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Roman Augustoviz spends Minnesota's winters covering college hockey, specifically the Gophers, and other University of Minnesota sports. During the summer, he writes about the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx, with a dose of U sports sprinkled in. Follow him on Twitter @RomanStrib.
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Four state players lead U18 U.S. women's team to easy win
Posted by: Roman Augustoviz Updated: January 2, 2013 - 1:13 AM
Katherine Schipper of Brooklyn Park had two goals and an assist as the U.S. team crushed Sweden 8-0 in the under-18 IIHF women's world championships in Heinola, Finland.
Danielle Cameranesi of Plymouth had a goal and an assist for the U.S. while Megan Wolfe of Eagan had a goal and Amy Menke of Shakopee two assists.
The U.S. team outshot the Swedes 57-10 to finish the preliminary round 3-0. They outscored Russia the Czech Republic and Sweden 25-0.
They play in the semifinals on Friday.
13 Olympians coming to U.S. women's national camp in Blaine
Posted by: Roman Augustoviz Updated: December 22, 2012 - 1:29 PMThirty-six players, including 13 members of the U.S. women's team in the 2010 Olympics, will be at the national team's six-day winter camp, starting Wednesday at the National Sports Center in Blaine.
They will be divided into two teams – blue and white – for a series of intrasquad scrimmages.
“This camp is a critical step in our player evaluation process as we look ahead to the 2013 IIHF Women’s World Championship,” said Reagan Carey, USA Hockey’s director of women’s hockey. “It’s an extremely competitive camp that allows our top 36 players to compete at the highest level.”
The camp will include two days of physical fitness testing, three days of practice, and three games open to the public.
Half the players competed for Team USA at the 2012 IIHF Women’s World Championship. Ten of those players were on both the 2010 Olympic and 2012 Women's World Championship rosters. Twenty-two are playing college hockey.
Players come from 16 different states. Minnesota and Massachusetts have the most, with six apiece. ... Eleven players are from the WCHA.
Jenny Potter of Edina will be the oldest player at camp (33 years, 11 months) and Courtney Burke (Albany, N.Y.) the youngest (18 years, 3 months) ... Head coach Katey Stone of Arlington, Mass., will guide Team USA in the 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship in Ottawa, Canada, and the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.
Among the players in camp will be three currrent Gophers defensemen, Megan Bozek, Milica McMillen and Lee Stecklein and two former ones, Anne Schleper and Gigi Marvin, now of the Boston Blades in the CWHL.
Also in the camp are two Gophers forwards, Hannah Brandt and Amanda Kessel, and two former ones, Sarah Erickson and Jenny Potter. The Gophers, at the holidays break are 20-0 and rated No. 1 in the nation.
Intrasquad Game Schedule
Date Event Time
Fri., Dec. 28 Team Blue vs. White 6:30 p.m.
Sat. Dec. 29 Blue vs. White 6 p.m.
Mon., Dec. 31 Blue vs. White 8:45 a.m.
Times subject to change; games will be played on Rink 6 at Schwan's Super RInk.
