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2015 NCAA WOMEN'S FROZEN FOUR
2014-15 SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Record: 32-3-4 • WCHA Record: 22-2-4-2
DATEOPPONENT
TIME/RESULT
10/3
PENN STATE
W, 8-0
10/4
NO. 6 BOSTON UNIVERSITY
W, 5-2
10/10
at Minnesota Duluth*
W, 3-0
10/11
at Minnesota Duluth*
T, 3-3 (OT)SO, L 2-1
10/17
at No. 1 Wisconsin*
W, 4-1
10/18 at No. 1 Wisconsin*
W, 2-1 (OT)
10/24 NO. 9 NORTH DAKOTA*
W, 5-2
10/25 NO. 9 NORTH DAKOTA*
W, 5-0
10/31 BEMIDJI STATE*
T, 2-2 (OT)SO, L 2-1
11/1
BEMIDJI STATE*
L, 1-0
11/14
at Ohio State*
W, 4-2
11/15 at Ohio State*
W, 5-3
11/21
at Minnesota State*
W, 5-1
11/22 MINNESOTA STATE*
W, 4-0
11/24
vs. St. Cloud State ^
W, 5-0
11/29 at Princeton
W, 2-1
11/30 at Princeton
W, 5-2
12/5
ST. CLOUD STATE*
W, 12-0
12/6
ST. CLOUD STATE*
W, 7-0
1/4
ST. LAWRENCE
W, 10-0
1/6
ST. LAWRENCE
W, 5-1
1/10
NO. 3 WISCONSIN*
W, 4-1
1/11
NO. 3 WISCONSIN*
T, 1-1 (OT)SO, W 1-0
1/16
MINNESOTA STATE*
W, 7-3
1/17
at Minnesota State*
W, 7-1
1/23
at St. Cloud State*
W, 4-0
1/24
at St. Cloud State*
W, 7-1
1/30
OHIO STATE*
T, 3-3 (OT)SO, W 3-1
1/31
OHIO STATE*
W, 3-1
2/6
at North Dakota*
L, 3-0
2/7
at North Dakota*
W, 3-1
2/13
NO. 6 MINNESOTA DULUTH*
W, 7-1
2/14
NO. 6 MINNESOTA DULUTH*
W, 2-0
2/20
at Bemidji State*
W, 3-2
2/21
at Bemidji State*
W, 4-2
2/27
MINNESOTA STATE %
W, 10-0
2/28
MINNESOTA STATE %
W, 5-1
3/7
vs. No. 10 Bemidji State $
L, 1-0
3/14
RIT &
W, 6-2
3/20
NO. 3 WISCONSIN +
5 p.m.
3/20
BOSTON COLLEGE VS. HARVARD + 8 p.m.
3/22
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP +
3 p.m.
All times Central. Home games in BOLD CAPS at Ridder Arena.
Rankings reflect USCHO.com poll at time of game.
* WCHA game
^ U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game (Braemar Arena, Edina, Minn.)
% WCHA First Round (Top seeds)
$ WCHA Final Face-Off (Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, N.D.)
& NCAA Quarterfinal Round (Top seeds)
+ NCAA Frozen Four (Ridder Arena, Minneapolis, Minn.)
MARCH 20-22, 2015 • RIDDER ARENA (3,400) • MINNEAPOLIS
Semifinal 1: Minnesota vs. Wisconsin • Friday, March 20 • 5 p.m. CT
Semifinal 2: Boston College vs. Harvard • Friday, March 20 • 8 p.m. CT
Championship: Semifinal Winners • Sunday, March 22 • 3 p.m. CT
Live Coverage: NCAA.com Video • Sports Radio 105FM The Ticket • GopherSports.com Stats
NO. 1 SEED MINNESOTA GOPHERS
Rankings (USCHO/USA Today)..........................2/1
2014-15 Record, WCHA.............. 32-3-4, 22-2-4-2
2013-14 Record, WCHA.............. 38-2-1, 26-1-1-0
Head Coach............................................. Brad Frost
Record............................... 256-41-21 (8th season)
NO. 2 SEED BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLES
Rankings (USCHO/USA Today)..........................1/2
2014-15 Record, Hockey East........34-2-2, 20-0-1
2013-14 Record, Hockey East........27-7-3, 18-2-1
Head Coach............................... Katie King Crowley
Record...............................180-72-39 (8th season)
NO. 4 SEED WISCONSIN BADGERS
Rankings (USCHO/USA Today)..........................3/3
2014-15 Record, WCHA.............. 29-6-4, 19-6-3-1
2013-14 Record, WCHA.............. 28-8-2, 21-5-2-1
Head Coach.......................................Mark Johnson
Record............................ 360-70-34 (12th season)
NO. 3 SEED HARVARD CRIMSON
Rankings (USCHO/USA Today)..........................4/4
2014-15 Record, ECAC....................26-5-3, 16-4-2
2013-14 Record, ECAC....................23-7-4, 16-3-3
Head Coach.......................................... Katey Stone
Record.......................... 428-176-38 (20th season)
NCAA FROZEN FOUR BY THE NUMBERS
CATEGORY
Scoring Offense (G/GM)
Scoring Defense (G/GM)
Scoring Margin
Shots on Goal (SOG/GM)
Penalty Minutes/Game
Power Play
Penalty Kill
Point Leader(s)
Goal Leader(s)
Top Goaltender (Sv%, GAA)
MINN
WIS
BC
HARVARD
4.54
1.18
+3.36
41.7
7.1
.313 (41/131)
.885 (92/104)
Brandt (70)
Brandt (32)
Leveille (.945, 1.19)
3.51
1.08
+2.44
41.7
7.1
.169 (26/154)
.966 (112/116)
Pankowski (42)
Pankowski (20)
Desbiens (.943, 1.10)
5.11
1.18
+3.92
40.3
7.2
.178 (28/157)
.904 (104/115)
Carpenter (81)
Carpenter (37)
Burt (.942, 1.08)
3.76
1.53
+2.24
32.1
7.5
.244 (21/86)
.867 (98/113)
Parker (38)
D'Oench, Daniels (19)
Maschmeyer (.943, 1.43)
GOPHERS SET FOR FOURTH-STRAIGHT FROZEN FOUR
Top-seeded Minnesota (32-3-4) will host WCHA rival and No. 4 seed Wisconsin (296-4) in the semifinal round of the 2015 NCAA Women’s Frozen Four at 5 p.m. this
Friday at Ridder Arena. The Gophers secured the top seed in the championship for
the third-straight season.
No. 2 seed Boston College (34-2-2) and No. 3 seed Harvard (26-5-3) face off in
Friday’s second semifinal at 8 p.m. CT, and the semifinal winners meet in the
national championship game at 3 p.m. Sunday at Ridder Arena.
FROZEN FOUR COVERAGE
All three games will be streamed live at NCAA.com for free, and free audio and live
stats will be available at GopherSports.com. Sports Radio 105 FM The Ticket in
Minneapolis will air the games in which the Gophers compete as well.
ABOUT THE 2015 NCAA FROZEN FOUR FIELD
The Gophers punched their ticket to the Frozen Four with a 6-2 win over RIT in the
quarterfinal round. Wisconsin defeated Boston University, 5-1; Harvard breezed
past Quinnipiac, 5-0, and Boston College knocked off Clarkson, 5-1 in the other
three quarterfinal games.
WCHA champion Wisconsin, Hockey East champion Boston University and ECAC
champion Harvard joined CHA champion RIT in securing automatic berths to
the tournament, and Boston College, Clarkson, Quinnipiac and Minnesota were
selected to fill the remaining four places. Minnesota is hosting the Frozen Four at
Ridder Arena for the third time in the last six seasons (2010, 2013 and 2015).
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
THE LAST TIME MINNESOTA ...
WON AT HOME
vs. RIT (W, 6-2) – March 14, 2015
LOST AT HOME
vs. Bemidji State (L, 1-0) – Nov. 1, 2014
TIED AT HOME
vs. Ohio State (T, 3-3) – Jan. 30, 2015
WON ON THE ROAD
at Bemidji State (W, 4-2) – Feb. 21, 2015
LOST ON THE ROAD
at North Dakota (L, 3-0) – Feb. 6, 2015
TIED ON THE ROAD
at Minnesota Duluth (T, 3-3) – Oct. 11, 2014
WON AT A NEUTRAL SITE
vs. St. Cloud State (at Braemar Arena), (W, 5-0) – Nov. 24, 2014
LOST AT A NEUTRAL SITE
vs. Bemidji State (at North Dakota), (L, 1-0) – March 7, 2015
SWEPT A REGULAR-SEASON HOME SERIES
vs. Minnesota Duluth (W, 7-1; W, 2-0) – Feb. 13-14, 2015
WAS SWEPT IN A REGULAR-SEASON HOME SERIES
vs. North Dakota (L, 4-3; L, 3-1) – Oct. 15-16, 2010
SWEPT A REGULAR SEASON ROAD SERIES
at Bemidji State (W, 3-2; W, 4-2) – Feb. 20-21, 2015
WAS SWEPT IN A REGULAR SEASON ROAD SERIES
at Minnesota Duluth (L, 3-2; L, 4-2) – Oct. 29-30, 2010
WON A WCHA REGULAR SEASON GAME
at Bemidji State (W, 4-2) – Feb. 21, 2015
LOST A WCHA REGULAR SEASON GAME
at North Dakota (L, 3-0) – Feb. 6, 2015
WON A NON-CONFERENCE GAME
vs. RIT (W, 6-2) – March 14, 2015
LOST A NON-CONFERENCE GAME
vs. Bemidji State (L, 1-0, WCHA semifinal) – March 7, 2015
WON IN OVERTIME
at Wisconsin (W, '2-1, OT) – Oct. 18, 2014
LOST IN OVERTIME
vs. North Dakota (L, 2-1, OT) – Feb. 17, 2012
WON A SHOOTOUT
vs. Ohio State (T, 3-3) – Jan. 30, 2015
LOST A SHOOTOUT
vs. Bemidji State (T, 2-2) – Oct. 31, 2014
DEFEATED A RANKED OPPONENT (USCHO POLL)
vs. No. 6 Minnesota Duluth (W, 2-0) – Feb. 14, 2015
SCORED IN FIRST TWO MINUTES
vs. Ohio State (Lorence, 1:30) – Jan. 30, 2015
ALLOWED A GOAL IN FIRST TWO MINUTES
at Bemidji State (Grenier, 1:59) – Feb. 21, 2015
SHUT OUT AN OPPONENT
vs. Minnesota State (W, 10-0) – Feb. 27, 2015
WAS SHUT OUT
vs. Bemidji State (L, 1-0) – March 7, 2015
SCORED FIVE OR MORE GOALS
vs. RIT (W, 6-2) – March 14, 2015
ALLOWED FIVE OR MORE GOALS
vs. Clarkson (L, 5-4) – March 23, 2014
SCORED ON A PENALTY SHOT
vs. Wisconsin (Emily West) – March 18, 2012
ATTEMPTED A PENALTY SHOT
at Minnesota Duluth (Rachael Bona) – Oct. 10, 2014
HAD A PLAYER RECORD A HAT TRICK
vs. Minnesota State (Brandt) – Feb. 27, 2015
HAD A PLAYER RECORD A NATURAL HAT TRICK
at Wisconsin (Dani Cameranesi) – Oct. 17, 2014
HAD A GOALTENDER RECORD 50 OR MORE SAVES
vs. North Dakota (Noora Räty, 50) – March 16, 2013
GOPHERS VS. THE FROZEN FOUR FIELD
OPPONENT
Boston College
Harvard
Wisconsin
RECORD
4-1-1
12-5-1
43-26-9
LAST MEETING
W, 3-2 (OT), (March 22, 2013)
W, 7-3 (Nov. 27, 2011)
T, 1-1 (Jan. 11, 2015)
FIRST MEETING
W, 4-3 (Jan. 15, 1998)
L, 3-2 (Nov. 6, 1997)
W, 10-0 (Feb. 7, 1998)
ABOUT THE SERIES: MINNESOTA VS. WISCONSIN
Familiar foes Minnesota and Wisconsin are meeting for the fifth time this season,
and Friday’s game marks the second-straight national semifinal game between the
border rivals. Last year, the Gophers rallied past the Badgers in a 5-3 come-frombehind win to advance to the national championship game. Minnesota scored three
unanswered goals in the third period, rallying from 3-2 and 1-0 deficits. This year is
the fifth meeting between the Gophers and Badgers in the NCAA tournament, and
they are 2-2.
The Gophers have a 43-26-9 all-time mark against Wisconsin, including a 3-0-1
mark this season. The Gophers are unbeaten in 15-straight meetings between the
two teams. Minnesota earned a road sweep in October before taking five of six
league points in a 1-0-1-1 weekend at home in January.
GOPHERS IN THE NCAA POSTSEASON
Minnesota is making its fourth-straight and 11th overall NCAA Frozen Four
appearance. This year’s appearance marks the program’s 13th appearance in the
NCAA postseason since 2001, and the Gophers have qualified for the tournament
for the eighth consecutive year.
The Gophers enter the NCAA Frozen Four with a 9-1-0 record in NCAA games since
2012 and an 18-9-1 record in the NCAA tournament since 2001. Minnesota looks
to advance to its fourth-straight national championship game, having won two of the
last three national titles before finishing as runners-up last year. The Gophers are
in search of their sixth overall national championship (2000, 2004, 2005, 2012,
2013).
GOPHER QUICK HITS
• Hannah Brandt is a top-three finalist for the 2015 Patty Kazmaier Memorial
Award.
• Kelly Pannek is tied for the national scoring lead among rookies with 42 points
(13g-29a).
• Dani Cameranesi is closing in on her 100th career point with 99 points
(42g-57a).
• Rachel Ramsey needs three assists to tie Megan Bozek (99a) for the most
assists by a defenseman in program history.
LAST TIME OUT: GOPHERS TOP RIT TO ADVANCE TO FROZEN FOUR
Behind three points each from Hannah Brandt and Kate Schipper, Minnesota
earned a 6-2 win over RIT in the NCAA quarterfinal round last weekend. The
Gophers took a 3-1 lead into the first intermission after scoring two goals in the
opening five minutes. Minnesota then added two power-play tallies in the second
period, and the teams exchanged goals in the third.
GOPHER SENIORS LEAVING LEGACY
The four Gopher seniors, Rachael Bona, Meghan Lorence, Rachel Ramsey and
Shyler Sletta, have a program-record .917 winning percentage during their time in
Maroon & Gold with a 145-10-7 record. Their 145 wins as a class is the most in
program history. Bona and Ramsey have never missed a game. The most decorated
class of Gophers to come through the program, they have three appearances in the
national championship game, three WCHA Final Face-off titles, three WCHA regularseason crowns and two NCAA national titles.
SCORING LEADERS
Four Gophers have hit the 40-point mark this season, led by Hannah Brandt
(32g-38a) and Dani Cameranesi (23g-40a) with over 60 points each, and followed
by Maryanne Menefee (22g-21a) and Kelly Pannek (13g-29a). The Gophers’ top
seven scorers all have over 30 points, and all 18 skaters have at least one point
on the year. With 177 goals in 39 games, the Gophers’ offense ranks second in the
nation, averaging 4.54 goals per game behind Boston College (5.11).
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
2014-15 SITUATIONAL RECORDS
Overall record
32-3-4
In home games
17-1-3
In road games
14-1-1
At neutral sites
1-1-0
Against USCHO.com poll ranked opponents
Against WCHA opponents
8-1-1
22-2-4
Against ECAC Hockey teams
4-0-0
Against CHA teams
2-0-0
Against Hockey East teams
1-0-0
In non-conference games
10-1-0
In overtime games
1-0-4
In day games (4:07 p.m. or earlier)
18-2-1
In night games
14-1-3
Minnesota scores first
27-0-2
Opponent scores first
5-3-2
Minnesota leads at 1st intermission
24-0-1
Minnesota trails at 1st intermission
2-1-1
Tied at 1st intermission
6-2-2
Minnesota leads at 2nd intermission
29-0-1
Minnesota trails at 2nd intermission
1-2-2
Tied at 2nd intermission
2-1-1
Minnesota leads in shots
30-3-3
Minnesota trails in shots
1-0-1
Shots are even
1-0-0
Minnesota has 0-19 shots
0-0-0
Minnesota has 20-29 shots
3-1-0
Minnesota has 30-39 shots
8-2-3
Minnesota has 40-49 shots
12-0-1
Minnesota has 50 or more shots
9-0-0
Minnesota allows 0-19 shots
19-2-0
Minnesota allows 20-29 shots
10-1-3
Minnesota allows 30-39 shots
2-0-1
Minnesota allows 40-49 shots
1-0-0
Minnesota allows 50 or more shots
0-0-0
Minnesota scores on power play
24-0-2
Minnesota is scoreless on power play
8-3-2
Opponent scores on power play
8-1-2
Opponent is scoreless on power play
24-1-2
In one-goal games
3-2-0
In two-goal games
6-0-0
In three-goal games
6-1-0
On Friday
12-1-2
On Saturday
16-2-1
On Sunday
2-0-1
On Monday
1-0-0
On Tuesday
1-0-0
In October
7-0-2
In November
7-1-0
In December
2-0-0
In January
8-0-2
In February
7-1-0
In March
1-1-0
Current streak
Home unbeaten streak
1-0-0
13-0-2 (11/22/14-present)
Road winning streak (not incl. neutral sites) 3-0-0 (2/7/15-present)
Brandt is third in the nation with 70 points and a 1.84 points per game average.
Cameranesi is ranked fourth with 63 points and sixth with 1.66 points per game.
Pannek is tied for the national lead among rookies with 42 points (13g-29a).
Cameranesi is one point away from her 100th career point as well (42g-57a).
OFFENSIVE DEFENSE
The Gophers rank second in the nation with a 1.18 goals against average, trailing
only Wisconsin (1.08), and Minnesota’s defensemen lead the nation’s blue-liners in
scoring, averaging 3.62 points per game. Rachel Ramsey (9g-24a) ranks second in
the nation with 0.85 points per game.
LEVEILLE AMONG NATION’S TOP GOALTENDERS
Amanda Leveille ranks third in the nation with a .945 save percentage and second
with a .859 winning percentage (26-3-3). She also ranks fourth in the NCAA with a
1.19 goals against average.
POWER PLAY LEADERS
The Gophers have the nation’s top power-play unit, converting on 41 of 131
opportunities for a .313 percentage. Milica McMillen and Dani Cameranesi are tied
for seventh in the nation with seven power-play goals each.
HOME, SWEET HOME
The Gophers enter the Frozen Four on a 15-game home unbeaten streak (13-02). Minnesota is 128-6-5 in the team's last 139 games, a stretch that includes an
NCAA-record 62-game winning streak (Feb. 28, 2012 through Nov. 17, 2013). The
Gophers are 61-2-4 in their last 67 home games, dating back to Feb. 18, 2012.
This season, Minnesota is 17-1-3 at home and ranks second in the nation in home
attendance, averaging 1,907 fans per game in 21 home games.
FROST REACHES 250 CAREER WINS
Head coach Brad Frost earned his 250th career win at the helm of the program
with a 7-1 win over Minnesota Duluth (Feb. 13). Frost enters the Frozen Four with a
career coaching record of 256-41-21 in his eighth season leading the Gophers.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
Minnesota has scored 29 goals in the final two minutes of a period this season,
including 16 goals in the final 60 seconds. Dani Cameranesi has scored seven of
the 29 late goals, including two goals with 19:59 on the clock. Five of the 16 goals
in the final 60 seconds have been scored at 19:50 or later.
ROAD UNBEATEN STREAK ENDS AT 56 GAMES
Minnesota’s 3-0 loss to North Dakota (Feb. 6) was the team’s first road loss since
a 4-2 loss at Minnesota Duluth on Jan. 13, 2012. The Gophers were unbeaten (550-1) in 56-straight true road games (not including neutral-site games). Including all
games away from Ridder Arena, the Gophers are 65-3-1 since Jan. 14, 2012.
BRANDT REACHES SCORING MILESTONE
Hannah Brandt became the seventh Gopher to surpass the 200-career point mark,
recording her 200th point on an assist in a 4-0 win at St. Cloud State (Jan. 23).
ROOKIES MAKING AN IMPACT
Kelly Pannek is tied for the national lead among rookies with 42 points (13g-29a),
and all four Gopher freshman have made their way onto the score sheet this
season. Cara Piazza (11g-6a), Sydney Baldwin (5g-6a) and Nina Rodgers (4g-2a)
join Pannek to make up the nation’s fourth-highest scoring rookie class.
GOPHERS SIGN THREE FOR 2015-16
The Gophers have signed Sarah Potomak (Aldergrove, British Columbia), Sophie
Skarzynski (Lake Forest, Ill.) and Taylor Williamson (Edina, Minn.) to attend the
University of Minnesota and join the team for the 2015-16 academic year.
PROGRAM RECORDS FALL VS. HUSKIES
In the Gophers’ 12-0 win over St. Cloud State (Dec. 5), Dani Cameranesi and
Hannah Brandt both tallied six assists, setting a new Minnesota program record for
individual assists in a single game. Brandt added a goal to her six helpers, tying the
Gopher program record with seven points in a single game. Minnesota’s 12 goals
also tied the program’s single-game scoring record.
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
2014-15 GOPHER AWARD WINNERS
GOPHERS IN THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT
WCHA PRESEASON AWARDS
Player of the Year: Hannah Brandt
Year
Opponent RoundLocation
Result
March 20, 2015
March 14, 2015
Wisconsin
RIT
Semifinal
Quarterfinal
Ridder Arena
Ridder Arena
5 p.m.
W, 6-2
March 15, 2014
March 21, 2014
March 23, 2014
Boston University
Wisconsin
Clarkson
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final
Ridder Arena
Hamden, Conn.
Hamden, Conn.
W, 5-1
W, 5-3
L, 5-4
March 16, 2013
March 22, 2013 March 22, 2013
North Dakota Boston College
Boston University
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final
Ridder Arena Ridder Arena
Ridder Arena
W, 3-2 (3OT)
W, 3-2 (OT)
W, 6-3
March 10, 2012
March 16, 2012
March 18, 2012
North Dakota
Cornell
Wisconsin
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final
Ridder Arena
Duluth, Minn.
Duluth, Minn.
W, 5-1
W, 3-1
W, 4-2
March 12, 2011
Boston College
Quarterfinal
Boston, Mass.
WCHA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Oct. 7: Lee Stecklein
Oct. 21: Amanda Leveille (Co-Player of the Week)
Oct. 28: Milica McMillen
March 13, 2010
March 19, 2010
Clarkson
Minnesota Duluth
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Ridder Arena
Ridder Arena
March 14, 2009
March 20, 2009
Boston College
Mercyhurst
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Ridder Arena
Boston, Mass.
W, 4-3
L, 5-4
WCHA ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Nov. 25: Kelly Pannek
Dec. 9: Kelly Pannek
Jan. 7: Kelly Pannek
March 8, 2008
Wisconsin
Quarterfinal
Duluth, Minn.
L, 4-3
March 17, 2006
March 24, 2006 March 26, 2006
Princeton
New Hampshire Wisconsin Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final
Ridder Arena
Mariucci Arena
Mariucci Arena W, 4-0
W, 5-4
L, 3-0
PATTY KAZMAIER AWARD FINALISTS
Hannah Brandt (Top 3)
Dani Cameranesi (Top 10)
Rachel Ramsey (Top 10)
March 18, 2005 March 25, 2005 March 27, 2005 Providence Dartmouth Harvard Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final
Ridder Arena
Durham, N.H. Durham, N.H.
W, 6-1
W, 7-2
W, 4-3
March 26, 2004 March 28, 2004 Dartmouth Harvard Semifinal
Final
Providence, R.I. Providence, R.I. W, 5-1
W, 6-2
March 21, 2003 March 23, 2003 Harvard Dartmouth Semifinal
Third-Place
Duluth, Minn. Duluth, Minn. L, 6-1
L, 4-2
March 22, 2002
March 24, 2002 Brown Niagara Semifinal
Third-Place
Mariucci Arena Mariucci Arena L, 2-1
T, 2-2
March 24, 2000*
March 25, 2000*
Minnesota Duluth Brown Semifinal
Final
Boston, Mass. Boston, Mass. W, 3-2
W, 4-2
March 26, 1999* March 27, 1999*
New Hampshire Brown Semifinal
Third-Place
Mariucci, Arena Mariucci Arena March 20, 1998*
March 21, 1998*
New Hampshire Northeastern Semifinal
Third-Place
Boston, Mass. Boston, Mass. WCHA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Oct. 21: Dani Cameranesi
Oct. 28: Hannah Brandt
Nov. 18: Meghan Lorence
Nov. 25: Dani Cameranesi
Dec. 9: Hannah Brandt
Jan. 7: Rachael Bona (Co-Player of the Week)
Jan. 13: Hannah Brandt
Jan. 20: Maryanne Menefee
Feb. 17: Dani Cameranesi
Feb. 24: Dani Cameranesi
ALL-WCHA TEAMS
Hannah Brandt, Player of the Year (First Team)
Rachel Ramsey, Def. Player of the Year (First Team)
Dani Cameranesi (First Team)
Lee Stecklein (First Team)
Milica McMillen (Second Team)
Rachael Bona (Third Team)
Sydney Baldwin (Rookie Team)
Kelly Pannek (Rookie Team)
WCHA SCHOLAR-ATHLETES
Rachael Bona
Hannah Brandt
Kelsey Cline
Sidney Peters
Kate Schipper
Lee Stecklein
WCHA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Rachael Bona
Hannah Brandt
Dani Cameranesi
Kelsey Cline
Kate Flug
Paige Haley
Meghan Lorence
Milica McMillen
Maryanne Menefee
Sidney Peters
Rachel Ramsey
Kate Schipper
Shyler Sletta
Lee Stecklein
L, 4-1
W, 3-2 (OT)
L, 3-2
L, 3-2 (OT)
W, 3-2
L, 4-1
L, 4-0
* AWCHA National Tournament | 5 national championships in bold
AWCHA National Tournament from 1998-2000; NCAA took over the national tournament in 2001. From 2001
through 2004, the tournament consisted of a Final Four. The tournament expanded to eight teams in 2005.
