PPC Board Meeting – tomorrow (Tuesday, June 4) at 7 p.m.
Here's one more reminder that the next meeting of the Power Play Club Board of Directors is scheduled for tomorrow evening – Tuesday, June 4 – at 7:00 p.m. CT and will be held online on Zoom. PPC board meetings are open to all enrolled club members; 2023-2024 registration will apply for all off-season meetings this summer. If you are interested in attending, please contact club president Bill Johnson at billjohnson013@gmail.com or vice president Dave Malerich at dmalerich@yahoo.com.
Maura Crowell named new head coach of Dartmouth Big Green;
Laura Schuler to lead UMD Bulldogs as interim head coach
Maura Crowell was named as the new head coach of the Dartmouth College Big Green women's hockey team this past Friday, May 31, departing Minnesota Duluth after nine seasons as the Bulldogs' bench boss, as announced in separate statements by Dartmouth and UMD.
Crowell led the Bulldogs to five NCAA Tournaments (including the last four), advancing to the Frozen Four in both 2021 & 2022 and an NCAA runner-up finish in 2022. Across her nine years in Duluth, she posted a 174-115-28 overall record (including post-season play) and a 121-84-23 mark in WCHA regular-season action.
Per the press release from UMD, director of athletics Forrest Karr said that the university will begin a national search for Crowell's replacement.
In the meantime, Minnesota Duluth associate head coach Laura Schuler will take over as the program's interim head coach. Schuler previously served a head coach of the Canada National Women's Team in the 2015-2016 & 2016-2017 seasons and Canada's 2018 Olympic silver medal-winning squad; she also has prior collegiate head coaching experience at UMass Boston, Northeastern, and Dartmouth. A Northeastern University alumna, she was a three-time Women's World Championship gold medalist as a player with Team Canada. Schuler has been a member of UMD's coaching staff a combined 10 years over two stints (2008-2015, 2021-present).
Gophers → PWHL quick hits...
We give one more shout-out to the Gopher Women's Hockey representatives with 2024 Walter Cup winner PWHL Minnesota: Amanda Leveille, Abby Boreen, Grace Zumwinkle, Taylor Heise, Lauren Bench, assistant coach Mira Jalosuo, Kelly Pannek, strength coach Cal Dietz, Lee Stecklein, and general manager Natalie Darwitz!!
Ian Kennedy at The Hockey News documented GWH alumna Abby Boreen's entry into the 2024 PWHL Draft despite having played portions of the recently-completed season with PWHL Minnesota. As noted by Kennedy, [Boreen will] become the first player in major professional sports to win a championship, and then need to be drafted afterward to be able to continue playing in the league.
PWHL Draft ticket update – Ticket availability for the 2024 PWHL Draft, being held next Monday, June 10 at 6 p.m. at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, was postponed twice more. As of the venue's website last night, tickets will be made available this afternoon, June 3, at 2 p.m. CT.
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