Blue team
GOALTENDERS (2)
Alex Rigsby,. University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
Jessie Vetter, Oregon Outlaws (GLHL)
DEFENSEMEN (6)
Kacey Bellamy, Boston Blades (CWHL)
Megan Bozek, Minnesota (WCHA)
Milica McMillen, Minnesota (WCHA)
Emily Pflazer, Boston College (HEA)
Anne Schleper, Boston Blades (CWHL)
Lee Stecklein, Minnesota (WCHA)
FORWARDS (10)
Kelly Babstock, Quinnipiac University (ECACH)
Julie Chu, Montreal Stars (CWHL)
Kendall Coyne, Northeastern University (HEA)
Brianna Decker, Wisconsin (WCHA)
Jordan Smelker, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECACH)
Jocelyne Lamoureux, North Dakota (WCHA)
Monique Lamoureux, North Dakota (WCHA)
Jenny Potter, Minnesota Whitecaps (WWHL)
Haley Skarupa, Boston College (HEA)
Karen Thatcher, Boston Blades (CWHL)
White team
GOALTENDERS (2)
Brianne McLaughlin, Ohio Men’s League in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Molly Schaus, Boston Blades (CWHL)
DEFENSEMEN (6)
Courtney Burke, Wisconsin (WCHA)
Caitlin Cahow, Boston Blades (CWHL)
Lisa Chesson, Men’s League in Columbus, Ohio
Alyssa Gagliardi, Cornell University (ECACH)
Gigi Marvin, Boston Blades (CWHL)
Michelle Picard, Harvard University (ECACH)
FORWARDS (10)
Hannah Brandt, Minnesota (WCHA)
Alex Carpenter, Boston College (HEA)
Jillian Dempsey, Harvard University (ECACH)
Sarah Erickson, not listed
Emily Field, Boston College (HEA)
Lyndsey Fry, Harvard University (ECACH)
Amanda Kessel, Minnesota (WCHA)
Hilary Knight, Boston Blades (CWHL)
Amanda Pelkey, Vermont (HEA)
Kelley Steadman, Boston Blades (CWHL)
Two Gophers among WCHA women's players of week
Posted by: Roman Augustoviz Updated: November 7, 2012 - 12:01 PMJunior forward Amanda Kessel of Madison, Wis., is the WCHA's offensive player of the week. She had one goal and three assists as the U of M swept Minnesota Duluth 4-1, 4-0 on the road.
She has 15 goals and 17 assists for 32 points in 11 games for the No. 1-ranked Gophers (12-0-0).
Center Hannah Brandt, of Vadnais Heights, is the conference's rookie of the week. She had two assists in both UMD games. So for the season, she has 12 goals and 21 assists for 33 points -- one ahead of Kessel -- in 12 games.
Kessel has received the same award twice, Brandt three times.
The defensive player of the week is Wisconsin junior goalie Alex Rigsby of Delafield, Wis. She shut out Minnesota State Mankato 2-0 and 5-0. She had 36 saves in the two games. ... Gophers defenseman Megan Bozek also was nominated for this award.
Two Gophers women hockey players earn WCHA honors
Posted by: Roman Augustoviz Updated: October 25, 2012 - 1:49 AMSenior goalie Noora Raty is nearing the end of a wondrous career at the U of M. Raty won her 82nd and 83rd games last weekend as the Gophers swept Ohio State 7-2 and 8-0. She is now tied in career victories at the U with Jody Horak for first on the all-time list.
She also earned her 10th WCHA defensive player of the week award. She was actually co-defensive player this week with sr. goalie Jorid Dagfinrud of North Dakota. Dagfinrud is from Sarpsborg, Norway and was in nets for UND's 3-1 and 1-0 sweep of St. Cloud State. She stopped 34 of 35 shots.
Raty stopped 15 shots the first night, 20 the second in her 30th shutout. The Gophers play at UND this weekend, so Raty, of Espoo, Finland, will probably face Dagfinrud.
FRESHMAN STAYS HOT
Hannak Brandy of Vadnais Heights, a forward for the Gophers, is the offensive player of the week. She had two goals and two assists for the U in the first game against the Buckeyes and two more assists in the second.
She has 11 goals and 13 assists for 24 points in eight games. She was a plus-7 for the weekend.
* Tracy McCann, a junior forward for Minnesota State, was named the offensive player of the week. She had one goal and two assists as the Mavericks tied UMD 3-3 and then won the shootout on another goal of hers. She also had the goal as MSU Mankato beat the Bulldogs 1-0 in their second game.
WCHA roundup: Polls split on who is No. 1 team in college hockey, U or BC
Posted by: Roman Augustoviz Updated: October 8, 2012 - 1:08 PMThe Gophers are No. 1 in the USA Today poll after being tied with Boston College for the top spot last week.
