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

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.
  2. ^ "Memorable Moments". Minnesota Duluth Athletics. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  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.