PPC Board of Directors meeting – Tuesday, September 9
The last off-season meeting of the Power Play Club's Board of Directors before the start of the 2025-2026 Gopher Women's Hockey season is scheduled for Tuesday evening, September 9, at 7 p.m. online via Zoom. The board will be completing a final review of its plans as the team begins its 29th season of competition.
Board meetings are open to all club members, including 2024-2025 enrollees and those who have made a commitment to be a 2025-2026 Locker Sponsor. Please contact PPC president Bill Johnson (billjohnson013@gmail.com) or vice president Dave Malerich (dmalerich@yahoo.com) if you wish to attend.
Four Gophers (3 current, 1 alumna) to play with respective national teams in action in Europe this week
Four members of the Gopher Women's Hockey family have been selected to play on their respective national teams in a pair of international tournaments occurring later this week.
Current Gophers Josefin Bouveng & Nelli Laitinen and recent alumna Natalie Mlynkova were named (respectively) to the rosters of Teams Sweden, Finland, and Czechia for the opening event of the season in the Women's Euro Hockey Tour, being played in Kloten, Switzerland. The schedule of contests includes...
Thursday, August 28 – Czechia vs. Finland, Sweden vs. Switzerland
Friday, August 29 – Finland vs. Sweden, Czechia vs. Switzerland
Saturday, August 30 – Czechia vs. Sweden, Finland vs. Switzerland
Meanwhile, forward Emma Kreisz was named to the roster of the Hungarian National Team participating in another 4 Nations Tournament being held in Albertville, France. The game schedule for that event features...
● Thursday, August 28 – Germany vs. Japan, France vs. Hungary
● Friday, August 29 – Germany vs. Hungary, France vs. Japan
● Saturday, August 30 – France vs. Germany, Hungary vs. Japan
We send wishes of good luck to all four players!!
Team USA wins Gopher-laden Collegiate Series over Canada
Meanwhile, we send our congratulations to Gophers Bella Fanale, Layla Hemp, Molly Jordan, Madison Kaiser, Ava Lindsay, Sydney Morrow, and Jamie Nelson as they played on the U.S. Women's Collegiate Select Team which defeated Canada two games to one in the 2025 Collegiate Series in Lake Placid, New York. We also give a shout-out to fellow Gophers Hannah Clark, Sienna D'Alessandro, and Sarah Paul, who played for the Canadians.
The Americans won the first two contests in the series, 4-1 and 4-3 (shootout), before Canada took the third game, 7-6 (shootout), to avoid being swept. We recognize the following performances by our U. of M. representatives...
Sarah Paul (CAN) – 3 goals, 1 assist
Ava Lindsay (USA) – 2 goals, 2 assists
Bella Fanale (USA) – 2 assists
Sydney Morrow (USA) – 1 goal
Jamie Nelson (USA) – 1 goal
Hannah Clark (CAN) – 17 saves on 20 shots (59 minutes)
Layla Hemp (USA) – 13 saves on 15 shots (34 minutes)
Sienna D'Alessandro (CAN) – Shootout goal
Gopher Women's Hockey announces Alumni Day, September 26, and opens ticket reservations for Field Trip Day, November 14
The Golden Gopher Women's Hockey program made two announcements related to games on the upcoming 2025-2026 schedule.
The second game of the season-opening series, Friday, September 26 at 6 p.m. against Boston College, has been designated as Alumni Day at Ridder Arena. The 2000 & 2016 National Championship teams will be honored during the contest, and we hope many of you can be in attendance.
Meanwhile, as we shared earlier this summer, the game on Friday, November 14 against Bemidji State has been designated as the program's second Field Trip Day game, presented by Kwik Trip, with a 12 noon start. Elementary and middle schools are invited to attend with free admission, and tickets can now be reserved for those groups at z.umn.edu/WHOFieldTripDay2025
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