Friday's game is scheduled to start at 6:07 p.m. and is UMD's "Cram the Am" promotion.  All tickets are only $1 if purchased from the UMD Athletic Ticket Office and $3 if purchased at AMSOIL Arena on game-day.  All kids 10 & under receive a free ticket.  Saturday's skate, which also will get underway at 6:07 p.m. will feature the live jersey auction and special Pink the Rink

honorees.

UMD NOTES VS MINNESOTA STATE FULL PDF

THE SERIES:  UMD is 51-7-1 all-time against MSU after sweeping the Mavericks in Mankato earlier this season.  UMD defeated Minnesota State 6-2 on Oct. 25, using three power-play goals -- inlcuding two by senior forward Jamie Kenyon -- to break open the skate.  In all, three players racked up two or more points in the outing.  In addition to Kenyon, junior winger Jenna McParland dished out three assists and Zoe Hickell connected for two goals and two assists.  The Mavericks actually outshot the Bulldogs 31-27, but UMD had no problem finding the twince six times.

The following game on Oct. 26 was a 3-1 triumph for the Bulldogs, complete with a career-high two goals from freshman defenseman Sidney Morin.  Morin's goal with 2:56 from the point was the game-winner for UMD.  Kenyon added another goal and assist to join Hickel on a four-point series outburst.  UMD also outshot MSU 39-25 in the skate.

Overall, the Bulldogs netted four goals with an extra skater, including the two by Kenyon.  UMD held the Mavericks to just one power-play goal on 10 attempts in the series.

LAST TIME OUT:  UMD's last bit of handywork came back on Dec. 13-14, a series sweep of WCHA foe St. Cloud State by identical scores of 2-1 in St. Cloud, Minn.  On Dec. 13, the Bulldogs were guided by senior forward Jamie Kenyon's two first period goals that came midway through the first period and were netted just 2:25 apart.  The Bulldogs logged just one more shot on goal than did SCSU (26-25) but were called for 12 minutes of penalties compared to just four minutes against the Huskies.  UMD was 1-of-6 on the penalty kill and goaltender Kayla Black made 24 saves in the skate.

On the afternoon of Dec. 14th, Kenyon again buried the first Bulldog goal 5:44 into play.  After a second period goal by St. Cloud, the game was tied at 1-1 until Jenna McParland went bar down with just 14 seconds remaining in the contest to seal the series sweep.  Black made 25 saves for UMD.

Sophomore center Hannah Bramm had an assist on every Bulldog goal over the weekend, more than doubling her assist count prior to the SCSU series.  Freshman defenseman Sidney Morin also handed out two assists, one in each game on the weekend.

NOTES FROM THE ST. CLOUD STATE SERIES:  UMD is now 50-10-4 against the Huskies after the mid-December sweep.

With the series sweep, UMD secured fourth place in the WCHA with 26 points.  The Bulldogs have an overall record of 9-8-3 and 7-6-3 in league play.  UMD has not beaten a ranked team so far this season but has picked up two ties.

UMD has now outshot its opponent in its last four games but went 2-2 in those skates.  

--The Bulldogs also continue to be unbeaten when they score the first goal of the game at 7-0-2.  UMD has scored 24 goals on the road this compared to just 10 at AMSOIL Arena.

RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH A NEW DOG:  The Bulldogs will welcome Katerina Mrázová

from the Czech National Team for the rest of the season.

The freshman forward played in the 2013 World Women's Championship, recording two assists in five games.  She also became the first European ever to win the Clarkson Cup with the Boston Blades of the CWHL during the 2012-13 season.

On another team note, redshirt junior defenseman Bridgette Lacquette, who spent the entire fall centralized with Team Canada, will continue to reshirt for the remainder of the 2013-14 season. 

TOP DOGS:  Junior winger Jenna McParland continues to lead UMD with 22 points on nine goals and 13 helpers through 20 skates.  McParland has contributed at least a point in 13 of those games, including nine points (four goals, five assists) in eight games against top-10 teams.

Senior Jamie Kenyon checks in as UMD's second-leading point getter and top goal-scorer with 20 points and 10 goals.    Kenyon owns a team-high four power-play goals and is tied with McParland with 82 shots on goal.

Rookie blueliner Lara Stalder's 13 assists is a team-high for UMD.  Overall, Stalder has registered 17 points and ranks tenth in the NCAA in points per game as a defenseman and seventh among all rookies with a 0.85 average.

Two of UMD's top-five scorers are freshman -- Stalder and center Ashleigh Brykaliuk, who rounds out the top-five with 13 points on five goals and eight assists.  Junior defenseman Tea Villila leads UMD with a plus/minus rating of +9.

YOUTH MOVEMENT:  Senior forward Jamie Kenyon has played in 108 collegiate games, making her just the second player on the current roster to have skated in over a 100 games.  

Injured senior center Brienna Gillanders has 106 games in her belt, but 10 of UMD's 20 players that skate out have suited up for less than 54 or less career games.

BULLDOG OLYMPIANS:  On Tuesday, rookie defenseman Lara Stalder became the 26th Bulldog to represent UMD in the Winter Olympics when Switzerland named its 2014 Olympic Team.  Stalder also becomes the second Swiss Olympian, following in the footsteps of goaltender Patricia Sautter-Elsmore, who manned the pipes in the 2006 WInter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

WIth current UMD blueliner Tea Villila set to make her first Olympic Team with Finland and former Bulldog netminder Jennifer Harss named to Germany's Olympic squad for the second time in her hockey career, UMD already has a strong connection to Sochi.  Current Bulldog Marie Delarbe will also look to make the German Olympic Team, while former Bulldog Jenni Asserholt will skate for Sweden for a second time.

Jocelyne Larocque became the 25th UMD women's hockey player to be named an Olympian, joining Haley Irwin and Caroline Ouellette on Canada's 2014 Winter Olympic roster. Both forwards, Ouellette is a three-time gold medalist for Canada (2010, 2006, 2002), while Irwin won gold with Canada in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.  

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