Goals for a Goal: Gophers finish 2023-2024 with 135 goals
Our thanks to everyone who submitted a pledge to the Power Play Club's Goals for a Goal program to provide additional financial support for the Gopher Women's Hockey team. Concluding the 2023-2024 season, the Gophers finished with 135 goals, 37 of which were scored on the power play!!
Those of you who pledged should watch your email inbox for an invoice and remittance instructions from the Golden Gopher Fund at some point in the next month. We appreciate your contributions to this and our other fundraisers for GWH!!
Madeline Wethington reaches career 100-point mark
Expanding on a note from our Two-Minute Minor following last Saturday's NCAA quarterfinal contest, Madeline Wethington's assist on Josefin Bouveng's first-period goal was her 100th career point, making her the 7th Gopher Women's Hockey blueliner to reach the century mark. Additionally, her 27 goals and 73 assists also place her seventh all-time in both categories among Minnesota defenders!! Congratulations and thank you, Madeline!!
Laitinen, Bouveng headed to 2024 Women's World Championship
We send wishes of congratulations and good luck to Gopher Women's Hockey sophomores Nelli Laitinen & Josefin Bouveng upon being named to their respective countries' national teams for the 2024 IIHF Women's World Championships!!
Laitinen was named to the Finland Women's National Team on March 11, while Bouveng was announced on the Sweden Women's National Team roster yesterday (March 19). This will be Laitinen's fourth and Bouveng's third Women's World Championship. Both also played on their countries' teams at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
The 2024 Women's World Championship is being held at the Adirondack Bank Center in Utica, NY, from April 3 through 14, with preliminary round games through April 9 and the playoff round starting April 11. Single-game tickets are on sale at 2024.womensworlds.hockey/tickets.
We again also wish good luck to current Gopher Abbey Murphy and alumnae Taylor Heise, Kelly Pannek and Grace Zumwinkle as they head to the U.S. Women's National Team Evaluation Camp in Lake Placid, NY, March 27-30 ahead of the Team USA roster selection for the World Championship. That roster is expected to be named on March 31.
Duluth, AMSOIL Arena to host 2025 WCHA Final Faceoff
In case you missed the news, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) announced during this year's playoff championship game on March 10 that AMSOIL Arena in Duluth will host the 2025 Kwik Trip Final Faceoff.
The announcement comes after the 2024 Final Faceoff was the ninth-consecutive year the event was held at Ridder Arena. Duluth previously hosted the league's championship weekend in 2008 & 2012. The playoff championship has also been contested in Bloomington, Rochester, Blaine, Grand Forks, and Bemidji.
Daniel, O'Brien, Simms named Kazmaier Award Top 3 Finalists
Following up from last week, Cornell's Izzy Daniel and Wisconsin's Casey O'Brien & Kirsten Simms were named the Top 3 Finalists for the 2024 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, presented to the top NCAA Division I women's hockey player.
The presentation of the award will be held as part of the NCAA Frozen Four weekend festivities this Saturday, March 23, at 12:30 p.m. ET / 11:30 a.m. CT at the Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, NH. The event is free and open to the public, and will be televised live on NHL Network.
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