2015–16 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey season

2015–16 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey season

NCAA Division I National Champions Defeated Princeton in First Round 6–2 to advance to Frozen Four Defeated Wisconsin 3–2 in overtime to advance to National Championship Defeated Boston College 3–1 to claim National title, National Champions

Conference	2nd WCHA
Home ice	Ridder Arena
Rankings
USCHO.com	1st
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine	1st
Record
Overall	35–4–1
Home	19–1–1
Road	13–3–0
Neutral	3–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Brad Frost
Assistant coaches	Nadine Muzerall Joel Johnson
Captain(s)	Hannah Brandt Lee Stecklein^[1]
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The Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey program represented the University of Minnesota during the 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The program advanced to the Frozen Four championship game for the fifth consecutive year and defeated the Boston College Eagles by a 3–1 tally in the title game.

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Offseason

Recruiting

Player	Position	Nationality	Notes
Anna Barlow	Defense	United States	Competed at South St. Paul Secondary
Tianna Gunderson	Forward	United States	From Roseau High School
Emma May	Goaltender	United States	Hails from Eagan, Minnesota
Sarah Potomak	Forward	Canada	Competed with Canada at IIHF U18 Women's Worlds
Sophie Skarzynski	Defense	United States	Hails from Lake Forest, Illinois
Sierra Smith	Forward	United States	Competed with Stillwater Area High School
Taylor Williamson	Forward	United States	Played with Edina High School

Exhibition

Sarah Potomak made her debut for the Minnesota Golden Gophers in a September 25, 2015 exhibition match against the Minnesota Whitecaps logging two assists on goals scored by Hannah Brandt as the squad prevailed by a 5-4 tally.^[2]

Regular season

News and notes

Sarah Potomak's regular season debut took place on October 1, 2015 in a 2-0 win against Penn State. Potomak scored an empty net goal, for the first goal of her NCAA career.^[3] In a two-game sweep of St. Cloud State on October 9–10, 2015, Potomak accumulated two goals and four assists. In the second game against St. Cloud, she logged the first multi-goal game of her NCAA career.^[4]
An 11-1 win against the MSU-Mankato Mavericks in November 2015 saw Sarah Potomak tie the program record for most points in one game. She would register a seven-point output consisting two goals and five assists.^[5] Potomak was featured in Sports Illustrated’s Faces in the Crowd segment for the week of December 14, 2015.^[6]

Standings

2015–16 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#3 Wisconsin*†	28	24	3	1	1	74	100	22	40	35	4	1	154	29
#1 Minnesota	28	24	3	1	0	73	139	39	40	35	4	1	187	51
#10 Bemidji State	28	17	9	2	1	54	56	51	36	22	11	3	77	68
#8 North Dakota	28	13	10	5	2	46	54	49	35	18	12	5	79	62
St. Cloud State	28	9	15	4	3	34	44	88	35	13	18	4	63	115
Minnesota-Duluth	28	10	17	1	0	31	67	84	37	15	21	1	90	109
Ohio State	28	6	21	1	1	20	58	110	36	10	25	1	80	134
Minnesota State	28	0	25	3	0	3	41	116	36	3	29	4	55	137
Championship: Wisconsin † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Current rankings: USCHO.com Division I women's poll

Schedule

Source:^[7]

