2008–09 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey season

The Bulldogs began their tenth NCAA season as the defending NCAA Champions for a fourth time in program history.

2008–09 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey season
NCAA Frozen Four, Lost, Semifinals
Conference	WCHA
Home ice	Duluth Entertainment Convention Center
Record
Overall	26-9-4
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach	Shannon Miller
Assistant Coaches	Julie Chu Caroline Ouellette

Preseason

• September 22: Pernilla Winberg was named the WCHA’s Preseason Rookie of the Year.[1]

Regular season

• November 22: Elin Holmlov scored four consecutive goals against North Dakota. This was the first time that a Bulldogs player scored four consecutive goals.[2]
• January 23: Jocelyne Larocque assisted on the four goals scored in the second period against the Gophers in their 4-2 win.[3]

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Skaters

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; GW = Game Winning Goals; PPL = Power Play Goals; SHG = Short Handed Goals

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GW	PPL	SHG
Elin Holmlov	34	23	28	51	51	4	7	0
Haley Irwin	39	22	22	44	96	5	8	0
Sara O'Toole	39	12	31	43	14	1	2	1
Pernilla Winberg	38	14	27	41	16	1	7	0
Jocelyne Larocque	37	4	33	37	108	1	2	0
Laura Fridfinnson	39	20	14	34	30	6	6	2
Saara Tuominen	39	12	20	32	0	1	6	0
Heidi Pelttari	39	4	23	27	12	0	3	0
Jaime Rasmussen	38	9	12	21	0	3	5	0
Tawni Mattila	39	9	7	16	24	1	1	1
Emmanuelle Blais	33	10	4	14	60	1	3	1
Jenni Asserholt	34	2	8	10	44	0	0	1
Myriam Trepanier	38	2	5	7	44	0	0	0
Sarah Murray	39	0	6	6	12	0	0	0
Tara Gray	38	3	1	4	24	1	0	0
Erin Olson	34	1	3	4	14	0	0	0
Kacy Ambroz	37	1	3	4	6	0	0	0
Libby Guzzo	38	2	0	2	0	1	0	0
Kim Martin	22	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Justine Fisher	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tori Shelafoe	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Lana Steck	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johanna Ellison	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Goaltenders

Player	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals against	Minutes	GAA	Shutouts	Saves	Save %
Johanna Ellison	19	14	3	1	29	1032	1.6866	3	382	.929
Kim Martin	22	11	6	3	34	1184	1.7227	3	473	.933
Lana Steck	5	1	0	0	7	140	2.9943	0	49	.875

Awards and honors

• Elin Homlov, WCHA’s Offensive Player of the Week (Week of November 26, 2008)
• Jocelyne Larocque, WCHA’s Offensive Player of the Week (Week of January 28, 2009), this is the first time that a UMD defender is given offensive player of the week honors[5]
• Jocelyne Larocque, 2008-09 RBK Division I First Team All-American. No other Bulldog defenseman in program history has earned a first team selection.[6]

WCHA 10th Anniversary team selections

• Caroline Ouellette
• Jenny Potter
• Maria Rooth[7]

References

1. "Memorable Moments". Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Athletics. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
2. "Memorable Moments". Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Athletics. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
3. "Memorable Moments". Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Athletics. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
4. "Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Women's Hockey 2008-2009 Statistics: Overall". USCHO.com. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
5. "Memorable Moments". Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Athletics. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
6. "Memorable Moments". Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Athletics. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
7. "About The WCHA". Western Collegiate Hockey Association. Retrieved 1 May 2010.

External links

• Official site