1999–2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey season

U.S college sports team season

1998-99 Minnesota Golden Gophers
women's ice hockey season
AWCHA National Champions
ConferenceWCHA
Record
Overall32–6–1
Conference21–2–1
Home15–3–0
Road13–2–1
Neutral4–1–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachLaura Halldorson
Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey seasons
« 1998–99 2000–01 »

In the 1999-2000 season, the Golden Gophers ice hockey team from the University of Minnesota won its first women’s national team title at the AWCHA National Championship. Nadine Muzerall scored the game-winning goal in the 4-2 national championship win over Brown Bears and earned all-tournament honors with three goals and an assist in two games. For the season, Muzerall owned totals of 49 goals, 28 assists and 77 points.

Muzerall’s 49 goals, 16 power-play goals and 1.29 goals-per-game were school records. In a 10-0 win over Bemidji State, she set school records with five goals and seven points, during a season which saw her go on a 20-game point streak.[1]

Regular Season

Schedule

Source.[2]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site Decision Result Attendance Record
Regular Season
Oct 15 7:05 St. Cloud State Mariucci Arena • Minneapolis, MN Killewald W 10–1  1,180 1–0–0 (1–0–0)
Oct 16 3:05 at St. Cloud State St. Cloud, MN Nicholas W 10–1  179 2–0–0 (2–0–0)
Oct 23 2:00 at Providence* Providence, RI Killewald W 3–1  250 3–0–0 (2–0–0)
Oct 24 2:00 at Providence* Providence, RI Killewald L 0–1  250 3–1–0 (2–0–0)
Oct 29 7:00 at Northeastern* Boston, MA Killewald W 3–1  213 4–1–0 (2–0–0)
Oct 30 7:00 at Northeastern* Boston Killewald L 1–4  197 4–2–0 (2–0–0)
Nov 5 7:05 Brown* Mariucci Arena • Minneapolis, MN Killewald W 4–0  1,128 5–2–0 (2–0–0)
Nov 7 2:05 Harvard* Mariucci Arena • Minneapolis, MN Killewald L 3–8  1,261 5–3–0 (2–0–0)
Nov 12 7:05 at Ohio State Columbus, OH Killewald W 3–0  249 6–3–0 (3–0–0)
Nov 13 7:05 at Ohio State Columbus, OH Killewald W 7–1  303 7–3–0 (4–0–0)
Nov 19 7:05 at Wisconsin Madison, WI Nicholas W 7–4  530 8–3–0 (5–0–0)
Nov 20 7:05 at Wisconsin Madison, WI Nicholas W 5–0  732 9–3–0 (6–0–0)
Nov 23 7:05 Minnesota State Mariucci Arena • Minneapolis, MN Nicholas W 7–1  688 10–3–0 (7–0–0)
Dec 3 7:05 Minnesota Duluth Mariucci Arena • Minneapolis, MN Killewald L 4–5  1,620 10–4–0 (7–1–0)
Dec 4 7:05 Minnesota Duluth Mariucci Arena • Minneapolis, MN Killewald L 0–1  1,673 10–5–0 (7–2–0)
Dec 11 2:10 Dartmouth* Mariucci Arena • Minneapolis, MN Killewald W 5–4  851 11–5–0 (7–2–0)
Dec 12 1:05 Dartmouth* Mariucci Arena • Minneapolis, MN Killewald W 4–3  1,181 12–5–0 (7–2–0)
Jan 10 7:08 at Bemidji State Bemidji, MN Killewald W 4–2  261 13–5–0 (8–2–0)
Jan 11 7:05 at Bemidji State Bemidji, MN Killewald W 11–1  1,128 14–5–0 (9–2–0)
Jan 14 2:05 at Minnesota State Mankato, MN Nicholas W 7–1  123 15–5–0 (10–2–0)
Jan 15 2:05 at Minnesota State Mankato, MN Killewald W 10–0  252 16–5–0 (11–2–0)
Jan 21 7:05 Bemidji State Mariucci Arena • Minneapolis, MN Nicholas W 6–1  755 17–5–0 (12–2–0)
Jan 22 7:05 Bemidji State Mariucci Arena • Minneapolis, MN Killewald W 10–0  1,007 18–5–0 (13–2–0)
Jan 29 1:05 New Hampshire* Mariucci Arena • Minneapolis, MN Killewald W 6–2  904 19–5–0 (13–2–0)
Jan 30 1:05 New Hampshire* Mariucci Arena • Minneapolis, MN Nicholas W 5–4  1,128 20–5–0 (13–2–0)
Feb 4 7:05 Ohio State Mariucci Arena • Minneapolis, MN Killewald W 4–1  1,103 21–5–0 (14–2–0)
Feb 5 7:05 Ohio State Mariucci Arena • Minneapolis, MN Nicholas W 6–0  1,021 22–5–0 (15–2–0)
Feb 8 7:05 Minnesota State Mariucci Arena • Minneapolis, MN Nicholas W 8–3  804 23–5–0 (16–2–0)
Feb 11 7:05 at Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN Killewald W 4–3  952 24–5–0 (17–2–0)
Feb 12 7:05 at Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN Killewald T 2–2  1,041 24–5–1 (17–2–1)
Feb 18 7:05 St. Cloud State Mariucci Arena • Minneapolis, MN Killewald W 5–0  923 25–5–1 (18–2–1)
Feb 19 3:05 at St. Cloud State St. Cloud, MN Nicholas W 5–2  314 26–5–1 (19–2–1)
Feb 26 2:05 Wisconsin Mariucci Arena • Minneapolis, MN Killewald W 11–3  1,367 27–5–1 (20–2–1)
Feb 27 2:05 Wisconsin Mariucci Arena • Minneapolis, MN Nicholas W 4–2  1,687 28–5–1 (21–2–1)
WCHA Tournament
Mar 2 12:00 vs. Minnesota State* Bloomington, MN (WCHA Quarterfinal) Nicholas W 10–0  652 29–5–1 (21–2–1)
Mar 3 3:30 vs. Wisconsin* Bloomington, MN (WCHA Semifinal) Killewald W 5–0  746 30–5–1 (21–2–1)
Mar 4 7:00 vs. Minnesota Duluth* Bloomington, MN (WCHA Championship) Killewald L 0–2  1,826 30–6–1 (21–2–1)
AWCHA Tournament
Mar 24 8:00 vs. Minnesota Duluth* Boston, MA (AWCHA Semifinal) Killewald W 3–2  1,409 31–6–1 (21–2–1)
Mar 25 7:00 vs. Brown* Boston, MA (AWCHA Championship) Killewald W 4–2  2,249 32–6–1 (21–2–1)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll.