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Decision	Result	Record
Regular Season
October 1	at Penn State*	#1	Pegula Ice Arena • University Park, PA	Amanda Leveille	W 2–0	1–0–0
October 2	at Penn State*	#1	Pegula Ice Arena • University Park, PA	Sidney Peters	W 5–0	2–0–0
October 9	St. Cloud State	#1	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN	Leveille	W 7–0	3–0–0 (1–0–0)
October 10	St. Cloud State	#1	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN	Peters	W 11–0	4–0–0 (2–0–0)
October 16	at Ohio State	#1	OSU Ice Rink • Columbus, OH	Leveille	W 7–2	5–0–0 (3–0–0)
October 17	at Ohio State	#1	OSU Ice Rink • Columbus, OH	Leveille	W 11–2	6–0–0 (4–0–0)
October 23	Minnesota-Duluth	#1	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN	Leveille	W 5–2	7–0–0 (5–0–0)
October 24	Minnesota-Duluth	#1	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN	Leveille	W 6–1	8–0–0 (6–0–0)
October 29	at #7 North Dakota	#1	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, ND	Leveille	W 5–1	9–0–0 (7–0–0)
October 30	at #7 North Dakota	#1	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, ND	Leveille	L 3–4	9–1–0 (7–1–0)
November 13	#5 Bemidji State	#3	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN	Leveille	W 4–0	10–1–0 (8–1–0)
November 14	#5 Bemidji State	#3	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN	Leveille	W 8–3	11–1–0 (9–1–0)
November 20	Yale*	#3	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN	Leveille	W 6–3	12–1–0
November 21	Yale*	#3	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN	Peters	W 4–1	13–1–0
November 27	at Minnesota State	#3	Verizon Wireless Center • Mankato, MN	Leveille	W 11–1	14–1–0 (10–1–0)
November 28	at Minnesota State	#3	Verizon Wireless Center • Mankato, MN	Peters	W 2–1	15–1–0 (11–1–0)
December 4	at #1 Wisconsin	#3	LaBahn Arena • Madison, WI	Leveille	L 2–3 ^OT	15–2–0 (11–2–0)
December 5	at #1 Wisconsin	#3	LaBahn Arena • Madison, WI	Leveille	L 1–3	15–3–0 (11–3–0)
December 11	vs. St. Cloud State*	#3	John Rose Oval • Roseville, MN (Hall of Fame Game)	Leveille	W 7–0	16–3–0
January 9, 2016	Ohio State	#3	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN	Leveille	W 3–1	17–3–0 (12–3–0)
January 10	Ohio State	#3	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN	Leveille	W 9–0	18–3–0 (13–3–0)
January 16	Minnesota State	#3	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN	Leveille	W 3–2	19–3–0 (14–3–0)
January 17	Minnesota State	#3	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN	Peters	W 2–1	20–3–0 (15–3–0)
January 22	at St. Cloud State	#3	Herb Brooks National Hockey Center • St. Cloud, MN	Leveille	W 7–0	21–3–0 (16–3–0)
January 23	at St. Cloud State	#3	Herb Brooks National Hockey Center • St. Cloud, MN	Peters	W 4–2	22–3–0 (17–3–0)
January 29	at #7 Bemidji State	#3	Sanford Center • Bemidji, MN	Leveille	W 2–1	23–3–0 (18–3–0)
January 30	at #7 Bemidji State	#3	Sanford Center • Bemidji, MN	Leveille	W 2–1 ^OT	24–3–0 (19–3–0)
February 5	#8 North Dakota	#3	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN	Leveille	W 3–0	25–3–0 (20–3–0)
February 6	#8 North Dakota	#3	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN	Leveille	T 0–0 ^OT	25–3–1 (20–3–1)
February 12	at Minnesota-Duluth	#3	AMSOIL Arena • Duluth, MN	Leveille	W 7–3	26–3–1 (21–3–1)
February 13	at Minnesota-Duluth	#3	Amsoil Arena • Duluth, MN	Leveille	W 6–2	27–3–1 (22–3–1)
February 19	#2 Wisconsin	#3	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN	Leveille	W 4–0	28–3–1 (23–3–1)
February 20	#2 Wisconsin	#3	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN	Leveille	W 4–3 ^OT	29–3–1 (24–3–1)
WCHA Tournament
February 26	Ohio State*	#2	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN (Quarterfinals, Game 1)	Leveille	W 5–2	30–3–1
February 27	Ohio State*	#2	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN (Quarterfinals, Game 2)	Leveille	W 5–0	31–3–1
March 5	#8 North Dakota*	#2	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN (Semifinal Game)	Leveille	W 2–0	32–3–1
March 6	#3 Wisconsin*	#2	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN (WCHA Championship Game)	Leveille	L 0–1	32–4–1
NCAA Tournament
March 12	#7 Princeton*	#3	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN (Quarterfinal Game)	Leveille	W 6–2	33–4–1
March 18	vs. #2 Wisconsin*	#3	Whittemore Center • Durham, NH (Frozen Four Semifinal Game)	Leveille	W 3–2 ^OT	34–4–1
March 20	vs. #1 Boston College*	#3	Whittemore Center • Durham, NH (National Championship Game)	Leveille	W 3–1	35–4–1
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from USCHO.com Poll.