TOP 10 RIDDER ARENA GOPHER WOMEN’S HOCKEY CROWDS
ATTENDANCEDATE
OPPONENT
RESULT NOTES
1.
3,400
3/24/13
Boston University
W, 6-3
2.
3,400
3/22/13
Boston College
W, 3-2 (OT) Frozen Four semifinal
3.
3,400
12/1/12
Wisconsin
W, 4-1
First Ridder sellout
4.
3,251 1/6/07 Wisconsin
L, 4-1
---
5.
3,239
10/19/02
St. Cloud State
W, 8-0
First game at Ridder
6.
3,150
11/17/13
North Dakota
L, 3-2
End of 62-game streak
7.
3,056
11/30/02
Minnesota Duluth
L, 4-3
---
8.
3,017
2/2/13
Minnesota Duluth
W, 6-2
---
9.
2,895
2/8/09
Wisconsin
T, 3-3 (OT) ---
2/23/08
Wisconsin
L, 5-1
10. 2,823
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
Frozen Four final
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GOPHER CAREER-BESTS: GAME & SERIES HIGHS
GOPHERS IN THE RANKINGS
#2 Lee STECKLEIN
Goals: 1 (8X, last vs. RIT, 3/14/15)
Assists: 2 (7X, last vs. MSU, 2/27/15)
Points: 3 at New Hampshire, 11/24/12
#14 Maryanne MENEFEE
Goals: 3 (2X, last vs. MSU, 1/16/15)
Assists: 3 (3X, last vs. MSU, 2/27/15)
Points: 4 (6X, last vs. MSU, 2/27/15)
Series Goals: 2 (2X, last vs. UMD, 2/13-14/15)
Series Assists: 4 (3X, last vs. PSU/BU, 10/3-4/14)
Series Points: 4 (2X, last vs. PSU/BU, 10/3-4/14)
Series Goals: 4 (2X, last vs. MSU, 1/16-17/15)
Series Assists: 3 (8X, last vs. MSU, 2/27-28/15)
Series Points: 7 vs. MSU, 1/16-17/15
#3 Kate FLUG
Goals: 1 (2X, last vs. SCSU, 3/1/14)
Assists: 1 (4X, last vs. PSU, 10/3/14)
Points: 2 vs. SCSU, 3/1/14
#15 Paige HALEY
Goals: 1 vs. SCSU, 12/5/14
Assists: 2 vs. MSU, 2/27/15
Points: 2 vs. MSU, 2/27/15
Series Goals: 1 (2X, last vs. SCSU, 2/28-3/1/14)
Series Assists: 1 (4X, last vs. PSU/BU, 10/3-4/14)
Series Points: 2 (2X, last vs. SCSU, 2/28-3/1/14)
Series Goals: 1 vs. SCSU, 12/5-6/14
Series Assists: 2 vs. MSU, 2/27-28/15
Series Points: 2 vs. MSU, 2/27-28/15
#5 Rachel RAMSEY
Goals: 2 at Colgate, 10/5/13
Assists: 4 vs. BSU, 2/7/14
Points: 4 vs. BSU, 2/7/14
#18 Brook GARZONE
Goals: 1 (5X, last vs. UND, 11/16/13)
Assists: 2 (2X, last at OSU, 12/7/13)
Points: 2 (2X, last at OSU, 12/7/13)
Series Goals: 2 (4X, last vs. SCSU, 12/5-6/14)
Series Assists: 4 (2X, last vs. BSU, 2/7-8/14)
Series Points: 5 vs. MSU, 11/1-2/13
Series Goals: 2 vs. MSU, 11/1-2/13
Series Assists: 2 (7X, last vs. MSU, 2/27-28/15)
Series Points: 2 (8X, last vs. MSU, 2/27-28/15)
#6 Kate SCHIPPER
Goals: 2 at UND, 2/1/14
Assists: 3 vs. BSU, 2/7/14
Points: 4 vs. BSU, 2/7/14
#19 Kelly PANNEK
Goals: 3 (2X, last vs. SLU, 1/4/15)
Assists: 4 vs. SCSU, 12/5/14
Points: 5 vs. SLU, 1/4/15
Series Goals: 2 (2X, last at OSU, 11/14-15/14)
Series Assists: 3 (3X, last vs. BSU, 2/7-8/14)
Series Points: 4 (2X, last at OSU, 11/14-15/14)
Series Goals: 4 vs. SLU, 1/4-6/15
Series Assists: 6 vs. SCSU, 12/5-6/14
Series Points: 6 (2X, last vs. SLU, 1/4-6/15)
#7 Rachael BONA
Goals: 3 (2X, last vs. SLU, 1/4/15)
Assists: 4 vs. Colgate, 9/29/12
Points: 4 (5X, last vs. SCSU, 12/5/14)
#20 Meghan LORENCE
Goals: 3 vs. OSU, 11/15/14
Assists: 4 vs. North Dakota, 1/11/13
Points: 4 vs. North Dakota, 1/11/13
Series Goals: 5 vs. SLU, 1/4-6/15
Series Assists: 6 vs. Colgate, 9/28-29/12
Series Points: 7 at Colgate, 10/4-5/13
Series Goals: 4 at OSU, 11/14-15/14
Series Assists: 5 vs. UND, 1/11-12/13
Series Points: 5 (2X, last vs. SCSU, 2/28-3/1/14)
#9 Sydney BALDWIN
Goals: 2 vs. MSU, 2/27/15
Assists: 1 (5X, last at SCSU, 1/24/15)
Points: 3 vs. MSU, 2/27/15
#21 Dani CAMERANESI
Goals: 3 (2X, last at MSU, 11/21/14)
Assists: 6 vs. SCSU, 12/5/14
Points: 6 (2X, last vs. MSU, 2/27/15)
Series Goals: 2 vs. MSU, 2/27-28/15
Series Assists: 1 (6X, last at SCSU, 1/23-24/15)
Series Points: 3 vs. MSU, 2/27-28/15
Series Goals: 4 vs. MSU, 11/21-22/14
Series Assists: 6 (2X, last vs. SLU, 1/4-6/15)
Series Points: 7 vs. MSU, 2/27-28/15)
#10 Cara PIAZZA
Goals: 1 (10X, last vs. UMD, 2/13/15)
Assists: 2 vs. MSU, 2/27/15
Points: 3 vs. MSU, 2/27/15
#22 Hannah BRANDT
Goals: 3 (4X, last vs. MSU, 2/27/15)
Assists: 6 vs. SCSU, 12/5/14
Points: 7 vs. SCSU, 12/5/14
Series Goals: 2 (2X, last vs. MSU, 1/16-17/15
Series Assists: 2 vs. MSU, 2/27-28/15
Series Points: 3 vs. MSU, 2/27-28/15
Series Goals: 5 vs. Colgate, 9/28-29/12
Series Assists: 7 vs. SCSU, 12/5-6/14
Series Points: 9 (2X, last vs. SCSU, 12/5-6/14)
#11 Kelsey CLINE
Goals: 1 (3X, last vs. PSU, 10/3/14)
Assists: 3 vs. SCSU, 12/6/14
Points: 3 vs. SCSU, 12/6/14
#27 Nina RODGERS
Goals: 2 vs. SCSU, 12/5/14
Assists: 1 (2X, last at SCSU, 1/24/15)
Points: 2 (2X, last at SCSU, 1/24/15)
Others receiving votes: Minnesota Duluth 5.
Series Goals: 1 (3X, last vs. PSU/BU, 10/3-4/14)
Series Assists: 3 vs. SCSU, 12/5-6/14
Series Points: 3 vs. SCSU, 12/5-6/14
Series Goals: 2 (2X, last at SCSU, 1/23-24/15)
Series Assists: 1 (2X, last at SCSU, 1/23-24/15)
Series Points: 2 (2X, last at SCSU, 1/23-24/15)
GOPHERS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
#12 Megan WOLFE
Goals: 2 vs. UND, 11/16/13
Assists: 2 vs. MSU, 2/28/15
Points: 2 (5X, last at MSU, 2/28/15)
#29 Amanda LEVEILLE
Saves: 40 at Wisconsin, 10/18/14
Shots Faced: 41 at Wisconsin, 10/18/14
2014-15 WCHA FINAL STANDINGS
Team
WCHA Overall
PtsGPW-L-T-SW GF-GAGPW-L-T
GF-GA
1.Minnesota
72 28 22-2-4-2 116-36 39 32-3-4 177-46
2.Wisconsin
61 28 19-6-3-1 89-36 39 29-6-4 137-42
3.North Dakota 53 28 16-9-3-2 67-43 37 22-12-3 97-59
4.UMD
48 28 14-10-4-2 68-56 37 20-12-5 98-70
5.Bemidji State 41 28 13-14-1-1 58-57 39 21-17-1 86-70
6.Ohio State
40 28 12-13-3-1 60-61 36 17-16-3 82-76
7.St. Cloud State17 28 5-22-1-1 28-98 37 8-28-1 45-127
8. Minn. State
4
28 1-26-1-0 30-129 36 3-32-1 42-160
USCHO.COM DIV. I WOMEN’S POLL
March 9, 2015
Rk. Team (1st place votes) Record
1. Boston College (9)
33-2-2 2. Minnesota (6)
5. Boston University
6. Quinnipiac
7. Clarkson
8. North Dakota
9. Cornell
10. Bemidji State
1
141
2
28-6-4 114 25-5-3 112
4
25-8-3 89
7
26-8-3
Last Rk.
143 31-3-4 3. Wisconsin
4. Harvard
Pts.
24-10-3
22-12-3
19-11-3
21-17-1
3
70
6
64
5
32
8
29
9
27
10
Others receiving votes: Minnesota Duluth 2, RIT 2.
USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY MAG. POLL
March 17, 2015
Rk. Team (1st place votes) Pts.
Last Rk.
Record
1. Minnesota (18)
189
1
32-3-4
2. Boston College (1)
172
2
34-2-2
3. Wisconsin 143
4
29-6-4
4. Harvard 142
3
26-5-3
5. Boston University 110
5
25-9-3
6. Quinnipiac 94
7
26-9-3
7. Clarkson
81
6
24-11-3
8. North Dakota 47
9
22-12-3
9. Cornell
46
8
19-11-3
10. Bemidji State
16
10
21-17-1
Date
USCHO/USA Today
Preseason
1/1
Sept. 30
--/1
Oct. 6
1/1
Oct. 13
2/2
Oct. 20
1/1
Oct. 27
1/1
Nov. 3
2/2
Nov. 10
2/2
Nov. 17
2/2
Nov. 24
2/2
Dec. 2
2/2
Dec. 8
2/2
Date
Dec. 15
Jan. 6
Jan. 13
Jan. 20
Jan. 27
Feb. 3
Feb. 10
Feb. 17
Feb. 24
March 3
March 10 March 17
USCHO/USA Today
2/2
2/2
2/2
2/2
2/2
2/2
2/2
2/2
2/2
2/2
2/1
--/1
Series Goals: 2 vs. UND, 11/16-17/13
Series Assists: 4 vs. MSU, 2/27-28/15
Series Points: 4 vs. MSU, 2/27-28/15
#13 Milica MCMILLEN
Goals: 2 (4X, last vs. SCSU, 12/6/14)
Assists: 3 vs. BSU, 2/8/14
Points: 4 at OSU, 12/8/13
Series Goals: 3 (2X, last vs. UND, 10/24-25/14)
Series Assists: 5 vs. BSU, 2/7-8/14
Series Points: 5 (2X, last vs. BSU, 2/7-8/14)
Series Saves: 63 at Wisconsin, 10/17-18/14
Series Shots Faced: 65 at Wisconsin, 10/17-18/14
#31 Shyler SLETTA
Saves: 20 vs. MSU, 10/20/11
Shots Faced: 20 vs. MSU, 10/20/11
Series Saves: --Series Shots Faced: --#37 Sidney PETERS
Saves: 19 (2X, last at BSU, 2/21/15)
Shots Faced: 21 (2X, last at BSU, 2/21/15)
Series Saves: --Series Shots Faced: ---
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
GOPHERS IN THE TOP 20 NATIONAL RANKINGS
Points Per Game
3. Hannah Brandt
6. Dani Cameranesi
13. Maryanne Menefee
17. Kelly Pannek
oals Per Game
G
5. Hannah Brandt
12. Dani Cameranesi
13. Maryanne Menefee
School
Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota
School
Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota
Assists Per Game
4. Dani Cameranesi
5. Hannah Brandt
12. Kelly Pannek
School
Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota
Power-Play Goals
T-7. Milica McMillen
T-7. Dani Cameranesi
T-11. Meghan Lorence
School
Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota
Shorthanded Goals
T-19. Hannah Brandt
T-19. Lee Stecklein
T-19. Meghan Lorence
School
Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota
YR
JR SO
JR
FR
Pos.
F
F
F
F
GP
38 38
37
39
Points
32-38--70
23-40--63
22-21--43
13-29--42
P/GM
1.84
1.66
1.16
1.08
YR
JR SO
JR
Pos.
F
F
F
GP
38 38 37
Goals
32
23
22
G/GM
0.84
0.61
0.59
YR
SO
JR
FR
Pos.
F
F
F
GP
38
38
39
A
40
38
29
A/GM
1.05
1.00
0.74
YR
JR SO
SR
Pos.
D
F
F
GP
35
38
39
PPG/GM
0.20 0.18
0.15
PPG
7
7
6
YR
JR SO
SR
Pos.
F
D
F
GP
37
37
38
SHG/G
0.03 0.03
0.03
SHG
1
1
1
YR
SO
JR
JR
Pos.
F
F
F
GP
38
37
38
GWG
6
5
5
Game-Winning Goals
T-6. Dani Cameranesi
T-10. Maryanne Menefee
T-10. Hannah Brandt
School
Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota
Points Per Game (Defense)
2. Rachel Ramsey
6. Milica McMillen
14. Lee Stecklein
School
Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota
YR
SR JR SO Pos.
D
D
D
GP
39
35 38
G-A--P
P/GM
9-24--33 0.85
11-16--27 0.77
5-21--26 0.68
Points Per Game (Rookies)
2. Kelly Pannek
School
Minnesota
YR
FR Pos.
F
GP
39 G-A--P
P/GM
13-29--42 1.08
SOG Per Game
4. Hannah Brandt
7. Dani Cameranesi
12. Rachael Bona
School
Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota
YR
JR
SO
SR
Pos.
F
F
F
GP
38
38
39
SOG
204
182
174
Goals Against Average
4. Amanda Leveille
School
Minnesota
YR
JR
Minutes
1864:18
GA
37
GAA
1.19
Save Percentage
3. Amanda Leveille
School
Minnesota
YR
JR Saves
636 GA
37 Save %
.945
Winning Percentage
2. Amanda Leveille
School
Minnesota
YR
Record
JR 26-3-3 Win %
.859
School
Minnesota
YRGP
JR
32
Shutouts
6
Games
39 Goals
177
G/GM
4.54
Games
39
Goals
46
G/GM
1.18
GA
46 Shutouts
T-9. Amanda Leveille
Scoring Offense
2. Minnesota
Scoring Defense
2. Minnesota
Scoring Margin
2. Minnesota
Games
39
GF
177
Power Play
1. Minnesota
Totals
41/131
SHA
1
Pct.
31.3
Penalty Kill
8. Minnesota
Totals
92/104
SHF
3
Pct.
88.5
Combined Special Teams
4. Minnesota
Totals
133/235
Winning Percentage
2. Minnesota
W-L-T
32-3-4
Win %
87.2
Attendance (All Games)
1. Minnesota
Games
39
Attendance
60,195
Attendance (Home Games)
2. Minnesota
Games
21 Attendance
40,062
GF/G
4.54 GA/G
1.18 Pct.
56.6
SOG/GM
5.37
4.79
4.46
Margin
+3.36
2014-15 GOPHER SCORING MARKS
MULTI-POINT GAMES
PlayerNumber
Brandt
20
Cameranesi
18
Menefee
14
Pannek
12
Bona
10
Lorence
9
McMillen9
Ramsey
7
Schipper6
Stecklein
5
Wolfe
5
Baldwin3
Rodgers
2
Cline
1
Haley
1
Piazza
1
MULTI-GOAL GAMES
PlayerNumber
Brandt6
Cameranesi
5
Menefee
5
Bona3
Lorence
3
McMillen3
Pannek
2
Baldwin
1
Rodgers
1
MULTI-ASSIST GAMES
PlayerNumber
Cameranesi 11
Brandt
10
Pannek
10
Bona
7
Menefee
6
Ramsey
5
Stecklein
5
Wolfe
4
Lorence
3
McMillen3
Schipper2
Cline 1
Haley
1
Piazza
1
CURRENT POINT STREAKS
Player
Brandt Cameranesi
Garzone
McMillen
Menefee
Piazza
Ramsey
Schipper
Stecklein
Att./Game
1,543.5
Att./Game
1,907.7
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
GamesDates
1
3/14/15-present
1
3/14/15-present
1
3/14/15-present
1
3/14/15-present
1
3/14/15-present
1
3/14/15-present
1
3/14/15-present
1
3/14/15-present
1
3/14/15-present
2014-15 MINNESOTA SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Date
Opponent
Time/Result Goals (Season goals)
Goaltender, SavesAttendance
10/3
PENN STATE
W, 8-0
McMillen (1)PPG, Cameranesi (1), Brandt (1), McMillen (2)PPG, Cameranesi (2), Lorence (1)PPG, Piazza (1)PPG, Cline (1)
Peters, 15
10/4
NO. 6 BOSTON UNIVERSITY
W, 5-2
Lorence (2), Brandt (2), McMillen (3)PPG, Lorence (3)PPG, Piazza (2) Leveille, 26
1,791
10/10
at Minnesota Duluth*
W, 3-0
Cameranesi (3)PPG, Brandt (3), Brandt (4)PPG
Leveille, 26
1,061
10/11
at Minnesota Duluth*
T, 3-3 (OT)
Brandt (5), Lorence (4), Brandt (6)
Leveille, 25
1,303
10/17
at No. 1 Wisconsin*
W, 4-1
Brandt (6)SHG, Cameranesi (4), Cameranesi (5)PPG, Cameranesi (6)HT
Leveille, 23
2,273
10/18
at No. 1 Wisconsin*
W, 2-1 (OT)
Bona (1)PPG, Ramsey (1)
Leveille, 40
2,273
10/24
NO. 9 NORTH DAKOTA*
W, 5-2
CameranesI (7), McMillen (4)PPG, Piazza (3), McMillen (5)ENG, Cameranesi (8)ENG
Leveille, 26
1,659
10/25
NO. 9 NORTH DAKOTA*
W, 5-0
Brandt (8), Menefee (1), McMIllen (6)PPG, Brandt (9)PPG, Menefee (2)
Leveille, 7
2,496
10/31
BEMIDJI STATE*
T, 2-2 (OT)
Pannek (1), Cameranesi (9)
Peters, 19
1,112
11/1
BEMIDJI STATE*
L, 1-0
---
Leveille, 18
1,981
11/14
at Ohio State*
W, 4-2
Menefee (3), Schipper (1)PPG, Lorence (5)PPG, Bona (2)
Leveille, 16
328
11/15
at Ohio State*
W, 5-3
Lorence (6)PPG, Lorence (7), Ramsey (2), Schipper (2), Lorence (8)SHG
Leveille, 18
284
11/21
at Minnesota State*
W, 5-1
McMillen (7), Cameranesi (10)PPG, Cameranesi (11), Brandt (10), Cameranesi (12)PPG, HT
Leveille, 14/Sletta, 1
230
11/22
MINNESOTA STATE*
W, 4-0
Cameranesi (13), Brandt (11), Brandt (12), Bona (3)PPG
Peters, 8/Sletta, 5
2,499
11/24
vs. St. Cloud State ^
W, 5-0
Pannek (2), Pannek (3)PPG, Schipper (3), Cameranesi (14), Pannek (4)HT
Leveille, 19
2,250
11/29
at Princeton
W, 2-1
Brandt (13), Menefee (4)
Leveille, 15
223
11/30
at Princeton
W, 5-2
Menefee (5), McMillen (8)PPG, Cameranesi (15), Brandt (14), Bona (4)
Leveille, 19
EX, PPG 2,040
202
12/5
ST. CLOUD STATE*
W, 12-0
Menefee (6)PPG, Haley (1), Ramsey (3)PPG, Bona (5), Bona (6)PPG, Peters, 18
Piazza (4), Lorence (9)PPG, Menefee (7), Lorence (10), Brandt (15), Rodgers (1), Rodgers (2)
1,521
12/6
ST. CLOUD STATE*
W, 7-0
Baldwin (1), Schipper (4), Brandt (16), McMillen (9)PPG, Ramsey (4), Lorence (11), McMillen (10)
Leveille, 14
1,672
1/4
ST. LAWRENCE
W, 10-0
Bona (7), Baldwin (2), Bona (8), Brandt (17), Pannek (5), Pannek (6), Bona (9), Pannek (7), Ramsey (5), Menefee (8)
Leveille, 15
1,053
1/6
ST. LAWRENCE
W, 5-1
Pannek (8), Brandt (18), Menefee (9), Bona (10), Bona (11)
Leveille, 21
850
1/10
NO. 3 WISCONSIN*
W, 4-1
Piazza (5), Brandt (19), Cameranesi (16), Brandt (20)
Leveille, 23
2,441
1/11
NO. 3 WISCONSIN*
T, 1-1 (OT)
Brandt (21)
Leveille, 32
2,728
1/16
MINNESOTA STATE*
W, 7-3
Menefee (10), Lorence (12), Menefee (11)PPG, Piazza (6), Baldwin (3), Menefee (12)HT, Ramsey (6)
Peters, 16
1,714
1/17
at Minnesota State*
W, 7-1
Brandt (22), Bona (12), Pannek (9)PPG, Menefee (13), Piazza (7), Cameranesi (17)PPG, Stecklein (1)
Leveille, 11
207
1/23
Lorence (13), Menefee (14)PPG, Menefee (15), Rodgers (3)
Sletta, 18
355
1/24
at St. Cloud State*
W, 7-1
at St. Cloud State*
W, 4-0
Lorence (14), Menefee (16), Wolfe (1), Rodgers (4), Brandt (23), Pannek (10), Piazza (8)
Leveille, 14
455
1/30
OHIO STATE*
T, 3-3 (OT)
Lorence (18), Stecklein (2)PPG, Piazza (9)
Leveille, 25
2,340
1/31
OHIO STATE*
W, 3-1
Schipper (5), Pannek (11), Brandt (24)PPG Leveille, 16
2,032
2/6
at North Dakota*
L, 3-0
--
Leveille, 20
4,818
2/7
at North Dakota*
W, 3-1
Cameranesi (18)PPG, Brandt (25), Ramsey (7)PPG
Leveille, 17
1,879
2/13
NO. 6 MINNESOTA DULUTH* W, 7-1
Lorence (16), Ramsey (8), Menefee (17), Piazza (10), Stecklein (3)PPG, Brandt (26), Pannek (12)
Leveille, 22; Sletta, 7
2,588
2/14
NO. 6 MINNESOTA DULUTH* W, 2-0
Cameranesi (19), Stecklein (4)ENG
Leveille, 19
2,730
2/20
at Bemidji State*
W, 3-2
Cameranesi (20), Brandt (27), Bona (13)
Leveille, 17
393
2/21
at Bemidji State*
W, 4-2
Wolfe (2), Lorence (17)PPG, Menefee (18), Cameranesi (21)
Peters, 19
2/27
MINNESOTA STATE %
W, 10-0
Brandt (28), Brandt (29), Menefee (19), Schipper (6), Brandt (30), Leveille, 15; Peters, 6
Cameranesi (22), Cameranesi (23), Baldwin (4), Piazza (11)PPG, Baldwin (5)
540
1,131
2/28
MINNESOTA STATE %
W, 5-1
Menefee (20), Menefee (21), Pannek (13), Brandt (31), Bona (14)
Leveille, 29; Sletta, 5
1,406
3/7
vs. No. 10 Bemidji State $
L, 1-0
--
Leveille, 17
1,059
McMillen (11), Schipper (7), Ramsey (9)PPG, Menefee (22)PPG, Brandt (32)PPG, Stecklein (5)
Leveille, 17
1,796
3/14
RIT &
W, 6-2
3/20
NO. 3 WISCONSIN +
3/22
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP (TBD) +3 p.m.
5 p.m.
* WCHA game • % WCHA First-Round (Campus sites) • $ WCHA Final Face-Off (Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, N.D.)
& NCAA Quarterfinal (Campus sites) • + NCAA Frozen Four (Ridder Arena) • ^ U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame game (Braemar Arena, Edina, Minn.)
Home games in BOLD CAPS at Ridder Arena. Please note: Bold denotes game-winning goal; (#) denotes individual season goals; PPG denotes power-play goal; SHG denotes shorthanded goal; ENG denotes empty net goal; DPG denotes delayed penalty goal; HT denotes hat tricks; EX denotes extra attacker.
