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2012–13 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey season

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2012–13 Minnesota Golden Gophers
women's ice hockey season
WCHA Regular Season
WCHA Postseason
NCAA Frozen Four, Champions
Conference1 WCHA
Home iceRidder Arena
Rankings
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine1
USCHO.com/CBS College Sports1
Record
Overall41–0–0
Home23–0–0
Road18–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachBrad Frost
Assistant coachesJoel Johnson
Nadine Muzerall
Captain(s)Megan Bozek
Bethany Brausen
Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey seasons
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The 2012–13 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey season represented the University of Minnesota during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. They were coached by Brad Frost in his sixth season. The Gophers hosted the 2013 NCAA Frozen Four and repeated as national champions.

Notably, the Gophers were the first ice hockey team in the history of today's NCAA Division I, of either sex, to complete an undefeated season.[1] The last NCAA ice hockey team to complete an unbeaten season was the 1983–84 Bemidji State men's team, which then competed in Division II, a level that no longer holds a championship (the Beavers now compete in Division I hockey). The last team in the top level of NCAA ice hockey with an unbeaten season was the 1969–70 Cornell men's team, competing in the University Division, predecessor to today's Division I.

Offseason

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News and notes

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Recruiting

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Player Position Nationality Notes
Hannah Brandt Forward  United States Winner of 2012 Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award
Brook Garzone Forward  United States Attended Shattuck-Saint Mary's
Amanda Leveille Goaltender  Canada Hails from Kingston, Ontario
Milica McMillen Defense  United States Attended the Breck School
Maryanne Menefee Forward  United States Attended Lansing Eastern High School
Lee Stecklein Defense  United States Attended Roseville Area High School

Regular season

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Standings

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Conference Overall
GP W L T SW PTS GF GA W L T GF GA
Minnesota†* 28 28 0 0 0 84 141 27 41 0 0 216 36
Wisconsin 28 17 9 2 2 55 70 46 23 10 2 103 53
North Dakota 28 18 9 1 0 55 96 64 26 12 1 144 88
Minnesota Duluth 28 13 13 2 1 42 72 71 14 16 4 81 85
Ohio State 28 12 13 3 3 42 75 80 19 15 3 107 96
Minnesota State 28 6 17 5 1 24 46 95 10 21 5 69 122
St. Cloud State 28 5 21 2 1 18 37 93 9 24 3 57 113
Bemidji State 28 5 22 1 0 16 40 101 6 26 2 49 127

