Opponent Location Time on Nov. 20-21 by scores of 3-4 and 1-0. The Nov. 21 win marked the first 9/26/2015 Lindenwood Wentzville, MO 4-3 W, OT 9/27/2015 Lindenwood Wentzville, MO 4-1, W by the Bulldogs over a ranked team since UMD knocked off then No. 9/10 10/2/2015 No. 2 Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 4-1, L Bemidji State University 2-0 on Nov. 28, 2014. 10/3/2015 No. 2 Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 4-2, L. 10/9/2015 No. 9 Bemidji State Bemidji, MN 0-2, L The first night, Nov. 20, the Bulldogs led the Fighting Hawks on two occa- 10/10/2015 No. 9 Bemidji State Bemidji, MN 1-2, L OT sions before surrendering the game-winning goal at 10:17 of the third period. 10/16/2015 Minnesota State Duluth, MN 4-2, W UMD’s then newly constructed first line each recorded a goal and an assist 10/17/2015 Minnesota State Duluth, MN 4-0, W -- Ashleigh Brykaliuk, Lara Stalder and Michela Cava. Freshman goaltender 10/23/2015 No. 1 Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 2-5, L Maddie Rooney had 20 saves in the loss. 10/24/2015 No. 1 Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 1-6, L 11/13/2015 No. 1 Wisconsin Duluth, MN 0-3, L 11/14/2015 No. 1 Wisconsin Duluth, MN 2-4, L Saturday, Nov. 21, both teams were scoreless into the third period until 11/20/2015 No. 7 North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 3-4, L sophomore forward Michelle Lowenhielm broke the stalemate at 9:46. The 11/21/2015 No. 7 North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 1-0, W goal was all the Bulldogs would need, with Rooney stopping all 32 shots 11/27/2015 No. 8 Harvard Duluth, MN 4-2, W she faced. The shutout was the second for Rooney in her short collegiate 11/28/2015 No. 8 Harvard Duluth, MN 1-4, L career, and first over a ranked opponent. 12/4/2015 St. Cloud State Duluth, MN 2-2, T OT 12/5/2015 St. Cloud State Duluth, MN 4-0, W LAST TIME OUT: The Bulldogs were swept over the weekend in Madison 12/11/2015 Ohio State Columbus, OH 4-2, W by No. 2 Wisconsin by scores of 5-1 Friday and 3-1 Sunday. 12/12/2015 Ohio State Columbus, OH 5-2, W 1/8/2016 No. 2 Wisconsin Madison, WI 1-5, L 1/10/2016 No. 2 Wisconsin Madison, WI 1-3, L On Friday, the Bulldogs were without the services of Lara Stalder, Maria 1/15/2016 No. 8/9 North Dakota Duluth, MN 3:07 p.m. Lindh and Linnea Hedin due to the Nations Cup, as well as Kayla Black and 1/16/2016 No. 8/9 North Dakota Duluth, MN 3:07 p.m. still injured Katerina Mrázová. Head coach Maura Crowell is also currently 1/22/2016 Bemidji State Duluth, MN 7:07 p.m. serving as an assistant coach for the Under-18 USA squad currently in the 1/23/2016 Bemidji State Duluth, MN 4:07 p.m. World Championships and missed the entire series. 1/29/2016 Ohio State Duluth, MN 7:07 p.m. 1/30/2016 Ohio State Duluth, MN 4:07 p.m. Friday, UMD surrendered four first period goals, including three between the 2/5/2016 Minnesota State Mankato, MN 2:07 p.m. 2/6/2016 Minnesota State Mankato, MN 2:07 p.m. 5:41 and 9:29 marks to put the Bulldogs in a hole they couldn’t recover from. 2/12/2016 Minnesota Duluth, MN 7:07 p.m. Senior goaltender Karissa Grapp made a career-high 38 saves on 39 shots 2/13/2016 Minnesota Duluth, MN 4:07 p.m. after entering the game for the final 40 minutes. 