The Two-Minute Minor
An edition of the Penalty Box Post
Wednesday, July 12th
PPC Locker Sponsor registration open for ‘23-‘24 season!
Locker sponsorships are now available for the 2023-2024 season! Locker sponsorships require a minimum tax-deductible donation of $600.00 (per locker), with all funds going to the Gopher Women's Hockey Enhancement Fund to support the team.
Member benefits include the Power Play Club membership, a photo with your player, and meal with your player and the team on a game day (tentatively set for January 13, 2024).
GWH fans who are interested in sponsoring a player's or coach's locker should contact Rennie McPherson at susanmcp58@gmail.com. If you are signing up as a first-time Locker Sponsor or need a new player or coach this coming season, please provide FIVE names of players and/or coaches you are interested in sponsoring, as we try to make sure that each player is sponsored before doubling and tripling up; the current team roster – including the incoming players – can be found at gophersports.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster. Please do not send in any money or make a contribution at this time; you will receive an email in September with instructions on how to pay.
Eleven Gophers invited to USA Hockey Women’s Nat’l Festival
U.S. Collegiate Women’s Select roster to be named at Festival conclusion
Current Minnesota Women's Hockey players Peyton Hemp, Madison Kaiser, Abbey Murphy, Skylar Vetter & Madeline Wethington and alumnae Emily Brown, Taylor Heise, Amanda Kessel, Kelly Pannek, Lee Stecklein & Grace Zumwinkle were all named yesterday among 77 invitees to the 2023 USA Hockey Women's National Festival, being held August 7 through 13 at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, NY. At the conclusion of the Festival, the roster for the U.S. Collegiate Women’s Select Team will be named, and they will play three games against their Canadian counterparts over August 16 through 19 in Lake Placid.
Another 32 Under-18 players will be announced as invitees to the Festival upon completion of the USA Hockey-BioSteel Girls Under-18 Select Player Development Camp later this month. Again at the Festival's conclusion, the roster of the U.S. Under-18 Select Team will be named and they'll also play Canada on August 16-19.
We send congratulations to our 11 Gopher representatives on their invitations, and wishes of good luck to our current collegians as they look to make the Collegiate Select Team!!
Wroblewski to continue as U.S. Women’s National Team head coach through 2026 – USA Hockey also announced Monday that John Wroblewski will remain head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Team through the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, after first being named to that position in June 2022. Most recently, Wroblewski coached the team to the 2023 Women's World Championship gold medal following a silver medal performance at the 2022 Worlds. He also has head coaching experience with the 2017 U.S. Under-18 Men’s National team and USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program.
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