2003–04 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey season

2003–04 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey season


WCHA Final Faceoff champions Frozen Four, Champions
Conference	WCHA
Home ice	Ridder Arena
Record
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach	Laura Halldorson

The Golden Gophers accumulated an overall record of 30–4–2, and a 19–3–2 WCHA record in the 2003–04 campaign. The Golden Gophers swept the WCHA honors, winning the regular season championship and the WCHA Final Five with a 4–2 win over state rivals Minnesota-Duluth.

Regular season

The Gophers went undefeated in the first half of the season, posting a 13–0–1 record. The Golden Gophers were the top team in the country for 18 of the 23 weeks in both the U.S. College Hockey Online and USA Today polls.

Postseason

On March 28, 2004 Halldorson and the Golden Gophers defeated Harvard, 6–2, to win their first NCAA Championship and her third national championship in six years. ^[1]

Awards and honors

Laura Halldorson, American Hockey Coaches Association’s Coach of the Year, her third honor since 1998.

References

↑ "Laura Halldorson". gophersports.com. Retrieved June 23, 2010.

NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey champions

2001 Minnesota–Duluth 2002 Minnesota–Duluth 2003 Minnesota–Duluth 2004 Minnesota 2005 Minnesota 2006 Wisconsin 2007 Wisconsin 2008 Minnesota–Duluth 2009 Wisconsin 2010 Minnesota–Duluth 2011 Wisconsin 2012 Minnesota 2013 Minnesota 2014 Clarkson 2015 Minnesota

Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey

Venues	Mariucci Arena (1997–2002) Ridder Arena (2002–present)

Coaches	Laura Halldorson (1997–2007) Brad Frost (2007–present)

Notable players	Ronda Curtin Natalie Darwitz Rachael Drazan Courtney Kennedy Amanda Kessel Gigi Marvin Nadine Muzerall Noora Räty Lyndsay Wall Krissy Wendell

Patty Kazmaier Award winners	Krissy Wendell (2005) Amanda Kessel (2013)

Seasons	1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

National Championships	2000 2004 2005 2012 2013 2015

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