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
MINNESOTA QUICK FACTS
HEAD COACH BRAD FROST
UNIVERSITY INFORMATION
School:
University of Minnesota
Location:
Minneapolis, Minn. 55455
Founded:
1851
Enrollment:
51,147
Nickname:
Golden Gophers
Colors:
Maroon and Gold
Conference:
Big Ten/WCHA (women's hockey)
Division:
NCAA I
President:
Dr. Eric Kaler
Director of Athletics:
Norwood Teague
Assoc. Athletics Director - W Hockey:
Tom McGinnis
TEAM INFORMATION
2013-14 Overall record:
2013-14 WCHA record (finish):
2013-14 WCHA Tournament:
2013-14 NCAA Tournament:
2014-15 Players returning/lost:
2014-15 Newcomers:
38-2-1
26-1-1-0 (1st)
Champions
Runner-up
16/5
4
PROGRAM HISTORY
First season:
1997-98 (17th season)
All-time record (as of 3/16/15):
534-108-43 (.811)
WCHA record (as of 3/16/15):
334-63-31 (.817)
WCHA postseason record:
39-11-0 (.780)
WCHA regular season titles: 9 (2001,02,04,05,09,10,13,14,15)
WCHA tournament titles:
6 (2002, 04, 05, 12, 13, 14)
NCAA berths: 13 (2002,03,04,05,06,08,09,10,11,12,13,14,15)
National titles:
5 (2000, 04, 05, 12, 13)
NCAA postseason record (since 2000-01):
18-9-1 (.661)
NCAA Frozen Four record (since 2000-01):
10-7-1 (.583)
COACHING STAFF
Head Coach:
Brad Frost
Alma Mater:
Bethel, 1996
Career Record:
256-41-21 (8th season)
WCHA Record:
177-29-18-9
Associate Head Coach:
Joel Johnson (Bethel, 1996)
Assistant Coach:
Nadine Muzerall (Minnesota, 2001)
Assistant Coach:
Andy Kent (Augsburg, 2009)
Director of Operations:
Eric Bakke
Athletic Training:
Jaime Hall
Strength & Conditioning:
Cal Dietz
FACILITY INFORMATION
Home Rink:
Capacity:
Opened:
Address:
Press Box Phone:
Ridder Arena
3,400
2002
1901 4th St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-625-6900
ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS
Assistant Director (Women’s Hockey Contact): Mandy Hansen
Cell Phone:
612-889-7696
Office Phone:
612-626-9394
Office Fax:
612-625-0359
Email:
hans1758@umn.edu
CONNECT WITH GOPHER WOMEN’S HOCKEY ONLINE
Official website:
GopherSports.com
Twitter:
@GopherWHockey, #GWH, #Gophers
Facebook:
Facebook.com/GopherWomensHockey
Instagram: @gopherwhockey
YouTube:
YouTube.com/user/GopherAthletics
In his seven seasons at the helm of Gopher women’s
hockey, head coach Brad Frost has brought the
program to the pinnacle of the collegiate hockey world
by winning back-to-back national titles in 2012 and
2013 and finishing as NCAA runner-up in 2014. After
joining the program in 2001 as an assistant coach and
later holding the interim head coach title during the
2007-08, Frost was named the program’s second head
coach on April 16, 2008. In his eighth season leading
BRAD FROST
the Gophers, the Bethel University graduate has guided
8TH YEAR AT MINNESOTA
BETHEL, 1996
the Gophers to two NCAA National Championships,
six NCAA Frozen Four appearances, five WCHA regular
season titles (including 2015) and three WCHA Final Face-Off Championships. Frost
wrapped up his seventh season with Minnesota with a career record of 224-38-17
(.833) and has not had a team finish lower than second in the WCHA.
COACHING EXCELLENCE
Frost, who has won two national titles, is considered one of the best and most
respected coaches in collegiate hockey. In his seven seasons, he has been named
an AHCA Coach of the Year Finalist four times and has won the national honor twice
(2013 and 2014). Frost has also been named WCHA Coach of the Year four times
(2008, 2009, 2013 and 2014). Under his tutelage, the Gophers have accumulated
five seasons with 30 or more wins, including 2015. In 2013, Frost led the Gophers
to the NCAA’s first-ever perfect season (41-0-0).
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
Over the last seven years, Frost has coached some of the top talent not only
in the nation but also in the world. He has seen seven players (Megan Bozek,
Mira Jalosuo, Amanda Kessel, Gigi Marvin, Noora Räty, Anne Schleper and Lee
Stecklein) represent their respective countries in the Olympics. He also aided the
development of former Gophers and Olympians Natalie Darwitz, Kelly Stephens,
Lyndsay Wall and Krissy Wendell while a Minnesota assistant coach. Frost has
coached a total of 10 players to a combined 14 All-American honors. Among those
All-Americans is 2013 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner Amanda Kessel.
A total of nine Minnesota student-athletes have been named Top-10 Patty Kaz
Finalists under Frost’s tutelage, including Rachel Ramsey, Hannah Brandt and Dani
Cameranesi in 2015.
ACADEMIC SUCCESS
Under Frost’s guidance, the Gophers have recorded a 3.0 or higher grade point
average and increased the team’s Academic Progress Rating (APR) each season.
Minnesota has accumulated 86 WCHA All-Academic Team members, 25 WCHA
Scholar Athlete honorees and two WCHA Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year
award recipients (Gigi Marvin, 2009 and Kelly Terry, 2014) since Frost took reign.
INTERNATIONAL COACHING EXPERIENCE
Frost has been instrumental in aiding USA Hockey by working development camps
and serving as a coach for various U.S. teams. In 2006, he was an assistant coach
on the U.S. Under-22 Team, and from 2008-09, he was an assistant coach for the
2008-09 U.S. National Team.
PERSONAL LIFE
Frost grew up in Burlington, Ont., and attended Aldershot High School. After
graduating from Aldershot, he decided to attend college at Bethel University, which
is where his parents originally met. While at Bethel, he studied Physical & Health
Education and was a two-sport athlete, competing at hockey and golf. Frost was
a four-year letterwinner in hockey and ranks eighth on Bethel’s career scoring
list. In 1994 and 1995, he was voted the team’s Most Valuable Player and Most
Inspirational. He also captained the Royals his junior and senior seasons. At Bethel,
Frost met his wife Dayna. They now reside in Cottage Grove, Minn., and have three
sons: Micah, Jonah and Josiah.
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
MINNESOTA CAREER TOP-10 RECORDS
Career Points
Rk. Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Natalie Darwitz
Krissy Wendell
Nadine Muzerall
Amanda Kessel
Kelly Stephens
Hannah Brandt
Ambria Thomas
Gigi Marvin
Ronda Curtin
Laura Slominski
Career Shots on Goal
G
102
106
139
97
97
88
89
87
60
65
A
144
131
96
134
122
129
112
108
107
97
P
246
237
235
231
219
217
201
195
167
162
Years
2002-05
2002-05
1997-01
2010-13
2001-05
2012-present
1997-01
2005-09
1999-03
1998-02
Career Goals
Rk. Name
1.
2.
3.
T-4.
T-4.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Nadine Muzerall
Krissy Wendell
Natalie Darwitz
Amanda Kessel
Kelly Stephens
Ambria Thomas
Hannah Brandt
Gigi Marvin
Emily West
Bobbi Ross
Years
1997-01
2002-05
2002-05
2010-13
2001-05
1997-01
2012-present
2005-09
2007-12
2004-08
Rk. Name Assists
Years
Career Assists
Natalie Darwitz
Amanda Kessel
Krissy Wendell
Hannah Brandt
Kelly Stephens
Ambria Thomas
Gigi Marvin
Ronda Curtin
Megan Bozek
Kelly Terry
Rachel Ramsey
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
T-10.
T-10.
Nadine Muzerall
Krissy Wendell
Kelly Stephens
Gigi Marvin
Natalie Darwitz
Bobbi Ross
Megan Bozek
Ronda Curtin
Erica McKenzie
Milica McMillen
Jen Schoullis
Hannah Brandt
144
134
131
129
122
112
108
107
99
98
96
2002-05
2010-13
2002-05
2012-present
2001-05
1997-01
2005-09
1999-03
2009-13
2010-14
2011-present
1.
T-2.
T-2.
4.
5.
T-6.
T-6.
T-8.
T-8.
T-10.
T-10.
T-10.
T-10.
Krissy Wendell
Amanda Kessel
Bobbi Ross
Ambria Thomas
Natalie Darwitz
Kelly Stephens
Emily West
Gigi Marvin
Monique Lamoureaux
Erica McKenzie
Nadine Muzerall
La Toya Clarke
Kris Scholz
Hannah Brandt
PPG
40
33
32
31
29
27
26
25
24
21
21
19
Years
1997-01
2002-05
2001-05
2005-09
2002-05
2004-08
2009-13
1999-03
2004-08
2012-present
2007-12
2012-present
SHG
16
10
10
8
7
6
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
Years
2002-05
2010-13
2004-08
1997-01
2002-05
2001-05
2007-12
2005-09
2008-09
2004-08
1997-01
2000-04
1997-01
2012-present
Career Game-Winning Goals
Rk. Name
T-1.
T-1.
3.
4.
T-5.
T-5.
T-5.
T-8.
T-8.
T-10.
T-10.
Krissy Wendell
Nadine Muzerall
Emily West
Bobbi Ross
Erica McKenzie
Ambria Thomas
Natalie Darwitz
Hannah Brandt
Kelly Stephens
Gigi Marvin
Amanda Kessel
726
650
630
609
565
536
530
529
517
517
1999-01
2007-12
2002-05
2001-05
2011-present
2010-13
2009-13
2000-04
2012-present
2005-09
Rk. Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Megan Bozek
Winny Brodt
Rachel Ramsey
Anne Schleper
Courtney Kennedy
Milica McMillen
Ronda Curtin
Melanie Gagnon
Anya Miller
Lyndsay Wall
Rk. Name
1. Megan Bozek
2. Winny Brodt
T-3. Milica McMillen
T-3. Courtney Kennedy
5. Rachel Ramsey
6. Anne Schleper
7. Brittny Ralph
8. Anya Miller
9. Lyndsay Wall
10. Ronda Curtin
146
134
130
114
112
92
85
81
78
69
GWG
24
24
22
20
18
18
18
17
17
16
16
Years
2002-05
1997-01
2007-12
2004-08
2004-08
1997-01
2002-05
2012-present
2001-05
2005-09
2010-13
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Megan Bozek
Rachel Ramsey
Winny Brodt
Anne Schleper
Courtney Kennedy
Melanie Gagnon
Ronda Curtin
Milica McMillen
Anya Miller
Emily Bucholtz
Years
2009-13
1998-03
2011-present
2008-12
1998-01
2012-present
1999-03
2005-09
2004-08
2003-05
47
41
35
35
34
32
24
22
20
19
Years
2009-13
1998-02
2012-present
1998-01
2011-present
2008-12
1997-99
2004-08
2003-05
1999-03
T-1.
T-1.
T-3.
T-3.
5.
T-6.
T-6.
8.
T-9.
T-9.
T-9.
Rachael Bona
Rachel Ramsey
Bethany Brausen
Baylee Gillanders
Anne Schleper
Kelly Terry
Sarah Erickson
Megan Bozek
Meghan Lorence
Sarah Davis
Jen Schoullis
99
96
93
82
77
67
63
57
56
55
2009-13
2011-present
1998-03
2008-12
1998-01
2005-09
1999-03
2012-present
2004-08
1997-01
GP
Years
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Kelly Stephens
Melanie Gagnon
Courtney Kennedy
Kelly Seeler
Bobbi Ross
Emily West
Sarah Erickson
Megan Bozek
Milica McMillen
Allie Sanchez
Rachel Ramsey
242
235
232
209
208
176
176
170
162
161
Years
2001-05
2005-09
1999-01
2008-12
2008-12
2012-present
2007-12
2004-08
2009-13
2002-06
Rk. Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Hannah Brandt
Kelly Stephens
Rachel Ramsey
Ambria Thomas
Krissy Wendell
Megan Bozek
Amanda Kessel
Nadine Muzerall
Baylee Gillanders
Natalie Darwitz
+/--
+185
+170
+168
+160
+156
+153
+151
+149
+142
+141
Years
2012-present
2001-05
2011-present
1997-01
2002-05
2009-13
2010-13
1997-01
2010-14
2002-05
Rk. Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Noora Räty
Erica Killewald
Jody Horak
Amanda Leveille
Kim Hanlon
Brenda Reinen
Brittony Chartier
Alyssa Grogan
Jenny Lura
Crystal Nicholas
Saves
3250
2385
2213
1570
1225
1034
854
713
688
323
Years
2009-13
1997-01
2001-05
2012-present
2005-09
2001-05
2005-07
2008-12
2007-11
1998-00
Rk. Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
T-8.
T-8.
T-8.
Noora Räty
Jody Horak
Erica Killewald
Amanda Leveille
Kim Hanlon
Brendan Reinen
Brittony Chartier
Crystal Nicholas
Jenny Lura
Alyssa Grogan
W
114
83
73
67
43
36
27
25
25
25
L
17
14
23
5
14
3
13
0
8
7
T
8
6
9
4
2
5
2
0
3
3
Years
2009-13
2001-05
1997-01
2012-present
2005-09
2001-05
2005-07
1998-00
2007-12
2008-12
Career Goaltender Shutouts
162
162
161
161
159
158
158
157
156
156
156
2011-present
2011-present
2010-14
2010-14
2008-12
2010-14
2008-12
2009-13
2011-present
2010-14
2007-12
Career Penalties
Rk. Name
Kelly Stephens
Melanie Gagnon
Courtney Kennedy
Kelly Seeler
Sarah Erickson
Milica McMillen
Emily West
Bobbi Ross
Megan Bozek
Allie Sanchez
Career Goaltender Wins
Years
Career Games Played
Rk. Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
T-6.
T-6.
8.
9.
10.
Career Goaltender Saves
Goals
Rk. Name Assists
Rk. Name Minutes
Career Plus/Minus
Points
Career Assists by a Defenseman
Career Shorthanded Goals
Rk. Name
Nadine Muzerall
Emily West
Natalie Darwitz
Kelly Stephens
Rachael Bona
Amanda Kessel
Megan Bozek
La Toya Clarke
Hannah Brandt
Gigi Marvin
Years
Career Goals by a Defenseman
Career Power-Play Goals
Rk. Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
T-9.
T-9.
Career Penalty Minutes
Shots
Career Points by a Defenseman
Goals
139
106
102
97
97
89
88
87
82
75
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Rk. Name
Pen. Min.
121
108
105
99
85
84
82
81
77
75
70
242
235
232
209
170
176
208
162
176
161
140
Years
2001-05
2005-09
1998-01
2008-12
2004-08
2007-12
2008-12
2009-13
2012-present
2002-06
2011-present
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
Rk. Name Shutouts
1.
T-2.
T-2.
4.
5.
T-6.
T-6.
8.
9.
10.
Noora Räty
Amanda Leveille
Erica Killewald
Jody Horak
Kim Hanlon
Brenda Reinen
Crystal Nicholas
Brittony Chartier
Alyssa Grogan
Jenny Lura
43
22
22
20
13
10
10
8
6
4
Years
2009-13
2012-present
1997-01
2001-05
2005-09
2001-05
1998-00
2005-07
2008-12
2007-11
MINNESOTA SINGLE-SEASON TOP-10 RECORDS
Points
Rk.Name
1. Natalie Darwitz
2. Krissy Wendell
3. Amanda Kessel
4. Hannah Brandt 5. Amanda Kessel 6. Krissy Wendell 7. Nadine Muzerall 8. Kelly Stephens 9. Monique Lamoureaux 10. Jenny Schmidgall G
42
43
46
33
32
36
49
33
39
33
A
72
61
55
49
48
42
28
43
36
38
P
114
104
101
82
80
78
77
76
75
71
Year
2004-05
2004-05
2012-13
2012-13
2011-12
2003-04
1999-00
2004-05
2008-09
1998-99
Goals by a Defenseman
Rk.Name
1. Megan Bozek
2. Courtney Kennedy
T-3. Megan Bozek
T-3. Brittny Ralph
T-5. Lyndsay Wall
T-5. Winny Brodt
T-5. Winny Brodt
T-8. Milica McMillen
T-8. Ronda Curtin
T-8. Winny Brodt
Goals
20
16
15
15
14
14
14
13
13
13
Year
2012-13
1998-99
2011-12
1997-98
2004-05
2002-03
1998-99
2012-13
2001-02
1999-00
Plus/Minus
Rk.Name
1. Hannah Brandt
2. Krissy Wendell
3. Natalie Darwitz
4. Amanda Kessel
T-5. Hannah Brandt
T-5. Baylee Gillanders
7. Kelly Stephens
8. Megan Bozek
9. Dani Cameranesi
10. Jocelyne Lamoureaux
+/-
+77
+74
+72
+71
+66
+66
+63
+61
+59
+58
Year
2012-13
2004-05
2004-05
2012-13
2014-15
2012-13
2004-05
2012-13
2014-15
2008-09
Shots on Goal
Rk.Name
1. Natalie Darwitz
2. Monique Lamoureaux
3. Emily West
4. Nadine Muzerall
5. Krissy Wendell
6. Hannah Brandt
7. Natalie Darwitz
8. Amanda Kessel
9. Megan Bozek
10. Rachael Bona
SOG
270
230
227
212
208
204
199
193
191
189
Year
2004-05
2008-09
2009-10
1999-00
2004-05
2014-15
2002-03
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
Goals
Rk.Name
1. Nadine Muzerall
2. Amanda Kessel
3. Krissy Wendell
4. Natalie Darwitz
5. Monique Lamoureaux
6. Krissy Wendell
T-7. Hannah Brandt
T-7. Natalie Darwitz
T-7. Kelly Stephens
T-7. Jenny Schmidgall
Goals
49
46
43
42
39
36
33
33
33
33
Year
1999-00
2012-13
2004-05
2004-05
2008-09
2003-04
2012-13
2002-03
2004-05
1998-99
Assists by a Defenseman
Rk.Name
T-1. Megan Bozek
T-1. Winny Brodt
3. Ronda Curtin
4. Lyndsay Wall
T-5. Rachel Ramsey T-5. Courtney Kennedy
T-5. Winny Brodt
8. Courtney Kennedy
T-9. Ronda Curtin
T-9. Milica McMillen
Assists
37
37
35
34
31
31
31
29
28
28
Year
2012-13
1999-00
2001-02
2004-05
2013-14
2000-01
1998-99
2000-01
2002-03
2013-14
Assists
Rk.Name
1. Natalie Darwitz
2. Krissy Wendell
3. Amanda Kessel
4. Hannah Brandt
5. Amanda Kessel
6. Kelly Stephens
T-7. Hannah Brandt
T-7. Kelly Stephens
T-7. Krissy Wendell
T-10. Dani Cameranesi
T-10. Jen Schoullis
Assists
72
61
55
49
48
43
42
42
42
40
40
Year
2004-05
2004-05
2012-13
2012-13
2011-12
2004-05
2013-14
2003-04
2003-04
2014-15
2011-12
Game-Winning Goals
Rk.Name
1. Emily West
T-2. Nadine Muzerall
T-2. Krissy Wendell
T-2. Natalie Darwitz
T-2. Krissy Wendell
T-6. Bobbi Ross
T-6. Amanda Kessel
T-6. Erica McKenzie
T-6. Jocelyne Lamoureux
T-6. Monique Lamoureux
Dani Cameranesi
GWG
10
9
9
9
9
8
8
8
8
8
6
Year
2009-10
1999-00
2003-04
2004-05
2004-05
2006-07
2012-13
2005-06
2008-09
2008-09
2014-15
Points
82
75
71
68
65
64
55
53
53
51
Year
2012-13
2008-09
1998-99
2002-03
2008-09
1997-98
2002-03
1999-00
2000-01
1997-98
Goals
39
33
33
33
32
28
27
26
24
22
22
Year
2008-09
2012-13
2002-03
1998-99
1997-98
2008-09
2002-03
1999-00
1997-98
2001-02
2012-13
PPG
16
16
14
12
11
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
10
Year
2004-05
1999-00
2004-05
2004-05
2003-04
2000-01
1999-00
2012-13
2004-05
2003-04
2002-03
2006-07
2011-12
Assists by a Rookie
Rk.Name
1. Hannah Brandt
2. Jenny Schmidgall
3. Jocelyne Lamoureux
4. Monique Lamoureux
5. Natalie Darwitz
6. Kris Scholz
T-7. Nadine Muzerall
T-7. La Toya Clarke
T-9. Amanda Kessel
T-9. Winny Brodt
Kelly Pannek
Assists
49
38
37
36
35
34
32
32
31
31
29
Year
2012-13
1998-99
2008-09
2008-09
2002-03
1997-98
1997-98
2000-01
2010-11
1998-99
2014-15
SHG
7
6
5
5
5
5
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
Year
2004-05
2003-04
2012-13
2004-05
1999-00
2008-09
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2002-03
2002-03
Points by a Defenseman
Rk.Name
1. Megan Bozek
2. Winny Brodt
T-3. Lyndsay Wall
T-3. Ronda Curtin
5. Winny Brodt
6. Rachel Ramsey
7. Megan Bozek
8. Courtney Kennedy
T-9. Milica McMillen
T-9. Winny Brodt
Points
57
50
48
48
45
43
42
41
39
39
Year
2012-13
1999-00
2004-05
2001-02
1998-99
2013-14
2011-12
2000-01
2013-14
2002-03
Points by a Rookie
Rk.Name
1. Hannah Brandt
2. Monique Lamoureux
3. Jenny Schmidgall
4. Natalie Darwitz
5. Jocelyne Lamoureux
6. Nadine Muzerall
7. Krissy Wendell
T-8. Ronda Curtin
T-8. La Toya Clarke
10. Ambria Thomas
Goals by a Rookie
Rk.Name
1. Monique Lamoureux
T-2. Hannah Brandt
T-2. Natalie Darwitz
T-2. Jenny Schmidgall
5. Nadine Muzerall
6. Jocelyne Lamoureux
7. Krissy Wendell
8. Ronda Curtin
9. Ambria Thomas
T-10. Kelly Stephens
T-10. Maryanne Menefee
Power-Play Goals
Rk.Name
T-1. Kelly Stephens
T-1. Nadine Muzerall
3. Krissy Wendell
4. Lyndsay Wall
T-5. Krissy Wendell
T-5. Ambria Thomas
T-5. Ronda Curtin
T-8. Hannah Brandt
T-8. Bobbi Ross
T-8. Natalie Darwitz
T-8. Natalie Darwitz
T-8. Gigi Marvin
T-8. Jen Schoullis
Short-handed Goals
Rk.Name
1. Krissy Wendell
2. Krissy Wendell
T-3. Amanda Kessel
T-3. Natalie Darwitz
T-3. Ambria Thomas
T-3. Monique Lamoureaux
7. Bobbi Ross
T-8. Bobbi Ross T-8. Gigi Marvin T-8. Emily West T-8. Amanda Kessel T-8. Krissy Wendell T-8. LaToya Clarke Penalties
Rk.Name Penalties
1. Courtney Kennedy (50-114)
50
2. Jocelyne Lamoureaux (46-92)
46
3. Danielle Ashley (37-74)
37
4. Kelly Seeler (36-72)
36
5. Kelly Stephens (34-68)
34
6. Courtney Kennedy (33-74)
33
7. Monique Lamoureaux (32-86)
32
T-8. Milica McMillen (31-62)
31
T-8. Kelly Stephens (31-62)
31
10. Kelly Stephens (30-60)
30
Penalty Minutes
Rk.Name Minutes
1. Courtney Kennedy (50-114)
114
2. Jocelyne Lamoureux (46-92)
92
3. Monique Lamoureux (32-86)
86
T-4. Danielle Ashley (37-74)
74
T-4. Courtney Kennedy (33-74)
74
6. Kelly Seeler (36-72)
72
7. Kelly Stephens (34-68)
68
T-8. Andrea Nichols (27-65)
65
T-8. Dagney Willey (27-65)
65
T-8. Krissy Wendell (23-65)
65
Year
1999-00
2008-09
2003-04
2009-10
2002-03
2000-01
2008-09
2013-14
2001-02
2004-05
Year
1999-00
2008-09
2008-09
2003-04
2000-01
2009-10
2002-03
2005-06
2005-06
2003-04
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
Goaltender Wins
Rk.Name
Wins
T-1. Amanda Leveille (38-2-1)
38
T-1. Noora Raty (38-0-0)
38
3. Noora Raty (33-5-2)
33
4. Amanda Leveille (26-3-3)
26
5. Noora Raty (25-8-2)
25
6. Jody Horak (24-2-2)
24
7. Jody Horak (23-6-0)
23
8. Jody Horak (22-4-2)
22
T-9. Erica Killewald (19-8-2)
19
T-9. Erica Killewald (19-4-3)
19
Goaltender Saves
Rk.Name Saves
1. Noora Raty
957
2. Noora Raty
854
3. Amanda Leveille
850
4. Noora Raty
776
5. Noora Raty
663
6. Jody Horak
660
7. Erica Killewald
657
8. Amanda Leveille
636
9. Erica Killewald
609
10. Jody Horak
591
Goals Against Average (Min. 500 Minutes)
Rk.Name
GAA
1. Crystal Nicholas (9 GA, 636:11)
0.85
2. Noora Raty (36 GA, 2240:11)
0.96
3. Brenda Reinen (12 GA, 719:37)
1.00
4. Kim Hanlon (19 GA, 1017:47)
1.12
5. Amanda Leveille (37 GA, 1864:18) 1.19
6. Amanda Leveille (49 GA, 2415:31)
1.22
7. Erica Killewald (32 GA, 1550:00)
1.24
8. Noora Raty (36 GA, 1623:00)
1.33
9. Noora Raty (53 GA, 2361:09)
1.35
10. Brenda Reinen (25 GA, 1053:13)
1.42
Save Percentage (Min. 100 Saves)
Rk. Name
Sv. %
1. Noora Raty (36 GA, 776 saves)
.956
2. Noora Raty (36 GA, 663 saves)
.948
T-3. Erica Killewald (32 GA, 576 saves)
.947
T-3. Jody Horak (26 GA, 464 saves)
.947
5. Brenda Reinen (12 GA, 212 saves)
.946
T-6. Amanda Leveille (37 GA, 636 saves) .945
T-6. Amanda Leveille (49 GA, 850 saves) .945
T-6. Brenda Reinen (25 GA, 429 saves)
.945
9. Kim Hanlon (19 GA, 314 saves)
.943
10. Noora Raty (53 GA, 854 saves)
.942
Goaltender Shutouts
Rk.Name Shutouts
1. Noora Raty
17
2. Amanda Leveille 13
3. Noora Raty
10
4. Noora Raty
9
5. Jody Horak
8
T-6. Brittony Chartier
7
T-6. Noora Raty
7
T-6. Erica Killewald
7
9. Crystal Nicholas
7
T-10. Amanda Leveille
6
T-10. Kim Hanlon
6
T-10. Erica Killewald
6
Year
2013-14
2012-13
2011-12
2014-15
2010-11
2004-05
2002-03
2003-04
2000-01
1998-99
Year
2010-11
2011-12
2013-14
2012-13
2009-10
2002-03
2000-01
2014-15
1999-00
2003-04
Year
1998-99
2012-13
2004-05
2005-06
2014-15
2013-14
1998-99
2009-10
2011-12
2001-02
Year
2012-13
2009-10
1998-99
2001-02
2004-05
2014-15
2013-14
2001-02
2005-06
2011-12
Year
2012-13
2013-14
2011-12
2010-11
2004-05
2005-06
2009-10
1998-99
1998-99
2014-15
2005-06
1999-00
2014-15 MINNESOTA ROSTER
No.
