Sacred Heart trip is a homecoming for Morrow and Jordan, and a look at the 2028 Frozen Four site. I'm sure I'll be at both games and probably one of the BU games too.
Took in a Celly League game. A few incoming Gophers played and had their gloves and helmets so I could see what numbers a couple of players will have. Bella Fanale will be wearing #97 and Jamie Nelson will be #10. Sydney Bailey was also playing, but I never got a good look at the back of her helmet.
Took in a Celly League game. A few incoming Gophers played and had their gloves and helmets so I could see what numbers a couple of players will have. Bella Fanale will be wearing #97 and Jamie Nelson will be #10. Sydney Bailey was also playing, but I never got a good look at the back of her helmet.
Bailey's wearing 5 and Hemp the Younger 1 per Instagram.
When I became a fan of Gopher women's hockey over a decade ago I never thought they'd have two players from (very different parts of) the state I live in. A lot of people play hockey here, but it isn't exactly baked into the culture, especially since the Whalers left.
If I weren't already a fan, Morrow and Jordan being on the team would make me one.
Murphy, Nelson, Kaiser, Lindsay, Fanale, Morrow, Jordan, Layla Hemp will be at the US National Festival with a crack at making the U22 team for the Collegiate Series.
Canada will have D'Alessandro, Paul, and Clark on their side for this series in mid-August. Primerano will not participate because Canada does not include their senior team players in these events.
New title for assistant coach Jess Scott as she becomes the first GM in women's college hockey history.
A few of us that played on the "Rubes" adult hockey team up at the Superrink 15 years ago know Jess well. She was on a team called the "Mudhens" that we played against many times. She was one of their better players and was dating a guy on that team that really had no business playing in the "D" league. But she was pretty aggressive out there and wasn't afraid to mix it up with the guys.
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Seven, count them, seven Gophers on the US collegiate select team. (No Murphy as this time around USA Hockey is electing to keep senior national teamers separate from the select team).
Ava Lindsay, Maddie Kaiser, Jamie Nelson, and Bella Fanale up front. Molly Jordan and Sydney Morrow in the back. Layla Hemp in net. They will be playing a three-game series against a Canadian select team featuring Sarah Paul, Sienna D'Alessandro, and Hannah Clark.
Incoming Gopher freshman Sienna D’Alessandro scores the shootout winner. Incoming transfers Jamie Nelson (🇺🇸) and Sarah Paul (🇨🇦) score regulation goals. Ava Lindsay (2) and Bella Fanale pick up assists.
Sarah Paul Is A Rising Star, Will Benefit From Time In Minnesota Few, if any, flashed the offensive flare of Canada's Sarah Paul in this series. Paul is an offensively gifted prospect who despite the fact she's already attended Princeton for four years, still has two seasons of NCAA eligibility remaining, one of which she'll spend at the University of Minnesota this season. Paul has excellent puck skills and a hard and deceptive shot that she unleashes often. She's a shoot first player who has top six potential. Where Paul is going to benefit from by utilizing those two years of eligibility, even though she could declare following this season, is to work on getting that shot off with less time and space that will come in the PWHL, and to fine tune the defensive side to her game. Sometimes Paul did too much with the puck, particularly in positions near her own blueline where there was considerable defensive risk. Facing regular strong competition in the WCHA, Paul should find a portion of that defensive awareness and maturity to go along with the overtly evident skill set she possesses on the attack.
Women’s Basketball has been doing a matinee for school kids for a few years now. Women’s Hockey tried it for the first time last year and packed the place (I couldn’t get in the building). Thus the move to Mariucci. The decision must have been made in the last week or so, as it was listed at Ridder when the schedule first came out.
With Abbey Murphy remaining the centerpiece up front bolstered by Josefin Bouveng, Ava Lindsay, and Emma Kreisz as returnees, Minnesota went out and added talent through the portal and recruitment bringing in Sarah Paul, Jamie Nelson, and Tereza Plosova. They shouldn't have trouble scoring with this group, but their real threat is an elite blueline. Minnesota's back end includes Finnish standout Nelli Laitinen, Canadian national team member Chloe Primerano, and players like Sydney Morrow, Gracie Graham, and new transfer Molly Jordan. Throw Hannah Clark into the crease and this team has it all.
Supposedly there was an exhibition game between the Gopher Women and Bemidji yesterday afternoon in Brainerd, although I’m having no luck in finding out if such a thing actually happened.
Supposedly there was an exhibition game between the Gopher Women and Bemidji yesterday afternoon in Brainerd, although I’m having no luck in finding out if such a thing actually happened.
Twitter tells me it ended 5-1. Lindsay with a hat trick, D'Alessandro and Plosova each with a goal. Kreisz also scored in a 3-on-3 session they did after the game.
gloves and helmets so I could see what numbers a couple of players will have. Bella Fanale will be wearing #97 and Jamie Nelson will be #10. Sydney Bailey was also playing, but I never got a good look at the back of her helmet.
