Minnesota Women's Hockey 2025-26

[Lindsay]

How many years did Darwitz coach Heise? Perhaps that had something to do with it

 

[LBartowski]

And r

Apparently you have discounted the very real possibility that those players reached out to her, not the other way around and taking players who have entered the portal is not "poaching" or did that mean MJ poached Watts?

And Eden and Compher. Not that he did it illegally, but Eden was committed to Princeton I believe, but Ivy’s didn’t have a season during Covid, so she ended up at Wisconsin. Compher was in the portal after her Sr year at BU maybe????

 

[Lindsay]

How many years did Darwitz coach Heise? Perhaps that had something to do with it

Heise points were something like 35, 45, 16, 65, 60.

Looked it up, the last 2 seasons Darwitz was on the coaching staff.

 

[ARM]

I give Heise some extra credit for being a player on teams where the lines weren't necessarily planned around her. She spent much of her career playing with Boreen and Skaja, decent players, but not elite. She had the ability to make others better. She didn't play in as many big games as some because the program was in decline by then. I remember the final game in a couple of her seasons where she scored to put the team ahead, but they ultimately didn't hold the lead. UM had some players of similar repute who would often disappear entirely in such games.

 

[KTDC]

PI give Heise some extra credit for being a player on teams where the lines weren't necessarily planned around her. She spent much of her career playing with Boreen and Skaja, decent players, but not elite. She had the ability to make others better. She didn't play in as many big games as some because the program was in decline by then. I remember the final game in a couple of her seasons where she scored to put the team ahead, but they ultimately didn't hold the lead. UM had some players of similar repute who would often disappear entirely in such games.

Since you mention Boreen, I would like to take this opportunity to say I thought she improved more, and more consistently, throughout her career than any other Gopher I saw play.

(not saying she was elite, just talking about improvement )

 

[robertearle]

And r

And Eden and Compher. Not that he did it illegally, but Eden was committed to Princeton I believe, but Ivy’s didn’t have a season during Covid, so she ended up at Wisconsin. Compher was in the portal after her Sr year at BU maybe????

As best I know, Eden may never have even enrolled at Princeton, was certainly never 'on a roster' there, and so never needed to 'enter the portal'.

Compher decided to not return to BU after having graduated, and while she was 'centralized' with the 2022 national/Olympic team. She describes her decision process here:

My Words: Better Every Day | Wisconsin Badgers

By Jesse Compher , Wisconsin Women's Hockey

uwbadgers.com

 

[Timothy A]

I am very firmly in the camp that winning is not everything.

Well then you keep squeaky clean Frosty then. Problem solved.