Name
Pos.
Ht.
Year
Hometown (High School/Last School)
2
Lee Stecklein
D
6-0
SO
Roseville, Minn. (Roseville Area HS)
3
Kate Flug
F
5-8
SO
Roseville, Minn. (Roseville Area HS)
5
Rachel Ramsey
D
6-0
SR
Chanhassen, Minn. (Minnetonka HS)
6
Kate Schipper
F
5-4
SO
Brooklyn Park, Minn. (Breck School)
7
Rachael Bona
F
5-5
SR
Coon Rapids, Minn. (Coon Rapids HS)
9
Sydney Baldwin
D
5-7
FR
Minnetonka, Minn. (Minnetonka HS)
10
Cara Piazza
F
5-7
FR
Darien, Ill. (Downers Grove South HS)
11
Kelsey Cline
D/F
5-6
SO
Bloomington, Minn. (Bloomington Jefferson HS)
12
Megan Wolfe
D/F
5-8
SO
Eagan, Minn. (Eagan HS)
13
Milica McMillen
D
5-10
JR
St. Paul, Minn. (Breck School)
14
Maryanne Menefee
F
5-6
JR
Lansing, Mich. (Lansing Eastern HS)
15
Paige Haley
D/F
5-9
SO
Red Wing, Minn. (Red Wing HS)
18
Brook Garzone
D/F
5-6
JR
Sand Springs, Okla. (Shattuck-St. Mary's School)
19
Kelly Pannek
F
5-8
FR
Plymouth, Minn. (Benilde-St. Margaret's HS)
20
Meghan Lorence
F
5-7
SR
Mounds View, Minn. (Irondale HS)
21
Dani Cameranesi
F
5-5
SO
Plymouth, Minn. (Blake School)
22
Hannah Brandt
F
5-6
JR
Vadnais Heights, Minn. (Hill-Murray HS)
27
Nina Rodgers
F
5-5
FR
Minnetonka, Minn. (Hopkins HS)
29
Amanda Leveille
G
5-7
JR
Kingston, Ontario (Frontenac Secondary School)
31
Shyler Sletta
G
5-5
SR
37
Sidney Peters
G
5-10
RS FR
Elko New Market, Minn. (New Prague HS)
Geneva, Ill. (North American Hockey Academy)
Head Coach: Brad Frost (Bethel, 1996) | Associate Head Coach: Joel Johnson (Bethel, 1996)
Assistant Coach: Nadine Muzerall (Minnesota, 2001) | Volunteer Assistant Coach: Andy Kent (Augsburg, 2009)
ROSTER BREAKDOWN
BY CLASS
Freshmen (5)
Sydney Baldwin
Kelly Pannek
Sidney Peters (RS-FR)
Cara Piazza
Nina Rodgers
Sophomores (7)
Dani Cameranesi
Kelsey Cline
Kate Flug
Paige Haley
Kate Schipper
Lee Stecklein
Megan Wolfe
Juniors (5)
Hannah Brandt
Brook Garzone
Amanda Leveille
Maryanne Menefee
Milica McMillen
Seniors (4)
Rachael Bona
Meghan Lorence
Rachel Ramsey
Shyler Sletta
BY STATE
Illinois (2)
Sidney Peters
Cara Piazza
Minnesota (16)
Sydney Baldwin
Rachael Bona
Hannah Brandt
Dani Cameranesi
Kelsey Cline
Kate Flug
Paige Haley
Meghan Lorence
Milica McMillen
Kelly Pannek
Rachel Ramsey
Nina Rodgers
Kate Schipper
Shyler Sletta
Lee Stecklein
Megan Wolfe
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
BY PROVINCE
Ontario (1)
Amanda Leveille
NAMEPRONUNCIATION
Rachael Bona
Dani Cameranesi
Kate Flug
Brook Garzone
Amanda Leveille
Meghan Lorence
Milica McMillen
Maryanne Menefee
Kelly Pannek
Cara Piazza
Kate Schipper
Shyler Sletta
Lee Stecklein
Megan Wolfe
Michigan (1)
Maryanne Menefee
Oklahoma (1)
Brook Garzone
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
BAWN-uh
CAM-ren-EE-zee
flugg
gar-ZONE
LEHV-ee-ay
LORE-ence
mel-EETZ-uh
MEN-uh-fee
PAN-ick
CARE-uh pee-AH-zuh
Shipper
SHY-ler SLET-uh
STECK-line
Wolf
2014-15 GOPHER WOMEN'S HOCKEY
5
6
7
10
11
12
13
14
15
18
19
20
21
22
27
29
31
2
3
9
Lee Stecklein • D • SO
Roseville, Minn.
Sydney Baldwin • D • FR
Minnetonka, Minn.
Maryanne Menefee • F • JR
Lansing, Mich.
Dani Cameranesi • F • SO
Plymouth, Minn.
37
Sidney Peters • G • RS-FR
Geneva, Ill.
Kate Flug • F • SO
Roseville, Minn.
Rachel Ramsey • D • SR
Chanhassen, Minn.
Cara Piazza • F • FR
Darien, Ill.
Paige Haley • D/F • SO
Red Wing, Minn.
Hannah Brandt • F • JR
Vadnais Heights, Minn.
Head Coach
Brad Frost
Kelsey Cline • D/F • SO
Bloomington, Minn.
Brook Garzone • D/F • JR
Sand Springs, Okla.
Nina Rodgers • F • FR
Minnetonka, Minn.
Kate Schipper • F • SO
Brooklyn Park, Minn.
Megan Wolfe • D/F • SO
Eagan, Minn.
Kelly Pannek • F • FR
Plymouth, Minn.
Amanda Leveille • G • JR
Kingston, Ontario
Associate Head Coach
Joel Johnson
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
Assistant Coach
Nadine Muzerall
Rachael Bona • F • SR
Coon Rapids, Minn.
Milica McMillen • D • JR
St. Paul, Minn.
Meghan Lorence • F • SR
Mounds View, Minn.
Shyler Sletta • G • SR
Elko New Market, Minn.
Volunteer Assistant Coach
Andy Kent
2 Lee STECKLEIN
3 Kate FLUG
@LeeSteck2
Sophomore | Defense | Assistant Captain
Roseville, Minn. | Roseville Area HS
2014 U.S. Olympic Team
@kate_flug3
Sophomore | Forward
Roseville, Minn. | Roseville Area HS
Stecklein's Career Statistics
Flug's Career Statistics
Stecklein's Career Highlights
Flug's Career Highlights
Year
GP G A P Sh Sh% Pen-Min +/- PPGSHGGWGBlk
2012 41 3 9 12 30 .100 4-8
+35 2 1 2
12
2013 Redshirt - U.S. Olympic Team
2014 38 5 21 26 77 .065 2-4
+44 2 1 0
56
TOTAL
79830
38
107
.075
6-12 +79
422 68
Year
GP G A P Sh Sh% Pen-Min +/- PPGSHGGWGBlk
2013 35 2 3 5 31 .065 1-2
+5 0 0 0
4
2014 10 0 1 1 13 .000 2-4
+2 0 0 0
0
TOTAL
4524644
.045
3-6 +7000 4
•
Honors include 2015 All-WCHA First Team, WCHA All-Academic
Team honoree and 2014 U.S. Olympic silver medalist.
•
Appeared in first 10 games of the 2014-15 season before
being sidelined due to injury.
•
First Gopher sophomore to serve as an assistant captain since
Bobbi Ross in 2005-06.
•
Assisted Cara Piazza's first collegiate goal in 8-0 win over Penn
State (Oct. 3, 2014).
•
Named WCHA Defensive Player of the Week after recording
four assists in season-opening wins over Penn State and
Boston University (Oct. 3-4, 2014).
•
Recorded five points (2g-3a) in 35 games as a freshman.
•
Recorded first collegiate point with an assist in 10-0 win over
Bemidji State (Feb. 7, 2014) and scored first collegiate goal
in 5-3 win over Bemidji State (Feb. 8, 2014) for a two-point
series (Feb. 7-8, 2014).
•
A 2013 graduate of Roseville Area High School, selected as a
2013 Minnesota Ms. Hockey award finalist and a three-time
all-state honoree with the Raiders.
•
Had a four-game point streak (Feb. 7-20, 2015).
•
Earned silver with the U.S. Women's National Team at the Four
Nations Cup in Kamloops, British Columbia (Nov. 4-8, 2014).
•
Student in the University's Carlson School of Management.
5 Rachel RAMSEY
6 Kate SCHIPPER
@RachelRamsey44
Senior | Defense | Captain
Chanhassen, Minn. | Minnetonka HS
Ramsey's Career Statistics
Year
2011
2012
2013
2014
TOTAL
GP
41
41
41
39
162
G A P Sh Sh%
4 21 25 90 .044
9 20 29 101 .089
12 31 43 131 .092
9 24 33 148 .061
34 96 130470.072
Pen-Min
18-36
19-38
18-36
15-30
70-140
+/- PPG SHGGWGBlk
+35 3 0 0
23
+46 0 1 4
13
+42 6 0 2
36
+45 3 0 3
54
+16812 1 9 126
Ramsey's Career Highlights
@kate_schipper
Sophomore | Forward
Brooklyn Park, Minn. | Breck School
Schipper's Career Statistics
Year
2013
2014
TOTAL
GP
39
39
78
G A P
7 22 29
7 15 22
143751
Sh Sh%
91 .077
67 .104
158.089
Pen-Min +/-
7-14
+28
9-18
+12
16-32 +40
PPGSHGGWGBlk
3 0 3
8
1 0 1
10
4 0 4 18
Schipper's Career Highlights
Honors include 2015 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award top-10
finalist, 2014 AHCA/CCM First Team All-American, 2015 &
2014 WCHA Defensive Player of the Year, 2015 & 2014 AllWCHA First Team, 2013 All-WCHA Third Team, 2012 All-WCHA
Rookie Team and three-time WCHA All-Academic Team.
•
Named 2015 WCHA All-Academic Team honoree.
•
Had a three-game point streak (Feb. 21-28, 2015).
•
Tied her career best with four points (2g-2a) in sweep at Ohio
State (Nov. 14-15, 2014).
•
Ranks third in career points, second in career assists and
ranks fifth in career goals among all-time Gopher defensemen.
•
Ranked fourth in the nation among rookies with 29 points (7g22a) and had 6 multi-point games as a freshman in 2013-14.
•
Ranks second in the nation in scoring among defensemen
with 33 points and 0.85 points per game this season.
•
Made collegiate debut and recorded first collegiate point with
an assist in season-opening 3-1 win at Colgate (Oct. 4, 2013).
•
Has not missed a game in her Gopher career.
•
•
Major is business and marketing with a minor in
communications and a minor in management.
Scored first career goal in 4-0 win at Bemidji State (Oct. 25,
2013).
•
Intends to major in business management with a minor in
sports management.
•
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
7 Rachael BONA
9 Sydney BALDWIN
@RachaelBona
Senior | Forward | Captain
Coon Rapids, Minn. | Coon Rapids HS
Bona's Career Statistics
Year
2011
2012
2013
2014
TOTAL
GP
41
41
41
39
162
G A P Sh Sh%
8 7 15 86 .093
14 18 32 116 .121
23 38 61 189 .122
14 22 36 174 .080
59 85 144565.104
Pen-Min +/- PPGSHGGWGBlk
4-8
+10 1 0 2
3
12-24 +36 1 0 1
3
11-22 +49 4 1 6
16
11-22 +25 3 0 3
14
38-76 +1209 1 12 36
Bona's Career Highlights
@sydbaldwin9
Freshman | Defense
Minnetonka, Minn. | Minnetonka HS
Baldwin's Career Statistics
Year
GP G A P Sh Sh% Pen-Min +/- PPGSHGGWGBlk
2014 39 5 6 11 73 .068 4-8
+32 0 0 1
47
TOTAL39 5 6 1173.0684-8
+320 0 1 47
Baldwin's Career Highlights
Honors include 2014 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award top-10
finalist, 2015 All-WCHA Third Team, 2014 All-WCHA Second
Team and three-time WCHA All-Academic Team.
•
Named 2015 WCHA All-Rookie Team honoree.
•
Made collegiate debut in season-opening 8-0 win over Penn
State (Oct. 3, 2014).
•
Has not missed a game in her Gopher career.
•
•
Scored second career hat trick in 10-0 win over St. Lawrence
(Jan. 4, 2015).
Registered first career point with an assist in 4-0 win against
Minnesota State (Nov. 22, 2014).
•
Scored first collegiate goal and had first career multi-point
game (1g-1a) in 7-0 win over St. Cloud State (Dec. 6, 2014).
•
Named 2014 Minnesota Ms. Hockey award recipient and
Star Tribune 2014 Metro Player of the Year after recording
31 points (12g-19a) as a senior at Minnetonka High School,
where she led the Skippers to three-straight Minnesota Class
AA State titles in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
•
Plans to major in human resources & business management.
•
•
As a junior in 2013-14, ranked third in the nation and second
on the team with 61 points (23g-38a); ranked second in the
nation with 38 assists.
•
Led the team with 189 shots on goal in 2013-14 to rank ninth
all-time in Gopher single-season records.
•
Major is child psychology and plans to attend nursing school.
10 Cara PIAZZA
11 Kelsey CLINE
Darien, Ill. | Downers Grove South HS
Bloomington, Minn. | Bloomington Jefferson
@carr_81
Freshman | Forward
@KelseyCline10
Sophomore | Defense
Piazza's Career Statistics
Cline's Career Statistics
Piazza's Career Highlights
Cline's Career Highlights
Year
GP G A P Sh Sh% Pen-Min +/- PPGSHGGWGBlk
2014 39 11 6 17 106 .104 4-8
+12 2 0 2
17
TOTAL
3911
617
106
.104
4-8 +12
202 17
•
Made collegiate debut and scored first career goal in seasonopening 8-0 win over Penn State (Oct. 3, 2014) and had first
career multi-point series another goal in 5-2 win over Boston
University (Oct. 4, 2014).
•
Had a career-best three points (1g-2a) in 10-0 WCHA First
Round win over Minnesota State (Feb. 27, 2015).
•
Played club hockey for coach Tony Cachey with the Chicago
Mission, serving as assistant captain of U-19 Chicago Mission
team and finishing 2-2-0-0-0 in pool play at 2014 USA Hockey
Girls' Tier I National Championship after earning national
runner-up finishes in 2013 and 2011.
•
Intends to major in chemistry and minor in Spanish.
Year
GP
2013 41
2014 39
TOTAL80
G A P Sh Sh% Pen-Min +/- PPGSHGGWGBlk
2 6 8 22 .091 5-10
+8 0 0 1
25
1 7 8 23 .043 2-4
+26 0 0 0
33
3 131645.0677-14 +340 0 1 58
•
Named 2015 WCHA All-Academic Team honoree.
•
Recorded a career-high three assists while playing forward in
7-0 win over St. Cloud State (Dec. 6, 2014).
•
Recorded eight points (2g-6a) and played in all 41 games as a
freshman in 2013-14.
•
Primarily plays at the blue line but has seen limited action at
forward as well.
•
Recorded first collegiate points in second career game with
two assists at Colgate (Oct. 5, 2013).
•
Scored the game-winning goal in 4-1 win at St. Cloud State
(Nov. 8, 2013) for her first collegiate goal.
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
12 Megan WOLFE
13 Milica McMillen
@mmwolfe
Sophomore | Defense/Forward
Eagan, Minn. | Eagan HS
@meatzzz13
Junior | Defense
St. Paul, Minn. | Breck School
Wolfe's Career Statistics
McMillen's Career Statistics
Wolfe's Career Highlights
McMillen's Career Highlights
Year
GP
2013 40
2014 39
TOTAL79
G A P Sh Sh% Pen-Min +/- PPGSHGGWGBlk
3 13 16 48 .062 6-23
+27 1 0 1
39
2 15 17 45 .044 3-6
+39 0 0 0
25
5 283393.0549-29 +661 0 1 64
•
Has seen action at both forward and defense.
•
Recorded two assists in season-opening wins over Penn State
and Boston University (Oct. 3-4, 2014).
•
Year
2012
2013
2014
TOTAL
GP G A P
35 13 13 26
39 11 28 39
35 11 16 27
109 355792
Sh Sh%
90 .144
128 .086
125 .088
343.102
Pen-Min +/-
24-59 +23
31-62 +49
22-55 +22
77-176 +94
PPGSHGGWGBlk
8 0 3
10
6 0 2
43
7 0 2
45
21 0 7 98
•
Honors include 2015 All-WCHA Second Team, 2014 AHCA/
CCM Second Team All-American, 2014 All-WCHA First Team,
2013 All-WCHA Rookie Team, 2015 WCHA All-Academic Team.
Had four assists in WCHA First Round sweep over Minnesota
State and had three-straight two-point games (Feb. 21-28,
2015).
•
Ranks seventh in the NCAA with seven power-play goals and
ranks sixth in scoring among defensemen with 0.77 points per
game in 35 games.
•
Had 16 points (3g-13a) in 40 games and ranked third on the
team with 39 blocked shots as a freshman in 2013-14.
•
•
Scored first two collegiate goals, including the game-winner, in
6-1 win over North Dakota (Nov. 16, 2013).
Named WCHA Defensive Player of the Week after recording
four points (3g-1a) and holding North Dakota to two goals in
5-2 win and only seven shots on goal in a 5-0 shutout win (Oct.
24-25, 2014).
•
A two-time all-state, all-metro and all-conference honoree
while playing for Eagan High School.
•
Ranked third in the nation among defensemen with 39 points
(11g-28a) in 39 games as a sophomore in 2013-14.
14 Maryanne MENEFEE
15 Paige HALEY
@MaryanneMenefee
Junior | Forward
Lansing, Mich. | Lansing Eastern HS
Menefee's Career Statistics
Year
2012
2013
2014
TOTAL
GP
35
39
37
111
G A P Sh Sh%
16 22 38 85 .188
18 19 37 103 .175
22 21 43 98 .224
56 62 118286.196
Pen-Min +/- PPGSHGGWGBlk
7-14
+52 5 0 3
1
5-10
+36 6 0 2
14
0-0
+44 4 0 5
7
12-24 +13215 0 10 22
Menefee's Career Highlights
@PaigeHaley16
Sophomore | Defense/Forward
Red Wing, Minn. | Red Wing HS
Haley's Career Statistics
Year
GP G A P Sh Sh% Pen-Min +/- PPGSHGGWGBlk
2013 41 0 3 3 28 .000 5-10
+8 0 0 0
14
2014 33 1 3 4 21 .048 3-6
+5 0 0 0
5
TOTAL
7416749
.020
8-16 +13
000 19
Haley's Career Highlights
•
Honors include 2013 WCHA All-Rookie Team and 2015 WCHA
All-Academic Team honoree.
•
Named WCHA Offensive Player of the Week after recording
a career-high seven points (4g-3a) in sweep over Minnesota
State, including second career hat trick (Jan. 16-17, 2015).
•
Had 11 points (7g-4a) during a four-game point streak (Jan.
16-24, 2015).
•
Recorded six points (3g-3a) in WCHA First Round sweep over
Minnesota State (Feb. 27-28, 2015).
•
Recorded 37 points (18g-19a) in 39 games, including eight
multi-point games, as a sophomore in 2013-14.
•
Intends to major in mechanical engineering.
•
Named 2015 WCHA All-Academic Team honoree.
•
Has played primarily as a fourth-line forward this season.
•
Scored first collegiate goal in 12-0 win over St. Cloud State
(Dec. 5, 2014).
•
Recorded two assists for first career multi-point game in WCHA
First Round win over Minnesota State (Feb. 27, 2015).
•
Had three assists while playing in all 41 games and seeing
action at both defense and wing as a freshman in 2013-14.
•
Recorded first collegiate point with an assist in 7-0 win at
Minnesota State (Nov. 2, 2013).
•
Intends to major in business and marketing in the College of
Education and Human Development.
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
18 Brook GARZONE
19 Kelly PANNEK
@brooklyyn18
Junior | Defense/Forward
Sand Springs, Okla. | Shattuck-St. Mary's
@KPan19
Freshman | Forward
Plymouth, Minn. | Benilde-St. Margaret's HS
Garzone's Career Statistics
Pannek's Career Statistics
Garzone's Career Highlights
Pannek's Career Highlights
Year
GP G A P Sh Sh% Pen-Min +/- PPGSHGGWGBlk
2012 37 2 4 6 19 .105 1-2
+16 0 1 0
0
2013 33 3 10 13 32 .094 2-4
+27 0 0 0
18
2014 36 0 15 15 21 .000 1-2
+16 0 0 0
15
TOTAL1065 293472.0694-8
+590 1 0 33
Year
GP G A P Sh Sh% Pen-Min +/- PPGSHGGWGBlk
2014 39 13 29 42 106 .123 5-21
+27 2 0 2
23
TOTAL 39 132942 106.123 5-21 +27 2 0 2 23
•
Has seen playing time at both forward and defense this year,
primarily playing on the third line.
•
Honors include 2015 WCHA All-Rookie Team and three-time
2014-15 WCHA Rookie of the Week.
•
Recorded two assists in season-opening wins over Penn State
(Oct. 3, 2014) and Boston University (Oct. 4, 2014).
•
•
Recorded two assists in WCHA First Round sweep over
Minnesota State (Feb. 27-28, 2015).
Recorded first collegiate point with an assist in 3-0 win at
Minnesota Duluth (Oct. 10, 2014) and first collegiate goal in
2-2 overtime tie with Bemidji State (Oct. 31, 2014).
•
Recorded 13 points (3g-10a) in 33 games, including a careerbest five-game point streak (Oct. 25-Nov. 8, 2013), as a
sophomore in 2013-14.
Scored first career hat trick in 5-0 win over St. Cloud State
(Nov. 24, 2014) and scored second career hat trick in 10-0
win over St. Lawrence (Jan. 4, 2015).
•
Recorded 11 points (3g-9a) during a six-game point streak
(Jan. 16-31, 2015).
•
Led Benilde-St. Margaret's High School to a runner-up finish at
the 2014 Minnesota Class AA State Tournament as a senior.
•
•
Plans to major in business.
20 Meghan LORENCE
21 Dani CAMERANESI
@MeghanLorence
Senior | Forward | Assistant Captain
Mounds View, Minn. | Irondale HS
Lorence's Career Statistics
Year
2011
2012
2013
2014
TOTAL
GP
41
41
35
39
156
G A P Sh Sh%
5 5 10 68 .074
9 14 23 80 .112
18 17 35 102 .176
17 16 33 107 .159
49 52 101357.137
Pen-Min +/-
7-14
+5
7-14
+27
14-28 +30
15-41 +26
43-97 +88
PPGSHGGWGBlk
0 0 0
2
0 0 0
2
5 1 7
8
6 1 2
8
11 2 9 20
Lorence's Career Highlights
@DaniCam9
Sophomore | Forward
Plymouth, Minn. | Blake School
Cameranesi's Career Statistics
Year
2013
2014
TOTAL
GP
41
38
79
G A P
19 17 36
23 40 63
425799
Sh Sh%
161 .118
182 .126
343.122
Pen-Min +/-
7-14
+23
11-22 +59
18-36 +82
PPGSHGGWGBlk
8 1 4
12
7 0 6
17
15 1 10 29
Cameranesi's Career Highlights
•
Honors include 2015 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award top-10 finalist,
2015 All-WCHA First Team, 2014 National Rookie of the Year, 2014
WCHA Rookie of the Year, 2014 All-WCHA Rookie Team, 2014 USCHO
All-Rookie Team, 2014 WCHA Preseason Rookie of the Year, four-time
WCHA Rookie of the Week and four-time WCHA Offensive Player of the
Week.