None of the top 15 teams have played a game yet, so at least two voters must have changed their minds. Minnesota had only 12 first-place votes last week. Now the Gophers have 14 while the number of first-pace votes for BC fell from 20 to 19 and for Michigan from two to one.
Boston College, the defending NCAA champion is still No. 1 along in the USCHO.com poll.
Union, a Frozen Four team last April, is the only team in the top 15 in the ratings that has played a game. The Dutchmen lost to Merrimack 4-1.
USA Today
Rank School Last Week's Ranking
1 University of Minnesota, 483 (14) 1
2 Boston College, 482 (19) 1
3 University of Michigan, 429 (1) 3
4 University of North Dakota, 406 4
5 Cornell University, 284 6
6 UMass-Lowell, 263 7
7 Western Michigan University, 250 11
8 Miami University, 234 9
9 Union College, 227 5
10 University of Denver, 200 8
11 Ferris State University, 176 14
12 Minnesota Duluth,140 12
13 Notre Dame, 136 10
14 Boston University, 119 13
15 Wisconsin, 63 15
USCHO.com
1 Boston College (37) 978 1
2 Minnesota (12) 948 2
3 Michigan ( 1) 871 3
4 North Dakota 837 4
5 Cornell 704 6
6 Mass-Lowell 680 7
7 Denver 624 8
8 Miami 588 9
9 Western Michigan 584 10
10 Union 0- 1-0 581 5
11 Ferris State 466 11
12 Boston University 429 13
13 Minnesota-Duluth 404 12
14 Notre Dame 400 14
15 Wisconsin 242 18
16 Michigan State 222 16
17 Harvard 179 17
18 Quinnipiac 1- 0-0 126 NR
19 Merrimack 1- 0-0 120 NR
20 Maine 0- 1-0 102 15
MAVERICKS ROLL
Minnesota State Mankato handled th University of Lethbridge on Sunday night about as easily as the Gophers the night before.
The Mavericks routed the Pronghorns 7-1. Freshman Bryce Gervais had two goals for the home team at the Verizon Wireless Center. Lethbridge scored first but Gervais' first goal made it 1-1 after the opening period.
Senior Eriah Hayes, freshman Dylan Margonari and sophomore Leitner made it 4-1 Mavericks after two periods.
“It was nice to see them build on a lead,” MSU coach Mike Hastings said. “I thought they would come out quick in the period.”
The Mavericks outshot Lethbridge 29-1 in the period and got three more goals.Junior Johnny McInnis, Gervais and senior Evan Mosey scored.
“Bryce is just a pure goal scorer,” said Leitner, who had a goal and three assists. “He has an ability to put the puck in the net.”
“Leitner is an easy guy to play with,” Gervais said. “He’ll always find the open guy.”
Said Hastings, the former Gophers assistant coach, “We got a long way to go. I like how we played for 60 minutes, but we have a lot of work we need to do between now and Friday."
The Mavericks play at Alabama-Huntsville Friday and Saturday.
* The Gophers beat the Pronghorns 7-0 last Saturday.
BEAVERS TIE
Senior Mathieu Dugas (L'Assomption, Quebec) played the first 30 minutes and 28 seconds in goal and stopped all 11 shots he faced. Freshman Fabian Sivnert (Holviken, Sweden) finished and gave up three goals on 14 shots.
The Beavers were out shot 28-26. Each team was 0-for-4 on the power play.
The Beavers play the U.S. Under-18 Team in another exhibition game Saturday at 7:07 p.m., then host Lake Superior State University to open the regular season on Oct. 19 and 20.
U WOMEN STILL NO. 1
The Gophers women's hockey team (4-0-0) remains No. 1 in USCHO.com's national ratings. It receiced all 15 first-place votes.
Other WCHA teams in the top 10 are Wisconsin at No. 4, North Dakota at No. 6 and Ohio State at No. 10.
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