2003–04 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey season
Appearance
2003–04 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey season | |
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WCHA Final Faceoff champions Frozen Four, Champions | |
Conference | WCHA |
Home ice | Ridder Arena |
Record | |
Coaches and captains | |
Head coach | Laura Halldorson[1] |
Assistant coaches | Joel Johnson[1] Brad Frost[1] |
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The Golden Gophers accumulated an overall record of 30–4–2, and a 19–3–2 WCHA record in the 2003–04 campaign. The Golden Gophers swept the WCHA honors, winning the regular season championship and the WCHA Final Five with a 4–2 win over state rivals Minnesota-Duluth.
Regular season
[edit]Standings
[edit]Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||||
Minnesota†* | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | – | 40 | 95 | 40 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 161 | 60 | |||
Wisconsin | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | – | 37 | 81 | 34 | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 122 | 50 | |||
Minnesota Duluth | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | – | 31 | 110 | 52 | 34 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 148 | 79 | |||
Minnesota State | 24 | 9 | 11 | 4 | – | 22 | 45 | 62 | 34 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 75 | 81 | |||
Ohio State | 24 | 10 | 12 | 2 | – | 22 | 51 | 69 | 35 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 83 | 90 | |||
St. Cloud State | 24 | 4 | 19 | 1 | – | 9 | 53 | 107 | 32 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 74 | 137 | |||
Bemidji State | 24 | 3 | 20 | 1 | – | 7 | 29 | 100 | 34 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 48 | 139 | |||
Championship: † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Updated July 21, 2024 |
The Gophers went undefeated in the first half of the season, posting a 13–0–1 record. The Golden Gophers were the top team in the country for 18 of the 23 weeks in both the U.S. College Hockey Online and USA Today polls.
Roster
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No. | S/P/C | Player | Class | Pos | Height | DoB | Hometown | Previous team |
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Brenda Reinen | Junior | G | 5' 6" (1.68 m) | Sun Prairie, Wisconsin | Sun Prairie High School | |
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Jerilyn Glenn | Senior | F | 5' 9" (1.75 m) | Ham Lake, Minnesota | Forest Lake Area High School | |
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Andrea Nichols | Freshman | F | 5' 2" (1.57 m) | Mountain Iron, Minnesota | Hibbing High School | |
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Chelsey Brodt | Sophomore | D | 5' 4" (1.63 m) | 1983-12-07 | Roseville, Minnesota | Roseville Area High School |
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Krissy Wendell | Sophomore | F | 5' 6" (1.68 m) | 1981-09-12 | Brooklyn Park, Minnesota | Park Center Senior High School |
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Noelle Sutton | Junior | F | 5' 8" (1.73 m) | Maple Grove, Minnesota | Maple Grove High School | |
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Krista Johnson | Sophomore | D | 5' 8" (1.73 m) | Blaine, Minnesota | Blaine High School | |
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Ashley Albrecht | Sophomore | D | 5' 4" (1.63 m) | South Saint Paul, Minnesota | South Saint Paul Secondary | |
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Stacy Troumbly | Junior | F/D | 5' 2" (1.57 m) | Bovey, Minnesota | Hibbing High School | |
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Maggie Souba | Freshman | F/D | 5' 5" (1.65 m) | Moorhead, Minnesota | Moorhead High School | |
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La Toya Clarke | Senior | F | 5' 4" (1.63 m) | 1981-06-11 | Pickering, Ontario | Dunbarton High School |
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Kelsey Bills | Senior | F/D | 5' 3" (1.6 m) | Carstairs, Alberta | Hugh Sutherland | |
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Becky Wacker | Freshman | F | 5' 4" (1.63 m) | York, Maine | York High School | |
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Kelly Stephens | Junior | F | 5' 6" (1.68 m) | 1983-06-04 | Shoreline, Washington | Shorewood High School |
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Melissa Coulombe | Senior | F/D | 5' 4" (1.63 m) | St. Pierre-Jolys, Manitoba | St. Pierre Collegiate | |
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Natalie Darwitz | Junior | F | 5' 3" (1.6 m) | 1983-10-13 | Eagan, Minnesota | Eagan High School |
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Allie Sanchez | Sophomore | D | 5' 6" (1.68 m) | Saint Paul, Minnesota | Johnson High School | |
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Lyndsay Wall | Freshman | D | 5' 8" (1.73 m) | 1985-05-12 | Churchville, New York | Churchville-Chili High School |
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Jody Horak | Junior | G | 5' 7" (1.7 m) | Blaine, Minnesota | Blaine High School |
Postseason
[edit]On March 28, 2004 Halldorson and the Golden Gophers defeated Harvard, 6–2, to win their first NCAA Championship and her third national championship in six years. [3]
Awards and honors
[edit]- Laura Halldorson, American Hockey Coaches Association’s Coach of the Year, her third honor since 1998.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "2003-04 University of Minnesota". EliteProspects.com. Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ "2003–04 Women's Hockey Roster". University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ^ "Laura Halldorson". gophersports.com. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved June 23, 2010.