Named WCHA Offensive Player of the Week after scoring a
career-best four goals in sweep at Ohio State (Nov. 14-15,
2014), including first career hat trick in 5-3 win over OSU.
•
Has at least one point in 29 of 38 games played this season.
•
Earned silver with the U.S. Women's National Team at the Four Nations Cup in Kamloops, British Columbia (Nov. 4-8, 2014.).
•
Recorded 35 points (18g-17a) in 35 games, including 11
multi-point games, as a junior in 2013-14.
•
•
Major is Human Resource and Development and Business
and Marketing with a minor in Communications.
Set a new Gopher program record (tied with linemate Hannah Brandt)
with a career-best six assists in 12-0 win over St. Cloud State (Dec. 5,
2014).
•
Played in all 41 games and ranked second in the nation in rookie
scoring with 36 points (19g-17a) in 2013-14.
•
Honors include three-time WCHA Offensive Player of the Week
honoree, 2012-13 WCHA Rookie of the Week honoree and
2015 WCHA All-Academic Team honoree.
•
Had eight points (4g-4a) in a six-game point streak, including
back-to-back two-point games Jan. 24 and Jan. 30, 2015.
•
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
22 Hannah BRANDT
27 Nina RODGERS
@hannahbrandt16
Junior | Forward
Vadnais Heights, Minn. | Hill-Murray HS
Brandt's Career Statistics
Year GP G A P Sh Sh%
2012 41 33 49 82 154 .214
2013 41 23 42 65 159 .145
2014 38 32 38 70 204 .157
TOTAL 120 88129217517.170
Pen-Min +/- PPGSHGGWGBlk
8-16
+77 10 2 7
10
7-14
+42 5 0 5
28
7-14
+66 4 1 5
24
22-44 +18519 3 17 62
@star8nina
Freshman | Forward
Minnetonka, Minn. | Hopkins HS
Rodgers' Career Statistics
Year
GP G A P Sh Sh% Pen-Min +/- PPG SHGGWG Blk
2014 39 4 2 6 35 .114 2-4
+4 0 0 0
6
TOTAL39 426 35.114
2-4 +4 0 0 0
6
Brandt's Career Highlights
Rodgers' Career Highlights
•
Honors include three-time Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award finalist,
2014 AHCA/CCM First Team All-American, 2015 & 2014 WCHA Player
of the Year, three-time All-WCHA First Team, two-time All-USCHO First
Team, two-time WCHA Preseason Player of the Year, 2013 WCHA AllRookie Team, 2013 WCHA Rookie of the Year, WCHA Scholar-Athlete,
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and WCHA All-Academic Team.
•
Made collegiate debut and registered first collegiate point with
an assist in season-opening 8-0 win over Penn State (Oct. 3,
2014).
•
Recorded a career-best three points (2g-1a) in road sweep at
St. Cloud State (Jan. 23-24, 2015).
•
Earned silver with the U.S. Women's National Team at the Four
Nations Cup in Kamloops, British Columbia (Nov. 4-8, 2014.).
•
All four career goals have been scored against St. Cloud State.
•
Set a new Gopher program record (tied with linemate Dani Cameranesi) with a career-best six assists in 12-0 win over St. Cloud State
(Dec. 5, 2014).
•
A 2014 Minnesota Ms. Hockey finalist and 2014 Star Tribune
All-Metro first team selection while recording 50 points
(26g-24a) as a senior at Hopkins High School.
•
As a sophomore in 2013-14, ranked second in the nation with 65
points (23g-42a) and led the nation with 42 assists.
•
Intends to major in physics.
•
Studying Health & Wellness in the Inter-College Program.
31 Shyler SLETTA
29 Amanda LEVEILLE
@slett2031
Senior | Goaltender
Elko New Market, Minn. | New Prague HS
@MandyLeveille29
Junior | Goaltender
Kingston, Ont. | Frontenac Secondary School
Leveille's Career Statistics
Year GP-GS
2012 7-3
2013 41-41
2014 32-32
TOTAL 80-76
Min.
279:35
2415:31
1864:18
4559:24
GA
0
49
37
86
GAA
0.00
1.22
1.19
1.13
Svs Sv% W-L-T Sho
84 1.0003-0-0 3
850 .945 38-2-1 13
636 .945 26-3-3 6
1570.948 67-5-4 22
PPGSHG
0
0
10
0
12
1
22 1
Leveille's Career Highlights
Sletta's Career Statistics
Year GP-GS Min.
2011 4-1
107:11
2012 Did not appear.
2013 3-0
46:03
2014 5-1
127:47
TOTAL12-2 281:01
GA GAA Svs Sv% W-L-T Sho PPGSHG
0 0.00 30 1.000 1-0-0 1
0
0
0 0.00 12 1.000 0-0-0 0
1 0.47 36 .973 1-0-0 1
1 0.2178 .987 2-0-0 2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sletta's Career Highlights
•
Honors include 2014 All-WCHA Second Team.
•
Named 2015 & 2014 WCHA All-Academic Team honoree.
•
Named WCHA Co-Defensive Player of the Week after making a
career-best 63 saves on 65 shots for a .969 save percentage
in the series sweep at Wisconsin, including career-best 40
saves in 2-1 overtime win (Oct. 17-18, 2014).
•
Has allowed only one goal in her entire Gopher career.
•
Made 18 saves for second career complete-game shutout in
her second career start in a 4-0 win at St. Cloud State (Jan.
23, 2015).
•
Played the third period of both games against Minnesota State
(Nov. 21-22, 2014), stopping the lone shot faced in 5-1 win
and making five saves on five shots in 4-0 shutout win.
•
Talented artist with a passion for graphic design.
•
Major is sports management.
•
As a junior in 2013-14, led the nation with a .945 save
percentage and a .939 winning percentage (38-2-1) and was
second with a 1.22 goals against average and 13 shutouts.
•
Ranks tied for second with 22 career shutouts, fourth with 67
career wins and fourth with 1,570 career saves among alltime Gopher goaltenders.
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
37 Sidney PETERS
@SidderAnn
RS-Freshman | Goaltender
Geneva, Ill. | North Am. Hockey Academy
Peters' Career Statistics
Year GP-GS Min.
GA GAA Svs Sv% W-L-T Sho PPGSHG
2013 Redshirt.
2014 7-6
364:21 7 1.15 101 .935 5-0-1 2
0
0
TOTAL7-6 364:21 7 1.15 101.935 5-0-1 2
0
0
Peters' Career Highlights
•
Named 2015 WCHA All-Academic Team honoree.
•
Made collegiate debut in season-opening 8-0 win over Penn
State (Oct. 3, 2014) and made 15 saves in her first career
shutout.
•
Redshirted the 2013-14 season.
•
Played club hockey for coach Bill Driscoll at the North American Hockey Academy (NAHA) in Stowe, Vt., where her team
was state and regional champions from 2007-2012.
•
Earned silver with U.S. Under-18 team at 2012 and 2013 IIHF
U-18 Women's World Championships and was named U.S.
team MVP of 2013 championship game.
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
MINNESOTA 2014-15 STATISTICS: COMBINED TEAM STATISTICS
Minnesota Gopher Women's Hockey
Minnesota Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 17, 2015)
All games
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
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*
*
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*
*
*
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Date
Oct 03
Oct 04
Oct 10
Oct 11
Oct 17
Oct 18
Oct 24
Oct 25
Oct 31
Nov 01
Nov 14
Nov 15
Nov 21
Nov 22
Nov 24
Nov 29
Nov 30
Dec 05
Dec 06
Jan 04
Jan 06
Jan 10
Jan 11
Jan 16
Jan 17
Jan 23
Jan 24
Jan 30
Jan 31
Feb 06
Feb 07
Feb 13
Feb 14
Feb 20
Feb 21
Feb 27
Feb 28
Mar 07
Mar 14
Opponent
PENN STATE
#6 BOSTON UNIVERSITY
at Minnesota Duluth
at Minnesota Duluth
at #1 Wisconsin
at #1 Wisconsin
#9 NORTH DAKOTA
#9 NORTH DAKOTA
BEMIDJI STATE
BEMIDJI STATE
at Ohio State
at Ohio State
at Minnesota State
MINNESOTA STATE
vs St. Cloud State
at Princeton
at Princeton
ST. CLOUD STATE
ST. CLOUD STATE
ST. LAWRENECE
ST. LAWRENECE
#3 WISCONSIN
#3 WISCONSIN
MINNESOTA STATE
at Minnesota State
at St. Cloud State
at St. Cloud State
OHIO STATE
OHIO STATE
at #8 North Dakota
at #8 North Dakota
#6 MINNESOTA DULUTH
#6 MINNESOTA DULUTH
at Bemidji State
at Bemidji State
MINNESOTA STATE
MINNESOTA STATE
vs #10 Bemidji State
RIT
TEAM STATISTICS
SHOT STATISTICS
Goals-Shot attempts
Shot pct.
Goals/Gam e
Sh o t s / G a m e
POWER PLAYS
Goals-Power Plays
Conversion Percent
Shot Attempts
Shot Percent
GOAL BREAKDOWN
Power Play
Sh o rt -h a n d e d
Empty net
Penalty
Unassisted
Overtime
Sh o o t o u t
Delayed Penalty
PENALTIES
Num ber
Minutes
Pe n a l t i e s / G a m e
Pen minutes/Game
SHOOTOUTS (Made-Att)
Score
8-0
5-2
3-0
3-3
4-1
2-1
5-2
5-0
2-2
0-1
4-2
5-3
5-1
4-0
5-0
2-1
5-2
12-0
7-0
10-0
5-1
4-1
1-1
7-3
7-1
4-0
7-1
3-3
3-1
0-3
3-1
7-1
2-0
3-2
4-2
10-0
5-1
0-1
6-2
W
W
W
Tot
W
Wot
W
W
Tot
L
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
Tot
W
W
W
W
Tot
W
L
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
L
W
Att.
2155
1962
1061
1303
2273
2273
1647
2494
1105
2198
328
284
230
2499
2250
223
202
1521
1672
1053
850
2441
2728
1714
207
355
455
2340
2032
4818
1879
2588
2730
393
540
1131
1406
1059
1796
MINN
OPP
177-1625
.109
4.5
41.7
46-819
.056
1.2
21.0
41-131
.313
310
.132
12-104
.115
117
.103
41
3
5
0
12
1
0
0
12
1
1
0
8
0
0
0
121
275
3.1
7.1
6-14
149
309
3.8
7.9
5-13
Record:
ALL GAMES
CONFERENCE
NON-CONFERENCE
##
Player
##
Goalie
22
21
14
19
7
20
5
13
2
6
10
12
18
9
11
27
15
3
29
31
TM
31
37
29
TM
Overall
32-3-4
22-2-4
10-1-0
gp
Hannah Brandt
Dani Cameranesi
Maryanne Menefee
Kelly Pannek
Rachael Bona
Meghan Lorence
Rachel Ramsey
Milica McMillen
Lee Stecklein
Kate Schipper
Cara Piazza
Megan Wolfe
Brook Garzone
Sydney Baldwin
Kelsey Cline
Nina Rodgers
Paige Haley
Kate Flug
Amanda Leveille
Shyler Sletta
TEAM
Total
Opponents
Shyler Sletta
Sidney Peters
Amanda Leveille
EMPTY NET
Total
Opponents
Home
17-1-3
10-1-3
7-0-0
g
a
min
ga
Saves by Period
Minnesota
Opponents
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
pts
sh
38 32 38 70
38 23 40 63
37 22 21 43
39 13 29 42
39 14 22 36
39 17 16 33
39
9 24 33
35 11 16 27
38
5 21 26
39
7 15 22
39 11
6 17
39
2 15 17
36
0 15 15
39
5
6 11
39
1
7
8
39
4
2
6
33
1
3
4
10
0
1
1
32
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
14
0
0
0
39 177 297 474
39 46 61 107
gp
5
7
32
14
39
39
127:47
1
364:21
7
1864:18 37
7:34
1
2364:00 46
2364:00 177
Attendance Summary
Total
Dates/Avg Per Date
Neutral Site #/Avg
Goals by Period
Minnesota
Opponents
Away
14-1-1
12-1-1
2-0-0
204
182
98
106
174
107
148
125
77
67
106
45
21
73
23
35
21
13
0
0
0
1625
819
gaavg
0.47
1.15
1.19
1.17
4.49
sh% pen-min
.157
.126
.224
.123
.080
.159
.061
.088
.065
.104
.104
.044
.000
.068
.043
.114
.048
.000
.000
.000
.000
.109
.056
36
101
636
0
773
1448
MINN
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
54
10
62
18
60
18
262 248 253
450 523 456
16824
16/1052
Total
177
46
OT
Total
773
1448
10
19
pp sh
4
7
4
2
3
6
3
7
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
41
12
w-l-t
.973 1-0-0
.935 5-0-1
.945 26-3-3
.000 0-0-0
.944 32-3-4
.891 3-32-4
Opponent
OT
1
0
7-14
11-22
0-0
5-21
11-22
15-41
15-30
22-55
2-4
9-18
4-8
3-6
1-2
4-8
2-4
2-4
3-6
2-4
1-2
1-2
1-2
121-275
149-309
saves save%
40062
21/1908
2/1654
1st
Neutral
1-1-0
0-0-0
1-1-0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
MINNESOTA 2014-15 STATISTICS: INDIVIDUAL
Minnesota Gopher Women's Hockey
Minnesota Overall Individual Statistics (as of Mar 17, 2015)
All games
Overall: 32-3-4 Conf: 22-2-4 Home: 17-1-3 Away: 14-1-1 Neut: 1-1-0
##
22
21
14
19
7
20
5
13
2
6
10
12
18
9
11
27
15
3
29
31
TM
##
31
37
29
TM
Player
Hannah Brandt
Dani Cameranesi
Maryanne Menefee
Kelly Pannek
Rachael Bona
Meghan Lorence
Rachel Ramsey
Milica McMillen
Lee Stecklein
Kate Schipper
Cara Piazza
Megan Wolfe
Brook Garzone
Sydney Baldwin
Kelsey Cline
Nina Rodgers
Paige Haley
Kate Flug
Amanda Leveille
Shyler Sletta
TEAM
Total
Opponents
Goalie
Shyler Sletta
Sidney Peters
Amanda Leveille
EMPTY NET
Total
Opponents
gp
38
38
37
39
39
39
39
35
38
39
39
39
36
39
39
39
33
10
32
5
14
39
39
g
a
Shots
pts
32 38 70
23 40 63
22 21 43
13 29 42
14 22 36
17 16 33
9 24 33
11 16 27
5 21 26
7 15 22
11
6 17
2 15 17
0 15 15
5
6 11
1
7
8
4
2
6
1
3
4
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
177 297 474
46 61 107
gp-gs
5-1
7-6
32-32
14-0
39-0
39-0
sh
204
182
98
106
174
107
148
125
77
67
106
45
21
73
23
35
21
13
0
0
0
1625
819
Goal average
minutes
ga
127:47
364:21
1864:18
7:34
2364:00
2364:00
1
7
37
1
46
177
sh%
.157
.126
.224
.123
.080
.159
.061
.088
.065
.104
.104
.044
.000
.068
.043
.114
.048
.000
.000
.000
.000
.109
.056
+-
Penalties
pen-min min maj
+66
7-14
7
+59
11-22 11
+44
0-0
0
+27
5-21
3
+25
11-22 11
+26
15-41 13
+45
15-30 15
+22
22-55 20
+44
2-4
2
+12
9-18
9
+12
4-8
4
+39
3-6
3
+16
1-2
1
+32
4-8
4
+26
2-4
2
+4
2-4
2
+5
3-6
3
+2
2-4
2
0
1-2
1
0
1-2
1
0
1-2
1
+506 121-275 115
- 149-309 147
avg
0.47
1.15
1.19
1.17
4.49
Saves
saves
36
101
636
0
773
1448
pct
.973
.935
.945
.000
.944
.891
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
w
1
5
26
0
32
3
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oth pp sh
0 4
0 7
0 4
1 2
0 3
1 6
0 3
1 7
0 2
0 1
0 2
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
3 41
1 12
Record
l
0
0
3
0
3
32
fg gw
Goals
gt ot
1 5 5
0 3 6
0 5 5
0 3 2
0 1 3
1 6 2
0 0 3
0 3 2
1 0 0
0 1 1
0 1 2
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 1 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
3 29 32
1 10 3
t
0
1
3
0
4
4
sho
1
2
6
2
11
3
pp
0
0
12
0
12
41
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
ht pn ua
1
2
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
Goals allowed
sh
en pen
0
0
1
0
1
3
0
0
0
1
1
5
blk
0 1 24
0 2 17
0 1
7
0 1 23
0 0 14
0 0
8
0 0 54
0 1 45
0 2 56
0 0 10
0 2 17
0 0 25
0 0 15
0 0 47
0 1 33
0 1
6
0 0
5
0 0
0
0 0
0
0 0
0
0 0
0
0 12 406
0 8 639
0
0
0
0
0
0
sog
0
0
0
0
0
0
MINNESOTA 2014-15 STATISTICS: INDIVIDUAL
Minnesota Gopher Women's Hockey
Minnesota Overall Individual Statistics (as of Mar 17, 2015)
All games
##
22
7
21
5
19
13
20
6
14
2
10
12
3
27
15
11
9
18
Power Play Scoring
Hannah Brandt
Rachael Bona
Dani Cameranesi
Rachel Ramsey
Kelly Pannek
Milica McMillen
Meghan Lorence
Kate Schipper
Maryanne Menefee
Lee Stecklein
Cara Piazza
Megan Wolfe
Kate Flug
Nina Rodgers
Paige Haley
Kelsey Cline
Sydney Baldwin
Brook Garzone
GP
38
39
38
39
39
35
39
39
37
38
39
39
10
39
33
39
39
36
G
4
3
7
3
2
7
6
1
4
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
A
12
11
6
10
11
4
5
8
4
5
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
Pts
16
14
13
13
13
11
11
9
8
7
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
Shots
44
21
31
61
20
44
13
7
20
19
11
4
0
3
2
4
4
1
Pct.
.091
.143
.226
.049
.100
.159
.462
.143
.200
.105
.182
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
MINNESOTA 2014-15 STATISTICS: TEAM STATISTICS
Minnesota Gopher Women's Hockey
Minnesota Overall Team Statistics (as of Mar 17, 2015)
All games
Overall: 32-3-4 Conf: 22-2-4 Home: 17-1-3 Away: 14-1-1 Neut: 1-1-0
TEAM STATISTICS
SHOT STATISTICS
Goals-Shot attempts
Shot pct.
Goals/Game
Shots/Game
Assists
POWER PLAYS
Goals-Power Plays
Conversion Percent
Shot Attempts
Shot Percent
GOAL BREAKDOWN
Total Goals
Power Play
Short-handed
Empty net
Penalty
Unassisted
Overtime
Shootout
Delayed Penalty
PENALTIES
Number
Minutes
Penalties/Game
Pen minutes/Game
Minor
Major
10-minute Misconduct
Game Misconduct
Gross Misconduct
Match
SHOOTOUTS (Made-Att)
ATTENDANCE
Total
Dates/Avg Per Date
Neutral Site #/Avg
Goals by Period
Minnesota
Opponents
Saves by Period
Minnesota
Opponents
MINN
OPP
177-1625
.109
4.5
41.7
297
46-819
.056
1.2
21.0
61
41-131
.313
310
.132
12-104
.115
117
.103
177
41
3
5
0
12
1
0
0
46
12
1
1
0
8
0
0
0
121
275
3.1
7.1
115
3
0
3
0
0
6-14
149
309
3.8
7.9
147
1
0
1
0
0
5-13
40062
21/1908
2/1654
16824
16/1052
Total
177
46
1st 2nd
3rd
OT
1st 2nd
3rd
OT Total
10
773
19 1448
54
10
62
18
60
18
262 248 253
450 523 456
1
0
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
MINNESOTA 2014-15 STATISTICS: GAME-BY-GAME GOALS-ASSISTS-POINTS
Minnesota Gopher Women's Hockey
Minnesota Game-by-Game Goals-Assists-Points (as of Mar 17, 2015)
All games
Opponent
PSU
BU
at UMD
at UMD
at WIS
at WIS
UND
UND
BSU
BSU
at OSU
at OSU
at MSU
MSU
vs SCSU
at PRINW
at PRINW
SCSU
SCSU
SLU
SLU
WIS
WIS
MSU
at MSU
at SCSU
at SCSU
OSU
OSU
at UND
at UND
UMD
UMD
at BSU
at BSU
MSU
MSU
vs BSU
RIT
Date
Oct 03
Oct 04
Oct 10
Oct 11
Oct 17
Oct 18
Oct 24
Oct 25
Oct 31
Nov 01
Nov 14
Nov 15
Nov 21
Nov 22
Nov 24
Nov 29
Nov 30
Dec 05
Dec 06
Jan 04
Jan 06
Jan 10
Jan 11
Jan 16
Jan 17
Jan 23
Jan 24
Jan 30
Jan 31
Feb 06
Feb 07
Feb 13
Feb 14
Feb 20
Feb 21
Feb 27
Feb 28
Mar 07
Mar 14
Score
8-0
5-2
3-0
3-3
4-1
2-1
5-2
5-0
2-2
0-1
4-2
5-3
5-1
4-0
5-0
2-1
5-2
12-0
7-0
10-0
5-1
4-1
1-1
7-3
7-1
4-0
7-1
3-3
3-1
0-3
3-1
7-1
2-0
3-2
4-2
10-0
5-1
0-1
6-2
W
W
W
t
W
W
W
W
t
L
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
t
W
W
W
W
t
W
L
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
L
W
2
STECKLEIN,L
0-2-2
0-2-2
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
DNP
0-1-1
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-2-2
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-2-2
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-1-1
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
1-0-1
1-0-1
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-2-2
0-1-1
0-0-0
1-0-1
3
FLUG,KATE
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
5
6
7
RAMSEY,RAC SCHIPPER,KA BONA,RACHA
0-1-1
0-2-2
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-1-1
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-1-1
1-0-1
0-2-2
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-1-1
1-1-2
1-0-1
1-0-1
0-1-1
0-1-1
0-0-0
1-0-1
0-2-2
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-2-2
0-0-0
1-0-1
1-2-3
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-1-2
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-1-2
1-1-2
0-0-0
0-1-1
1-1-2
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-1-2
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-2-2
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
1-0-1
0-1-1
0-0-0
1-2-3
0-2-2
0-2-2
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
1-0-1
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-2-3
0-2-2
0-2-2
1-0-1
0-1-1
0-0-0
1-0-1
2-2-4
0-2-2
3-0-3
2-1-3
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
1-1-2
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
1-0-1
0-1-1
0-0-0
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
9
10
11
BALDWIN,SY PIAZZA,CARA CLINE,KELSE
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
1-1-2
1-1-2
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
2-1-3
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gopher Women’s Hockey
1-0-1
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-1
0-0-0
1-0-1
1-0-1
0-0-0
1-0-1
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-2-3
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-3-3
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
12
WOLFE,MEG
0-1-1
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-2-2
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-2-2
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-1
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-1-2
0-2-2
0-2-2
0-0-0
0-0-0
13
14
MCMILLEN,MI MENEFEE,MA
2-0-2
1-0-1
0-1-1
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
2-0-2
1-1-2
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-2-2
1-1-2
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-1
0-0-0
2-0-2
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-2-2
DNP
DNP
DNP
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-2-2
0-0-0
DNP
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-1-2
DNP
DNP
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
2-0-2
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-2-2
0-1-1
0-2-2
1-0-1
1-0-1
2-0-2
0-0-0
1-3-4
1-0-1
0-2-2
0-0-0
3-1-4
1-2-3
2-0-2
1-1-2
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-1-2
1-3-4
2-0-2
0-0-0
1-1-2
MINNESOTA 2014-15 STATISTICS: GAME-BY-GAME GOALS-ASSISTS-POINTS
Minnesota Gopher Women's Hockey
Minnesota Game-by-Game Goals-Assists-Points (as of Mar 17, 2015)
All games
Opponent
PSU
BU
at UMD
at UMD
at WIS
at WIS
UND
UND
BSU
BSU
at OSU
at OSU
at MSU
MSU
vs SCSU
at PRINW
at PRINW
SCSU
SCSU
SLU
SLU
WIS
WIS
MSU
at MSU
at SCSU
at SCSU
OSU
OSU
at UND
at UND
UMD
UMD
at BSU
at BSU
MSU
MSU
vs BSU
RIT
Date
Oct 03
Oct 04
Oct 10
Oct 11
Oct 17
Oct 18
Oct 24
Oct 25
Oct 31
Nov 01
Nov 14
Nov 15
Nov 21
Nov 22
Nov 24
Nov 29
Nov 30
Dec 05
Dec 06
Jan 04
Jan 06
Jan 10
Jan 11
Jan 16
Jan 17
Jan 23
Jan 24
Jan 30
Jan 31
Feb 06
Feb 07
Feb 13
Feb 14
Feb 20
Feb 21
Feb 27
Feb 28
Mar 07
Mar 14
Score
8-0
5-2
3-0
3-3
4-1
2-1
5-2
5-0
2-2
0-1
4-2
5-3
5-1
4-0
5-0
2-1
5-2
12-0
7-0
10-0
5-1
4-1
1-1
7-3
7-1
4-0
7-1
3-3
3-1
0-3
3-1
7-1
2-0
3-2
4-2
10-0
5-1
0-1
6-2
W
W
W
t
W
W
W
W
t
L
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
t
W
W
W
W
t
W
L
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
L
W
15
18
19
HALEY,PAIGE GARZONE,BR PANNEK,KEL
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
0-2-2
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
DNP
0-1-1
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-1-1
0-0-0
DNP
DNP
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-2-2
0-2-2
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
3-0-3
0-1-1
0-2-2
0-4-4
0-2-2
3-2-5
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
1-2-3
0-2-2
1-1-2
0-1-1
1-2-3
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-2-2
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
20
21
22
LORENCE,ME CAMERANESI BRANDT,HAN
1-1-2
2-0-2
0-0-0
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-1
3-0-3
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-1-1
0-0-0
2-1-3
1-0-1
0-2-2
0-2-2
0-0-0
0-1-1
1-0-1
0-1-1
1-0-1
1-1-2
1-1-2
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-2-3
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-1
0-0-0
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-0-0
2-0-2
0-0-0
1-2-3
0-1-1
3-0-3
0-1-1
2-0-2
0-2-2
1-0-1
DNP
0-1-1
0-0-0
3-0-3
1-0-1
1-0-1
0-0-0
1-2-3
0-6-6
0-0-0
0-4-4
0-2-2
1-1-2
0-0-0
0-3-3
1-2-3
0-1-1
0-2-2
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-1
0-2-2
1-0-1
1-1-2
1-1-2
2-4-6
0-1-1
0-0-0
0-1-1
1-2-3
1-0-1
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2015 National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship
Quarterfinals
March 13 or 14
1
Semifinals
March 20
Championship
March 22
*Minnesota (31-3-4)
Minnesota (6-2)
Rochester Inst. (15-18-5)
4
*Wisconsin (28-6-4)
Ridder Arena
Minneapolis
6 p.m.
