2014-15 University of North Dakota Women’s Hockey Prospectus GENERAL KEY RETURNING FORWARDS School . University of North Dakota Josefine Jakobsen, Sr . (36 GP, 14g, 19a, 33p, WCHA Third Team) Location . Grand Forks, ND (58202) Meghan Dufault, Jr . (31 GP, 12g, 16a, 28p) Founded . 1883 Enrollment . 14,326 KEY RETURNING DEFENSEMEN Nickname . None Tanja Eisenschmid, Jr . (28 GP, 2g, 8a, 10p, +9) School Colors . Kelly Green & White Gracen Hirschy, So . (36 GP, 9g, 13a, +19, WCHA Rookie Team) National Affiliation . NCAA Division I Conference . Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) KEY RETURNING GOALIES President . Dr . Robert Kelley Shelby Amsley-Benzie, Jr . (23 GP, .916 Sv%, 1 .99 GAA, 2 SO) Director of Athletics . Brian Faison Lexie Shaw, So . (14 GP, .917 Sv%, 1 .92 GAA, 2 SO) Senior Woman Administrator . Daniella Irle Faculty Athletic Representative . Sue Jeno INCOMING PLAYERS Athletic Dept. Phone . (701) 777-2234 Jordan Hampton, So ., Def . (Exeter, N .H . / Northeastern University) Ticket Office Phone . (701) 777-0855 Kara Tupa, Fr ., For ., (Fargo, N .D . / Honeybaked) Home Arena (Capacity) . Ralph Engelstad Arena (11,634) Press Box Phone . (701) 777-3571 MEDIA INFORMATION Asst. Media Relations Director/Contact . .. Ross LaDue HISTORY LaDue’s Office Phone . (701) 777-6743 First Year of Hockey . 2002-03 LaDue’s Cell Phone . (319) 360-0543 All-time Record . 158-225-36 ( .420) (12 seasons) LeDue’s E-mail . ross .ladue@athletics .UND .edu WCHA Record . 93-164-23 ( .373) Athletics Website . www .UNDSports .com NCAA Championships . 0 NCAA Tournament Appearances . 2 (2012, 2013) AMR Mailing Address . Athletic Media Relations Office WCHA Championships . 0 University of North Dakota WCHA Final Face-Off Appearances . 4 (2011, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14) Hyslop Sports Center Room 120 2751 2nd Avenue North, Stop 9013 COACHING STAFF Grand Forks, ND 58202-9013 Head Coach . Brian Idalski (Wisconsin-Stevens Point, ‘01) Record at UND . 113-116-25 ( .494)/7 seasons Radio Station . Clear Channel (1440 AM “The Fan”) Career Record as Head Coach . .. 221-137-36 ( .607)/12 Seasons Address . 505 University Avenue Record at Wisconsin-Stevens Point . 108-21-11 ( .811)/5 Seasons Grand Forks, ND 58201 Idalski’s Office Phone . (701) 777-6490 Phone . (701) 746-1417 Hockey Play-by-Play . Darrin Looker Associate Head Coach . Peter Elander Assistant Head Coach . Erik Fabian Television Station . .. WDAZ-TV (ABC, Ch . 8) Volunteer Assistant Coach . Eli Rosendahl Address . P .O . Box 12639 Grand Forks, ND 58202-2639 TEAM INFORMATION Phone . (701) 775-2511 2013-14 Overall Record . 20-12-4 Fax . (701) 746-4507 Postseason Finish . .. Lost in Final Face-Off final vs Minnesota Sports Director . Pat Sweeney 2013-14 WCHA Record/Finish . 14-10-4/3rd 2013-14 Home Record . 9-6-3 Newspaper . Grand Forks Herald 2013-14 Away Record . 10-5-1 Address . P .O . Box 6008 2013-14 Neutral Record . 1-1-0 Grand Forks, ND 58206 Letterwinners Returning . 21 (11 For ., 8 Def ., 2 G .) Phone . (701) 780-1129 Letterwinners Lost . 