Roster

Source:^[8]

No.	Player	Class	Pos	Height	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
2	Lee Stecklein (C)	Junior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	1994-04-23	Roseville, Minnesota	Roseville Area High School
3	Anna Barlow	Freshman	D	5' 6" (1.68 m)	1996-09-02	South St. Paul, Minnesota	South St. Paul Secondary
4	Tianna Gunderson	Freshman	F	5' 6" (1.68 m)	1996-08-27	Roseau, Minnesota	Roseau High School
5	Sophie Skarzynski	Freshman	D	5' 8" (1.73 m)	1997-09-18	Lake Forest, Illinois	Loyola Academy
6	Kate Schipper	Junior	F	5' 4" (1.63 m)	1995-06-28	Brooklyn Park, Minnesota	Breck School
7	Taylor Williamson	Freshman	F	5' 7" (1.7 m)	1996-08-20	Edina, Minnesota	Edina High School
8	Amanda Kessel	Senior	F	5' 6" (1.68 m)	1991-08-28	Madison, Wisconsin	Shattuck-Saint Mary's
9	Sydney Baldwin	Sophomore	D	5' 7" (1.7 m)	1996-01-15	Minnetonka, Minnesota	Minnetonka High School
10	Cara Piazza	Sophomore	F	5' 7" (1.7 m)	1995-10-09	Darien, Illinois	Downers Grove South High School
11	Kelsey Cline	Junior	D/F	5' 6" (1.68 m)	1995-02-28	Bloomington, Minnesota	Bloomington Jefferson High School
12	Megan Wolfe	Junior	D	5' 8" (1.73 m)	1995-06-08	Eagan, Minnesota	Eagan High School
13	Milica McMillen	Senior	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	1993-07-13	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Breck School
15	Paige Haley	Junior	D/F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	1995-07-21	Red Wing, Minnesota	Red Wing High School
17	Sierra Smith	Freshman	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	1996-09-02	Stillwater, Minnesota	Stillwater Area High School
18	Brook Garzone	Senior	D/F	5' 6" (1.68 m)	1993-04-29	Sand Springs, Oklahoma	Shattuck-Saint Mary's
19	Kelly Pannek	Sophomore	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	1995-12-29	Plymouth, Minnesota	Benilde-St. Margaret's
20	Nina Rodgers	Sophomore	F	5' 5" (1.65 m)	1996-04-08	Minnetonka, Minnesota	Hopkins High School
21	Dani Cameranesi	Junior	F	5' 5" (1.65 m)	1995-06-30	Plymouth, Minnesota	Blake School
22	Hannah Brandt (C)	Senior	F	5' 6" (1.68 m)	1993-11-27	Vadnais Heights, Minnesota	Hill-Murray School
23	Caitlin Reilly	Sophomore	F	5' 5" (1.65 m)	1995-09-05	Chanhassen, Minnesota	Benilde-St. Margaret's
25	Nicole Schammel	Sophomore	F	5' 5" (1.65 m)	1996-04-09	Red Wing, Minnesota	Red Wing High School
26	Sarah Potomak	Freshman	F	5' 5" (1.65 m)	1996-04-08	Aldergrove, British Columbia	George Eliot Secondary
29	Amanda Leveille	Senior	G	5' 7" (1.7 m)	1994-06-10	Kingston, Ontario	Frontenac Secondary School
31	Emma May	Freshman	G	5' 6" (1.68 m)	1996-10-21	Eagan, Minnesota	Eagan High School
37	Sidney Peters	Sophomore (RS)	G	5' 10" (1.78 m)	1995-02-26	Geneva, Illinois	North American Hockey Academy