Live on NCAA.com
Wisconsin (5-1)
Boston U. (25-8-3)
2
Ridder Arena
Minneapolis
4 p.m.
Live on NCAA.com
*Boston College (33-2-2)
Boston College (5-1)
Clarkson (24-10-3)
3
*Harvard (25-5-3)
Ridder Arena
Minneapolis
9 p.m.
Live on NCAA.com
Harvard (5-0)
Quinnipiac (26-8-3)
* Host Institution
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Gophers enter season hungry for a championship
The Gophers will begin their season this weekend at Ridder Arena.
Minnesota Daily | By Grant Donald | October 02, 2014
After falling just short of its national championship goal last year, head coach Brad Frost said the Gophers women’s hockey
team is hungrier for the victory than in years past.
Minnesota will rely on a strong and experienced group of seniors to pave the path to redemption.
“[Last year was] the first time we tasted defeat in that [national championship] game in three years, so I know our players are
hungry,” Frost said.
The Gophers will open the season ranked No. 1 in the nation and will test that ranking early in the season.
After opening up their season this weekend with games against Penn State and No. 6 Boston University, the Gophers will
play No. 10 Minnesota-Duluth, No. 2 Wisconsin and No. 8 North Dakota this month.
Frost said he is excited about the early tests, as they will serve as a gauge for where the team stands.
“We are heading right into the meat grinder right away, and we’re excited to see where we match up with those teams,” he
said.
The Gophers will benefit from having sophomore defenseman Lee Stecklein back in maroon and gold. Stecklein redshirted
last year as she competed in the Olympics for Team USA.
“I really learned a lot this last year, and I’m excited to bring everything I learned back,” Stecklein said. “I think this year I will
probably be a little more confident than I was freshman year.”
While the Gophers will benefit with the addition of Stecklein, her USA teammate Amanda Kessel’s absence will be
noticeable.
Kessel is sitting out this year because of lingering concussion symptoms that she sustained while playing for the U.S.
national team.
“Obviously, [Kessel] got over 100 points a couple seasons ago, so she will be hard to replace,” senior forward Rachael Bona
said. “But I think it gives motivation to other players on the team to step up and play a big role.”
Bona is coming off a breakout year in which she recorded 61 points, ranking third in the nation.
One of the players who finished ahead of Bona last year was a fellow teammate, junior Hannah Brandt.
Brandt tallied 65 points and was the WCHA Player of the Year.
While Bona and Brandt will be a force up front, the Gophers are also strong at the blue line.
“I think we have got three of the best in the whole country in [Rachel] Ramsey, Stecklein and [Milica] McMillen,” Frost said.
Last year at this time, the Gophers had the added pressure of continuing “the streak.” Their 62-game winning streak ended
last year with a loss to North Dakota.
Bona said the Gophers are relieved they don’t have to worry about keeping the record-setting streak going.
“I think as a team, when our streak ended, we were able to play more freely,” Bona said. “I think starting a new year, we
have no expectations — we have no streak coming into the season. I think we can just play and have fun.” ###
Brandt poised for success
Junior Hannah Brandt was second in the nation last year with 65 points.
Minnesota Daily | By Grant Donald | October 09, 2014
While some of her friends and teammates were preparing to compete in the 2014 Olympics, junior forward Hannah Brandt
was back in Minneapolis leading the Gophers to the national championship game.
After attending a Team USA selection camp last June and failing to make the roster, Brandt had to refocus and prepare for
her sophomore year at Minnesota.
“I think every year at college you get better, so having two years behind me, I think I am as good as I have been as a
Gopher,” Brandt said.
After her record-breaking freshman year, Brandt’s numbers took a slight dip her sophomore year. But that doesn’t mean she
played worse.
After recording 65 points for the Gophers last year — good enough for second in the nation — Brandt was named a topthree finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, which is given to the top women’s college hockey player.
To go along with those impressive numbers, Brandt did her best to replace production the Gophers would have received
from her teammates and Olympians Lee Stecklein and Amanda Kessel.
“Hannah Brandt is an incredible player and she always has been,” Stecklein said. “I think last year really helped her. She
had to step up and fulfill an even bigger role than she did freshman year, so this year I’m really excited to see her just play.”
While Brandt didn’t make the Olympic squad last year, she’ll compete for Team USA this November at the Four Nations Cup
in Canada.
“[Brandt] is somebody that continues to grow,” head coach Brad Frost said. “I think her skating is what held her back in the
past, and she has continued to work on that. I’d have no concerns having her on the Olympic team or a national team. She
is a special player.”
Before she competes for Team USA, Brandt is focused on replicating her success from a year ago.
“With all the Olympians coming back, it will make the season even more competitive this year, and it is always more fun to
have the best players here. I’m looking forward to playing against some and with some,” Brandt said.
The Gophers will need Brandt and the rest of the team to perform well this weekend as they begin WCHA play in Duluth.
Minnesota-Duluth started the year ranked No. 10 but has since fallen out of the rankings after No. 2 Wisconsin swept it last
weekend.
“Ever since the start of our program, [Minnesota-Duluth] has probably been our biggest rival,” Frost said. “They’ve had a lot
of success up there, and while they may have been down the last few years, I think they’ve got a team that is real strong this
year.”
The Gophers will play without junior Maryanne Menefee for the second consecutive weekend after Frost said she wouldn’t
play due to a “coach’s decision.”
Menefee’s absence shouldn’t pose too much of an issue for Minnesota, as it was able to sweep the season series with the
Bulldogs last year, winning the five meetings by a combined score of 26-4.
“Every point is critical, and we know UMD is going to be in the top half of our league most likely, and we’ve got to make sure
we get points whenever we play them,” Frost said.
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Hannah Brandt Continues Her Rise
By USAHockey.com | Story from Red Line Editorial, Inc. | November 6, 2014
Minnesota Junior is Rounding Out Her Lethal Game
When Brad Frost recruited Hannah Brandt to play hockey for him at the University of Minnesota, he knew the Gophers were getting a top
talent. As a high school player and with the U.S. Under-18 women’s team, Brandt stood out, especially as an offensive difference-maker.
“I think everybody knew that Hannah Brandt would be something pretty special,” the Minnesota head coach said.
But Brandt, now in her junior year, is continuing to improve every season and round out her game.
As a freshman in 2012-13, Brandt finished second in the nation in scoring behind her teammate (and 2014 U.S. Olympian) Amanda Kessel, with
82 points in 41 games. As a sophomore, she led the nation in assists with 42 and was No. 2 in the nation in scoring with 65 points in 41 games.
Now early in her junior season, Brandt is tied for the national lead in scoring with 18 points (including nine goals) in nine games as top-ranked
Minnesota has jumped off to a 7-1-2 start against elite competition.
Brandt will also log minutes with Team USA this season. She is currently with the U.S. Women’s National Team at the Four Nations Cup in
Kamloops, B.C. Brandt and her teammates take on Sweden Friday at 4 p.m. ET in the final preliminary round game.
The Brandt who’s skating for the Gophers now is a much-improved player than the Brandt of 2012-13, Frost said.
For one thing, she’s worked hard to improving her skating and her speed. Brandt said she focused this past offseason on weight work to
strengthen her legs, her skating and her fitness, and she feels quicker on the ice. She’s getting to the puck faster, and it’s allowing her to get
better position.
“I think the biggest improvement is her skating,” Frost said. “She came in as maybe somebody who was very skilled offensively, had a great
shot, great vision, but her skating prevented her a little bit from winning races and being first to pucks and those types of things.
“But she’s done a considerable amount of work to increase her skating, her speed … and it’s helped her to become even more dominant as the
years have gone on.”
Though reluctant to talk about herself — she’d rather talk about the Gophers’ fast start — Brandt said she’s happy with the way she’s playing.
“I think me and my line mates have really clicked,” she said. “And it’s been a good start. We just want to keep it going.”
Frost said that Brandt’s hard work at Minnesota on her fitness and skating has been complemented by the learning experiences she’s had with
U.S. national teams. While Brandt wasn’t selected for the U.S. team that played at the Winter Games last February in Sochi, Russia, she was on
the U.S. squad that won a gold medal at the 2011 World U18 Championships, has played in camps with the senior national team and will play
for the United States at the Four Nations Cup this week in Kamloops, B.C. The 23-member American team will include 12 players from the
Olympic team.
Just over the past year, Frost said Brandt’s game has improved significantly.
“She’s more confident, quicker and really leading the team in every aspect: offensively, defensively, on the power play and penalty kill,” he said.
“Her game has definitely taken another jump.”
She’s always been an elite offensive player, Frost said, because of her vision, her quick release and her passing ability. Now she has her hands in
every aspect of the game.
“She’s our best penalty killer, she’s our best defensive centerman and our best offensive player,” he said. “It’s not that she’s just our best
offensive threat. She’s a tremendous hockey player. She knows how to play on the other side of the puck as well.”
Frost points to a couple of recent games to illustrate the impact Brandt is having.
In one, a 5-0 victory over the University of North Dakota, she had two goals and three assists.
“So she was in on everything,” he said.
In a game at the University of Minnesota Duluth, the Gophers trailed 3-1 in the third period, then rallied for a 3-3 tie, with Brandt scoring the
equalizer. After a scoreless overtime, Brandt scored in the shootout, but UMD took the shootout 2-1.
For Brandt, being a part of a team that’s off to such a hot start is much more exciting than talking about her own accomplishments.
“It’s been like a top start here,” she said after the first eight games. “We’ve had seven top 10 teams we’ve played against, so to come out of
that with seven wins and a tie is just unbelievable.”
As much as Brandt has improved, however, Frost sees an even better player by the time she’s ready to graduate.
“She continues to grow in confidence and her ability to play with and without the puck,” he said. “The sky’s the limit for her. I think everybody
out west here knows how good Hannah is. She’s not going to blind you with her speed or anything like that, but at the end of the night she’s
going to have two goals and two assists and you’re going to wonder how that happened.”
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Saving in style: Gophers goalies' masks
Minnesota Daily | By Ben Gotz, Grant Donald | November 11, 2014
One of the best ways to get to know Minnesota goaltenders is through their masks.
Goalies on both the men’s and women’s teams get custom masks when they step on campus, courtesy of Miska
Designs, a company based in Stacy, Minn.
The designs the six netminders selected reflect different facets of their personalities, giving them each a unique look
in one of the most unique positions in sports.
Few have the courage to stand back and let opponents rifle pucks at them, play after play.
But these six goalies stand alone on campus with the willingness to do so. The job comes with one special perk: They
look good while doing it.
Amanda Leveille
Two things Amanda Leveille loves are her homeland of Canada and the Gophers’ mascot, “Goldy.”
When she designed her mask, she decided to combine the two in a unique way.
“My favorite part is Goldy standing in [former Montreal Canadiens goalie] Ken Dryden’s stance,” Leveille said. “I’ve
always been a huge [Canadiens] fan, so it’s nice to have a little bit of them on my helmet without having red.”
Leveille also added the Canadian flag and a moose to her helmet as a tribute to her native country.
While the front and sides of her helmet pay tribute to Canada, her back pays homage to more personal things.
In 2010, Leveille’s hockey coach had a daughter who committed suicide.
Part of the back of her helmet honors the coach’s daughter and a foundation in her memory that brings awareness to
youth mental health.
“That is something that is really important to me and the girls back home,” Leveille said.
Sidney Peters
When redshirt freshman Sidney Peters arrived in Minneapolis, she got the chance to accomplish one of her childhood
dreams — completely design her own helmet.
“When I was a kid, I was in love with the idea of designing [my] own equipment,” Peters said. “When you put the gear
on, you just turn into this monster.”
Peters said she kept her helmet basic so that people could tell what the design is from the stands.
The back of the helmet, like with two other women’s hockey goalies, has significant personal meaning with a Bible
verse from Ephesians written out.
“It talks about putting on God’s armor, and it is metaphorical to hockey,” Peters said. “It is just a reminder to me that
when I am out here, I am playing not just for myself.”
Shyler Sletta
Senior goalie Shyler Sletta considers herself a talented graphic designer — talented enough to play a major role in
designing all three helmets.
“I helped out Amanda, and Sid doesn’t like to admit it, but I helped her out, too,” Sletta said.
Sletta is also close friends with designer Todd Miska’s two sons, so she had the opportunity to complete nearly the
entire design process herself.
As the only goalie on the Gophers roster who grew up in Minnesota, Sletta decided to put trees along the top of her
helmet.
Like Leveille, Sletta has a daisy on the back of her helmet to honor someone she knows that passed away.
“My neighbor growing up was diagnosed with brain cancer, and she passed away,” Sletta said.
“Every spring we used to plant daisies together, so I wanted to put that on my helmet.”
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Pannek contributes early in college career
Forward Kelly Pannek has the potential to solve some of Minnesota’s scoring woes, even though she is only a
freshman.
Minnesota Daily | By Grant Donald | November 13, 2014
After the Gophers came away from their last game without a single goal, the
need for more scoring threats became apparent.
Forward Kelly Pannek has the potential to solve some of Minnesota’s scoring
woes, even though she is only a freshman.
“When you get recruited somewhere as a forward, they obviously see you filling
[a scoring role],” Pannek said. “I think everyone is looking forward to adding to
the offense.”
Pannek has tallied six points over the course of the early season, leading all
Gophers freshmen in that category. Over the course of her last four games,
Pannek has recorded five of her six points, including her first collegiate goal.
“I think [Pannek] is getting more and more comfortable every game,” head coach
Brad Frost said. “She’s got such great hands and excellent vision.”
Pannek is no stranger to scoring goals. Last year, she recorded 88 points,
including 34 goals for state runner-up Benilde-St. Margaret’s.
Pannek was a finalist for the Minnesota Ms. Hockey award, but Gophers teammate and friend Sydney Baldwin beat
her.
“We kind of have a few jokes about Ms. Hockey, but [Baldwin] definitely deserved [the award],” Pannek said. “Trust
me, I don’t let her live it down. I got to hold her to that high standard at all times.”
While Pannek didn’t win the Ms. Hockey award, she did win the 2013 Ms. Soccer award after leading Benilde to
back-to-back state titles.
Since she was one of the best hockey and soccer players in Minnesota, the decision of which sport to play in college
wasn’t easy for Pannek.
“Early in the summer of my junior year, I made the decision to play hockey [in college],” Pannek said. “After looking at
all the schools, it was pretty easy to choose [Minnesota].”
Once she got to campus, Pannek said it took her a little bit of time to adjust to college hockey.
“College hockey is much more of a complete game — you have to play offense and defense each shift,” Pannek said.
“Each game, I get more confident in what I’m doing.”
Pannek said she looks up to junior forward Hannah Brandt, who holds the Gophers record for points scored by a
rookie.
“I remember being in Kelly’s position as a freshman. [It’s] scary being a center,” Brandt said. “I see a lot of similarities
[in our games] because we both are playmakers [who] like to see the ice well.”
Frost also said he sees similarities between Brandt and Pannek, but it will take time for Pannek to reach the quality of
play Brandt puts forth.
“Obviously, Hannah is a world-class player, so to put that on Kelly is unfair at this point in her career,” Frost said.
“Hannah increased her game speed throughout the years; that is what Kelly needs to do as well.”
Right now, the Gophers don’t need Pannek to perform at a world-class level — they just need her to score goals.
“As forwards, it is our job to put the puck in the net,” Pannek said. “Getting that first [goal] was nice, but I [have] to
keep it going.”
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Goalie Peters waits in the wings
Redshirt freshman Sidney Peters has played in three games this season.
Minnesota Daily | By Grant Donald | December 02, 2014
When redshirt freshman goaltender Sidney Peters arrived on campus last year, she was fresh off a 70-game season. However, in the year and a
half that she has been a member of the Gophers women’s hockey team, she has only played in three games.
“Hockey has been such a big thing for me my entire life, and to be told that I wasn’t going to be able to play in a game for a whole year was
hard news,” Peters said.
Before her freshman season began, head coach Brad Frost and his staff decided it would be best for the program for Peters to redshirt her first
year on campus, allowing her to maintain her four years of eligibility. Frost had already named then-sophomore Amanda Leveille as the team’s
starting goaltender, but he still wanted to get the most out of the very talented Peters. Redshirting her allowed him to do just that.
“Anytime you get to sit and watch is beneficial,” Frost said. “Academically, it should help her start on some master’s [degree] classes, and also it
should help us down the road from an athletic standpoint.”
It wasn’t easy for the Geneva, Ill., native, as Peters had to battle her own competitive nature and trust that this was the best thing for her future
at Minnesota.
“Redshirting is difficult, and that’s probably the hardest thing I have ever had to go through,” Peters said. “It turned out to be a blessing in
disguise. I’m glad I did it, and I feel a lot more prepared for this year.”
While Peters is now eligible to participate, her playing time will still be limited over the next two years as Leveille is the seasoned veteran at the
goalie position. Because of that, Peters must take advantage of any and all of the ice time she has.
“Looking forward into next year, it is going to be another hard year because again I am going to be the younger goalie,” Peters said. “It’s going
to be exciting also because once Amanda graduates, things will be different.”
Finally playing hockey
After sitting out for a year, Peters finally made her collegiate debut during the Gophers’ season opener against Penn State. In her first career
start, Peters posted a shutout in an 8-0 victory, making 15 saves in the process.
“It was incredible because when you are redshirting, all you’re thinking about is that first game and what is it going to be like,” Peters said.
“Finally getting to be a part of the game when the clock actually starts and not just in the background was an incredible experience.”
However, it wasn’t until Peters’ second start against Bemidji State — almost a month later — that she felt like she finally arrived on the college
hockey scene. The game ended up going into a shootout, which the Gophers lost, but Peters said she loved the opportunity to play in a tightly
contested game.
“We knew how [the Penn State game] was going to end up by the end of the first period, and with Bemidji, we were with them all the way
throughout the whole game,” Peters said. “[I] actually had an influence on things, and it made it feel a little more real because the game was
more intense.”
A couple of weeks ago, Peters made her third start of the season, playing the first two periods before senior goalie Shyler Sletta finished the 4-0
victory over Minnesota State-Mankato. Moving forward, Frost acknowledged the importance of getting Peters game experience to keep the
program moving in the right direction.
“It’s a hard position to be in because being a goaltender, you are playing an individual position but in a team sport,” Frost said. “Only one
goaltender can play, and right now Amanda is our starter, and we will keep encouraging Sid and let her have her opportunities to play well.”
Leveille was in a similar position her freshman year, as she had to wait behind former Gophers goalie Noora Räty. The only difference between
the Gophers’ top two goalies is that Leveille didn’t have to redshirt for a year and was able to play in a few games right away.
“Last year, I can’t imagine how frustrating it had to be for [Sidney],” Leveille said. “But she pushed through it and got a lot better, and it just
goes to show what type of person she is.”
There is a mutual respect between the two goalies, and on more than a couple of occasions last year, Peters turned to Leveille for advice on
how to handle her unique situation.
“[Amanda] is actually one of my best friends on the team, which is hard at times because I have to put aside the fact that her and I are
competing with each other,” Peters said. “It is always tough when you want something that somebody else has and you are working for it every
day.”
It doesn’t seem like things will get any easier for Peters in the near future with Leveille returning for her senior season next year. However, the
young goalie knows that once she takes over, it will be that much sweeter than if the starting spot was handed to her on a silver platter.
“When you wait for something, it makes you want it that much more because you actually have to earn it,” Peters said. “It would have been
nice to come into a program where I could have started right off the bat, but that’s kind of taking the easy way out. I wanted to play for a team
where I would have a chance at winning the national championship.” ###
Confidence, skill help Cameranesi excel
Dani Cameranesi is second in the country in goals scored this season.
Minnesota Daily | By Grant Donald | December 04, 2014
After being named National Rookie of the Year for her performance last season, sophomore forward Dani Cameranesi
probably didn’t need another confidence boost.
Regardless, Cameranesi received one when the U.S. national team selected her to compete in November’s Four Nations
Cup.
She has been terrorizing opposing defenses since then, racking up nine points in the past month.
“As you look up and down our lineup, she is probably our most consistent player night in and night out,” head coach Brad
Frost. “Whether she scores or not, you notice her each and every shift.”
Cameranesi has been scoring, though. She currently sits second in the nation in goals and is tied for fifth in the country in
points.
With more than half of the season left, Cameranesi only needs four more goals to match the 19 goals she scored in her
freshman campaign.
“Coming in freshman year, I think I kind of lost my confidence a little,” Cameranesi said. “This year, I just became more
confident in my role on the team, and … having Hannah Brandt on my line helps a lot.”
The Gophers’ top line has featured Cameranesi and juniors Brandt and Maryanne Menefee for a majority of the season.
While the Gophers have benefited from secondary scoring threats that have emerged recently, it was that top line that
carried Minnesota at the beginning of the season.
“They really, aside from maybe one weekend, have been the line that has carried us offensively,” Frost said. “They have
great chemistry. They are all different players, and they complement each other very well.”
The sophomore surge that Cameranesi is experiencing didn’t come without putting in the hours throughout the offseason.
“I really focused on my shot. I thought that was an area I could definitely improve on,” Cameranesi said. “I also worked on
my strength. Not a lot of my goals are very pretty ones — just kind of battling in front of the net.”
But Frost said the biggest difference this year for Cameranesi is the added confidence that playing for the U.S. national team
has brought her.
“When you play with and against the best players and hold your own and score some goals, it only builds confidence in a
player,” Frost said.
Cameranesi has also benefited from having a year of college hockey under her belt — something her fellow teammate,
Meghan Lorence, also experienced during her sophomore year.
“Going into freshman year, you get kind of scared,” Lorence said. “You don’t really know much about the systems or the
players. Just having one year under your belt is very helpful, and it has shown to be helpful to Dani this year.”
The sophomore forward has used last season’s experience to help her this year.
“You look back on the first half of the season and you use it as a guide,” Cameranesi said. “I just need to keep working hard
and getting my teammates involved, and I think that will help us reach our end goal of a national championship.”
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Players take different paths to arrive at the University
Young prospects have to decide between high school and club hockey.
Minnesota Daily | By Grant Donald | December 9, 2014
As she grew up in Oklahoma, junior Brook Garzone’s hockey options were limited.
Because of that, Garzone decided to take her talents to Shattuck-St. Mary’s School, a Minnesota boarding school
known for attracting top hockey stars from around the nation.
“In Oklahoma, I was the only girl hockey player [my age],” Garzone said. “I needed to make a decision on where I
wanted to go, and when I visited Shattuck, I fell in love with it.”
Unlike Garzone, senior forward Meghan Lorence found her way onto the Ridder Arena ice by playing for her high
school team in New Brighton, Minn. Young players often choose between those two paths — either high school or club
hockey — before entering the collegiate level.
“Playing for Irondale, they obviously weren’t the best youth association and high school team growing up,” Lorence
said. “But I played with my friends that I grew up with, so I couldn’t imagine leaving that behind.”
Both Lorence and Garzone reached the same end point at Minnesota, playing on one of the best teams in the nation,
but they ventured down two completely different paths to get there.
While only a few Gophers competed for teams other than their high schools’, many players nationwide come up
through club-like systems.
“Hockey is starting to pick up all around the country, but it is still very new and [hasn’t had] a lot of exposure for kids
like Brook,” head coach Brad Frost said. “It was an opportunity for her to improve her skill and be noticed. It’s a huge
benefit for kids like that.”
But for most of Minnesota’s players, they arrived after playing for their high school teams back home.
Frost said many of Minnesota’s high school students who sign with the Gophers have wanted to play for the team
since they learned how to skate.
“[Minnesota high school kids] have been coming to our games for a long time,” Frost said. “The players that are on
some of those club teams are sometimes harder to get because they have seen other campuses.”
The main difference between club and high school teams is their schedules.
A typical Minnesota women’s high school schedule runs from November to February, whereas a team like ShattuckSt. Mary’s plays from September to April.
The club teams are also usually more talented from top to bottom than the high school teams, since they take in
players nationwide.
“You can definitely tell who played [club hockey] and who didn’t. It is just a different style of play,” Garzone said.