3 (2 For ., 1 Def .) Hockey Beat Writer . Brad Schlossman Page 1 2014-15 University of North Dakota Women’s Hockey Prospectus 2014-15 NORTH DAKOTA ROSTER NO. NAME Yr. Pos. HT. S/C HOMETOWN PREVIOUS TEAM 1 Shelby Amsley-Benzie JR G 5-7 L Warroad, Minnesota Warroad HS 4 Sam LaShomb JR D 5-9 L Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota South St. Paul HS 5 Johanna Fallman SR D 5-9 L Luleå, Sweden Swedish National Team 6 Gracen Hirschy SO D 5-9 L Fort Wayne, Indiana Team Pittsburgh U19 7 Jordan Hampton SO D 5-7 R Exeter, New Hampshire Northeastern 8 Samantha Hanson JR D 5-8 R White Bear Lake, Minnesota White Bear Lake HS 9 Kara Tupa FR F 5-6 R Fargo, North Dakota Honeybaked 10 Andrea Dalen SR F 5-8 R Hønefoss, Norway Norwegian National Team 11 Shannon Kaiser JR F 5-7 R Crookston, Minnesota Crookston HS 13 Layla Marvin JR F 5-5 R Warroad, Minnesota Warroad HS 14 Marissa Salo SO F 5-9 R Grand Rapids, Minnesota North American Hockey Academy 15 Kayla Gardner SO F 5-9 L Warroad, Minnesota Warroad HS 16 Tori Williams SR D 5-3 L The Pas, Manitoba Balmoral Hall 18 Halli Krzyzaniak SO D 5-9 R Neepawa, Manitoba Pursuit of Excellence 19 Meghan Dufault JR F 5-3 R Winnipeg, Manitoba Pursuit of Excellence 21 Amy Menke SO F 5-6 R Shakopee, Minnesota Shakopee HS 22 Tanja Eisenschmid JR D 5-8 L Kaufbeuren, Germany German National Team 25 Leah Jensen JR F 5-6 R East Grand Forks, Minnesota East Grand Forks HS 27 Christina LaCombe SR D 5-6 L Eden Prairie, Minnesota Syracuse 29 Lexie Shaw SO G 5-7 L Troy, Michigan Honeybaked 32 Nicole Novak FR F 5-11 R Grand Forks, North Dakota Red River HS 34 Annie Chipman FR G 5-6 L Winnipeg, Manitoba St. Mary’s Academy 51 Becca Kohler JR F 6-0 R St. Thomas, Ontario Bluewater 55 Lisa Marvin SO F 5-8 L Warroad, Minnesota Warroad HS 63 Josefine Jakobsen SR F 5-7 L Aalborg, Denmark Danish National Team UND...By Class UND...Geographically UND...Alphabetically/Pronunciation Denmark (1): Josefine Jakobsen 1 Shelby Amsley-Benzie AMS-lee BEN-zee Seniors (5): Andrea Dalen, Johanna Fallman, Josefine 34 Annie Chipman Jakobsen, Christina LaCombe, Tori Williams Germany (1): Tanja Eisenschmid 10 Andrea Dalen DOLL-in 19 Meghan Dufault DEW-foe Indiana (1): Gracen Hirschy 22 Tanja Eisenschmid EYES-in-schmeed Juniors (9): Shelby Amsley-Benzie, Meghan Dufault, Tanja 5 Johanna Fallman (YO-hawn-ah) Eisenschmid, Samantha Hanson, Leah Jensen, Shannon Manitoba (4): Annie Chipman, Meghan Dufault, Halli 15 Kayla Gardner Krzyaniak, Tori Williams 7 Jordan Hampton Kaiser, Becca Kohler, Sam LaShomb, Layla Marvin 8 Samantha Hanson Michigan (1): Lexie Shaw 6 Gracen Hirschy (GRAY-sen) Her-shee Sophomores (8): Kayla Gardner, Jordan Hampton, Gracen 63 Josefine Jakobsen (yoh-sah-feen) yah-cub-son Minnesota (11): Shelby Amsley-Benzie, Kayla Gardner, 25 Leah Jensen Hirschy, Halli Krzyaniak, Lisa Marvin, Amy Menke, Marissa Samantha Hanson, Leah Jensen, Shannon Kaiser, Christina 11 Shannon Kaiser Salo, Lexie Shaw LaCombe, Sam LaShomb, Layla Marvin, Lisa Marvin, Amy 51 Becca Kohler