Grace Zumwinkle, one game after getting her 100th career goal, scored two more as the No. 3 Gophers dominated St. Thomas 5-0 on Friday night at Ridder Arena in their seventh consecutive victory. Skylar Vetter made 17 saves for her fifth shutout of the season.
"A good win tonight," coach Brad Frost said after Minnesota improved to 11-0 at home this season. "Another shutout for Skylar who's been playing great. She made some really good saves, especially in the third when we got a bit loose with our coverage.
"Overall, we applied a lot of pressure and generated a lot of shots, but we need to do a better job of hitting the net tomorrow. All in all, three points in the bank and we're satisfied with that."
Zumwinkle, a fifth-year senior who played for Breck in high school, had goals at 1 minute, 34 seconds and 10:25 of the opening period to put Minnesota (17-3-2, 14-1-2 WCHA) ahead 2-0. Her two goals also tied her with Natalie Darwitz, the Gophers associate head coach now, for fifth most in program history and gave her the NCAA lead in goals this season with 18.
Abbey Murphy made it 3-0 with 5:10 left in the first.
Peyton Hemp had the only goal of the second period, on a power play at 18:03. Josefin Bouveng added a goal in the third.
The Tommies (7-15-1, 2-14-1) had come into the game with a four-game winning streak. The loss dropped their record against the Gophers to 0-7 in their two seasons as a Division I program.
Alexa Dobchuk stopped 41 shots for the Tommies.