“Once you start to get the hang of things, it all begins to come together, and it isn’t as noticeable.”
While many people think club hockey players get more exposure to various college teams around the nation, Lorence
said the increased exposure doesn’t outweigh the memories created by playing with childhood friends.
“If you are a good player, obviously college coaches are going to find you regardless of where you go to school,”
Lorence said. “I’ve learned a lot with my experiences with Irondale, and I wouldn’t have had it any other way.”
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Be Like Brandt
By Minnesota Hockey Journal | December 12, 2014
5 Tips for Scoring with Hannah Brandt
Hannah Brandt has always had a knack for finding the back of the net. From her youth days in the
Roseville Area Youth Hockey Association to landing 2012 Ms. Hockey accolades, her aptitude for scoring
has only increased.
Since putting on the “M,” Brandt has asserted herself as the team’s go-to goal scorer. She posted 82
points as a freshman — second in the nation — and added 65 for the Gophers last season while being
named a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given to the top female collegiate hockey player
in the nation.
So how does she light the lamp so often? Brandt offered some tips on making each shot count.
1. Shoot, shoot and shoot – Ever since I was young, I was shooting a lot of pucks on and off the ice as
much as possible. Even now at practice, anytime I get the chance to shoot, I do. I put everything I have
into it and try to score every time. You practice like you play, so practice scoring goals and hopefully you
get them in games.
2. Read the play – It’s all about reading the play. When the puck gets to the point, you need to get to the
net as fast as possible and make sure you’re in front. You want to be screening the goalie and have your
stick out so you can get the puck and hopefully it finds a lane to you.
You can start to learn to read the play by practicing and playing in games with your team. Get used to
know whom you’re playing with and what their tendencies are.
3. Learn to juggle – I learned how to juggle in seventh grade. You always see goalies juggling, making
quick hand-eye coordination and reflex saves, so I don’t know why forwards can’t be doing the same
thing. Hand-eye coordination is huge when it comes to tipping in the puck down low. (Tipping the puck in)
isn’t really a normal hockey skill so you need to find something to help it. Whether it be juggling or
working on stickhandling, just do something to focus on excelling that hand-eye coordination.
4. Grunt work for position – You have to outwork the team down low. They want to get you away from
the net and you want to get there, so you have to have a stronger willpower to be there and fight for the
position. Know that it can get a little dirty down there but you have to want to be there more than they
want you out. Off the ice it’s about working hard and getting strong, especially in your legs, and upper
body, too.
5. Quick release is key – Wrist shots are huge for forwards because we don’t always have that time to
wind up and take the slap shot. It’s all about accuracy. It doesn’t even need to be that hard of a shot, but
getting it off quick and putting it in the right places is huge. Whether it’s shooting for a rebound or shooting
to score, getting the puck off your stick and putting it in the right place is key.
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Hometown star excels at the University
The senior had her jersey retired by her high school in December.
Minnesota Daily | Grant Donald | January 27, 2015
After playing five years of varsity hockey, Gophers captain Rachael Bona has
acquired many admirers in her hometown of Coon Rapids, Minn.
And now, when young Cardinals say they look up to Bona, they can literally
look up and see her No. 7 jersey hanging in the rafters at the Coon Rapids
Ice Center.
Last month, Bona’s high school’s athletics department honored her before a
varsity game, retiring her jersey and cementing her legacy as one of the best
players to wear a Coon Rapids jersey.
“It’s kind of surreal to think that [my jersey] will be up there forever and no
one will ever get to wear number seven again,” Bona said. “It’s a great
honor.”
of its own, losing points in the WCHA.
As a member of the Gophers, Bona still sports the No. 7 jersey and is holding
down her role as one of the team’s best scorers. But that hasn’t always been
the case. Bona only found the back of the net once in the season’s first
month. On top of that, the rest of the team was going through a rough patch
“I definitely was getting frustrated because I wasn’t putting the puck in the net,” Bona said. “It was a good wake-up
call for everyone, though. If we didn’t play our best, teams would beat us.”
Bona rarely had any rough stretches during her five seasons at Coon Rapids, as she recorded 165 goals and 105 assists
while leading her team to the 2011 Minnesota State Tournament. There, she edged out fellow Gophers teammate
Hannah Brandt in the third-place game.
But what Bona considered to be a rough stretch was not actually as bad as she made it out to be, head coach Brad
Frost said. She was still playing quality hockey during the beginning stages of the season, he said. Frost challenged
her to remain positive and promised her a change in fortune. And it came.
Bona has consistently been lighting up the score sheet during the season’s later games, including a string of four
straight games in which she accumulated 12 points.
“Obviously, after a huge [winter] break, you want to come back strong, and I was lucky enough to get five goals in the
first two games back,” Bona said.
During the break, Bona visited with her former Coon Rapids coach, Jessica Christopherson, who knew that Bona was
capable of changing her early-season woes.
“One of the things we knew about her was she does more than score the puck,” Christopherson said. “We always talk
about finding a role on the ice, and that’s what she does best. She just gets things done.”
On and off the ice, Bona is a prominent figure in the Coon Rapids community.
“She has really become an ambassador for not only our hockey program but our school community as well,”
Christopherson said. “She is kind of the face of our community in many ways. For her to want to come back and help
us out is pretty special.”
Bona has read to elementary school students, served lunch at a middle school and made many appearances at youth
hockey tournaments over the last couple of years. That type of dedication to her hometown is something that is rare.
“I just think it is great that a women’s hockey player is such a role model to an entire city,” Frost said. “Rachael is very
proud of where she grew up, and I know that everyone back in Coon Rapids loves to see her succeed now.”
Now that Bona is back after the winter break and her final Gophers season is winding down, she’ll shift her focus to
winning her third national championship in four years and giving the people of Coon Rapids another thing to cheer
for.
“Ever since about week six, when Rachael and the rest of her line started scoring the puck, it has given us more depth,
which is huge,” Frost said. “The more people we have scoring, the better off we will be, and Rachael is certainly
someone who is extremely dangerous with the puck.” ###
Kaz Watch: Four U.S. National Team Forwards Thriving in NCAA
USA Hockey | Story from Red Line Editorial, Inc. | By Doug Williams | Feb. 3, 2015
An award of The USA Hockey Foundation, the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award is presented annually to the top player in NCAA
Division I women’s ice hockey.
Together, Hannah Brandt, Dani Cameranesi, Alex Carpenter and Kendall Coyne make up a foursome that represents a wave of
high-scoring young forwards in women’s college hockey.
All four came up through USA Hockey’s Women’s National Under-18 Team, with three earning U18 gold medals. Two were
members of the U.S. Olympic Team that won silver at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. And all four were on the U22
American team that swept a three-game series from Canada in 2014.
In addition, they come from Massachusetts, Illinois and Minnesota.
“Geographically, it’s terrific that these leaders in our collegiate game represent various districts and states with USA Hockey,” said
Reagan Carey, the organization’s director of women’s hockey. “It’s great to see our top talent emerge from diverse areas.”
Each player is expected to be a candidate for the Patty Kazmaier Award that will be given out in late March to the nation’s most
outstanding player. Brandt was one of three finalists for the award last season.
Hannah Brandt, junior, University of Minnesota
From her first game as a freshman, Brandt has been one of the nation’s most dangerous
scorers. She scored three goals in her debut and then had two goals and four assists in her
second game.
Her 82 points were No. 2 in the country in 2012-13 and she was second again nationally in
2013-14 with 65 points. This season, she’s second only to Carpenter, with 57 points in 28
games for a Minnesota program that has won two of the past three NCAA championships.
“She shows up each season having added to her hockey arsenal,” said Carey.
It’s an assessment shared by Minnesota coach Brad Frost. He said Brandt has worked to
increase her speed and her all-around game. Now she wins more races to the puck and every
game makes a difference in multiple ways.
“She’s more confident, quicker and really leading the team in every aspect: offensively,
defensively, on the power play and penalty kill,” Frost said. “Her game has definitely taken
another jump.”
Dani Cameranesi, sophomore, University of Minnesota
She ranks fourth in the nation this season with 47 points (17 goals), and her points per game
average has almost doubled from her first season (0.88 to 1.68).
“Her ability to compete with the best players in women’s hockey, as a sophomore, is telling of
her skill,” said Carey.
She was selected National Rookie of the Year by the Women’s Hockey Commissioner’s
Association and now has taken her game to a new level. She’s had some big games,
including three-goal sprees in wins over the University of Wisconsin and Minnesota State
University, Mankato, and a six-assist night against St. Cloud State University.
In the offseason she worked too improve her stick-handling and shooting.
“That was one area of my game that I thought was a little weaker and I needed to improve
on,” she said. “So I still continue to work on that today in practice and after practice. … I strive
really hard to work on my weaknesses.”
Said Frost, recently: “She is probably our most consistent player, night after night. Whether
she scores or not, you notice her each and every shift.”
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Stecklein gives Gophers stability
The defenseman participated in the 2014 Olympics for the United States.
Minnesota Daily | By Grant Donald | February 5, 2015
Redshirt sophomore alternate captain Lee Stecklein doesn’t score often
for the Gophers, but when she does, many take notice.
“The team always cheers a little harder for the people who don’t score as
much, like me,” the defenseman said.
However, over the last five games, Stecklein has given her teammates
plenty to cheer for, as the Olympian has recorded her first two goals of
the season.
But arguably the person most excited about Stecklein’s recent offensive
outburst is head coach Brad Frost, who hopes these last few weeks won’t
be the only time Stecklein’s name appears on the score sheet.
“Hopefully it will open [Lee’s] eyes to the fact that she can actually put the puck in the net,” Frost said. “I think she is
so focused on the defensive end that she doesn’t realize that her shot has really improved over the last couple of years
and that she has more offensive instincts than she thinks.”
Over her career with the Gophers, Stecklein has scored five goals and recorded 25 assists — significantly lower
numbers than fellow defenseman Rachel Ramsey.
But the low offensive numbers don’t bother Stecklein in the least because, to her, defense always comes first.
“If the team needs me to score and I’m not, then it bothers me,” Stecklein said. “But with the offense we have, I need
to focus more on keeping the puck out of our net.”
Defensively speaking, Stecklein is one of the best in the business and competed for the United States in last year’s
Olympics.
“I think night in and night out, she is our most consistent defenseman,” Frost said. “She is so steady. Each and every
shift, I know I can rely on her, and as a coach, that is all you can ask for.”
Stecklein’s presence on the ice is not only a main reason for why the Gophers have the second-best defense in the
nation, but it also raises her teammates’ level of play.
“[Lee] has a lot of pull in the locker room and on the ice, so she is a great person to have around,” Ramsey said. “And
then when you have someone who can run a power play as well as she does, it just adds a little something to the
team.”
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Minnesota clinches WCHA regular-season title
Pioneer Press | By Sam Gordon | February 14, 2015
Gophers senior captain Rachel Ramsey couldn't
recall how many celebratory pictures she has
taken with different trophies during her collegiate
career.
She might have even more trouble remembering
after a couple more Kodak moments Saturday
night.
The No. 2 Gophers' 2-0 win over No. 6
Minnesota-Duluth on Senior Night at Ridder
Arena coupled with No. 3 Wisconsin's 4-3 loss at
Ohio State clinched Minnesota's third straight
WCHA regular-season crown.
Gophers skaters mobbed goaltender Amanda
Leveille as the game ended. Ramsey and cocaptain Rachael Bona accepted the championship
trophy on behalf of the team, posed for pictures
with WCHA Commissioner Aaron Kemp and
joined the rest of the team near center ice for
more pictures.
"We've been blessed that I can't count how many (pictures) it's been," Ramsey said. "Very fortunate, especially to win
here at home."
Ramsey and her senior class -- the winningest class in program history -- were honored before the game.
A video presentation commemorated the seniors' careers, which now include three WCHA regular-season titles, three
conference tournament crowns, three national championship appearances, two national titles and the unprecedented
62-game winning streak that spanned parts of three seasons.
"We've (won) every single year. It's hard, but it makes it so much better at the end when you get to hold the trophy,"
Bona said. "I'm glad that it happened like that."
The Gophers and Bulldogs played to a scoreless tie through two periods. Minnesota coach Brad Frost, not one for
scoreboard watching, went into the coaches' room and snuck a peek at the Wisconsin score during the intermission.
"From what I was seeing on the ice, I was more excited to see (the Wisconsin) score than what we were doing at that
point," Frost said. "I said 'Geez, if you were told all you had to do was win one period to be conference champs, would
you do it?'"
The Gophers answered the call.
Minnesota forward Dani Cameranesi feathered a wrister past Bulldogs goalie Kayla Black early in the period.
Defenseman Lee Stecklein added an empty-netter in the final seconds. Leveille held up in net for the Gophers and
finished with 19 saves.
The junior goaltender said there was an emotional buildup to Senior Night and ascribed it to the senior class'
leadership.
"They're upset," Leveille said, "and everyone else is upset that they're leaving, too."
But they're not leaving the confines of Ridder Arena just yet.
The Gophers will host the first round of the WCHA Final Faceoff. If they take care of business in the conference
tournament, they'll host their first-round matchup in the NCAA tournament, too.
Oh, and the Frozen Four is at Ridder Arena. The Gophers have played in that three years in a row.
Does Minnesota expect to make it?
"Fingers crossed," Ramsey said, hopeful for a few more pictures.
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Gophers snag WCHA title
Minnesota swept its in-state rivals at Duluth this weekend, winning the conference trophy.
Minnesota Daily | By Grant Donald | February 16, 2015
As the Gophers left the ice for the second intermission
Saturday, head coach Brad Frost planned a quick detour to the
coaches’ room to check on a game happening more than 600
miles away.
Much to his liking, Frost found Ohio State had completed the
upset of No. 3 Wisconsin, opening the door for No. 2
Minnesota to clinch the WCHA title if it could break the
scoreless tie against No. 6 Minnesota-Duluth in the third
period.
“From what I was seeing on the ice, I was more excited to see
[the Wisconsin] score than what we were doing at that point,”
Frost said. “I said, ‘If you were told all you had to do was win
one period to be conference champs, would you do it?’”
That was all the motivation the Gophers needed as they responded with two goals in the third, paving their way to a 2-0
victory and their third consecutive WCHA regular-season title.
The victory wrapped up a memorable senior weekend, one that started with the team’s senior banquet Thursday night and
included a 7-1 beat-down of the Bulldogs on Friday night.
“It’s pretty special,” senior captain Rachael Bona said. “We have [won] it every single year, but it is hard, so it makes it that
much better at the end when you get to hold the trophy.”
Women’s WCHA commissioner Aaron Kemp presented Bona and fellow senior captain Rachel Ramsey the trophy in front of
2,730 attendees after the game. After, fellow seniors Meghan Lorence and Shyler Sletta mobbed Ramsey and Bona,
celebrating their latest feat in what has been a historic four years as Gophers.
“It’s crazy to wrap your head around,” Ramsey said. “I think … 92 percent of our games we’ve won. It doesn’t feel like that,
maybe because the losses stand out in your head.”
Even though it was senior weekend, a pair of sophomores led Minnesota on Saturday. Just past two minutes into the third
period, forward Dani Cameranesi sneaked the puck through Minnesota-Duluth’s goalie Kayla Black’s five-hole to give
Minnesota the 1-0 lead. Defenseman Lee Stecklein added an empty-net goal near the end of the game to seal the deal.
“I thought in the third period, we came out with a little extra jump and fire,” Frost said. “We were able to get the lead and just
lock it down the rest of the way.”
However, for the 40-plus minutes that the game was scoreless, Minnesota relied on junior goaltender Amanda Leveille to
keep the game level.
The Canadian responded with 17 saves over two periods and maintained the shutout with two saves in the third.
“Our team is fantastic when we get up,” Leveille said. “They just shut it down. If you don’t give the other team any
opportunities to score, then they just can’t do anything.”
Leveille received a little more goal support Friday as the Gophers tallied seven goals. Friday’s victory also marked Frost’s
250th win with the Gophers, a remarkable feat considering he has only been at the helm for eight years.
“It’s a great honor,” Frost said. “But 251 felt better than 250 quite honestly.”
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Frost best coach at U
Gophers capture third consecutive WCHA title.
Minnesota Daily | By David Nelson | February 16, 2015
Hall & Oates blasted from the locker room following the Gophers 2-0 victory over Minnesota-Duluth in which they
captured the 2015 WCHA regular-season title.
Brad Frost stood in the hallway with a grin that stretched across his face, elated that his team is once again the
conference’s best.
He’s been making dreams come true ever since he began leading the program in 2008, and he’s single-handedly
turned himself into not only one of the best women’s college hockey coaches but the best coach at the University.
The Gophers captured their third consecutive regular-season title Saturday evening, just one night after Frost won his
250th career game.
The humble head coach reached that mark in just eight seasons and did so while boasting a career-winning
percentage that sits above 80 percent.
“He’s a great person and a great coach as well,” senior forward Rachael Bona said. “He knows how to get our team
fired up. … He knows what he’s doing.”
The winter sports season has proved to be a difficult one for fans with the uncharacteristic drop in play from the
men’s basketball and hockey teams.
Even the wrestling team — one of the most dominant programs in the country — now holds the same number of
losses this season as it did in the previous two.
But in the midst of such aberrancy, the women’s hockey team remained its usual invincible self.
And it’s because of Frost.
This year’s senior class became the winningest in history.
“They hang banners,” Frost said. “They’ve hung a lot of them here in the rink, but … it’s the legacy that they leave
beyond the hockey rink is what I’ll remember.”
One can only imagine whether the classes forthcoming will follow the same suit.
If history is any indication, Frost will continue to navigate his team to victories.
No, he doesn’t hold as many national titles as a head coach as wrestling’s J Robinson, nor does he carry the same
amount of experience as baseball’s John Anderson.
Frost is also not as feisty and willing to throw around his suit coat as men’s basketball’s Richard Pitino, but the hockey
coach’s resume of two national titles, five Frozen Four appearances and now five WCHA regular season titles speaks
for itself.
He holds a list of accomplishments that could stretch across the width of Ridder Arena, and that list continues to grow
with each passing weekend.
Frost’s page on Wikipedia consists of three paragraphs, but at this rate, the page manager better be ready to write a
whole lot more about the best coach at Minnesota.
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Radio dreams after hockey
Senior Rachel Ramsey hopes to snag a career in broadcasting when her hockey days are over.
Minnesota Daily | Grant Donald | February 18, 2015
As KFAN radio personality Paul Allen settled in to
watch his niece play high school hockey four years
ago, he noticed a six-foot defenseman on the other
team.
He couldn’t resist giving the tall defender —
Gophers recruit and future captain Rachel Ramsey
— a nickname.
Allen nicknamed her “Pronger with a ponytail,”
after former NHL defenseman Chris Pronger
because the two had similar builds.
But little did Allen know, four years later he would
be starting his daily KFAN show with the words,
“courtesy of the nine-to-noon show which features today, Pronger with a ponytail and much more.”
After interning for Allen, Ramsey continues to work at the radio station frequently in her pursuit of
working in sports media, even though she can’t be paid because of NCAA rules. On the air, she ranked the
weekend’s biggest hockey plays, giving her expertise as a defenseman for the University of Minnesota’s
women’s hockey team.
“I obviously always featured Gophers women’s hockey, and I always tried to get us up at No. 1 or No. 2,”
Ramsey said. “That was really fun, and I kind of got the title of assistant producer, even though it is not
real because I can’t be paid by KFAN.”
The Gophers captain also works part time at country radio station K102, DJing on some weekends.
Ramsey’s broadcasting opportunities started a couple of years ago when KFAN host Dan Barreiro had
Ramsey, her teammate Hannah Brandt and her coach Brad Frost in for a routine interview.
“I enjoyed being in [the studio]. It is a very cool atmosphere, so I sent someone over there an email and
squeezed my way into an internship,” Ramsey said.
Ramsey started the internship where she answered phones and uploaded podcasts soon after. She loved
seeing how things worked behind the scenes but had aspirations for bigger and better things. And those
aspirations were granted by the originator of her now station-wide nickname.
‘The proverbial fire’
After her time with Barreiro ran its course, Ramsey applied for another internship, this time with Allen.
When the radio voice of the Minnesota Vikings heard the news for himself, his mind started coming up
with ways to get Ramsey some airtime.
“I immediately concocted a way to get her on the radio show, hockey season or not, because she has a
vibrant personality. She is very outspoken, and she is confident,” Allen said. “The majority of [the radio]
game is about not being afraid and not overthinking things and just doing it and perfecting it. I knew that
was who she was.”
Allen created the segment called “five-for-five,” where Ramsey talked about the five biggest hockey
storylines of the weekend.
And as Ramsey’s time became more available, she got the chance to host KFAN’s “Vox in the Box” during
last season’s Minnesota Wild playoff run.
Though hosting a three-hour radio show is a lot of responsibility for an intern, Allen said he never
doubted Ramsey’s abilities.
“You can’t just throw everybody into the proverbial fire,” Allen said. “But I know when I put her in a spot
to make a play, she’ll generally make a play, and if she doesn’t, it will bug her, and she will come back and
do it better next time.”
Radio broadcasting didn’t always come easy for Ramsey, especially when she dealt with sports other than
hockey.
Ramsey accompanied Allen at Vikings training camp last summer, and there, she was challenged by him
to conduct drive-by interviews.
But Ramsey made it through the task and said she’s a better media member because of it.
“It was one of those opportunities that [Allen] knows I’m not going to sound great, and I’m not going to
know what I’m talking about,” Ramsey said. “He pushes me outside of my comfort zone so that I get the
best out of me and [I’m] growing and not staying in the same place.”
Hockey work ethic translates in the studio
It could be easy for Ramsey, the daughter of former Wild assistant coach Mike Ramsey and a member of
the ‘Miracle on Ice’ team, to have a sense of entitlement.
But from what her teammates and co-workers have said, that is farther from the truth.
“You can tell that she was raised to work hard, respect people, and also keep her eye on the prize and what
she wants,” Allen said. “There is a way to get what you want and to advance and improve without stepping
on others, and she is good at that. She’s very good at outworking the opposition.”
As women’s hockey players know, there are severely limited opportunities to play hockey outside of
college. And because of that, it’s crucial their work ethic translates to life after the rink.
“All of our players are extremely realistic with what’s out there for them after college hockey, and there is
not a lot,” Frost said. “I think that is one of the best things about the players in our program is they are
dedicated to be the best student-athletes they can be so they can be the best employees as well.”
But Ramsey isn’t exactly satisfied. She said there’s always more to learn and ways to improve, both in the
studio and life. And luckily for her, she has one of the best in the trade to learn from and bounce ideas off
of.
“When I first got on [the radio], I was not someone who could keep a show going,” Ramsey said. “[Allen]
has kind of showed me the insides of the trade. It’s more than, ‘Hey, I watched the game last night and
here is what happened.’ It’s a lot of preparation, and he has taught me a lot about the industry.”
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Kelly Pannek makes her mark in rookie season
Sun Sailor | By Rachel Timmerman, U of M Athletic Communications Intern | February 19, 2015
Entering her freshman season in October, Kelly Pannek said she didn’t anticipate having as much success on the ice as she is.
Gopher freshman forward Kelly Pannek prepares to shoot during recent
women’s hockey action. Pannek has provided 39 points in 32 games for the
Gophers. (Photo courtesy of University of Minnesota Athletic Media Relations
Department)
“I didn’t really expect much coming in because I think that you set yourself up
for problems there,” said Benilde-St. Margaret’s graduate and Plymouth resident
Pannek.
But head coach Brad Frost knew she would be an asset to the team. In her first
collegiate season, she has earned three WCHA Rookie of the Week awards, and
the season isn’t over yet.
Pannek has scored 12 goals and contributed 27 assists for 39 points in 32 games
for the Gophers. Pannek, who was a Ms. Hockey finalist during her senior
season at BSM, has played a key role for the University of Minnesota team,
which has compiled a 26-2-4 record.
“When we recruited her, we had big plans for her,” Frost said. “When you’re a
freshman, that first semester is really difficult.
“[The first few weeks] we were playing top ten teams every single game, so it
didn’t allow for her to ease into the whole college game.”
Gopher senior Megan Lorence said, “She’s adjusted really well to the game and found her role on the team, She’s improved a
lot.”
In addition to transitioning to college, Pannek also had to adjust to the collegiate hockey level of play.
But after each shift, Pannek says she feels herself becoming more comfortable in what she’s doing on the ice.
“Every single week, she’s becoming more confident in herself and has turned into one of our best players,” senior Rachael Bona
said. “I know she was getting frustrated at the beginning of the year because it is a different game than high school, but she’s
done a really great job.”
Pannek is linemates with senior captains Bona and Lorence, who offer their guidance and experience to the freshman.
“Having them as linemates has helped me a lot,” Pannek said. “They are understanding if I make a mistake, and they’ll also point
out what I can do differently. They’re just supportive of everything on and off the ice.”
And off the ice is where Pannek helps her teammates out, by knowing all the answers to any questions they have.
“She knows everything, I’m not kidding on that,” Bona said. “We call her ‘Wikipedia’ because if you have a question about any
random fact, she will know about it.”
Pannek is also mindful of the history of the women’s hockey program, and she and the team hope to live up to those expectations.
“I think everyone’s dream is to win a national championship,” Pannek said. “I don’t think our team wants to settle for anything
less.”
The WCHA first round starts at the end of February, and the team is gearing up for another post season, a first for Pannek.
“We’re getting to the point now in the season where she has to be one of the best players on the ice,” Frost said. “That’s a lot of
pressure for a freshman, but we believe that she can handle it.”
After this season, the young player still has three more years to show the rest of her potential.