COE-ler Menke, Marissa Salo 18 Halli Krzyzaniak (hal-lee) KRIZ-ann-EE-ack 27 Christina LaCombe LAH-comb Freshmen (3): Annie Chipman, Nicole Novak, Kara Tupa New Hampshire (1): Jordan Hampton 4 Sam LaShomb LAH-showm 13 Layla Marvin North Dakota (2): Nicole Novak, Kara Tupa 55 Lisa Marvin 21 Amy Menke MEN-key Norway (1): Andrea Dalen 32 Nicole Novak NO-vack 14 Marissa Salo SAY-loh Ontario (1): Becca Kohler 29 Lexie Shaw 9 Kara Tupa Sweden (1): Johanna Fallman 16 Tori Williams Page 2 2014-15 University of North Dakota Women’s Hockey Prospectus 2014-15 NORTH DAKOTA SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (CT) Sept. 27 Toronto Jr. Aeros Grand Forks, N.D. 7:07 p.m. Oct. 3 RPI Grand Forks, N.D. 7:07 p.m. Oct. 4 Vermont Grand Forks, N.D. 7:07 p.m. Oct. 10 Minnesota State Mankato, Minn. 7:07 p.m. Oct. 11 Minnesota State Mankato, Minn. 3:07 p.m. Oct. 17 Minnesota Duluth Grand Forks, N.D. 7:07 p.m. Oct. 18 Minnesota Duluth Grand Forks, N.D. 4:07 p.m. Oct. 24 Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. 7:07 p.m. Oct. 25 Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. 4:07 p.m. Oct. 31 Wisconsin Grand Forks, N.D. 7:07 p.m. Nov. 1 Wisconsin Grand Forks, N.D. 3:07 p.m. Nov. 14 Bemidji State Bemidji, Minn. 2:07 p.m. Nov. 15 Bemidji State Bemidji, Minn. 2:07 p.m. Nov. 21 Ohio State Grand Forks, N.D. 7:07 p.m. Nov. 22 Ohio State Grand Forks, N.D. 4:07 p.m. Nov. 29 St. Cloud State Grand Forks, N.D. 2:07 p.m. Nov. 39 St. Cloud State Grand Forks, N.D. 2:07 p.m. Dec. 5 Wisconsin Madison, Wis. 2:07 p.m. Dec. 7 Wisconsin Madison, Wis. 2:07 p.m. Dec. 12 RIT Rochester, N.Y. 2 p.m. Dec. 13 RIT Rochester, N.Y. 2 p.m. Jan. 10 Syracuse Grand Forks, N.D. 2:07 p.m. Jan. 11 Syracuse Grand Forks, N.D. 2:07 p.m. Jan. 16 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio 5:07 p.m. Jan. 17 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio 5:07 p.m. Jan. 24 Bemidji State Grand Forks, N.D. 2:07 p.m. Jan. 25 Bemidji State Grand Forks, N.D. 2:07 p.m. Jan. 30 Minnesota Duluth Duluth, Minn. 6:07 p.m. Jan. 31 Minnesota Duluth Duluth, Minn. 6:07 p.m. Feb. 6 Minnesota Grand Forks, N.D. 7:07 p.m. Feb. 7 Minnesota Grand Forks, N.D. 4:07 p.m. Feb. 13 St. Cloud State St. Cloud, Minn. 7:07 p.m. Feb. 14 St. Cloud State St. Cloud, Minn. 3:07 p.m. Feb. 20 Minnesota State Grand Forks, N.D. 7:07 p.m. Feb. 21 Minnesota State Grand Forks, N.D. 4:07 p.m. Feb. 27 WCHA First-Round Playoffs at campus locations TBA March 28 WCHA First-Round Playoffs at campus locations TBA March 1 WCHA First-Round Playoffs at campus locations TBA March 7 WCHA Final Face-Off Grand Forks, N.D. TBA March 8 WCHA Final Face-Off Grand Forks, N.D. TBA March 13-14 NCAA Quarterfinal at campus locations TBA March 20 NCAA Women’s Frozen Four Minneapolis, Minn. TBA March 22 NCAA Women’s Frozen Four Minneapolis, Minn. TBA Home games in bold * - denotes WCHA game Page 3 2014-15 University of North Dakota Women’s Hockey Prospectus 2013-14 North Dakota Women's Hockey North Dakota Combined Team Statistics (Final) All games Date Opponent Score Att.