Penalty Box Post - Two Minute Minor
November 20, 2020
THANK YOU!! Give to the Max Day goal exceeded by over 25%!!
We send a very gracious THANK YOU to all the Gopher Women's Hockey supporters who contributed to our Give to the Max Day campaign yesterday. As of 11:00 p.m. last night, combined donations of $12,675 had been collected, exceeding our $10K goal for the day by over 25 percent. Adding in the initial $10K pledge from a quartet of anonymous donors and their second pledge to contribute another $10K if we met our goal yesterday, Minnesota Women's Hockey will receive $32,675!!
We again send additional thanks to the staff at the Golden Gopher Fund for partnering with the Power Play Club in this effort.
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Golden Gopher Fund debuts Pledge Per Goal program
As previously announced, the PPC Board of Directors made the decision to not run the “Goals for a Goal” program in 2020-2021 due to the amount of uncertainty surrounding the season.
However, the Golden Gopher Fund is debuting a similar Pledge Per Goal program this year. Initially planned for Gopher Men's Hockey, the program has been extended to also include Gopher Women's Hockey, giving registrants the opportunity to choose between the teams. Donations will be directed to the U. of M. Athletic Department's general scholarship fund. If you are interested, more information and the registration form are available at z.umn.edu/PledgePerGoal.
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WCHA announces streaming partnerships for 2020-2021 season
Following its previous announcement that the Big Ten Network would be covering women's hockey home games for Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ohio State on its BTN+ streaming service, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association shared yesterday that FloHockey would be “the primary carrier for the WCHA Women's League and will stream all games played at Bemidji State, Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota State and St. Cloud State.” This includes the Gophers' series at UMD next weekend, November 27 & 28.
Subscription and schedule information for FloHockey can be found at FloHockey.tv, while subscription and schedule information for BTN+ can be found at btnplus.com.
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Media Guide & replay of Media Day – The 2020-2021 WCHA Women's League Media Guide is available online on WCHA.com, with the option to download the entire guide or specific sections as PDF files. Meanwhile, this past Tuesday (Nov. 17) was the conference's media day; you can catch a replay of the statements from Commissioner Jennifer Flowers and all seven WCHA head coaches on YouTube here.
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Ivy League schools, Union College cancel seasons;
RIT ‘reconsiders’ previously-announced cancellation
Catching up on some of the news from around Division I women's ice hockey – including one announcement from last week that we missed in our Penalty Box Post this past Tuesday...
The Ivy League announced last Thursday evening (Nov. 12) the decision by its Council of Presidents that league schools will not conduct intercollegiate athletics competition in winter sports during the 2020-2021 season. This includes both men's and women's ice hockey at Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton and Yale, which all play in the ECAC hockey conference.
Following the Ivy League announcement and Monday's cancellation of the men's and women's hockey seasons at RPI, Union College became the eighth ECAC school to call off its hockey seasons on Tuesday. The move leaves only Clarkson, Colgate, Quinnipiac and St. Lawrence as ECAC schools planning on competing in 2020-2021.
On the flip side, Rochester Institute of Technology announced Tuesday that it had “reconsidered its decision” to cancel play for its D-I men’s and women’s hockey programs. The Atlantic Hockey (men's) and College Hockey America (women's) conferences recently submitted their return-to-play safety plans to New York state for approval, prompting RIT's reversal.
IIHF cancels lower tier tournaments in multiple categories – In addition to the announcements across NCAA Division I, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Council made the unanimous decision Wednesday (Nov. 18) to initiate another series of tournament cancellations for the 2020-2021 season. “With the exception of the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship, the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship and the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship, all 2020/21 tournaments in the lower division men’s senior, women’s senior, and men’s U18 categories have been cancelled.” This latest decision wipes out 18 tournaments in total.
We will continue to monitor the news for any further announcements. Our thanks to the staff at U.S. College Hockey Online for the NCAA-related articles.
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