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The Badgers rallied with a pair of goals in the third period to beat the Bulldogs 2-1 and sweep the WCHA series in Duluth.
The Bulldogs begin a challenging climb back up the WCHA standings and Pairwise rankings by hosting a Wisconsin team that's ranked No. 1 in almost everything in NCAA Division I women's hockey.
The St. Louis Blues have traded 2020 Hobey Baker winner and former Bulldog Scott Perunovich to the New York Islanders. The Hibbing native was used sparringly in five seasons with St. Louis.
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Minnesota Duluth fell behind 2-0 before getting on the scoreboard. UMD dropped back into a tie for sixth in the NCHC, missing out on moving into the top four.
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Future Minnesota Duluth goaltender Carl Axelsson of Sweden made NHL Central Scouting’s midterm rankings for the 2025 NHL Draft.
Canadian goaltender Marilou Grenier, a Minnesota Duluth recruit, shined at the 2025 IIHF Under-18 Women’s World Championship this month in Finland, backstopping Canada to gold.
Here is a running list of Bulldogs who are signed for the 2025-26 season:
Clint Austin and I stopped by Amsoil Arena on Tuesday — because we apparently can’t go a single week without stepping foot in the place — to see how the installation of the new video board was going.
Josh Polak, the leading scorer for the BCHL’s Spruce Grove Saints, has verbally committed to the Bulldogs. The 18-year-old forward is averaging almost a point per game with 24 points in 25 games this season.
Two UMD alumni and four current Bulldogs are taking part in the Euro Women’s Hockey Tour Six Nations tournament this week in Tampere, Finland.
Freshman defenseman Adam Kleber is no longer the lone Bulldog on the the preliminary roster for the 2025 U.S. National Junior Team. UMD teammate Max Plante, a freshman wing from Hermantown, is also now in the running to play for Team USA at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship that will be held Dec. 26, 2024 through Jan. 5, 2025 in Ottawa.
Laura Schuler and the Bulldogs received a verbal commitment on Wednesday from 16-year-old forward Lizzy Callahan out of Mound Westonka High School in the Twin Cities suburbs.
UMD freshmen defenseman Adam Kleber was the lone Bulldog named to the preliminary roster for the U.S. National Junior Team for the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship that will be held Dec. 26, 2024 through Jan. 5, 2025 in Ottawa.
The second season of the Professional Women’s Hockey League will once again feature 13 former Bulldogs from the Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey program. The 2024-25 season gets underway Saturday.
Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey coach Laura Schuler and junior defenseman Tova Henderson spoke with local reporters on Wednesday at Amsoil Arena ahead of the Bulldogs’ nonconference series against Vermont over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Minnesota Duluth goaltender Eve Gascon, defenseman Tova Henderson and forward Caitlin Kraemer will play for Hockey Canada’s National Women’s Development Team at the Women’s Euro Hockey Tour from Dec. 11-15 in Tampere, Finland.
More UMD Bulldogs hockey info.
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UMD opened the season with a sweep of Ohio State in Columbus, but the Buckeyes visit Duluth this week leading the Bulldogs in all the national rankings and are just a point back in the WCHA.
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The Bulldogs men's hockey program is on the road for just the fifth time this season, traveling to Colorado College this week. UMD has found more success away from Amsoil Arena than at home.
Hermantown's Ty Hanson and Chaska's Adam Kleber gained valuable experience on the ice in the USHL and off it as well, to prepare themselves for the jump to college hockey.
UMD women's senior co-captain Clara Van Wieren is a nominee in 2024-25 for the Hockey Humanitarian Award, won by former teammate Gabbie Hughes in 2023.
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The Bulldogs lost two players to injury in the first period, but Adam Kleber and Joey Pierce scored their first college goals to help lead UMD to an NCHC sweep of rival St. Cloud State.
St. Cloud State suffered its sixth consecutive shutout loss to Minnesota Duluth at Amsoil Arena as Eve Gascon again stopped all 24 shots she faced to keep UMD in second place in the WCHA.