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November 25, 2020
Zumwinkle, Bench named WCHA Players of the Week
We send our congratulations to Gopher Women's Hockey seniors Grace Zumwinkle and Lauren Bench on earning WCHA Player of the Week honors, presented by Sterling Trophy, following their performances against Ohio State this past weekend.
Zumwinkle was named Forward of the Week after lighting the lamp three times in the series, including the opening goals of both games. Her first tally on Saturday set a new Minnesota program record for the earliest goal to start a season, coming just 28 seconds into the contest.
Bench was named Goaltender of the Week after stopping 69 of the 71 shots she faced, including all 36 on Saturday for the shutout, posting a .972 save percentage and 1.02 goals-against average for the weekend.
Minnesota Duluth's Ashton Bell and Clara Van Wieren were honored as the Defenseman and Rookie of the Week, respectively. Bell tallied a goal and 4 assists in the series against Minnesota State, while Van Wieren added 2 goals and an assist.
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Important PPC membership update
Once again, registration is now open for all membership tiers of the Power Play Club for 2020-2021, and a donation of $50 of more to the Power Play Club Fund at the University of Minnesota Foundation will enroll your household into the club for the season.
Please note that, if you prefer to submit your donation by check, we have updated the registration form. With the work-from-home situation faced by many this year, we have provided a different address for Laura Halldorson. You can download the revised form here, fill it out, and mail it in with your check. If you have already mailed your registration, it will be received but may take some extra time to be processed.
To make your donation online, go to the Power Play Club Fund web page here.
And if you have already enrolled as a Locker Sponsor for 2020-2021, you do not need to register again. Thank you!!
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Additional news and notes...
Audio coverage of the Gophers-Bulldogs series – Please note that there will not be "normal" audio coverage of Gopher Women's Hockey's road series against Minnesota Duluth (Nov. 27-28) and Ohio State (Dec. 11-12). For the series against UMD, we remind fans that FloHockey will be streaming video of the game, with subscription and schedule information available at FloSports.tv. However, if you are looking for an audio option, KDAL 610-AM is expected to be broadcasting the game, with a web stream available on listenlive.co; any updates to this will be shared on our social media pages on Facebook and Twitter.
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Northeastern postpones winter sports schedule – Northeastern University announced yesterday that they have canceled games and practices for all winter sports through December 18, following “a small cluster of recent COVID-19 cases that led to quarantining athletes on five varsity teams.”
We will continue to monitor news sources and social media for additional announcements across all of Division I women's hockey. More schedule adjustments from Hockey East are extremely likely following the Northeastern postponements. _____________________________________________________________________________
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