Chart: Women's hockey road to repeat

Updated: September 28, 2012 - 12:39 AM

0
comments
resize text
print
buy reprints

Tweet
share

email
Email share

your name

your email

recipients email

+ add a comment add a comment

ROAD TO REPEAT

The Gophers women's hockey team begins the season with a Friday-Saturday series vs. Colgate at Ridder Arena.

They're No. 1: The Gophers were unanimously selected as the nation's top-ranked team in both the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls. They also were unanimous No. 1 choices in both preseason polls in 2003-04 and 2004-05, when they won back-to-back NCAA titles.

Raty's back: Goaltender Noora Raty has 76 career victories and needs eight more to break Jody Horak's school record. Raty won 34 games last year to set a Gophers single-season record and led the nation with a goals-against average of 1.35.

New faces: Hannah Brandt -- the preseason choice as WCHA rookie of the year -- and Milica McMillen highlight a strong freshman class. Brandt (Hill-Murray H.S.) won a gold medal with the U.S. under-18 team at the 2011 world championships and was Minnesota's Ms. Hockey in 2012. McMillen (Breck) won gold at the 2010 U-18 worlds and tallied 278 points in six high school seasons.

The WCHA: Wisconsin is ranked No. 2 and North Dakota is No. 5 in both preseason polls; Minnesota Duluth is ranked seventh by USA Today and eighth by USCHO.com. The Gophers get an early test with back-to-back road series at North Dakota (Oct. 27-28) and at UMD (Nov. 2-3); Wisconsin comes to Ridder Arena on Dec. 1-2.

Staying home: The Gophers could play all their postseason games at Ridder Arena. The WCHA Final Face-Off and the NCAA Frozen Four both will be held on their home ice, and the first round of league playoffs and the NCAA quarterfinals will be hosted by the highest-seeded team.

RACHEL BLOUNT

get related content delivered to your inbox

manage my email subscriptions

0
comments
resize text
print
buy reprints

Tweet
share

email
Email share

your name

your email

recipients email

+ add a comment add a comment

explore Gophers/college sports

Full Scoreboard

Tampa Bay - LP: C. Archer	1	FINAL
Boston - WP: A. Aceves	5	FINAL

NY Mets - WP: M. Harvey	4	FINAL
Atlanta - LP: A. Wood	3	FINAL

Los Angeles	0	Postponed
NY Yankees	0	Postponed

Washington - LP: R. Detwiler	2	FINAL
Philadelphia - WP: C. Lee	4	FINAL

Kansas City - LP: K. Herrera	3	FINAL
Cleveland - WP: C. Allen	4	FINAL

Colorado - LP: J. Francis	3	FINAL
Toronto - WP: E. Rogers	8	FINAL

Baltimore - WP: Z. Britton	5	FINAL
Detroit - LP: J. Verlander	2	FINAL

NY Mets - WP: Z. Wheeler	6	FINAL
Atlanta - LP: P. Maholm	1	FINAL

Pittsburgh - WP: C. Morton	4	FINAL
Cincinnati - LP: M. Latos	0	FINAL

Oakland - WP: J. Parker	6	FINAL
Texas - LP: Y. Darvish	2	FINAL

Tampa Bay - LP: J. Peralta	1	FINAL
Boston - WP: A. Bailey	3	FINAL

Chicago WSox - LP: R. Troncoso	5	FINAL
Minnesota - WP: J. Burton	7	FINAL

Milwaukee - LP: A. Figaro	1	FINAL
Houston - WP: J. Lyles	10	FINAL

Chicago Cubs - WP: J. Samardzija	4	FINAL
St. Louis - LP: A. Wainwright	2	FINAL

Miami - LP: C. Qualls	2	FINAL
Arizona - WP: D. Hernandez	3	FINAL

Seattle - WP: C. Furbush	3	FINAL
LA Angels - LP: G. Richards	2	FINAL

San Diego - LP: D. Thayer	4	FINAL
San Francisco - WP: J. Machi	5	FINAL

Full Scoreboard

San Antonio	100	FINAL
Miami	103	FINAL

Montreal	6/20/13 6:00 PM
Toronto

Winnipeg	6/20/13 6:00 PM
Hamilton

Calgary	6/20/13 9:00 PM
Saskatchewan

Edmonton	6/21/13 9:00 PM
Brt Columbia

Montreal	6/27/13 8:00 PM
Winnipeg

Washington	86	FINAL
Seattle	96	FINAL

question of the day

Poll: If he's available, should the Wolves draft Cody Zeller?

View results

Log In

Change Password

gophers/ncaa