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Hemp, Huber, Laitinen & Murphy named GWH captains for '24-25

The Gopher Women's Hockey team and head coach Brad Frost have announced that seniors Peyton Hemp, Ella Huber & Abbey Murphy and junior Nelli Laitinen will serve as team captains for the 2024-2025 season.

All four players will wear the captain's 'C' on their jersey throughout the year. It is the second-consecutive season Hemp has worn the 'C', and Murphy served as an alternate captain last year.

Congratulations, ladies!!

GWH schedule updates announced for upcoming season

Several schedule updates have been announced for the 2024-2025 Gopher Women's Hockey season. They include:

Saturday, October 19, home vs. Wisconsin – game time pushed back to 3:00 p.m. (due to TV coverage on Fox 9+)
NOTE: The Power Play Club member-exclusive Chalk Talk is also pushed back and will start at 1:30 p.m.
Friday, October 25, home vs. Minnesota State – game time set for 5:00 p.m.
NOTE: The U. of M. Homecoming Parade on University Avenue is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. that evening.
February 8 & 9, at Wisconsin – moved to a Saturday-Sunday series.
Game times are still to be announced, and tickets are not yet on sale.

We'll share any other updates as they are announced, including the game times for the contests in Madison. The full GWH schedule can be found here.

Halldorson inducted to Wayzata HS Athletics Hall of Fame

We send a shout-out and a big congratulations to inaugural Gopher Women's Hockey head coach Laura Halldorson, who was inducted into the Wayzata High School Athletics Hall of Fame yesterday, earning a Trojan Award as a Wayzata alumnus/alumna who has been notably successful in athletics after their high school graduation.

Halldorson was a four-sport athlete during her high school years at Wayzata and was among the first players in the girls' youth hockey program and the Wayzata Checkers team. From there, she'd go on to play at Princeton University in college, then move into the coaching ranks after graduation. She returned to Wayzata H.S. as part-time assistant coach for volleyball, basketball, and softball before heading back to Princeton to be an assistant coach of the Tigers' women's hockey and softball teams for two seasons. Halldorson moved up to a head coaching position with the Colby College women's hockey team in Maine for seven years before being hired by the U. of M. in 1996 to lead its new varsity women's hockey program.

Under Halldorson's leadership, the Gophers posted a 278-67-22 record (.787), winning three national championships (2000, 2004 & 2005). She also earn national coach of the year honors three times, and was inducted into the M Club Hall of Fame in 2014.

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