The Two-Minute Minor
An edition of the Penalty Box Post
Sunday, May 22nd
Correction...
The Minnesota Women's Hockey schedule of 2022-2023 WCHA games published in this past Tuesday's Penalty Box Post erroneously listed an October series at Minnesota Duluth. We apologize for the error. Here is the corrected list.
Oct. 7-8 – vs. Bemdiji State
Oct. 14-15 – (home & home) vs. MN State
Oct. 21-22 – (home & home) vs. SCSU
Oct. 28-29 – at Ohio State
Nov. 4-5 – vs. Minnesota Duluth
Nov. 18-19 – at Wisconsin
Dec. 2-3 – (home & home) vs. MN State
Dec. 9-10 – (home & home) vs. SCSU
-- Winter Holiday Break --
Jan. 13-14 – vs. St. ThomasJan. 20-21 – at Bemidji state
Jan. 27-28 – at Minnesota Duluth
Feb. 3-4 – vs. Ohio State
Feb. 10-11 – vs. Wisconsin (Senior Wknd)
Feb. 17-18 – at St. Thomas
-- End of Regular Season --
Feb. 24-26 – WCHA Quarterfinals
(best 2 of 3 at higher seeds)
March 3 & 4 – WCHA Final Faceoff
at Ridder Arena
As before, game times and non-conference contests will be announced at a later date.
Heise honored as CoSIDA Academic All-District selection
Gopher Women's Hockey senior forward Taylor Heise added to her collection of awards from the 2021-2022 season, being one of five University of Minnesota student-athletes named as Academic All-District® honorees for at-large sports by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Thursday. Heise, Lindsay Eliasen (rowing), Ona Loper (gymnastics), Ben Meyers (men's hockey) and Lexy Ramler (gymnastics) join 13 Gopher student-athletes already recognized as Academic All-District® selections for 2021-2022 in their respective sports.
Heise and the four others honored this past week advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in June. Congratulations, Taylor!!
Ridder to host WCHA Final Faceoff in 2023 and 2024
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association announced Wednesday that Ridder Arena will continue to host the Final Faceoff conference semifinals and playoff championship through 2024, marking the 24th and 25th seasons of the league. The two-year extension will be the eighth- & ninth-consecutive years Ridder has hosted the event and the 16th & 17th times overall.
As noted in the press release from the conference, the selection was made following a vetting process and recommendation by the league’s staff and a vote of approval by the WCHA Board of Directors. (Ridder Arena photo by Justin Wolford)
Idalski returns to WCHA as new head coach at St. Cloud State
In other conference news, St. Cloud State University named Brian Idalski as the sixth head coach of its women's hockey team on Thursday. He returns to the WCHA after spending 11 seasons (2007-2018) as head coach at the University of North Dakota.
Since leaving UND, Idalski spent three years as the head coach of the KRS Vanke Rays in Russia's Women's Hockey League, winning the regular-season championship in 2020-2021 and playoff championships in 2020 & 2022. He also served as head coach of China's Women's Olympic team for the 2022 Beijing Winter Games.
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