2/19/2016 St. Cloud State St. Cloud, MN 7:07 p.m. 2/20/2016 St. Cloud State St. Cloud, MN 3:07 p.m. 2/26/2016 WCHA 1st Round TBA TBA UMD vs. North Dakota Last 10 Games (37-13-5 All-Time) 2/27/2016 WCHA 1st Round TBA TBA Nov. 21, 2015 1-0 Win Away Oct. 17, 2014 1-2 Loss OT Away 2/28/2016 WCHA 1st Round TBA TBA Nov. 20, 2015 3-4 Loss Away Feb. 9, 2014 2-2 Tie OT SW Home 3/5/2016 WCHA Final Face-Off TBA TBA 3/6/2016 WCHA Final Face-Off TBA TBA Jan. 31, 2015 2-2 Tie OT Home Feb. 8, 2014 3-4 Loss Home 3/11/2016 NCAA Regionals TBA TBA Jan. 30, 2015 0-1 Loss Home Oct. 13, 2013 3-3 Tie OT Away Oct. 18, 2014 1-0 Win Away Oct. 12, 2013 3-4 Loss Away Five-Time NCAA Champions 2010 • 2008 • 2003 • 2002 • 2001 BY THE NUMBERS - ABOUT NORTH DAKOTA Head Coach -- Brian Idalski -- 8th season BULLDOGS VS. FIGHTING HAWKS -Overall record -- 146-154-42 Current Season -- 11-6-3 Overall Record Overall Record -Leading Scorer -- Junior forward Amy Menke 12-12=24 9-12-1 11-6-3 -Senior goaltender Shelby Amsley-Benzie has six shutouts and a 1.56 goals against average in Scoring Offense (G/Gm) 963:49 of action this season 2.32 2.30 -The Fighting Hawks hosted the Minnesota Whitecaps last week in Grand Forks for two exhibi- tion losses -- 1-6 on Saturday Jan. 9, and 0-1 on Sunday, Jan. 10 Scoring Defense (G/Gm) 2.73 1.75 Sunday UMD allowed two goals in the own the nation’s hardest schedule with second period, including one power play a rating of 292.0 in the current KRACH Scoring Margin tally, and fell behind 3-0 after two periods strength of schedule rating system. North -0.41 +0.55 of play. Blueliner Sidney Morin put the Dakota ranks second with 237.4. Bulldogs on the board at 15:32 of the third Shots on Goal (SOG/Gm) period, and UMD outshot the Badgers 9-8 CROWELL, USA U-18 LOOKING GOLD- 28.3 29.9 in the final staza, but the Bulldogs would EN: UMD head coach Maura Crowell is come no closer. currently serving as an assistant coach Penalty Minutes Per Game for the U.S. Women’s National Under-18 7.2 8.0 Grapp made 29 saves Sunday for a grand Team playing in the IIHF Under-18 total of 67 saves posted in five periods Women’s World Championship. That Power Play of play. UMD was 0-of-3 on the power squad will face Sweden in the semifinals 9/72 (12.5) 10/47 (21.3) play and 1-of-7 in the series against the Thursday at 3 p.m. at the Meridian Centre Badgers. in St. Catharines, Ontario. Penalty Kill 49/68 (72.1) 58/63 (92.1) NOTES FROM THE BADGERS SERIES: A USA win will land Crowell (who com- The series sweep marks the second for mitted to the coaching position in April of Record vs. Top-10 Teams the Wisconsin over UMD this year, as the 2015) and Co. into the gold medal game 2-12-0 3-4-1 Bulldogs finish the regular season 0-4 on Friday, Jan. 15 at 7:30 p.m. against UW. Wisconsin outscored UMD Point Leaders 15-4 in their four wins against the Bull- BULLDOG NOTES: Junior forward Brykaliuk (26) Menke (24) dogs, and all-time, UMD is now 29-37-12 Ashleigh Brykaliuk extended her current Stalder (21) Dufault (18) against Badgers. scoring streak to a career-tying best eight games with an assist, pushing her eight- Goals Scored --UMD has played 14 of its 22 games game total to five goals and nine assists Stalder (11) Menke (12) against teams ranked in the top-eight for 14 points. Senior forward Michela Cava (10) Kohler (9) in the country. After playing the No. 2 Cava has now compiled 10 points (4g, Badgers twice last week, the Bulldogs now 6a) in her last six games for a career-high THE LAST TIME..