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Thursday, July 16, 2020
Gopher Women's Hockey names 2020-2021 team captains
A quartet of seniors have been selected to serve as team captains for Gopher Women's Hockey in 2020-2021, as announced by head coach Brad Frost on Tuesday. Grace Zumwinkle and Emily Brown were named as team co-captains, while Olivia Knowles and Taylor Wente will serve as assistant captains.
Brown enters her second season serving as a captain after being an assistant captain as a junior last season, while Zumwinkle, Knowles, and Wente all begin their first season as captains for the Gophers.
We send our congratulations to all four players, and look forward to seeing them lead the squad in the upcoming season!!
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WCHA adds St. Thomas as 8th women's team starting in 2021-2022
The Board of Directors of the Women's League of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association voted unanimously to add the University of St. Thomas Tommies as an 8th team to the league, as announced yesterday. The Tommies will begin WCHA play in the 2021-2022 season, and will be immediately eligible for the conference's regular season and postseason championships, while becoming the first team from a private school to compete in the league.
UST athletics programs are transitioning from the Division III level to Division I. Nineteen (19) of the school's other 21 sports will join the Summit League while the school's football program will join the Pioneer League. League membership for men's ice hockey will be announced at a later date. The school has been a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) since 1920.
The Tommies women's hockey program has a 357-171-52 (.660) all-time record, posting an active streak of 20-straight winning seasons. They have two Division III Frozen Four appearances – most recently in 2019 – while claiming six MIAC regular season titles and six MIAC postseason crowns. Their home games are played at St. Thomas Ice Arena, across the street from St. Thomas Academy prep school in Mendota Heights (map).
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