The Two Minute Minor
An Edition of the Penalty Box Post
Tuesday, April 6
Reminder – annual PPC All-Member Meeting
Tomorrow (Wednesday, April 7) at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom
Here's an additional reminder for 2020-2021 Power Play Club members to join us on Zoom tomorrow evening (Wednesday, April 7) at 7:00 p.m. for the club's annual All-Member Meeting. The primary order of business will be to elect officers and directors for 2-year terms which will run through March 2023, but we will also use the meeting as a feedback session to discuss the recently-completed season and what we can do better going forward. The Zoom link will be sent by email to members tomorrow morning.
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Zumwinkle named to 2020-2021 All-USCHO Second Team
Gopher Women's Hockey senior Grace Zumwinkle earned another honor last week, being named as a member of the All-USCHO Second Team as announced by U.S. College Hockey Online on Friday.
Zumwinkle had previously earned recognition as a Top 3 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award and had been named a Second Team CCM/AHCA All-American and All-WCHA First Team member. She has also been named to the U.S. National Team roster for next month's IIHF Women's World Championship.
We send our congratulations and wishes of good luck going forward!!
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Maple Grove's Tatur named as 2021-2022 GWH freshman
The incoming Gopher Women's Hockey freshman class of 2021-2022 expanded to seven this past Thursday as head coach Brad Frost announced the signing of Maple Grove, MN, native Tristana Tatur. She joins Emma Conner, Peyton Hemp, Ella Huber, Sadie Lindsay, Skylar Vetter, and Emily Zumwinkle in the newest class of Gophers.
Playing for Maple Grove Senior High School, Tatur was a three-time all-conference and two-time all-section and all-area honoree, and helped the Crimson to back-to-back Minnesota Class AA state tournament appearances as a sophomore and junior. As a senior, she was named an all-state selection. She has also attended USA Hockey national development camps, and intends to major in Business and Marketing Education at the U. of M.
Welcome, Tristana!! We look forward to seeing you in action this fall!!
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IIHF Women's World Championship game schedule released
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) last week released the schedule of games for the 2021 Women's World Championship, which runs from May 6 through 16 in Halifax & Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.
The host Canadians will open the tournament against Finland on the evening of the 6th at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. That contest will be preceded by the United States vs. Switzerland, while the fifth team in Group A – Russia – will play their first game on May 7. Group B, featuring the national teams of Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, and Japan, will play at the Rath Eastlink Community Centre in Truro. The preliminary round runs through May 11, and all five Group A teams and the top 3 Group B finishers will advance to the quarterfinals on May 13, with the semifinals on the 15th and the Bronze & Gold Medal Games on the 16th.
As noted in the release from the IIHF, there will be no promoted nor relegated teams this year since no lower division tournaments are being played. That said, a consolation bracket of the teams losing in the quarterfinals will be played to determine the fifth Group A team for the next Women's World Championship.
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