NCAA Quarterfinal
#5 Minnesota Golden Gophers
at #4 Clarkson Golden Knights
Saturday, March 16
2:00 p.m. ET / 1:00 p.m. CT
Cheel Arena – Potsdam, NY
Tickets on sale today – Monday, March 11 – at 1 p.m. ET / Noon CT
through the Clarkson University ticket office here.
All seating is general admission with a first-come, first-served policy.
Note: Game time has been updated from 2 p.m. ET to 1 p.m. ET.
Murphy named 2024 Patty Kazmaier Award Top-10 finalist
Gopher Women's Hockey junior forward & alternate captain Abbey Murphy was named a Top-10 finalist for the 2024 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, presented by the USA Hockey Foundation to the top NCAA Division I women's hockey player!
Murphy remains the national goal leader with 33 while dishing out 26 assists to put her in a third-place tie for total scoring with 59 points. She also leads the nation with 13 power-play goals and is second for goals-per-game average (0.89). She was named to the All-WCHA Second Team last week, her third All-WCHA honor, and earned three WCHA Forward of the Week and two WCHA Forward of the Month honors. Murphy becomes the 39th player in Minnesota program history to be named a Kazmaier Award Top-10 finalist.
The top-three finalists are expected to be announced next Wednesday, March 13, with the winner being revealed on Saturday, March 23 at the NCAA Women’s Frozen Four in Durham, N.H. Congratulations and good luck, Abbey!!
Murphy, 3 GWH alumnae invited to Team USA evaluation camp
Roster for 2024 IIHF World Championship to be named at end of camp
Current Gopher Abbey Murphy was part of more news yesterday (Thursday, March 7) as she and Minnesota Women's Hockey alumnae Taylor Heise, Kelly Pannek & Grace Zumwinkle were named to the 39-player invitee list for the U.S. Women's National Team Evaluation Camp by USA Hockey. The camp will be held March 27 through 30 in Lake Placid, New York.
The 2024 U.S. Women’s National Team will be named at the conclusion of camp – likely on Sunday, March 31 – and will compete at the IIHF Women’s World Championship in Utica, NY, running April 3 through 14 at the Adirondack Bank Center. Team USA is the defending world champion after winning gold last year in Brampton, Ontario.
We send our congratulations and wishes of good luck to Abbey, Taylor, Kelly, and Grace!!
Canadian Women's World Championship roster set – We also note that Canada named its 23-player national team roster for the 2024 Women’s World Championship yesterday. Twenty (20) members of the team are returners from the 2023 silver medalist squad.
We will watch for more World Championship team roster announcements as the tournament approaches.
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