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Minnesota Golden Gopher Women's Hockey 2012-2013

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- Amanda Kessel is averaging more goals per game than the Gophers' opponents combined
- When Minnesota is shorthanded, they still score more often than their opponents
 
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BSU it is. After 120 minutes of surviving SCSU w/o any of our kids getting killed, I'm thankful for that.
 
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Maybe they could put a little effort into fact checking to find out that the game was at St. Cloud not Ridder Arena. Just sayin'
 
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FiveHoleFrenzy said:
Maybe they could put a little effort into fact checking to find out that the game was at St. Cloud not Ridder Arena. Just sayin'
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Agree.

On the other hand the other local newspaper can't be bothered to spell one particular (and particularly good) player's name correctly.
 
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ManBehindTheCurtain said:
Agree.

On the other hand the other local newspaper can't be bothered to spell one particular (and particularly good) player's name correctly.
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Hey, at least they were mentioned in the paper. A lot more media attention than they were getting a month ago.
 
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Thanks for the link to the Pioneer Press article. I finally got to read it. So earlier this morning on my way to IHOP for breakfast I stopped at the local Cub to get the Sunday paper to read about the Gopher hockey games yesterday. Cub was out of both Sunday papers. So I go to Rainbow and see that the Pioneer Press has a headline on the front of the sports page, "U Women's hockey: Raty, Gophers cap off a perfect record setting regular season on Page 2C!!! I happily buy the paper, go to IHOP, get my coffee and open the sports section to page 2C and there is a "Shooter's" column and an article about the new Indians skipper Terry Francona. Nothing anywhere in the paper about the Gopher women. I did notice though that they had a nice article about Ryan Sutter right below the Wild 3 / Flames 1 score from last night. So they've got that going for them!
 
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Looking at the list of 28 players announced yesterday that have been invited to the U.S. Women's National Team training camp, which takes place later in March, there is a curious omission. No Hannah Brandt. :confused:
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I'm moving my comments here because they are more Minnesota focused than looking at Team USA as a whole. First, this sucks for Hannah, because I don't believe that there are 12 more effective forwards in the U.S., let alone 15. Kelly Stack and Molly Schaus are other notable omissions. And no Jillian Dempsey, which I find surprising given the coach.

There is good news on the roster. Nice to see Jen Schoullis listed; I take that as a sign that she is healthy again. Lee Stecklein as well gives me hope that maybe the powers that be do have the capacity to see the value in a defenseman that excels in playing defense first. I'd imagine that the odds are still against her making this roster or that for 2014, but every roster such as this made is a step in the right direction.

I still think Brandt will be centralized next year and the Gophers won't have her services. If that proves to be incorrect, it would definitely alter the prospects of the maroon & gold in 2013-14.
 
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ARM said:
I'm moving my comments here because they are more Minnesota focused than looking at Team USA as a whole. First, this sucks for Hannah, because I don't believe that there are 12 more effective forwards in the U.S., let alone 15. Kelly Stack and Molly Schaus are other notable omissions. And no Jillian Dempsey, which I find surprising given the coach.

There is good news on the roster. Nice to see Jen Schoullis listed; I take that as a sign that she is healthy again. Lee Stecklein as well gives me hope that maybe the powers that be do have the capacity to see the value in a defenseman that excels in playing defense first. I'd imagine that the odds are still against her making this roster or that for 2014, but every roster such as this made is a step in the right direction.

I still think Brandt will be centralized next year and the Gophers won't have her services. If that proves to be incorrect, it would definitely alter the prospects of the maroon & gold in 2013-14.
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Can someone educate me on the centralization process? Is there another invite list released? When does that happen?
 
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LIFT said:
Can someone educate me on the centralization process? Is there another invite list released? When does that happen?
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This is for the World Championships. I'm guessing that there will be one or more camps over the summer where an initial pool is cut down to something like 26 to 22 by the end of August. Then there will be final cuts to get down to the Olympic roster. Typically, the final cuts happen late enough that a college player would miss the first semester, so they often sit out the full season rather than play only a half. Jocelyne Larocque of UMD is the only one I can think of off the top of my head who returned to school to play a half season.

This is not the official process, just what I would guess based on previous Olympic cycles.
 
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There is good news on the roster.
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I am pretty happy to see Sarah Erickson still in the mix.

Captain of a U18 world championship team and one of my favorite Gophers.

I too am puzzled by a process that leaves Hannah Brandt out but I can see interesting possibilities in a Schoullis, Erickson, Kessel line. That line with Schleper and Bozek on D? That's a NCAA championship winning combination, a combination deserving of a look at the next level.
 
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The Post Season: WCHA q'final Bemidji @ Minnesota best of three.

You got your Border Battle...this is War of the Rodents! Big rodents vs. little rodents...or something like that.

Big contrast from one game to the next the last time the Beavers and Gophers met. You know Sertich and the Beavers are going to go all out to avoid a start like game one in the last series. Expect to see a shot blocking clinic from Bemidji and definitely an overall effort as seen in the OT game. I don't need any similar stress this weekend...but completely expect Bemidji in upset mode and "leaving it all on the ice" as they often say whence down from the hills they come. Hope the dings & dents are minimal coming out of the regular season finale vs. the SCSU Hanson Sisters...uh...I mean Huskies.
 
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