Source: wcha.com

Schedule

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Source:[2]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site Decision Result Attendance Record
Regular Season
September 28 7:07 Colgate* #1 Ridder ArenaMinneapolis, MN Räty W 7–0  707 1–0–0
September 29 4:07 Colgate* #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN Leveille W 11–0  633 2–0–0
October 5 7:07 St. Cloud State #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN Räty W 7–1  1,051 3–0–0 (1–0–0)
October 6 4:07 St. Cloud State #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN Räty W 4–0  785 4–0–0 (2–0–0)
October 12 6:00 at St. Lawrence* #1 Appleton Arena • Canton, NY Räty W 5–0  295 5–0–0 (2–0–0)
October 13 3:00 at St. Lawrence* #1 Appleton Arena • Canton, NY Räty W 6–0  279 6–0–0 (2–0–0)
October 19 7:07 #6 Ohio State #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN Räty W 7–2  956 7–0–0 (3–0–0)
October 20 1:07 #6 Ohio State #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN Räty W 8–0  824 8–0–0 (4–0–0)
October 27 2:07 at #8 North Dakota #1 Ralph Engelstad ArenaGrand Forks, ND Räty W 5–1  3,591 9–0–0 (5–0–0)
October 28 2:07 at #8 North Dakota #1 Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, ND Räty W 4–2  1,289 10–0–0 (6–0–0)
November 2 7:07 at Minnesota Duluth #1 AMSOIL ArenaDuluth, MN Räty W 4–1  1,267 11–0–0 (7–0–0)
November 3 7:07 at Minnesota Duluth #1 AMSOIL Arena • Duluth, MN Räty W 4–0  1,493 12–0–0 (8–0–0)
November 16 4:07 Minnesota State #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN Räty W 3–0  947 13–0–0 (9–0–0)
November 17 4:07 Minnesota State #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN Räty W 9–1  1,558 14–0–0 (10–0–0)
November 24 1:00 at New Hampshire* #1 Whittemore CenterDurham, NH Räty W 10–2  761 15–0–0 (10–0–0)
November 25, 2012 2:00 at New Hampshire* #1 Whittemore Center • Durham, NH Räty W 4–0  465 16–0–0 (10–0–0)
December 1 2:07 #10 Wisconsin #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN Räty W 4–1  3,400 17–0–0 (11–0–0)
December 2 2:00 #10 Wisconsin #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN Räty W 2–0  2,132 18–0–0 (12–0–0)
December 7 7:07 at Bemidji State #1 Sanford CenterBemidji, MN Räty W 5–1  310 19–0–0 (13–0–0)
December 8 4:07 at Bemidji State #1 Sanford Center • Bemidji, MN Räty W 5–0  305 20–0–0 (14–0–0)
January 11 7:07 North Dakota #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN Räty W 6–3  2,014 21–0–0 (15–0–0)
January 12 4:00 North Dakota #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN Räty W 6–3  2,703 22–0–0 (16–0–0)
January 18 7:07 at Minnesota State #1 Verizon Wireless CenterMankato, MN Räty W 8–1  513 23–0–0 (17–0–0)
January 19 3:07 at Minnesota State #1 Verizon Wireless Center • Mankato, MN Räty W 6–0  463 24–0–0 (18–0–0)
January 25 2:00 at #8 Wisconsin #1 LaBahn ArenaMadison, WI Räty W 2–0  1,791 25–0–0 (19–0–0)
January 27 2:07 at #8 Wisconsin #1 LaBahn Arena • Madison, WI Räty W 5–1  2,273 26–0–0 (20–0–0)
February 1 6:07 #10 Minnesota Duluth #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN Räty W 5–0  2,538 27–0–0 (21–0–0)
February 2 2:36 #10 Minnesota Duluth #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN Räty W 6–2  3,017 28–0–0 (22–0–0)
February 8 6:07 at Ohio State #1 Ohio State University Ice RinkColumbus, OH Räty W 5–2  365 29–0–0 (23–0–0)
February 9 1:07 at Ohio State #1 Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH Räty W 5–3  392 30–0–0 (24–0–0)
February 15 7:07 Bemidji State #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN Räty W 8–0  2,087 31–0–0 (25–0–0)
February 16 4:07 Bemidji State #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN Räty W 3–2 OT 2,360 32–0–0 (26–0–0)
February 22 7:07 at St. Cloud State #1 Herb Brooks National Hockey CenterSt. Cloud, MN Leveille W 2–0  330 33–0–0 (27–0–0)
February 23 2:07 at St. Cloud State #1 Herb Brooks National Hockey Center • St. Cloud, MN Räty W 3–0  518 34–0–0 (28–0–0)
WCHA Tournament
March 1 6:07 Bemidji State* #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN (First Round, Game 1) Räty W 5–0  1,523 35–0–0
March 2 4:07 Bemidji State* #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN (First Round, Game 2) Räty W 8–0  2,039 36–0–0
March 8 7:00 Ohio State* #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN (WCHA Final Faceoff) Räty W 5–0  2,024 37–0–0
March 9 7:07 #7 North Dakota* #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN (WCHA Final Faceoff) Räty W 2–0  2,286 38–0–0
NCAA Tournament
March 16 4:00 #6 North Dakota* #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN (First Round) Räty W 3–2 3OT 2,750 39–0–0
March 22 5:00 #4 Boston College* #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN (Frozen Four) Räty W 3–2 OT 3,400 40–0–0
March 24 3:04 #2 Boston University* #1 Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN (NCAA Championship) Räty W 6–3  3,400 41–0–0
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll.

