The Two-Minute Minor
An edition of the Penalty Box Post
Thursday, November 16th
TODAY is Give to the Max Day! Help us raise funds for Gopher Women's Hockey!!
We kindly ask your help in raising $10,000 for the Gopher Women's Hockey program. The Power Play Club board and volunteers have pledged to match the first $7,500 of donations made today – Thursday, November 16 – dollar for dollar.
Donate at bit.ly/GWH_GTMD2023.
Watch a video featuring Coach Brad Frost!
Funds raised will go to support Ridder Arena updates – such as Olympian wall & “Gophers on the World Stage" display on the concourse and newly redesigned displays in the lower level outside the team's locker room – plus other expenses beyond the team's normal operating budget – such as extra travel costs for next week's D1 In DC Showcase.
Additionally, all donations made through 11:59 p.m. this evening will earn double Gopher Score loyalty program points by the U. of M. Intercollegiate Athletics Department.
Donations made on Give to the Max Day plus those for PPC membership
and Goals for a Goal are 100% tax-deductible!!
Fifth Minnesota 2024-2025 freshman signing announced
Coach Brad Frost and Gopher Women's Hockey announced yesterday via X/Twitter and Facebook that defender Gracie Graham (Kelowna, BC / Rink Hockey Academy Kelowna) has signed to become the fifth member of the team's freshman class of 2024-2025. Graham joins earlier signees Kendra Distad (F - Burnsville, MN), Carly Humphrey (D - Elk River, MN), Kate Kosobud (D - Moorhead, MN), and Ayla Puppe (F - Northfield, MN).
We pass along our warmest greetings to Gracie and look forward to seeing all five players represent the University of Minnesota next fall!!
GWH alumna Darwitz named to WCHA 25th Anniversary Team
We also send congratulations to Gopher Women's Hockey alumna and program all-time points-per-game leader Natalie Darwitz upon being named to the WCHA's 25th Anniversary Top 25 yesterday (Wednesday, November 15). Darwitz was among the second group of five honorees, joined by Wisconsin's Sara Bauer & Jessie Vetter, Ohio State's Tessa Bonhomme, and UMD's Kim Martin Hasson. Darwitz also joins Krissy Wendell-Pohl as Gophers named to the Top 25.
Darwitz, playing three seasons for the Maroon & Gold from 2002-03 to 2004-05, tallied 246 total points (102g-144a) over her 99 career contests for an average of 2.48 points per game. Together with Wendell, she won back-to-back national championships, WCHA regular-season titles, and WCHA postseason crowns in 2004 and 2005, and both were the first three-time All-Americans in program history.
More names on the 25th Anniversary Top 25 Team are expected next month and throughout the rest of the current season.
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