“She’s just one of those people that you should keep watching and paying attention to,” Bona said. “She’ll be someone that’s
exciting to watch in the future.”
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Tonka’s Ramsey stars for Gophers
Sun Sailor | By Chris Chesky | February 20, 2015
Since she was 12 years old, Rachel Ramsey knew she wanted to
play hockey for the University of Minnesota.
Rachel Ramsey of Minnetonka controls the puck for the University
of Minnesota women’s hockey team during Big Ten Conference
action. (Photo courtesy of U of M Media Relations Department)
“I was sitting in the stands and my grandma kept reaching over and
tapping my mouth shut because my jaw was literally on the floor,”
Ramsey said. “I was just in awe of these girls. Not too long after, a
few of the captains came and spoke to our youth program and they
came into the locker room and I was like ‘look they’re normal
people, normal college students, but they get to be Gophers.’ It was
one of those things where at a young age you knew you wanted to
emulate that one day.”
Now, not only is she a Gopher, but Ramsey is quickly finding
herself among the best women’s hockey players to ever put on a maroon and gold uniform. Through the first 31 games of the season,
Ramsey has seven goals and 20 assists while helping to lead the team to a No. 2 national ranking. Even though she has won many awards
and her statistics are very impressive for the reigning WCHA Defensive Player of the Year, they are only part of what makes Ramsey a
special player.
“The most impressive part [about Ramsey] is her off the ice maturity and leadership ability considering that she’s so gifted and so
talented as a player, but yet so humble and such a great teammate,” said Minnetonka High School girls hockey coach Eric Johnson.
Through her success at every level of hockey, Ramsey has remained willing to help her community in every way that she can. She makes
frequent visits to the girls who are currently in the hockey program at Minnetonka High and is has invited the girls in the program to visit
Ridder Arena to see the locker rooms and to see what it is like to be a Gopher women’s hockey player.
“I love being able to go back and watch those kids and see them grow,” Ramsey said. “It’s kind of weird being in a position where they
look up to you because it’s not too long ago that I was in their shoes just wanting to be a Gopher one day.”
Another integral part of Ramsey’s success comes from recognizing those who have helped her during her hockey career, including her
coach from when she played for Minnetonka.
“It was fun being with [Coach Johnson] because he grew a lot while I grew a lot,” Ramsey said. “When I got there he was still relatively
new to the girls game. It was fun to see him grow more into a girls coach than a guys coach and start to be able to relate to young
women. I think that he just helped me grow in my game. He was the one who helped me transition from the forward to a defenseman my
junior to senior year.”
Even though it has been nearly four years since she has graduated from Minnetonka, Ramsey has never stopped caring about the
program. Her performance on the ice and her poise and maturity off the ice has given the young players in the Minnetonka program
something they need in order to stay motivated: a role model.
“[Ramsey] has been a big sister to these girls,” Johnson said. “She has been a great role model and ambassador for girls hockey in
general just by being such a good player, but at the same time being such a good person off the ice. Young players in our program go
watch Gopher games and dream about being that good someday. Knowing that Rachel is from Minnetonka makes it possible to come out
of a community like ours and make it to that level of a player.”
In her final year as a Gopher, Ramsey is still unsure about her future plans, but hopes to go into broadcasting or into the marketing and
advertising field. No matter where she ends up, Ramsey will always remember the time she spent at the University of Minnesota and
how it felt to represent Minnetonka throughout her Gopher hockey career.
“[Being able to represent my hometown] is very special,” Ramsey said. “It’s kind of cool going from wearing the blue ‘M’ to the maroon
and gold ‘M.’ It’s an honor to represent Minnetonka and to be able to stay in the state of Minnesota and be a part of that program.”
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Work ethic, commitment make Dani Cameranesi a winner
Murphy News Service | By Chris Chesky | March 2, 2015
Hard-working. Happy. Tenacious.
Those are the three words that former Blake School and current University of Minnesota hockey star Dani Cameranesi uses to describe herself.
Shawn Reid, Cameranesi’s coach at Blake School during her senior season, believes there is a fourth word that perfectly describes the way
Cameranesi has impacted his team during her tenure at the school and after she graduated in 2013.
Leader.
“[Her demeanor off the ice] kept people honest with their work ethic and commitment to the team,” Reid said. “She led by example. Her presence
and her aura had an impact like I have never seen from another player.”
Cameranesi, who is currently finishing her second year at the University of Minnesota, has been a dominant force on offense for
the Gophers, recording 19 goals and 32 assists (51 points) during the first 33 games of her sophomore season.
Her statistics have been good enough to pick up three WCHA offensive player of the week awards as well as helped her be named as one of the
players who will be representing the United States in the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championship in
Sweden in March.
“We are very proud of the accomplishments that she’s had in her one and a half years at the U,” Reid said. “It’s a symbol of pride for Blake as to
what happens when you go to Blake, but it’s also a huge testament to her. She really is a complete person and I respect her as much as anybody
I’ve ever coached. Blake is very proud to have Dani come to our school.”
Hockey has been a passion for Cameranesi for as long as she can remember. Her love for hockey was based off of her role model, her
brother Tony, who currently plays hockey for the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
“When I was younger I always wanted to be like him,” Cameranesi said. ”He played hockey so I felt like I got pushed into that because I wanted
to be like him.”
Cameranesi moved from the Plymouth program to the Blake School in Minneapolis and began working with coach Brano Stankovsky beginning
in eighth grade to hone her talent and to become an elite offensive player for the Blake School.
“He taught me a lot,” Cameranesi said of Stankovsky. “He taught me to be a better person than I am a hockey player.”
Reid took over for Stankovsky during Cameranesi’s senior season after Stankovsky died suddenly from complications due to a stroke. Reid,
with aid from Cameranesi, helped lead the team to the a state championship during a season in which Cameranesi recorded 57 goals and 38
assists for 95 points.
“Coach Reid coming in my senior year and pulling in a team he didn’t know how to win a state championship obviously says a lot about him and
his character,” Cameranesi said. “I think I took bits and pieces of them and I kind of transferred them to my journey here.”
Cameranesi, during her time at the Blake School, recorded 200 goals and 157 assists for 357 career points. The statistics she compiled throughout
her high school career gave Cameranesi the opportunity to join a team that would be able to utilize her skills and help her develop as a hockey
player.
That team was the University of Minnesota.
“I had this feeling inside, I can’t explain it, but I knew I wanted to come here,” Cameranesi said. “I wanted to be close to home.”
Cameranesi continued to impress during her freshman season with the Gophers, recording 19 goals and 17 assists for 36 points. Cameranesi’s
efforts were rewarded by being named National Rookie of the Year, WCHA Rookie of the Year, All-WCHA Rookie Team honoree, USCHO AllRookie Team honoree and WCHA Preseason Rookie of the Year after her rookie campaign.
Cameranesi, through all of the awards, does not single out any individual awards as to what she is most proud of, but is most proud of what the
team has accomplished as a whole during her short tenure with the team.
“I don’t think it’s any of those awards or anything I’ve done individually [that I’m most proud of],” Cameranesi said. “Just being able to put on
the jersey every day with this group of girls and coaches and being able to wear the ‘M’ is the greatest achievement I think I’ve had.”
Cameranesi has, once again, compiled impressive statistics once again for the Gophers and has been one of the main offensive threats for
the team this season. Cameranesi has found a way to stay motivated and to help her team reach a new level of play while they compete for yet
another national championship.
That motivation?
“The fans, honestly,” Cameranesi said. “A family friend of mine said that I was one of the hockey players that she looks up to. It’s little girls like
that who are out there who look up to us on the team and just being able to play for them, myself and my family.”
Cameranesi, once she graduates from the University of Minnesota, looks to one day make the Olympic team or to break into the hockey business.
But for now, Gopher fans can continue to enjoy watching Cameranesi skate and continue to lead her team on and off the ice for the next two
years, as she looks to build on her early success at the University of Minnesota.
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Gophers: Cast in starring role, Hannah Brandt excels
Pioneer Press | By Dane Mizutani | March 7, 2015
Hannah Brandt's eyes gleam when
she talks about the Gophers women's
hockey team. Not coincidentally, the
coach's eyes shine a little brighter
when he talks about Hannah Brandt.
After losing all-everything forward
Amanda Kessel, Brad Frost knew he
needed Brandt to step into the team's
starring role this season -- and the
Hill-Murray graduate has been
everything for which he could have hoped.
"We knew she was going to have to carry us offensively this season," Frost said, "and she's
done that."
The nation's second-leading scorer with 31 goals among 67 points, Brandt this week was
named the WCHA player of the year and a finalist for the 2015 Patty Kazmaier Memorial
Award, given annually to college hockey's best player.
"In the past, when she was playing with
Amanda Kessel, it always seemed like Kessel
was getting the attention," Frost said. "She
had to be one of the best players in the
country this season ... and she's right up
there."
A month before the start of the season, the
Gophers announced that Kessel -- arguably
the best player in the world -- wouldn't return because of lingering concussion symptoms.
"I felt a little bit of pressure," Brandt said. "I feel like everyone on the team had to step up a
little more than they expected."
As Minnesota prepares for the WCHA Final Face-Off this weekend in Grand Forks, N.D.,
Brandt knows she needs to keep her pace. The Gophers (31-2-4) play Bemidji State in the
semifinals on Saturday afternoon.
If they win, North Dakota or Wisconsin awaits.
Success is nothing new for Brandt. Hill-Murray coach Bill Schafhauser, who recently won
his second state title as Pioneers coach, credited Brandt with helping lay the foundation for
the program.
"She pretty much put our program on the map," Schafhauser said. "She helped develop a
culture here. ... I highly doubt I'll ever see another player like her."
Brandt wouldn't take the credit for the school's success, instead deferring to Schafhauser
and the coaching staff. That said, she still takes a lot of pride in the program.
She was at the Xcel Energy Center last year when the Pioneers captured the first state title in
school history, and while she couldn't be there for the repeat title -- the Gophers were on the
road -- Brandt followed along on the bus ride home.
Frost said Brandt has grown immensely since she started with the Gophers. That's
something her teammates also have noticed, especially this season.
"She could have come in and not grown in the slightest and still been one of the best players
in women's hockey over the course of her career," senior defenseman Rachel Ramsey said.
"So to watch her elevate her game ... has been fun."
Though she appreciates the praise, Brandt isn't satisfied. During her career, she has
experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows.
In her freshman season, Brandt was a part of a team that went 41-0-0 and captured the
national title. In her sophomore season, the Gophers lost to Clarkson in the championship
game. That loss has motivated Brandt in Year 3.
"There's nothing like winning that national championship ... and coming so close last year
was one of the worst feelings," Brandt said. "That kind of left a bad taste in our mouths.
We're hungry."
As long as Brandt is leading the charge, the Gophers should be in position to make a run at
another title.
"She's proved a lot of people wrong this season," Ramsey said. "There was a lot of talk that
she was getting a lot of those points because of Amanda Kessel. There's no doubt Amanda
Kessel is one of the best players in the world. So is Hannah Brandt."
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Minnesota the top seed in 2015 NCAA women’s tournament
USCHO Staff Report | March 8, 2015
The NCAA announced on Sunday the field of eight teams that will compete for the women’s
Division I national championship.
Quarterfinal games will be played on the campuses of the participating schools, with the 2015
Women’s Frozen Four will be hosted by Minnesota on March 20 and 22, at Ridder Arena in
Minneapolis.
Four conferences were awarded automatic bids by winning their respective postseason
tournaments – Rochester Institute of Technology (CHA), Harvard (ECAC Hockey), Boston
University (Hockey East) and Wisconsin (WCHA).
Boston College, defending champion Clarkson, Minnesota and Quinnipiac were selected as atlarge teams.
The quarterfinals will be played Saturday, March 14, with two teams competing at each of the
four quarterfinal sites. The winning team from each quarterfinal will advance to the Frozen Four.
Minnesota enters the tournament as the No. 1 seed and will host RIT. Boston College, the No. 2
seed, will host Clarkson. Harvard is the No. 3 seed, and will host Quinnipiac. Wisconsin, the No.
4 seed, will host BU.
Semifinal games will be played at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. EDT on Friday, March 20 and the
championship game will be played at 4 p.m. EDT on Sunday, March 22.
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Ridder staff begins preparation for Frozen Four
The University of Minnesota last hosted the event in the 2013 season.
Minnesota Daily | By Grant Donald | March 10, 2015
In a little more than a week, the four best teams in women’s college hockey will come to the University of Minnesota
to compete for the national championship.
While those teams compete this weekend in an attempt to get to the Minneapolis event, the Ridder Arena staff — led
by director Craig Flor — has been putting in weeks of preparation to make the championship at the facility a
possibility.
Ridder hosted the event two other times in the past — 2010 and 2013 — with the Gophers competing in each and
taking the title in 2013.
“We love bringing the women’s [Frozen Four] to the state of hockey,” Flor said. “In 2013, we sold it out. In 2015, we
are sold out right now, and when [Ridder Arena] is packed, the atmosphere is fantastic.”
Considering their familiarity with hosting the event, Flor and his staff members are confident they’ll successfully
prepare the facility for this year’s Frozen Four.
Some of the tasks, like putting the Frozen Four logo on the ice, have to wait until just days before the competition. The
staff will take care of other tasks, like the covering of local advertisements, this week.
“You try and take the arena from being very Minnesotan and [then] rebrand it a little bit for a national
championship,” Flor said. “Even if a company is a sponsor or has a partnership with the NCAA, they still cannot
advertise in the arena. Everything inside will be the team names, NCAA logos or Frozen Four logos.”
While Flor and his student-heavy staff do most of the preparations themselves, the NCAA calls in third-party workers
to help complete some tasks.
One of those parties is Big Ink Display Graphics, which creates the board signage with the competing team’s names on
it.
“Once the bracket is announced, we go ahead and make signs for all eight teams,” senior national account manager
Greg Monahan said. “That way we can ensure that they get to Ridder on time and eliminate any unforeseen
problems.”
While Monahan has ample time to prepare the boards, Flor doesn’t have the same luxury when it comes to
implementing the Frozen Four logo on the ice.
The process will take place on Sunday, less than 24 hours after the Gophers play in the national quarterfinal game
against RIT at the arena, and requires the inch of ice currently on the rink to be thinned down to almost nothing.
“It’s not a tricky procedure, but it is time consuming,” Flor said. “We aren’t painting. We just put a mesh logo down —
long gone are the days of painting logos.”
But not all of the changes apply to the rink itself.
Media attention on women’s hockey this time of year changes, increasing significantly, Flor said.
And because of that, Flor said he and his staff will clear Ridder Arena’s weight room, transforming it into a makeshift
press conference room for postgame interviews that normally take place outside of the Gophers’ locker room.
Though some of these transformations may go unnoticed by the public, the Ridder Arena’s staff efforts will be
recognized when 3,400 people fill the facility to capacity later this month.
“I think [the Frozen Four] brings a whole lot of excitement to the program, knowing that we are the ones hosting [it],”
head coach Brad Frost said. “It also brings some pressure because obviously you want to be there and playing, but
right now we are focused on [the quarterfinal against] RIT.”
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Rachel Ramsey carving her own niche off the ice
Star Tribune | By Joe Christensen | March 14, 2015
Rachel Ramsey, the daughter of an ex-NHL star, is ready for a change
She’s a regular guest on KFAN, with her own
nickname: “Pronger with a Ponytail.” She DJs on the
weekends for the country music station, K102.
She’s won two national hockey titles with the Gophers
and was a first-team All-America pick last year. Twice
she’s been named the WCHA’s defensive player of the
year.
Rachel Ramsey has a famous father, and some have
suggested that’s the main reason she’s gotten so many
opportunities. But by charting her own course, she’s
making quite a name for herself.
She’s a regular guest on KFAN, with her own nickname: “Pronger with a Ponytail.” She DJs on the weekends
for the country music station, K102.
She’s won two national hockey titles with the Gophers
and was a first-team All-America pick last year. Twice
she’s been named the WCHA’s defensive player of the
year.
Rachel Ramsey has a famous father, and some have
suggested that’s the main reason she’s gotten so many
opportunities. But by charting her own course, she’s
making quite a name for herself.
Mike Ramsey played one season for the Gophers
before becoming the youngest member of the 1980
“Miracle on Ice” team. He became a four-time NHL All-Star and a longtime assistant coach for the Wild.
Rachel Ramsey loves her father. She’s proud of his accomplishments, but she never pursued her own Olympic
glory. She withdrew her name from consideration for Team USA leading up to 2014 Winter Games and said
her competitive hockey career will end after this month’s NCAA tournament.
“It’s just not my goal,” Ramsey said of the Olympics. “I’m ready, once this year is done, to hopefully fall in love
with a career path or something else as much as I have the sport of hockey for the past 15 years.”
The end could come as soon as Saturday, when the Gophers play host to RIT (Rochester Institute of
Technology) in the NCAA quarterfinals. The winner advances to next weekend’s Women’s Frozen Four, also at
Ridder Arena. Ramsey and the top-seeded Gophers (31-3-4) are determined to get there, of course. But they’ll
need to rebound from last Saturday’s 1-0 loss to Bemidji State in the WCHA semifinals.
That was one of only 10 defeats Ramsey and her fellow seniors have suffered in four seasons at Minnesota.
“She came in with high expectations because of her last name,” Gophers coach Brad Frost said. “She’s
developed into a fantastic leader for us. She brings offense, she brings defense. She brings size, skill,
patience. I mean, you name it, she’s got it in her game.”
•••
Mike and Jill Ramsey have three kids. Rachel is the oldest, Hannah is a junior at St. Thomas and Jack will be a
Gophers freshman next fall after spending the past two years playing Canadian junior hockey in Penticton,
British Columbia.
As kids, Rachel and Jack spent countless hours skating at Xcel Energy Center before and after Wild practices.
Former coach Jacques Lemaire gave them pointers. Their dad’s advice usually fell on deaf ears.
When Rachel was about 8, she insisted on taping her shin pads right at the knees.
“She couldn’t bend her knees; she could hardly walk,” Mike said. “I told her and told her. I don’t know how long
she did it. Then one day she came home from practice and said, ‘Coach told me not to tape around my knees.’
Both my wife and I just rolled our eyes and shook our heads.’”
The memory still makes Rachel laugh.
“I probably never gave my dad the credit he deserved,” she said. “When people ask, ‘What’s it like having him
be your dad?’ I say, ‘He could have been an accountant, telling me how to play hockey.’ I wasn’t going to listen,
no matter what his career was.”
•••
Mike Ramsey retired from coaching in 2010 so he wouldn’t miss so many of his kids’ activities. He saw Rachel
win a state championship at Minnetonka before heading to the University of Minnesota.
“I remember when I committed to the Gophers, you’d hear other teams say, ‘You’re only playing for the ‘U’
because your last name’s Ramsey,’ ” she said. “Last year, being named All-American, was finally the
realization that I really belonged here, and it’s not all the name.”
But Rachel Ramsey knows the name helped open some doors at KFAN. She started as an intern two years
ago, and now makes weekly appearances as a hockey analyst with Paul Allen. He coined her nickname,
comparing her to NHL defenseman Chris Pronger, with the way she uses her 6-foot frame to be a force.
Last fall, she started getting regular weekend shifts as a DJ on K102. She can’t be paid for her appearances,
under NCAA rules, but she’s getting experience. She’ll graduate in May and has an internship lined up with a
Minneapolis advertising agency. She plans to keep doing radio, too.
It’s been a dream for Mike Ramsey, watching Rachel thrive with the Gophers. He’s also a big fan of her other
pursuits.
“When I hear her on the radio,” he said, “I’m in awe that that’s my daughter.”
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Gophers women's hockey: Minnesota tops RIT in NCAA
quarterfinals
Pioneer Press | By Dane Mizutani | March 14, 2015
Minnesota was businesslike Saturday
night in a lopsided 6-2 victory over
Rochester Institute of Technology in
an NCAA quarterfinal women's hockey
game at Ridder Arena. That mentality
stemmed from a tough-to-swallow 1-0
loss to Bemidji State in last weekend's
WCHA tournament.
"We've had a long week waiting for
this game," Gophers coach Brad Frost said.
"It was just kind of one of those things where we had to take a deep breath," defenseman Rachel Ramsey
added. "We were actually pretty loose coming in."
It sure looked like it.
Minnesota didn't waste any time proving it was the more talented squad. It had its way with an RIT team
that struggled to match its speed and couldn't match its skill.
"That's the toughest first assignment a team can
get," said Tigers coach Scott McDonald, whose team
was making the first NCAA appearance in school
history. "That's without question the best team we've
seen all season. ... They're a veteran squad, and they
played like it tonight."
RIT plays a similar style to Bemidji State -- a pesky
team that handed the Gophers two losses in the
season -- in that it likes to slow the pace and limit
opposing scoring chances. So a fast start was important for Minnesota.
The Gophers took a 2-0 lead less than five minutes in off goals from Milica McMillen and Kate Schipper.
Ramsey, Maryanne Menefee, Hannah Brandt and Lee Stecklein also scored while goaltender Amanda
Leveille finished with 17 saves.
"I feel like the motivation from losing last weekend played a big role of our success today," Brandt said.
Tigers goaltender Ali Binnington kept the score respectable. She posted a strong 46-save effort as the
Gophers likely fired more shots than RIT had fans in attendance.
"She stopped a lot," Frost said. "She seemed to lack a little bit of confidence there after we got a couple
goals early. She was tremendous after that."
Binnington said nerves played a role in the early struggles.
"I'm not used to playing some of the players of that caliber, so I just kind of had to get accustomed to it,"
she said. "I'd definitely like to have some of those goals back."
RIT's only goals -- on a wide-angled shot that somehow beat Leveille and a power-play goal late in the
game -- came off the stick of Carly Payeral.
Minnesota didn't do itself any favors with a pair of game misconducts -- one to Kelly Pannek and the other
to Meghan Lorence. Those ejections, however, helped the team showcase its depth as other players had to
step into different roles.
McMillen got the scoring started for Minnesota with a shot from the right circle. That was only the
beginning, though, and 48 seconds later Schipper scored after breaking loose from the right side.
Ramsey's wicked slap shot from the point stretched the lead back to two goals after the goal from Payeral.
"That goal was huge for us," Frost said.
Menefee stretched the lead midway through the second period when she scored from the slot after a tictac-toe display in front of the net, and Brandt got into the mix with a goal while falling down. Stecklein
notched an empty-netter in the waning seconds.
Minnesota will move on to the Frozen Four next weekend and will face archrival Wisconsin in the
semifinals. Boston College and Harvard will face off in the other semifinal matchup.
"There's a lot of pressure on our kids to get to the Frozen Four," Frost said. There has been all season. We
knew the Frozen Four sold out three months ago, and we hadn't even made it yet. ...
"There was pressure on the kids to get there, and now that we're there I'm sure we'll play a little more free
next weekend."
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Gophers breeze into women's Frozen Four with win over RIT
The Gophers shook off two major penalties to win 6-2 at home and advance.
Star Tribune | By JOE CHRISTENSEN | March 14, 2015
With a berth to the Women’s Frozen Four on the line, the Gophers weren’t surprised to see things turn chippy Saturday in the
NCAA quarterfinal against the Rochester (N.Y.) Institute of Technology.
RIT entered as the third-most penalized team in the nation, and the Tigers had to find a way to neutralize Minnesota’s superior
talent. It turned into a parade to the penalty box, and that eventually played right into the Gophers’ hands.
Rachel Ramsey, Maryanne Menefee and Hannah Brandt delivered power-play goals, helping Minnesota pull away for a 6-2
victory before an announced crowd of 1,796 at Ridder Arena.
The Gophers lost two second-line forwards — Kelly Pannek and Meghan Lawrence — to game misconducts and had to kill off
two five-minute major penalties. But they still did what they had to do, advancing to next week’s Frozen Four, which returns to
Ridder Arena for the first time since they won their last NCAA title in 2013.
The top-seeded Gophers (32-3-4) will play Wisconsin on Friday in the semifinals, with the winner facing either Boston College or
Harvard in next Sunday’s NCAA title game.
“There’s a lot of pressure on our kids,” Gophers coach Brad Frost said. “There has been all year when you know the Frozen Four
was sold out three months ago.”
RIT (15-19-5) was thrilled just to make the NCAA tournament after winning the Division III title three years ago and then making
the jump to Division I. The Tigers upset Mercyhurst and Syracuse to win the College Hockey America conference tournament.
Senior goaltender Ali Binnington gave up bad-angle goals to Minnesota’s Milica McMillen and Kate Schipper within the first five
minutes. “Nerves definitely played a part in the opening 10 minutes,” said Binnington, whose team was outshot 52-19. “I’m not
used to playing some of the players of that caliber.”
Gophers freshman Kelly Pannek drew a five-minute major and game misconduct for checking from behind, and RIT used that
extended power play to trim the lead to 2-1.
But after RIT drew its third minor penalty of the first period, Ramsey, the All-America defenseman, delivered a blast from the
point on the power play to make it 3-1.
“That’s not the player you want teeing one up from the blue line with a clear look,” RIT coach Scott McDonald said. “It definitely
puts you right back on your heels again.”
The Gophers came in leading the nation with a 30.2 percent success rate on the power play and converted three of five
chances.
The Gophers also had to kill off a five-minute penalty to start the second period after Meghan Lawrence was called for hitting a
player with the butt end of her stick. Despite the game misconduct penalties, Lawrence and Pannek are both eligible to face
Wisconsin.
“It was chippy early on, but I can promise you Kelly Pannek didn’t run the kid from behind on purpose there,” Frost said.
“The butt-end, watching it on video, I see something different [than the referees did]. But more importantly, it really brought
our team together knowing they’d have to work that much harder and stay together.”
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