Roster

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No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height DoB Hometown Previous team
2 Minnesota Lee Stecklein Freshman D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 1994-04-23 Roseville, Minnesota Roseville Area High School
3 Minnesota Samantha Downey Senior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 1991-02-19 Silver Bay, Minnesota Proctor High School
4 Minnesota Becky Kortum Senior F 5' 7" (1.7 m) 1991-05-07 Minnetonka, Minnesota Hopkins High School
5 Minnesota Rachel Ramsey Sophomore D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 1992-10-14 Chanhassen, Minnesota Minnetonka High School
6 Minnesota Katie Frischmann Senior F/D 5' 5" (1.65 m) 1991-01-06 Rochester, Minnesota Minnesota Thoroughbreds
7 Finland Mira Jalosuo Senior D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 1989-02-03 Lieksa, Finland Finland women's national ice hockey team
8 Wisconsin Amanda Kessel Junior F 5' 6" (1.68 m) 1991-08-28 Madison, Wisconsin Shattuck-Saint Mary's
9 Dominion of Newfoundland Sarah Davis Junior F 5' 4" (1.63 m) 1988-04-24 Paradise, Newfoundland Warner Hockey School
10 Ontario Kelly Terry Junior F 5' 6" (1.68 m) 1992-06-06 Whitby, Ontario Sinclair Secondary School
13 Minnesota Milica McMillen Freshman D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 1993-07-13 Saint Paul, Minnesota Breck School
14 Michigan Maryanne Menefee Freshman F 5' 6" (1.68 m) 1994-01-30 Lansing, Michigan Lansing Eastern High School
15 Minnesota Rachael Bona Sophomore F 5' 5" (1.65 m) 1992-10-25 Coon Rapids, Minnesota Coon Rapids High School
16 Minnesota Bethany Brausen Junior F 5' 5" (1.65 m) 1992-05-16 Little Canada, Minnesota Roseville Area High School
17 Minnesota Jordyn Burns Sophomore D/F 5' 7" (1.7 m) 1992-09-29 Chanhassen, Minnesota Benilde-St. Margaret's
18 Oklahoma Brook Garzone Freshman F 5' 6" (1.68 m) 1993-04-29 Sand Springs, Oklahoma Shattuck-Saint Mary's
19 Illinois Megan Bozek Senior D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 1991-03-27 Buffalo Grove, Illinois Chicago Mission
20 Minnesota Meghan Lorence Sophomore F 5' 7" (1.7 m) 1992-06-25 Mounds View, Minnesota Irondale High School
22 Minnesota Hannah Brandt Freshman F 5' 6" (1.68 m) 1993-11-27 Vadnais Heights, Minnesota Hill-Murray School
27 Saskatchewan Baylee Gillanders Junior D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 1992-08-09 Kyle, Saskatchewan Warner Hockey School
29 Ontario Amanda Leveille Freshman G 5' 7" (1.7 m) 1994-06-10 Kingston, Ontario Frontenac Secondary School
31 Minnesota Shyler Sletta Sophomore G 5' 5" (1.65 m) 1993-05-22 Elko New Market, Minnesota New Prague High School
41 Finland Noora Räty Senior G 5' 5" (1.65 m) 1989-05-29 Espoo, Finland Finland women's national ice hockey team

Awards and honors

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  • Hannah Brandt, WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of October 3, 2012)[4]
  • Hannah Brandt, WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of October 25, 2012)[5]
  • Amanda Kessel, WCHA Player of the Week (Week of October 3, 2012)
  • Amanda Kessel, Patty Kazmaier Award
  • Maryanne Menefee, WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of October 10, 2012)[6]
  • Noora Raty, WCHA Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Week of October 25, 2012)

References

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  1. ^ "Gophers get first perfect season". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 24, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  2. ^ "2012–13 Women's Ice Hockey Schedule". University of Minnesota. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  3. ^ "2012–13 Women's Hockey Roster". University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "Minnesota's Kessel & Brandt, Minnesota State's Butters named WCHA Women's Players of the Week" (PDF). WCHA. October 3, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2020.
  5. ^ "MSU's McCann, UND's Dagfinrud, UM's Räty & Brandt Named WCHA Women's Players of the Week". WCHA. October 24, 2012. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020.
  6. ^ "Minnesota State's Smith, Ohio State's Knapp, Minnesota's Menefee Named WCHA Women's Players of the Week". WCHA. October 10, 2012. Archived from the original on March 28, 2022.