Gopher Women's Hockey 2023-24

[D2D]

Tommies, Gophers to square off in men's and women's hockey doubleheader

"St. Thomas and the Gophers will play a men's and women's hockey doubleheader on Oct. 13 at Xcel Energy Center, the St. Thomas athletic department announced Thursday."

Something new to start of the season this fall! Could be the beginning of an intense rivalry between these two programs. With the men's teams on the agenda, it should draw a big crowd, maybe more in future years as it hopefully becomes a tradition.

[D2D]

Preliminary schedule posted.

https://gophersports.com/sports/wome...ockey/schedule

[ARM]

Thanks! What other options did you consider for the thread title before deciding to go with this simple, factual version? "Gopher Women's Hockey 2023-24: doesn't matter where the FF is, we're not planning to go" or something more optimistic, like, "Gopher Women's Hockey 2023-24: hoping for a BC rematch at the Whitt"?

Anyway, no surprise opponents on the conference schedule, and to date, it doesn't look like any teams have pulled a Whioux. One home-and-home series with SCSU spans a day, the other, seven weeks.

If we add a goalie, then our roster is fine against most opponents. There is potential firepower with Murphy, Hemp, Huber, Bouveng, and E. Lindsay. I think the blue line will be better than we're expecting. The problem is that there are a couple of teams in the country with rosters better than ours on paper, and we'll have to go through them.

[D2D]

In another positive development Madeline Wethington has announced she will play a 5th year, giving the Gophers added size and experience at the blue line.

https://***********/GopherWHockey/st...66262626140166

[FiveHoleFrenzy]

Thanks! What other options did you consider for the thread title before deciding to go with this simple, factual version? "Gopher Women's Hockey 2023-24: doesn't matter where the FF is, we're not planning to go" or something more optimistic, like, "Gopher Women's Hockey 2023-24: hoping for a BC rematch at the Whitt"?

Gopher Women's Hockey 2023-24: Transfers? We don't need no stinking transfers.

If we add a goalie, then our roster is fine against most opponents. There is potential firepower with Murphy, Hemp, Huber, Bouveng, and E. Lindsay. I think the blue line will be better than we're expecting. The problem is that there are a couple of teams in the country with rosters better than ours on paper, and we'll have to go through them.

None of those other couple of teams have number 5 on their roster...So there is that.

[D2D]

2 women’s hockey sister duos to be reunited next season

https://mndaily.com/276214/sports/2-...d-next-season/

[ManBehindTheCurtain]

Gophers add 3 transfers for 2023-24.

[ManBehindTheCurtain]

Gophers add a graduate goalie from Saint Lawrence, originally from Mandan but played senior year of high school at Maple Grove, another Minnesota native but to this point UMD defender, and a Princeton defender who is apparently mostly German but must have a Swedish father as she plays internationally for Sweden and therefore may have been influenced to UofMinn by the Gophers already having a Swedish player on the roster.

[FiveHoleFrenzy]

Gophers add 3 transfers for 2023-24.

Apparently...They did need some transfers. Not a Muzzinator haul but the goalie room certainly got better and some experience added to the d-corp.

[FiveHoleFrenzy]

Looking a little further at the d-corp for next year...

2 Taylor Stewart 5'10"
5 Madeline Wethington 5'10"
6 Josie Hemp 5'9"
7 Nellie Laitinen 5'7"
10 Emily Zumwinkle 5'9"
14 Maggie Nicholson 5'9"
16 Allie Franco 5'7"
22 Elly Klepinger 5'9"
27 Solveig Neunzert 5'9"

(17 Josey Dunne 5'10" is listed as a F but has played D as well)

That is a large group both by the number of players and their height.

[ManBehindTheCurtain]

2012-13
2 Lee Stecklein Fr 5-11
5 Rachel Ramsey So 6-0
7 Mira Jalosuo Sr 6-0
13 Milica McMillen Fr 5-10
19 Megan Bozek Sr 5-9
27 Baylee Gillanders Jr 5-11

[robertearle]

(I'm surprised to be the one posting this, but...)

Gopher non-conference series announced:

October 6,7 at RIT
Nov 24 Cornell, Nov 25 Harvard, In Arlington VA (St Thomas is the 4th team, per the Harvard web page)
Jan 6,7 UCONN at Ridder

[robertearle]

And now this: Darwitz no longer an assistant coach

https://www.therinklive.com/womens-c...atalie-darwitz

[Lindsay]

And now this: Darwitz no longer an assistant coach

https://www.therinklive.com/womens-c...atalie-darwitz

how sad. Seemed like exactly where she belonged. And she was associate head coach.

[Scott_TG]

Is she leaving for the Whitecaps gig? I notice her longtime assistant Bobrowski hasn't landed anywhere publicly either since leaving Elmira last month...

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