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

2008–09 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey 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

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

Preseason

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

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.
• January 23: Jocelyne Larocque assisted on the four goals scored in the second period against the Gophers in their 4-2 win.

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

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
• Jocelyne Larocque, 2008-09 RBK Division I First Team All-American. No other Bulldog defenseman in program history has earned a first team selection.

WCHA 10th Anniversary team selections

• Caroline Ouellette
• Jenny Potter
• Maria Rooth

External links

• Official site