NCAA

Sarah Potomak, 2015-16 WCHA Preseason Rookie of the Year
Sarah Potomak, WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of October 13, 2015)
Sarah Potomak, WCHA Player of the Week (Recognized for games of October 14–15, 2016) ^[9]
Sarah Potomak, WCHA Player of the Month (October 2016) ^[10]
Sarah Potomak, 2016 Women's Hockey Commissioners Association National Rookie of the Year Award^[11]
Sarah Potomak, 2016 WCHA Rookie of the Year honors^[12]
Sarah Potomak, Most Outstanding Player Award, 2016 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament
Hannah Brandt, Forward, Patty Kazmaier Award Top 10 Finalist^[13]
Dani Cameranesi, Forward, Patty Kazmaier Award Top 10 Finalist^[13]
Dani Cameranesi, Forward, WCHA Scoring Leader^[14]
Lee Stecklein, Defense, WCHA First Team All-Star^[14]
Hannah Brandt, Forward, WCHA First Team All-Star^[14]
Dani Cameranesi, Forward, WCHA First Team All-Star^[14]
Milica McMillen, Defense, WCHA Second Team All-Star^[14]
Sarah Potomak, Forward, WCHA Third Team All-Star^[14]
Sarah Potomak, Forward, WCHA All-Rookie Team^[14]

References

^ "Brandt, Stecklein to Captain 2015-16 Gophers". CBS Interactive. May 21, 2015. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
^ "Hockey Game Box Score (Final) : Minnesota Whitecaps vs #1 Minnesota (Sep 25, 2015 at Minneapolis, Minn.)" (PDF). Grfx.cstv.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
^ "University of Minnesota Official Athletic Site - Women's Ice Hockey". Gophersports.com. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
^ "Potomak Named WCHA Rookie of the Week - University of Minnesota Official Athletic Site". Gophersports.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
^ "Potomak's seven points lead Gophers' women's hockey in rout over MSU Mankato". Star Tribune. November 27, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
^ "Faces in the Crowd: December 14, 2015, Edited by Alexandra Fenwick". Sports Illustrated. December 14, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
^ "2015-16 Women's Ice Hockey Schedule". University of Minnesota. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
^ "2015-16 Women's Hockey Roster". University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
^ "UMN'S POTOMAK, AND UND'S SHAW AND NUUTINEN NAMED WCHA WOMEN'S PLAYERS OF THE WEEK". WCHA.com. October 18, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
^ "UMN'S POTOMAK, UND'S SHAW AND UW'S NORBY NAMED WCHA WOMEN'S PLAYERS OF THE MONTH". WCHA.com. November 3, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
^ "Minnesota's Potomak Is Chosen Women's National Rookie of the Year". WCHA.com. March 17, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
^ "WCHA ANNOUNCES 2015-16 POSTSEASON AWARDS". WCHA.com. March 3, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Top-10 Finalists Named for 2016 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award". USA Hockey Foundation. February 25, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Five Gophers Earn WCHA Accolades". CBS Interactive. March 3, 2016. Archived from the original on April 20, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2017.

NCAA Division I women's ice hockey champions

v t e Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey
Playing venues	Mariucci Arena (1997–2002) Ridder Arena (2002–present)
Head coaches	Laura Halldorson (1997–2007) Brad Frost (2007–present)
Seasons	1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Conference affiliations	WCHA
Rivalries	Wisconsin
All-time leaders	Hannah Brandt (286 points, 170 assists) Nadine Muzerall (139 goals, 40 power play goals) Natalie Darwitz (2.48 points per game) Megan Bozek (146 points by a defense) Krissy Wendell (16 short handed goals) Kelley Stephens (242 penalty minutes) Noora Räty (114 wins, 43 shutouts) Amanda Leveille (1.18 goals against average)
National championships	2000 2004 2005 2012 2013 2015 2016
Women's Frozen Four appearances	2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2023
Olympians	Lyndsay Wall (2002, 2006) Courtney Kennedy (2002, 2006) Natalie Darwitz (2002, 2006, 2010) Krissy Wendell (2002, 2006) Kelly Stephens (2006) Gigi Marvin (2010, 2014, 2018) Noora Räty (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) Mira Jalosuo (2014, 2018) Megan Bozek (2014, 2022) Amanda Kessel (2014, 2018, 2022) Anne Schleper (2014) Lee Stecklein (2014, 2018, 2022) Hannah Brandt (2018, 2022) Dani Cameranesi (2018, 2022) Kelly Pannek (2018, 2022) Josefin Bouveng (2022) Nelli Laitinen (2022) Abbey Murphy (2022) Grace Zumwinkle (2022)
Patty Kazmaier winners	Krissy Wendell (2005) Amanda Kessel (2013) Taylor Heise (2022)

