2001–02 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey season

2001–02 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs
women's ice hockey season
NCAA Frozen Four, National Champions
ConferenceWCHA
Record
Overall24–6–4
Coaches and captains
Head coachShannon Miller
Assistant coachesStacy Wilson
Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey seasons
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Preseason

  • October 5–6, 2001: Bulldogs head coach Shannon Miller, forwards Erika Holst, Maria Rooth, Hanne Sikio and goaltender Tuula Puputti represented UMD in the first-ever WCHA All-Star Team. The team played two exhibition games against the U.S. National Team.[1]

Regular season

Standings

2001–02 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota†* 24 19 2 3 – 41 84 34 38 28 4 6 126 59
Minnesota Duluth 24 16 5 3 – 35 92 35 34 24 6 4 133 58
Wisconsin 24 17 6 1 – 35 76 36 35 22 11 2 110 51
Ohio State 24 9 12 3 – 21 53 59 37 18 15 4 90 91
Bemidji State 24 7 11 6 – 20 64 84 33 12 13 8 97 104
St. Cloud State 24 6 17 1 – 13 57 109 34 7 26 1 74 152
Minnesota State 24 1 22 1 – 3 26 95 32 4 26 2 38 110
Championship:
† indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Updated July 20, 2024
  • December 2: The 2001 National Champions were honored by the Minnesota Wild at the Xcel Energy Center.[2]
  • February 23: The Bulldogs had their 50th WCHA win in just their third year of WCHA competition.[3]

Player stats

Player GP G A Pts GWG PPG SHG
Maria Rooth 30 22 16 38 5 3 1
Erika Holst 30 16 22 38 2 3 0
Hanne Sikio 26 16 17 33 1 7 0
Laurie Alexander 34 6 18 24 2 2 1
Tricia Guest 33 12 11 23 2 4 0
Joanne Eustace 32 14 8 22 3 4 0
Larissa Luther 34 11 9 20 1 4 1
Kristina Petrovskaia 31 5 13 18 0 0 0
Satu Kiipeli 32 3 12 15 2 1 0
Nora Tallus 28 6 7 13 1 1 0
Jessi Flink 34 5 8 13 0 1 0
Michelle McAteer 34 7 5 12 3 1 0
Navada Russell 34 4 8 12 1 1 1
Julianne Vasichek 34 1 11 12 0 0 0
Jenny Hempel 18 3 4 7 0 0 0
Shannon Mikel 25 1 1 2 1 0 0
Jessica Smith 26 0 2 2 0 0 0
Leah Kasper 21 1 0 1 0 0 0
Tuula Puputti 15 0 1 1 0 0 0
Julie Fearing 29 0 1 1 0 0 0
Heather Tudahl 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
Meghan Stotts 33 0 0 0 0 0 0
Patricia Sautter 22 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lisa Hagen 6 0 0 0 0 0 0

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International

Awards and honors

  • November 6: Patricia Sautter received the USCHO Defensive Player of the Week.
  • November 26: Hanne Sikio received the Bulldogs first ever USCHO Offensive Player of the Week award.
    • In addition, Sikio received her second career WCHA Player of the Week honors.[13]
  • March 21: Maria Rooth, 2001–2002 All-American honors (It was the second consecutive year that she was selected as an All-American) [14]

Postseason

  • March 24: Joanne Eustace and defenseman Larissa Luther were selected to the 2002 NCAA All-Tournament Team
  • April 2: The Bulldogs were honored for their athletic and academic achievements at the State Capitol, where resolutions were read, authorized by State Representative Tom Huntley and State Senator Yvonne Prettner-Solon.[15]
  • May 9: The Bulldogs were honored by the Regents of University of Minnesota and President Mark Yudof.[16]
  • May 16: Maria Rooth, Verizon Academic All-District At-Large second team.[17]
  • May 21: The two-time National Champions traveled to Washington D.C. to be honored by President George W. Bush for the second consecutive time.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Memorable Moments". Minnesota Duluth Athletics. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
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  3. ^ "Memorable Moments". Minnesota Duluth Athletics. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  4. ^ "Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Women's Hockey 2001–2002 Statistics: Overall". USCHO.com. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  5. ^ "Maria Rooth". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  6. ^ "Erika Holst". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  7. ^ "Hanne Sikio". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  8. ^ "Tuula Puputti". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  9. ^ "Kristina Petrovskaya". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  10. ^ "Caroline Ouellette". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  11. ^ "Jenny Potter". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  12. ^ "Memorable Moments". Minnesota Duluth Athletics. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  13. ^ "Memorable Moments". Minnesota Duluth Athletics. Archived from the original on October 17, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  14. ^ "Memorable Moments". Minnesota Duluth Athletics. Archived from the original on October 17, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  15. ^ "Memorable Moments". Minnesota Duluth Athletics. Archived from the original on October 17, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  16. ^ "Memorable Moments". Minnesota Duluth Athletics. Archived from the original on October 17, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  17. ^ "Memorable Moments". Minnesota Duluth Athletics. Archived from the original on October 17, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  18. ^ "Memorable Moments". Minnesota Duluth Athletics. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2010.