Roster

Source[3]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height DoB Hometown Previous team
2 Massachusetts Courtney Kennedy Junior D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 1979-03-29 Woburn, Massachusetts Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
3 Massachusetts Shannon Kennedy Senior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 1977-11-14 Woburn, Massachusetts Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
4 Ontario Nadine Muzerall Junior F 5' 7" (1.7 m) 1978-10-19 Mississauga, Ontario Kimball Union Academy
5 Minnesota Winny Brodt Junior D 5' 5" (1.65 m) 1978-02-18 Roseville, Minnesota Roseville Area High School
6 Minnesota Angela Borek Junior D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 1978-06-02 Burnsville, Minnesota Burnsville High School
7 Minnesota Sarma Pone Junior F 5' 7" (1.7 m) 1979-05-05 Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis Southwest High School
8 Minnesota Kelly Olson Junior D 5' 8" (1.73 m) 1979-03-06 Little Canada, Minnesota Roseville Area High School
9 Minnesota Megan Milbert Junior F 5' 5" (1.65 m) 1979-04-24 South Saint Paul, Minnesota South St. Paul Secondary
10 Minnesota Kris Scholz Junior F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 1977-10-19 Hugo, Minnesota Stillwater Area High School
16 Minnesota Betsey Kukowski Junior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 1979-02-23 Apple Valley, Minnesota Shattuck-Saint Mary's
18 Wisconsin Emily Buchholz Junior D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 1978-09-27 Waupun, Wisconsin Waupun High School
20 Minnesota Lacey Franzmeier Junior F 5' 6" (1.68 m) 1979-05-20 Stacy, Minnesota Forest Lake Area High School
21 Minnesota Laura Slominski Sophomore F 5' 3" (1.6 m) 1980-06-28 Burnsville, Minnesota Burnsville High School
22 Minnesota Gwen Anderson Freshman F 5' 3" (1.6 m) 1980-09-08 North Saint Paul, Minnesota North Saint Paul High School
23 Minnesota Tracy Donaghue Junior F 5' 3" (1.6 m) 1979-01-12 Maple Grove, Minnesota Osseo Senior High School
24 Minnesota Tracy Engstrom Sophomore F 5' 6" (1.68 m) 1980-02-17 Willmar, Minnesota Willmar High School
26 Minnesota Alyson Sundberg Freshman F 5' 7" (1.7 m) 1981-04-08 Roseville, Minnesota Roseville Area High School
27 Alaska Ambria Thomas Junior F 5' 6" (1.68 m) 1978-10-30 Fairbanks, Alaska West Valley High School
29 Minnesota Ronda Curtin Freshman 5' 10" (1.78 m) 1980-11-02 Roseville, Minnesota Roseville Area High School
35 Oklahoma Crystal Nicholas Sophomore G 5' 7" (1.7 m) 1980-07-15 Tulsa, Oklahoma Union High School
36 Michigan Erica Killewald Junior G 5' 10" (1.78 m) 1979-11-20 Troy, Michigan Troy High School

Awards and honors

  • Nadine Muzerall led the nation in goals (49)
  • Nadine Muzerall led the nation in power-play goals (16)
  • Nadine Muzerall led the nation in power-play points (27)
  • Nadine Muzerall led the nation in game-winning goals (9)
  • Nadine Muzerall, First Team All-WCHA
  • Nadine Muzerall, Minnesota team most valuable player honors

References

  1. ^ "- Gophersports.com Official Web Site of University of Minnesota Athletics". Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  2. ^ "1999-2000 Women's Hockey Schedule". University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  3. ^ "1999–00 Women's Ice Hockey Roster". University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
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