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Located in: Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota

Academics

Colleges and schools	College of Biological Sciences College of Continuing Education College of Design School of Dentistry College of Education and Human Development College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences School of Journalism and Mass Communication Law School College of Liberal Arts Carlson School of Management Medical School School of Nursing College of Pharmacy Humphrey School of Public Affairs School of Public Health College of Science and Engineering College of Veterinary Medicine College in the Schools
Research centers and institutes	Institute for Advanced Study Charles Babbage Institute Institute on the Environment The Geometry Center GroupLens Research Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute Immigration History Research Center Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy Institute for Law and Politics Institute for Mathematics and its Applications Masonic Cancer Center Minnesota Population Center National Center for Engineering and Technology Education The Polar Geospatial Center University of Minnesota primate research Soudan Underground Laboratory University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute
Journals	Future Anterior Mechademia Management Information Systems Quarterly Minnesota Law Review Minnesota Journal of International Law Journal of Transport and Land Use Wíčazo Ša Review

Athletics

Teams	Golden Gophers Basketball men's women's Football Gymnastics Ice hockey men's women's Soccer Volleyball Wrestling
Venues	Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium Les Bolstad Golf Course 3M Arena at Mariucci Memorial Stadium (demolished) Metrodome (demolished) Northrop Field (demolished) Ridder Arena Siebert Field Huntington Bank Stadium Williams Arena
Culture	Goldy Gopher Ski-U-Mah Spirit Squads Minnesota Marching Band Minnesota Rouser Minnesota March Go Gopher Victory Our Minnesota Minnesota Fight Hail! Minnesota
Other	Big Ten Conference Western Collegiate Hockey Association Little Brown Jug Paul Bunyan's Axe/Slab of Bacon Floyd of Rosedale North Star College Cup

Campus

Buildings	Armory Bell Museum of Natural History Children's Hospital Coffman Memorial Union Old Campus Historic District Eastcliff Katherine E. Nash Gallery Library System (Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies, James Ford Bell Library, Kautz Family YMCA Archives, Walter Library) Moos Tower Masonic Cancer Center McNamara Alumni Center Medical Center Northrop Auditorium Rarig Center Southeast Steam Plant Weisman Art Museum
Transportation	Campus Shuttle Dinkytown Bikeway Bridge Gopher Way METRO Green Line (West Bank station, East Bank station, Stadium Village station) Transitway Washington Ave. Bridge
Other	Bohemian Flats Cedar-Riverside Dinkytown Grand Rounds Mississippi National River and Recreation Area Northrop Mall Stadium Village

Student life

History

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People

Founded: 1851
Students: 54,890
Endowment: 3.281 billion
Category
Commons

v t e Western Collegiate Hockey Association women's ice hockey
Teams	Bemidji State Beavers Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota State Mavericks Ohio State Buckeyes St. Cloud State Huskies St. Thomas Tommies Wisconsin Badgers
Venues	Sanford Center (Bemidji State) Ridder Arena (Minnesota) AMSOIL Arena (Minnesota Duluth) All Seasons Arena (Minnesota State) OSU Ice Rink (Ohio State) Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (St. Cloud State) St. Thomas Ice Arena (St. Thomas) LaBahn Arena (Wisconsin)
Championships & awards	Awards & honors Champions
Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

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