Gopher Women's Hockey

[RK]

Gopher women's hockey page. Same place you can buy other Gophers tickets.

[Bear55]

If you are not impressed by the lady gophers going 34-0 in the regular season you should be. They could very well be setting records that will never be broken.

[wormdunker]

Hardware collection season begins this weekend. This team has been cleaning house even without Kessel. She will be back when needed, just giving her a needed break so she is fresh for the run. 44 games in a row and counting!

You can pull up the greatest teams of all time in any sport and none ever went on a run like this team is on. Suggest you try to take it in if you can I am sure some tickets are still available or the upcoming WCHA Final 4 and the NCAA Tourney.

[wormdunker]

NCAA Tix arrived today...My sons team qualified for Bantam State tourney that is held the same weekend. Praying to the scheduling gods!

[RK]

NCAA Tix arrived today...My sons team qualified for Bantam State tourney that is held the same weekend. Praying to the scheduling gods!

Got mine too. Can't wait...

Was going to try to go to some of the WCHA games this weekend but too many other things going on.

Good luck to your son's team!

[wormdunker]

Ok so the records keep rolling. This team continues to do things no other team or individual has ever accomplished in any sport. Yesterday the WCHA season awards were announced. The Gophers swept every category!!! Coach of the year, player of the year, goalie of the year, defensive player of the year, rookie of the year.

More impressively the list of Patty Kazmeyer Finalists was narrowe dfrom 10 to 3 players. The 3 players are U of MN Forward Amanda Kessel, U of MN Defenseman Meghan Bozek and U of MN Goltender Nora Raty!!!

This is comparable to 3 Players from one team named as the finalists for the Heisman.

Unreal! If that does not impress you, take a look at this release from USA Hockey, easy to look at on top of everything else!

http://www.pattykaz.com/news_article/show/235989?referrer_id=718465

[wormdunker]

I will be at the WCHA Championship tomorrow, HS tourney tonight. Bantam games in between. Sometimes I look at the hockey rinks and wish I could drill a hole in it and fish while I watch all this hockey.

Then I tell myself one day it will all be over, kids move on. Then I fish!

Next few weeks are going to bring some amazing hockey!

[Bear55]

That is pretty crazy!

[RK]

Sometimes I look at the hockey rinks and wish I could drill a hole in it and fish while I watch all this hockey.

Then I tell myself one day it will all be over, kids move on. Then I fish!

Man, that's me to a 'T'

Still a ways to go for me though - my youngest just finished his first year of Mites.

[wormdunker]

Well WCHA Champs, NCAA bound Lady Gophers, Men come back to secure share of McNaughton Cup, Wild coming on strong, and my son's Bantam team is VFW State Tourney Bound! Gonna be a busy couple weeks for sure. Good Times in the ONLY State of Hockey.

[Bear55]

Lady gophers put to the test today, they win a 3OT thriller against UND.

[hugonian1]

Whew!

Tough game, good win.

[OnAFly]

That is awesome. I heard they were going to OT but didn't hear anymore.

[wormdunker]

Just back from a celebratory dinner following the game. Gotta say this game ranked right up there in the top 5 hockey games I have ever watched. 118:55 minutes played, game lasted over 4.5 hours. 47 straight wins.

2 games left. Adversity experienced tonight will be valuable next weekend.

This team is probably the greatest team ever assembled. It is an absolute joy to watch the team willingness to play as a team. Considering the talent on this team it would be easy to have a player stray away from the team first mentality. It is fun to watch, there are some good lessons to be learned from this team by many athletes.

It is fun to watch the young girls wait after games to get a glimpse of the girls, to get an autograph or picture. The team is not only beating everyone they face, they are wonderful role models.

Next week will be fun.

[RK]

It's on tonight at Ridder!

Gophers vs. Boston College in the opening game at 5, Boston U and Mercyhurst at 8. Championship on Sunday at 3. I'll be there in Sec 7, and I can't wait. Gophers/BC should be a fast-paced game.

Gonna be cool!

RK

[Bear55]

Crush BC!

[PierBridge]

BC 2 Gophers 1 ...

[Bear55]

BC 2 Gophers 1 ...

Close Pier. 2-2 and another OT on the way.

[Bear55]

Ok I think the Gophers won, trying to confirm.

[Bear55]

Yep lady gophers won in OT, they sure like to make things interesting with all these OT games.

[harvey lee]

I thought when they took the 2-1 lead with approx 7 minutes left they would have hung on but, nope.

[PierBridge]

Heard it was a great game glad I was wrong!!!!!

Go Lady-Gophers!

[echotrail]

In watching most of the mens gopher pre-game and 1st intermission interviews last eveing I got the impression the lady gophers lost to BC.

I find it hard to believe that none of the media outlets can televise the lady gophers championship game on Sunday.

[RK]

Hiya -

Was at the game last night...holy smokes was that a great hockey game. BC was blazing fast - probably the only team the Gophers saw all year with more team speed than they have. Gophers were kind of on their heels for the first period and actually got outshot, which might be a first this season. They came on in the latter half of the second, and the third was a real scorcher - up and down the ice the whole period. Even when BC took the lead you kind of still felt like the Gophers were getting the better of the play (I think they hit 4 or 5 posts throughout the game) and it was just a matter of time. The OT winner was right in front of me. All in all one of the most exciting hockey games I've seen in a long, long time. I can't wait for tomorrow's championship game.

As far as the TV goes...yeah, it's beyond a shame. It's shameful. We can televise the quarterfinals of a conference tournament, but not a freaking national championship? Stupidity...

The Big 10 network wanted to televise it but the NCAA wouldn't let them - all comes down to $$$$$. I think it's streamed online at NCAA.com, but man, really too bad people can't see it on TV.

[Rick]

Congrats Gopher women... National Champions!!!

Beat Boston in the title game 6-3.

They end the season with an unbelievable 41-0 record!!!

49 straight wins now.

Back to Back NATIONAL Championships!!