Reminder: new Power Play Club email address
Here's one more reminder that the Power Play Club has changed email address and can now be contacted at powerplayclub1@gmail.com. Please make sure to add this address to the safe senders list in your own account.
PPC Board of Directors meeting – Tuesday, June 2 at 7 pm
Looking ahead, the next meeting of the Power Play Club's Board of Directors is scheduled for Tuesday evening, June 2, at 7 p.m. online via Zoom. One of the meeting topics will be the Locker Sponsor membership tier for the 2026-2027 season.
Board meetings are open to all club members enrolled in the past season, including those in either the Locker Sponsor or Base Membership tiers. Please contact PPC president Bill Johnson (billjohnson013@gmail.com) or vice president Dave Malerich (dmalerich@yahoo.com) if you wish to attend.
Gopher Women's Hockey season tickets remain on sale!!
Season tickets for the 30th year of Univ. of Minnesota Golden Gopher Women's Hockey remain on sale. Join us at Ridder Arena to mark this milestone. Tickets can be purchased at z.umn.edu/b711. Thank you for your support!!
Gophers Hemp, Jordan invited to USA Hockey camp next week
Current Gopher Women's Hockey players Layla Hemp and Molly Jordan were named as invitees to the 2026 National Goaltending and Women’s Defense Development Camp, as announced by USA Hockey this past Friday, May 8. The camp will be held next week, May 18 through 21, at the NSC Super Rink in Blaine, MN.
Hemp is one of twenty-six American men's and women's goaltenders selected to attend the camp, while Jordan will be one of 12 women’s defenders participating. As noted in the roster announcement, the camp “will consist of both on-ice and off-ice skill development, along with video training, team building and mental performance activities and will give participants the opportunity to learn the camp’s experienced staff while growing their game alongside their peers.”
We congratulate both Layla and Molly on being selected!!
Primerano honored as Student-Athlete of the Month at the U.
Meanwhile, we also congraulate Gopher Women's Hockey defender Chloe Primerano as she earned April Student-Athlete of the Month honors from the U. of M.'s Lindahl Academic Center!!
Primerano was joined by John Caleb of the Gopher Men's Track & Field and Cross Country team as Student-Athlete of the Month.
PWHL announces Detroit as home of next expansion team
The Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) made its first expansion announcement for the 2026-2027 season, as PWHL Detroit was named as the newest franchise this past Wednesday, May 6. The addition brings the league to nine (9) teams.
The league indicated that details about further expansion and the forthcoming expansion roster building process will be announced in the coming weeks. According to reporting on ESPN.com, however, that process would not include an expansion draft (unlike last year with the addition of Seattle & Vancouver).
The league also announced that the Fox Theater in Detroit will host the 2026 PWHL Entry Draft, being held on Wednesday evening, June 17. Per the league's “Gold Plan” system, the Vancouver Goldeneyes will have the first overall draft pick, but the full draft order will be released later as playoff performance and the addition of Detroit and potentially other expansion teams are factored in.
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