Penalty Box Post
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Reminder – annual PPC All-Member Meeting
Wednesday, April 7 at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom
We remind 2020-2021 Power Play Club members to join us on Zoom on Wednesday evening, April 7, at 7:00 p.m. for the club's annual All-Member Meeting. The primary order of business will be to elect officers and directors for 2-year terms which will run through March 2023, but we will also use the meeting as a feedback session to discuss the recently-completed season and what we can do better going forward. The Zoom link will be sent by email to members on the morning of the 7th.
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Zumwinkle named CCM/AHCA Second Team All-American
Gopher Women's Hockey senior forward and co-captain Grace Zumwinkle earned another honor last Friday as she was named a CCM/AHCA Second Team All-American, as announced by the American Hockey Coaches Association. Zumwinkle becomes the 41st All-American in Minnesota Women's Hockey program history.
As reported last week, Zumwinkle is also a Top-3 finalist for the 2021 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The recipient of that award will be revealed this Saturday, March 27, as part of a special broadcast on NHL Network.
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Gopher recruit Emma Conner named Metro Player of the Year
Future teammate Peyton Hemp also named to Strib's All-Metro First Team
Edina High School senior and incoming 2021-2022 Gopher Women's Hockey freshman Emma Connor was honored Monday as the Star Tribune's 2021 Metro Player of the Year. Conner has 32 goals and 11 assists for 43 points in 19 games for the Hornets this season. (Photo by Jerry Holt, Star Tribune)
Conner was joined on the Star Tribune's All-Metro First Team by future Gopher teammate Peyton Hemp, who has 75 points on 33 goals and 42 assists for Andover High School.
We also send congratulations and wishes of good luck to Conner and Hemp, as they were both named semifinalists for Minnesota's 2021 Ms. Hockey by Let's Play Hockey on Monday. The top five finalists for the award will be announced tomorrow, Friday, March 26.
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Whitecaps, GWH alumnae head into NWHL Isobel Cup semifinals
MN vs. Connecticut Friday at 7 p.m. CT, after Toronto vs. Boston at 4 p.m. CT
We send more wishes of good luck to Gopher Women's Hockey alumnae Winny Brodt Brown, Amanda Leveille, Meghan Lorence and Chelsey (Brodt) Rosenthal as they head into the National Women's Hockey League's Isobel Cup Playoffs, being played at Warrior Ice Arena in Brighton, MA. All four were named to the playoff roster of the 2nd-seeded Minnesota Whitecaps, who will be facing the #3 Connecticut Whale in the second semifinal at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT tomorrow night, Friday, March 26.
Top-seeded Toronto will play #4-seed Boston in the first semifinal at 5 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. CT on the 26th. The Isobel Cup Final is scheduled for Saturday, March 27, at 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT. All three games will be televised live on NBCSN, featuring an all-female broadcast team.
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NCAA Championship: Wisconsin 2, Northeastern 1, OT
A low-scoring affair ensued when the top-seeded Northeastern Huskies and #2 Wisconsin Badgers met in the championship game of the 2021 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Hockey Tournament.
After over 50 minutes of scoreless action, the Badgers struck first when Makenna Webster buried a rebound with exactly 9 minutes remaining in the third period. But the Huskies' Chloé Aurard responded just 39 seconds later, beating Wisconsin goaltender Kennedy Blair with a shot into the far upper corner, glove side. Neither team was able to light the lamp again in regulation, sending the contest to overtime.
In the extra session, Wisconsin's Daryl Watts – stationed behind the Northeastern net – threw the puck out front. It ricocheted off a Huskies defender and into the goal for the national championship winner at the 3:16 mark, giving the Badgers their 6th title in program history.
Blair made 24 saves for the Badgers. Aerin Frankel stopped 35 shots for the Huskies.
All-Tournament Team: G - Aerin Frankel (Northeastern), D - Ashton Bell (Minnesota Duluth), D - Skylar Fontaine (Northeastern), F - Alina Mueller (Northeastern), F - Caitlin Schneider (Wisconsin), F - Makenna Webster (Wisconsin)
Most Outstanding Player: Webster
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