2015–16 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey season

The Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey program represented the University of Minnesota during the 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The program advanced to the Frozen Four championship game for the fifth consecutive year and defeated the Boston College Eagles by a 3–1 tally in the title game.

Exhibition

 * Sarah Potomak made her debut for the Minnesota Golden Gophers in a September 25, 2015 exhibition match against the Minnesota Whitecaps logging two assists on goals scored by Hannah Brandt as the squad prevailed by a 5-4 tally.

News and notes

 * Sarah Potomak's regular season debut took place on October 1, 2015 in a 2-0 win against Penn State. Potomak scored an empty net goal, for the first goal of her NCAA career. In a two-game sweep of St. Cloud State on October 9–10, 2015, Potomak accumulated two goals and four assists. In the second game against St. Cloud, she logged the first multi-goal game of her NCAA career.
 * An 11-1 win against the MSU-Mankato Mavericks in November 2015 saw Sarah Potomak tie the program record for most points in one game. She would register a seven-point output consisting two goals and five assists. Potomak was featured in Sports Illustrated’s Faces in the Crowd segment for the week of December 14, 2015.

2015-16 Schedule
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NCAA

 * Sarah Potomak, 2015-16 WCHA Preseason Rookie of the Year
 * Sarah Potomak, WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of October 13, 2015)
 * Sarah Potomak, WCHA Player of the Week (Recognized for games of October 14–15, 2016)
 * Sarah Potomak, WCHA Player of the Month (October 2016)
 * Sarah Potomak, 2016 Women's Hockey Commissioners Association National Rookie of the Year Award
 * Sarah Potomak, 2016 WCHA Rookie of the Year honors
 * Sarah Potomak, Most Outstanding Player Award, 2016 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament


 * Hannah Brandt, Forward, Patty Kazmaier Award Top 10 Finalist


 * Dani Cameranesi, Forward, Patty Kazmaier Award Top 10 Finalist


 * Dani Cameranesi, Forward, WCHA Scoring Leader


 * Lee Stecklein, Defense, WCHA First Team All-Star


 * Hannah Brandt, Forward, WCHA First Team All-Star


 * Dani Cameranesi, Forward, WCHA First Team All-Star


 * Milica McMillen, Defense, WCHA Second Team All-Star


 * Sarah Potomak, Forward, WCHA Third Team All-Star


 * Sarah Potomak, Forward, WCHA All-Rookie Team